When I heard about Ed Brynes's death I went to YT back and I played several versions of the theme of 77 Sunset Strip.. snap snap.... by Warner Brothers..RIP Kookie..
She doesn't need credit! ;> Almost broke by the 90's, she hit it big selling 'her' makeup and skin care products on cable TV - she soon was worth $50M!
They know the song is just ridiculous. He is playing directly to the camera and constantly winking and flirting. And they both seem to be having so much fun. This is just adorable.
@@rrrogsterlike almost EVERY STAR IN HOLLYWOOD! If you want to make it, you must play the Devils Advocate! Quincy Jones & other ELITES control the industry & beyond!
-I never could understand those young girls in the audience screaming like that and still don't forty years later. Anyone know why they use to do this?
@@Anth230 But it was fun, food, music film, 77 Sunsetstrip brand new and I loved every moment of it Veit Nam and all in a heartbeat chinging nothing, just tweak a few minor adjustments of me but Me today is better for all its sad sometimes frightening but always hopeful.
back in the days when all the guys had hairstyles! DA's, pompadours, even the surfer look! we all had combs in our back pocket, never left the house without it!
I remember having this lp at 4yrs old (I am 57 now) oh WoW,memories of a beautiful,blessed,childhood. Thank You Lord for the parents you sent me too. (and to my 3 siblings ...........WE'RE ALL STILL STANDING!)
I am actually old enough to remember this being played on the radio. (Very young, but I liked it - even though I didn't really understand it.) Searched for this song b/c a major character in "77 Sunset Strip" died recently, and his obit mentioned a colorful parking lot attendant named Edd Byrnes, and the "Kookie" song. Curiosity led me here! Body language (especially Connie's) and physical movements - fascinating.
@@peterpiper5064 unless you're not familiar with this generation the show is Dick Clark so he's not going to have people on that aren't popular besides you hear the reaction of the fawning teenage girls this is clearly something in the Wheelhouse of popularity of the time. Besides it's still better than any of this garbage ass trap music or Mumble mouth rappers and their onetrick pony that is autotune
I'm 43 but I've loved thus song since I first saw it on a bandstand anniversary episode. This was my dad's generation, I wish he were still alive that I could ask him abt being a teen in this time period.
ORKY CATHCART I think Ed Byrnes' Kookie character, was a favorite to all ages. I think he came across as relatable, in some fashion, to us younger viewers.
4:01 I remember when I was a young kid, 77 sunset strip was all the rage, my friends and I picked up a lot of the lingo Kookie used on the show. I swear, you would have thought that being a "private eye" was a common job back then! There were a LOT of TV shows about them!
Sadly, we can add Edd Bynes to the ever growing list of folks we lost. He passed away on 09 January 2020 at age 87. His Kookie album for Warner Brothers is a gem.
RIP Edd Byrnes. I had such a crush on Connie! Especially after her role in "Parrish." Funny to hear Dick call them"you kids." How much older could he have been?
Remember seeing Ed Byrne’s appearance on Married With Children...enjoying sending himself up! Anthrax also enjoying themselves too; they launched into an a Capella version of Kookie’s tune, barely able to keep a straight face 😂
I met Edd "Kookie" Byrnes and Connie Stevens some years ago (albeit at different times). She was still attractive and he still had a full head of hair! R.I.P. Edd.
Rest in peace Edd Byrns, Kookie, I still have the song on my playlist I was 15 years of age when 77 Sunset strip started and 21 when it finished. You were my pin up boy, you were so good looking.
+Jessica Rogers I remember when I was thirteen and Edd Kookie Byrns was popular. I dated a boy who was just as good looking. He wore his hair like that and a black leather jacket. Kookie always make me think of Larry.
Thank you for the upload. Wonderful nostalgia. This was spring of '59 and Connie Stevens was about to make quite a splash herself in the fall '59 as Cricket on Hawaiian Eye.
