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Important, because KISS changed the face of music with their outrageous outfits, makeup and frightening stage persona. Initially, the rockers were treated like freaks by the television establishment, that changed - in a big way - when the band became a runaway cash magnet over the next thirty years.
The guests on that panel treated the lead singer of KISS like a bad joke, but few people today could even identify the other celebrities on the stage that afternoon - what does that tell you? The segment from You Tube:
Mike’s questions were all in the "how-many-in-your-band" vein, but Totie Fields managed to get in a few funny shots:
Gene Simmons
replied, “You should only know...” Ms. Fields was a genuinely sharp, witty, caustic comedian, a popular guest on the talk show curcuit, who discovered she had a massive cancer growing in her left leg a couple of years later. From You Tube - Totie Fields:
It was then discovered she had breast cancer; her right breast was removed but still she continued to push on. Her comeback was a short one; cancer, diabetes and a heart attack won out. Totie Fields died on August 2, 1978. KISS Rocks Out! In a taped segment on that 1974 Mike Douglas program, KISS performed a rocking version of ‘Firehouse’ and teenagers all over the country beat a path to their record stores for KISS vinyl.
Before long, churches were burning KISS albums as fast as parents could snatch them up, a true sign of success in 1970’s rock ‘n roll.
After 'Beth' became a hit, almost every metal band thereafter got their first hit record with a ballad. How many can you name? "To let you know, I work my way over here on a regular basis to see what you've dug up from the vaults of my youth.
"The clip from the Paul Lynde Special was the first time I had seen it since the show originally aired. Aside from the appearance by Margaret Hamilton (unless I'm mistaken), there was also a cameo by actress Billie Hayes as Witchiepoo, a character she created from the Sid and Marty Krofft show, 'H. R. Pufnstuf'.
"On the stage, they truly are something to see. On the screen, however, some of their appearances have been downright painful. Notable instances of course include the abysmal NBC movie, 'Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park' (with Anthony Zerbe as the Phantom...yes, I do have a copy) and the ABC 'SNL' ripoff in the 80's, 'Fridays', to the more recent appearance on the Fox 'SNL' ripoff, 'MAD-TV' and 'Millennium' to promote the Reunion Tour and up to the wrestling 'Demon' at World Championship Wrestling (incidentally, I also LOOOVE the classic wrestling page on you site).
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"I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is fourteen days." - Totie Fields (May 7, 1930 - August 2, 1978)
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Important events can take place in the most unlikely
venues. A little over thirty summers ago, glam-rockers KISS made their
very first national appearance on ABC's In Concert on March 29th,
1974; then unexpectedly turned up in the daytime - on the Mike Douglas
afternoon musical variety talk show. 
Even
though the group was young, the familiar KISS pyrotechnics were on display
in '74, with flash explosions and smoke & light effects - complete with
Gene Simmons spitting fire into the air. The afternoon TV audience had
ever seen anything like this before! 
KISS was considered so outrageous
at the time, they made only a few prime-time guest shots on TV in the
Seventies. Their first came in 1976, when the band was the main attraction
in a bizarre ABC Halloween variety special hosted by comedian Paul Lynde
- also featuring Margaret Hamilton reprising her Wicked Witch of the West
role.
On the hour-long special, KISS
lip-synched three musical numbers and 
