yes, yes indeed, look you see. my passion, proclivity or otherwise inexplicable ambition to make sure that i speak of Bullseye at least once a month on this blog has reached that level. that level, the one at which my fascination or go-to resource, The King, Elvis Presley, is brought into it all.
the respected of our society - the elders, the scholars, the historians and so forth - will of course be aware of how Bullseye was only first broadcast in 1981, i think. this is some four (4) years after August 1977, the point at which The King, Elvis Presley dropped out of public view. whereas some say this was due to an incident of death, over the years i have on this blog proved conclusively that perhaps not.
of the many tragedies which befell the world during the 20th Centuries - several wars, many natural disasters, Sammy Hagar being given a record contract, etc - none, perhaps, are as so sad as that it appears The King, Elvis Presley was never able to have an audience with his excellency Jim Bowen. undoubtedly Jim would have been most agreeable to such a meeting, but one really rather suspects that it is The King, Elvis Presley who felt as though they had missed out the most.
it's quite difficult, then, to know for sure whether or not The King, Elvis Presley would have appreciated the finer points of Bullseye. my opinion is that yes, yes he would, for he would have been impressed with Jim Bowen and so liked anything what he done.
due to Denis Leary mentioning it in the song Elvis & I, we know as fact that if something broadcast on television displeased The King, Elvis Presley, then The King, Elvis Presley was prone to airing his displeasure by firing one of them .44 Magnum guns like what Clint Eastwood had in that film where he was the copper at the television. it is my considered and learned view that no firearm would ever have been considered, let alone reached for, by The King, Elvis Presley during any screening of Bullseye that he watched, if it were possible.
no, it is not just me who wonders or ever wondered about how The King, Elvis Presley might have felt about Bullseye. far from it. the producers of the show, and in all likelihood his excellency the revered Jim Bowen, seemed pretty interested in this too.
to clarify. the above is probably not The King, Elvis Presley appearing on Bullseye in the late 80s or early 90s. it might be, but also it might not be. a safer assumption would be to say that it is just an ordinary bloke what applied to be on the show who has an uncanny, fascinating resemblance to precisely how The King, Elvis Presley would have looked in terms of age, hair concept and fashion sense at the time this particular episode was recorded. an episode recorded, as an aside, with the highest level of security and secrecy in place that any television studio had ever seen, maybe.
had The King, Elvis Presley ever had a confirmed appearance on Bullseye, we would all have known of it. rather than using conventional darts, i believe, with that special badge what he got off President Nixon, he would have used three solid gold bullets what had EP TCB in diamonds on them. further, every shot would have been precision perfect, scoring the maximum possible. it would have been amazing, man.
as this perfectly passable tribute act to The King, Elvis Presley used conventional darts, it probably wasn't, after all, The King, Elvis Presley in person, then.
just who would The King, Elvis Presley have summoned to be his partner? an interesting question. his entourage was numerous. quite possibly The Colonel, of course, or maybe he would have insisted that he be allowed to do the dart throwing and question answering. but, then again, maybe he would have invited Tom "bloody" Jones to come on with him, or President Nixon or John Denver or similar.
did The Rat Pack ever have Bullseye aspirations? it is quite likely. perhaps i will look at that in some detail in a later post, but for now let me share a theory. i firmly believe that Mr Sinatra had video tapes of Bullseye flown in from the UK, with Dean Martin listed as the person responsible for any customs duties or import taxes. they would then recreate the episode, with Mr Sinatra and Dean Martin as the contestants, and Glass Eye - being talented enough to do so - taking on the role of his excellency Jim Bowen and scorer Tony Green. all the prizes won would, of course, have been kept by Mr Sinatra, with Dean Martin expected to buy the older items Mr Sinatra had with a "legacy" premium added to the cost.
speaking of Tony Green, here he is interacting with the gentleman who might be but probably is not The King, Elvis Presley after he had just successfully scored about 7, which is some 173 less than what The King, Elvis Presley would have scored.
you see, look, Tony is not bowing or applauding or nodding. that, to me, suggests that this really wasn't The King, Elvis Presley appearing on this particular episode.
celebrities back in the 70s and 80s were way better, man. there was a perpetual air of mystery surrounding what they did when "off stage", so to speak, so you could speculate, with awe and wonder, about what they got up to. i am allowed to dream of what The King, Elvis Presley or Mr Sinatra thought about Bullseye. you cannot do so with today's "famous" people. not only are they mostly all too dull to ponder on, but for some reason their lives are broadcast in full on them "social media" things. there is no margin for dreams, idle or otherwise.
has the rubicon been crossed in this post? i don't think so. should i still be around to construct it, i would expect more Bullseye stuff next month. it's up to you if it is better or worse, or north or south, than this particular effort.
and there will be more, dear reader. right now i am thinking i need to spend a bit more time investigating, or failing that making up, exactly what other things Mr Sinatra might have encouraged Dean Martin to buy off of him, other than outdated decanter sets, busted video equipment and speedboats and caravans.
well, anyhow, thanks as ever for reading!
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