University Daily Kansan, April 19, 1982
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"I don't think people call it 'Al Night Live.' Hunt said. "They sav. 'Tune in to Uncle Ed.'"
"FIVE...four...three...two..."
"NINETY-FOUR...FOUR...FIVE."
"Night Live," Uncle Ed said, pushing his speaker phone "on" button.
"We wead we'd call and tell you we really like your show."
"Thank you very much. This is a recording." "All Night Live" may well be the Uncle Ed's
Dale Dale, executive producer, said, "The
man in the middle of the same way he
moused around the property."
At 49, Muscare spent most of his professional life before "All Night Live" as a radio personality and a host on programs for Kansas City television stations.
was a horror-movie host on Channel 50's "Mr. Mummy Show," where he made himself up as "the Creeper" and led his audience in the Halloween costume, which was similar to the Al Nirk Night creed.
He talked to puppets as the host of Channel 41's "41 Treehouse Lane," a "children's show.
He also hosted "Dialing for Dollars" and "Jackpot Movie" for 41.
"He's never done a normal show in his life," Dale said.
DELBERT CALLS with sports scores and a description of the sandwich he's eating; Mrs. Walker gives Uncle Ed a thought for the day;
and Lee Cucarachi tries to stump Uncle Ed with a riddle.
"FIVE... four... three... two..."
"Hello, Uncle Ed? This is Lee Cucarachi. What did the jack say to the car?"
did the jack say to the cat ?
" 'Can I give you a lift?' "
Muscure uses the three phone calls, the creed, songs at the piano, letters and just about anything else he can be come up with to fill 30- to six-minute spots between movie segments.
"Initially, the show was thought of as a video D. Dale said. "They spin records we play movies."
Like radio, 41's program is live.
"I think the thing that makes the show last is it's live and it changes with the day." Dale said.
"Whatever is going on—whatever is occurring—were able to bring it forth at that."
But producing a live show can be a problem as well as a pleasure. Dale said.
For one thing, Dale, who works during regular office hours, cannot usually be at the studio because of work.
"There's not the control that we'd like to have," he said.
also, nobody does live show anymore, Dale said, except now, which is scripted. Muscarella was able to give the show a new look.
It presents a whole different aspect for people to do. Daile said, "We don't cover up our smile."
For Roseberry, that is the most exciting part of directing a live show.
"The thing I like best about live TV is that the viewers see the mistakes. If Ed mumps up or doesn't know he's on the air, they see it. It makes them feel comfortable at home."
"It's not supposed to be a slick production," she said.
Not all aspects of live television make Roseberry comfortable, though.
She remembers the time Muscae decided to add some spark to "Fire in My Heart," a song he wrote.
"All of a sudden, there's this big flame by the piano and I started screaming. Oh my God! The
Muscare had the fire under control and nothing was damaged.
"It ended up being really cute. He's done some really cute things," she said.
Muscare's surprises contribute to make "All Night Live" the show that Roseberry wants it to
"I What I want the show to be is people tune in and say, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.'"
Dale said that unlike prime-time television, the DVD was not designed to razzle and dazzle the viewer.
"We designed it to be informal, relaxed, interesting, entertaining and part of the family."
The program has fewer viewers than its network and Barnley Miller's "Bawaii man and" "Tonight."
"The majority of our audience is not measured," Dale said. "They don't give out diaries to college students or to jails and prisons and things."
"We have a captive audience there."
Besides college students and prisoners, Dale said, the show appears to night people and lonely
"The audience that watches late at night does it for encouragement but mainly for com-
fortance," he said.
"It's dark outside and they need that companionship."
"FIVE. four."
"Sing in angelic tones," Muscare instructed his guests, seven self-proclaimed "crazies" from the University of Missouri at Columbia.
"Three . . . two . . ."
“Oh, come, all ye faithful, joyful and trumpet,
Oh come,ove me, oh come,ove me, to Bethlehem.”
"There is a three-week wait to get on "All Night
Fridays are booked until the last week in May."
"it's almost the ultimate," Perkins said. "It's one of those things you'll tell your kids and grandkids about: the crazy final week when you went on 'All Night Live.'"
Being an All Night Live guest is quite an experience, said some who went through it.
Roseberry books the guests after they send her a letter describing why they want to be on the show, what they can add to the show, how many members are in their group and what the group's name is.
"If you can physically get in the door, that's the first requirement." Dale said.
Past guests have included actress Marilyn
Gates and the 10 agile bartenders in Kansas City.
"We run the gamut." Dale said. "They're all unique and they're all different. But they're all the same."
"I know what Chuck Barris went through somewhat in the 'Gone Show.'"
Guests will have to have a gimmick to be booked from now on, Rosebear said, although Muscare can find his own gimmick for any group.
"They don't even have any kind of gimmick or anything," she said, nodding toward the MU crazies, "but I'm sure he'll find something wild to do with them.
"Ed can handle it."
"FIVE... four... three... two..."
... ... ... ... ...
"FIVE... four ... three ... two ..."
"Night Live."
"Hello, Uncle Ed? I saw you at a stop light today. Do you remember me?"
Part of Muscare's magic is that he seems to be Uncle Ed where he is in danger or off.
He was surprised in Dale's office when she was introduced to Muscare.
Instead of shaking her hand, Uncle Ed threw his arms around her and began to weep.
"Oh, it been so long," he pleaded.
Dave's confused guest looked to the producer for an answer.
He is no different on the show than he is in
"Hello, Uncle Ed? I saw you at a stop light today. Do you remember me?"
Part of Musecra's magic is that he seems to be Udde Old wherever he is, onstage or off.
she was introduced to Muscare. Instead of shaking her hand, Uncle Ed threw her.
Dale's confused guest looked to the producer for an explanation.
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"He is no different on the show than he is in person," Dale said.
"That is not an act. That is Ed."
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