Omg!! I was like 12 years old when 77 Sunset Strip was on. And I was gaga over Kookie!! So was my mom!!! I think my Dad thought WE were kookie! But those eyes, and that smile! I think Edd was in sn episode of Combat too.
back in the day the "greasers" used to use motor oil or axle grease to slick down their hair and connie stevens wants kookie to lend her his comb? her car must be a quart low on oil.
dad gave me a novelty ktel record with this on it when i was like 7 still have it can still sing most all . thanks dad and ed and connie. record also had transfusion, haunted house, there coming to take me away
Damn! I had the same record. I was ten. I stoned my mom to get it and she did. It didn't occur to me then that those songs were from when she was a teenager.
3:09 Amazing that Dick Clark considered Edd's sideburns as long, especially considering the hairstyles that became popular five years after this was filmed.
***** I remember Kookie and 77 Sunset Strip but I was a *little kid* when it was on. I'm probably an old geezerette (56)! Edd Byrnes wasn't even a great actor! He's been called Edd "Kookie" Byrnes since 1960! Do you remember the commercial for Brylcreme that had Eddy on it when "the Wethead (was) dead?" I do. Barely. But I remember both.
It was a little before my time, but I do remember hearing about 77 Sunset Strip. I even remember part of the theme song, although I don't know where I heard it. Anyway, regarding your comment about not remembering Edd Byrnes altogether fondly, did he have a bad reputation or something? Just curious. :)
Kookie, tell the folks why you bought a place here at Hurricane Hole. "You gave me a place for free, Stan" (Al)...Peg, Kookie stole my copy of Big Uns!!
Really a wonderous time! Today you 'd never hear a song like this be a hit & TV shows like this, Fugetdaboutit! It helped define an age to a simpler time when People cared more for each other. These days were and are my favorite times!
Pawpaw Williams Here we go again. Another one who has to bring up race whenever someone talks about the past. If you weren't so stupid, you'd know there were people who cared about blacks and were trying to change discrimination.
Ed Byrnes went on to produce some fantastic movies. And you would have to have been a kid or teenager to appreciate this silly cute song. I was around 5 years old at this time and remember watching this on TV.
This was a year before I was born but I remember hearing the song on the radio when I was young, my mom tried to explain it to me but it still didn't make any sense to me. I still like the song and laughed when he said, "Baby you're the ginchiest".
I'm 72 and I remember loving this show and Kookie...This is when they put lovely ladies and handsome men on TV shows, not saying that was a good thing, just the way it was for decades.
WOW Great tune by some terriffic people. Can remember watching " Seventy Seven Sunset Strip " in Australia in the early 60's i think & it was a fabulous show. Stop bitching on about Edd & just appreciate the good old stars & shows. From a 71yo Aussie fan.
On this day in 1958 {October 10th} the private detective series '77 Sunset Strip' premiered on the ABC-TV network... The series ran for six years with a total of 206 episodes... Edd Byrnes played 'Kookie'* on the show; and a little over four months later on April 14th, 1959 his "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #72, and just three weeks later on May 11, 1959 it would peak at #4 {for 2 weeks} and it stayed on the chart for 13 weeks... The record's B-side, "Like I Love You", also made the Top 100, it reached #42 and spent 9 weeks on the chart... * On the series' first episode Edd Byrnes actually played hit man named 'Smiley'; he later would play 'Kookie' on 137 episodes...
A young Connie Stevens, Edd Byrnes and Dick Clark, what a treat to see them all again.
When I heard about Ed Brynes's death I went to YT back and I played several versions of the theme of 77 Sunset Strip.. snap snap.... by Warner Brothers..RIP Kookie..
Connie Stevens looks so nervous 😅
Priceless, the scenes of the young girls in the audience, fantastic.
That's alittle pervy.
@@carlylechronicles3332 Only in your head, dude.
Some of those 'girls' look middle-aged. Maybe the style then?
Connie Stevens, a class act lady. Never got the credit she deserved.
Just saw this. I agree. She was very special.
She doesn't need credit! ;> Almost broke by the 90's, she hit it big selling 'her' makeup and skin care products on cable TV - she soon was worth $50M!
My mother and dad are long gone now, but I remember watching this with my mom and how she enjoyed watch this act this was her generation.
They know the song is just ridiculous. He is playing directly to the camera and constantly winking and flirting. And they both seem to be having so much fun. This is just adorable.
I noticed that too. He can't quit smiling at Connie Stevens!
