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Elvis movies did not begin airing in the syndicated 4:30 movie market until circa 1971, well after their prime-time network exposure.
The new movies definitely suffered at the boxoffice from the TV exposure at that time. Many exhibitors complained in the trades, "Why is he competing with himself" or "Why should people pay when they can see him at home for free?"
The simple fact is that Elvis features were a huge ratings success on multiple nights. Please read the research carefully and you will see the days listed.
To make it simple, I have highlighted the nights in which the movies aired.
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - 1/1/67 - Sunday, ABC – rating 21.5
Girls Girls Girls/Fun in Acapulco re-issued in January.
FLAMING STAR - 1/18/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.9
WILD IN THE COUNTRY - 3/15/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.1
Easy Come, Easy Go reviewed 3/27, opens in March.
KISSIN’ COUSINS – 4/2/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 20.4
Double Trouble reviewed 4/10, opens in April.
BLUE HAWAII – 4/25/67 – Tuesday, NBC – rating 20.6
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR – 7/9/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 17.0
WILD IN THE COUNTRY – 7/12/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 13.7
FLAMING STAR – 8/16/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 14.4
FUN IN ACAPULCO - 9/12/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.5
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - 9/20/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.8
VIVA LAS VEGAS - 10/6/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 24.2
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - 10/10/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.1
Clambake reviewed 11/6, opens in December.
TICKLE ME - 12/8/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 26.6
An article in Weekly Variety dated 12/13/67 listed the 60 top rated network movie premieres as determined by Nielson. