In The Pink

I still have never seen an episode of Pink Lady…And Jeff, the short-lived (six weeks!) American TV variety show starring Japan's biggest duo of the time, Pink Lady. The show aired in 1980 and featured musical numbers from the duo, plus guests like Blondie, Alice Cooper and Roy Orbison. The "Jeff" of the title is comedian Jeff Altman, best known for playing Boss Hogg's nephew Hughie on The Dukes of Hazzard.

Most of the musical numbers that Pink Lady performed were in English, but here's "UFO," a big hit in Japan that probably really confused the few people in America who were watching:

Of course, things were different back home, where Pink Lady was a massive hit. Check out this video of "Southpaw."

All six episodes of Pink Lady…And Jeff are available on DVD.

Comments

[TigerYogi]

I remember seeing that show when I was a younger, but, I could have sworn that it was on earlier than 1980! It was a summer replacement show. Now, I'm going to have to do some research of my own!

[rupan777]

One of me exes, who's Japanese, told me that a lot of elementary schools in the early 80s had the children remember and perform Pink Lady dance routines for assemblies. The funny thing is that she could still remember them all to a T. I wonder if the schools have the kids doing Morning Musume routines now.

[Harvey]

Just a few days ago I was at Karaoke and some of our friends sang UFO and one other Pink Lady song, but I forgot the name. The cool part was that pink lady was one of the selections in which you got to watch the actual music video while singing! So we got to see the actual UFO dance and the other dances as well.

Awesome stuff. Gotta love those super mini skirts and boots!