@@kellyhughart9600
I had to Google this because of Married with children.
He was a homosexual gigilo before this gig. True story - check out his biography - if you dare.
@@rrrogster
Alright I'll check it out.
@@rrrogsterlike almost EVERY STAR IN HOLLYWOOD! If you want to make it, you must play the Devils Advocate! Quincy Jones & other ELITES control the industry & beyond!
I remember Kookie and Connie singing together as it would be yesterday! And I loved 77 Sunset Strip too!
I remember this, too. I guess you are older than I am.
I remember it too on TV the first time around. But this isn't Connie Stevens at all. She was never that plain and ugly
Wow, im 1988 and I came here cuz an episode of "married with children" but you guys actually seen these cats in your day?
@@Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII yes indeed & we're still wicked 😎 cats 🐈 Rock On
-I never could understand those young girls in the audience screaming like that and still don't forty years later. Anyone know why they use to do this?
My generation slowly ebbs away. Rest in peace, Ed 'kookie' Burns.
May he rest in peace.
Yes he just past last month
Yup...sadly just about gone now....
@@Anth230 But it was fun, food, music film, 77 Sunsetstrip brand new and I loved every moment of it Veit Nam and all in a heartbeat chinging nothing, just tweak a few minor adjustments of me but Me today is better for all its sad sometimes frightening but always hopeful.
😢
RIP Edd, you were the ginchiest and a real cool daddy-o.
Even Trump can't beat him!
@@statesresearcher already did. TRUMP IS STILL HERE.
Loved "77 Sunset Strip" and "Kookie"! Combing his hair was "Kookie's" 'trademark'. Handsome guy and popular show!
back in the days when all the guys had hairstyles! DA's, pompadours, even the surfer look! we all had combs in our back pocket, never left the house without it!
hi Terry - kookie - precursor to " The Lords Of Flatbush" - and " Fonzie" ( Mr.Winkler was in " Flatbush " - I think his first major movie role🙂✌🌻🕊💨
Don't forget the Greasy Kid Stuff.
'Keys, Wallet, Comb'; that was my checklist.
My dad always had a comb in his back pocket and that was in the 80s. How things stay with them.
Yeah, now every man on the planet is bald.
RIP Edd Byrnes, thanks for the memories. 🙏🏻❤️
I bought this 45! I was 9 yrs. old and it had a pink label. Now this will be in my head all day!
My heart is broken loved that time in my life he will always be remembered...
Great old song and Connie Stevens was a looker ,,anyone remember Hawaiian Eye?
He played ‘Vince Fontaine’ in the 1978 musical ‘Grease’ Film with John Travolta. A class act!
Iconic (maybe an overused term but appropriate here) role in Grease (1978) which put his stamp on two separate eras. Not everyone can manage that.
Loved it then and still love it now!!!
AL BUNDY BROUGHT ME HERE!!!
TIME SHARE
Anthrax .... the band not the spoor.
Al lead me here too six years later
Al brought me here 7-28-2020
And we care why?
I remember having this lp at 4yrs old (I am 57 now) oh WoW,memories of a beautiful,blessed,childhood. Thank You Lord for the parents you sent me too. (and to my 3 siblings ...........WE'RE ALL STILL STANDING!)
DAAAAAAAAYUM! Good for you an your family man.
alexander martin Thank you for the reply,so nice of you. DM
@@deanmartell5726 what a good close family I have. I love that.
Dang song, and watching these two together had me smiling. Rip and thanks for the memories, Ed Kookie Byrnes.
Thanks to you both for making us smile. RIP Edd.
I am actually old enough to remember this being played on the radio. (Very young, but I liked it - even though I didn't really understand it.) Searched for this song b/c a major character in "77 Sunset Strip" died recently, and his obit mentioned a colorful parking lot attendant named Edd Byrnes, and the "Kookie" song. Curiosity led me here! Body language (especially Connie's) and physical movements - fascinating.
One of my easliest childhood memories--77 Sunset Strip. RIP Edd Byrnes.
Edward and Connie are so cute! I wanna group hug them both!
The USA was just so cooool in those days!
Yes, we were.
I assume you mean *despite* this weirdly creepy and painfully awkward nursery rhyme rap?
@@peterpiper5064 unless you're not familiar with this generation the show is Dick Clark so he's not going to have people on that aren't popular besides you hear the reaction of the fawning teenage girls this is clearly something in the Wheelhouse of popularity of the time. Besides it's still better than any of this garbage ass trap music or Mumble mouth rappers and their onetrick pony that is autotune
@@jgambe78 well said sir.....well said
For white people
Connie Stevens is just adorable.
I just wanna give her a hug!
I'm 43 but I've loved thus song since I first saw it on a bandstand anniversary episode. This was my dad's generation, I wish he were still alive that I could ask him abt being a teen in this time period.
It’s so sweet.
RIP KOOKIE.
I GREW UP WATCHING ED , CONNIE AND THE WHOLE CREW OF ACTORS ON 77 SUNSET STRIP BUT ED KOOKIE BYRNES WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE !!
ORKY CATHCART I think Ed Byrnes' Kookie character, was a favorite to all ages. I think he came across as relatable, in some fashion, to us younger viewers.
Kookie and Connie,thanks for this... Ed stay Cool! RIP
Before The Situation,before the Fonz,there was Kookie.
4:01
I remember when I was a young kid, 77 sunset strip was all the rage, my friends and I picked up a lot of the lingo Kookie used on the show. I swear, you would have thought that being a "private eye" was a common job back then! There were a LOT of TV shows about them!
Sadly, we can add Edd Bynes to the ever growing list of folks we lost. He passed away on 09 January 2020 at age 87. His Kookie album for Warner Brothers is a gem.
The little kiss on the nose @ 1:18 looks like it actually surprised Connie, like she wasn't really expecting it.
I guess she's just really good at acting.
77 sunset strip!! good old days.......
well Im 65 now , and I remember this tune like it was yesterday
I remember this episode of The Dick Clark Show as if it were yesterday. (Uh-uh, don't figure out my age, LOLOLOLOLOLOL).
RIP Edd Byrnes.
I had such a crush on Connie! Especially after her role in "Parrish."
Funny to hear Dick call them"you kids." How much older could he have been?
In this special, Connie was dressed like a old school maid. Yeah , i always like in those beach films
Edd was the first rapper ever!!
wes jackson Nah rap goes back to at least the 1930s
Remember seeing Ed Byrne’s appearance on Married With Children...enjoying sending himself up!
Anthrax also enjoying themselves too; they launched into an a Capella version of Kookie’s tune, barely able to keep a straight face 😂
I remember that episode too. Peggy was so excited to see him.
Look at how full Connie Steven’s dress was! And look at how cute they looked performing together!
they were both real dolls, as they said in the day......
it wasn't Connie Stevens
Her name is literally in the title...
They were cute together and so nice back then - nothing vulgar or demeaning to either sex.
@@williamchapman2371 Sorry, but that Is Connie Stevens.
Thank you for uploading this video of Connie Stevens and Ed Byrnes in his song "Cookie - Cookie- let me your comb."
Awesome song. Awesome stars. Awesome times.
America at it's zenith!!!
He was a cutie back then..wish boys looked like that now!
Sounds like granny is stuck in the past.
Modern version:
"Kookie, Kookie, lend me your phone."
You're a funny 🐈 ☮️ to you!
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Okay boomer
Nice!
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lend me your
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Aw Connie Stevens...She is amazing. Always loved this track....
Married with children brought me here.
Me too 😂😂😂
Just a couple hours ago I was watching that episode
@@lizzyp174
With Anthrax.
I just saw that.
Same
I remember watching Edd Burns in the movie “Yellowstone Kelly” with Clint Walker. Great movie!
Diane Fiske-Foy I, too, remember watching Edd Burns in “Yellowstone Kelly at the neighborhood theatre.
Kookie stole my copy of Big 'Uns!
I just watched that episode earlier today
brasmussen81 "Kookie. Kookie lend me my Big'uns".
just finished watching lol
I just watched this episode!
Marr Kookie Kookie lend me my Big Uns
I loved listening to this song when I was a tween in the 70s & 80s, it was a classic back then too.😜
I met Edd "Kookie" Byrnes and Connie Stevens some years ago (albeit at different times). She was still attractive and he still had a full head of hair!
R.I.P. Edd.
Got to meet Mr. Byrnes at annual hot rod event in Glendale. Great fellow!
Rest in peace Edd Byrns, Kookie, I still have the song on my playlist I was 15 years of age when 77 Sunset strip started and 21 when it finished. You were my pin up boy, you were so good looking.
That was not easy , that skit. Connie Stevens & Edd Byrnes. Wonderful! I always liked Connie Stevens.
Watching this, I got the impression they were both doing their best not to break out laughing while they were supposed to be singing.
Wow! Edd Byrnes is so cute! What a smile he has!
EDD BYRNES WAS GOOD LOOKING WHEN HE WAS YOUNG
+Jessica Rogers I remember when I was thirteen and Edd Kookie Byrns was popular. I dated a boy who was just as good looking. He wore his hair like that and a black leather jacket. Kookie always make me think of Larry.
Thank you for the upload. Wonderful nostalgia. This was spring of '59 and Connie Stevens was about to make quite a splash herself in the fall '59 as Cricket on Hawaiian Eye.
my deceased husband’s nickname was Kookie, I sure miss him💙💙💙💙💙 and he had same hairstyle
Omg!! I was like 12 years old when 77 Sunset Strip was on. And I was gaga over Kookie!! So was my mom!!! I think my Dad thought WE were kookie! But those eyes, and that smile! I think Edd was in sn episode of Combat too.
I like this it has that cute old charm to it.
RIP Kookie, even in Antsville you were the ginchiest dad
Michael Radtke sadly when searching for him on YT the death of theirs fine gentleman wasn’t even in the top 24
back in the day the "greasers" used to use motor oil or axle grease to slick down their hair and connie stevens wants kookie to lend her his comb? her car must be a quart low on oil.
Edd Byrnes was really hot stuff for the ladies back then. I'd always enjoyed watching 77 Sunset Strip.
RIP Ed "Kookie" Byrnes :(
Loved him in "Grease"....Rest in peace Edd
Was he Vince fauntain
Fabulous! Really brings it back. Keep 'em going!
This is one of the earliest video's of songs that I can remember. Being 6 years old
dad gave me a novelty ktel record with this on it when i was like 7 still have it can still sing most all . thanks dad and ed and connie. record also had transfusion, haunted house, there coming to take me away
I had the same record when I was a kid! I loved "The Streak," "Charlie Brown" and "Ape Call!" Good times, good times...
Damn! I had the same record. I was ten. I stoned my mom to get it and she did. It didn't occur to me then that those songs were from when she was a teenager.
I had all those KTEL records too. On the West Coast, we usually found them at Thrifty Drug Stores! Do you remember the Ronco record cleaner?..lol! 😀
Thanks for bringing back SO many memories ❤
3:09 Amazing that Dick Clark considered Edd's sideburns as long, especially considering the hairstyles that became popular five years after this was filmed.
Really amazing how fleeting fame is. A huge teen idol in his heyday that only old geezers like me now remember, not altogether fondly.
***** I remember Kookie and 77 Sunset Strip but I was a *little kid* when it was on. I'm probably an old geezerette (56)! Edd Byrnes wasn't even a great actor! He's been called Edd "Kookie" Byrnes since 1960! Do you remember the commercial for Brylcreme that had Eddy on it when "the Wethead (was) dead?" I do. Barely. But I remember both.
It was a little before my time, but I do remember hearing about 77 Sunset Strip. I even remember part of the theme song, although I don't know where I heard it. Anyway, regarding your comment about not remembering Edd Byrnes altogether fondly, did he have a bad reputation or something? Just curious. :)
Thanks Daddy Yo 😎
A lot of people know him as Vince Fontaine from Grease, I'm sure.
Married With Children: My Dinner With Anthrax!
Kookie, tell the folks why you bought a place here at Hurricane Hole. "You gave me a place for free, Stan" (Al)...Peg, Kookie stole my copy of Big Uns!!
They All look like they had Fun doing that number, the Ginchiest! time.
77 sunset strip great show great days !!!! o to be a kid again watching it with my dad !!!!!
coolest moment of my entire life was when two old guys who had been greasers in the 50's said I looked like Kookie Byrnes. Outa sight!
Pictures or it didn't happen
I used to watch it all the time as a kid. There were only 3 networks at the time!! LOL
I heard this back on the school bus when i was in 1st grade, but Danny from GameGrumps just reminded me of this! Thank you!!!
Really a wonderous time! Today you 'd never hear a song like this be a hit & TV shows like this, Fugetdaboutit! It helped define an age to a simpler time when People cared more for each other. These days were and are my favorite times!
Pawpaw Williams Here we go again. Another one who has to bring up race whenever someone talks about the past. If you weren't so stupid, you'd know there were people who cared about blacks and were trying to change discrimination.
Ed Byrnes went on to produce some fantastic movies. And you would have to have been a kid or teenager to appreciate this silly cute song. I was around 5 years old at this time and remember watching this on TV.
This was a year before I was born but I remember hearing the song on the radio when I was young, my mom tried to explain it to me but it still didn't make any sense to me. I still like the song and laughed when he said, "Baby you're the ginchiest".
That wink at 0:56... ~swoon~
Sad to hear Ed has passed away. RIP!
Luv this sing along tunes he's so cute she so beautiful
loved "Kookie" may he rest in peace
The crossover I always wished for and loved lol
She has such a sweet voice.
If I could, I'd climb through this computer and give her a hug!
I still have my record of this song!
Ed just passed away, January 9th, 2019. 77 sunset strip click click
@Ulf Bender aaà alternative ethereality k4aaàllra is rsàà
I still forget it's 2020, too. Usually takes me 4 months.
But, yes, he passed in 2020.
B Spin Good one. If I had a dime every time.
RIP sir
I love this song- way before my time - I think I heard it on Dr Demento in the 80s
Edd Byrnes would later in 1978 go on to play Vince Fontaine in Grease.
LOL, no kidding!? I must have seen that 5 times that summer. I had a whorey crush on Olivia Newton John.
Perfectly cast too. 1978 was a great year for movies.
Lol, I still have my worn out teddy bear I named "Kookie" when I was just a lil kid, I was so in puppy love with him. Lol 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤
How 50's Kool is that!
I'm 72 and I remember loving this show and Kookie...This is when they put lovely ladies and handsome men on TV shows, not saying that was a good thing, just the way it was for decades.
WOW
Great tune by some terriffic people.
Can remember watching " Seventy Seven Sunset Strip " in Australia in the early 60's i think & it was a fabulous show.
Stop bitching on about Edd & just appreciate the good old stars & shows.
From a 71yo Aussie fan.
"77 Sunset Strip" airs EVERY WEEKNITE ON "ME-TV" @ 3AM CST. I watch it everynite seen 'em all about 8 times now love the show.
On this day in 1958 {October 10th} the private detective series '77 Sunset Strip' premiered on the ABC-TV network...
The series ran for six years with a total of 206 episodes...
Edd Byrnes played 'Kookie'* on the show; and a little over four months later on April 14th, 1959 his "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #72, and just three weeks later on May 11, 1959 it would peak at #4 {for 2 weeks} and it stayed on the chart for 13 weeks...
The record's B-side, "Like I Love You", also made the Top 100, it reached #42 and spent 9 weeks on the chart...
* On the series' first episode Edd Byrnes actually played hit man named 'Smiley'; he later would play 'Kookie' on 137 episodes...
77 Sunset Strip came out the year that I was born and my family watched until it ended. Edd was so cool. Great childhood memories.
My dad has been singing this my entire life.
Happier times.
I actually had this album!
Kookie, you were the "ginchiest!"
He is gorgeous.
What in the world does ginchiest mean??
@@JeepTJWheelin Think about it. The Best, the Greatest, etc.
Great to watch, thanks for this!
This song was a BIG part of my father's childhood, so he made it apart of ours. I love you "Woosie" Ricks. Rest In Peace.
Totally adorable
I laughed so hard. But it was a respectfull laugh. Just awesome.😂😂😂👏👏👏
Wow! The singing is incredible! I can barely tell they are lip synching!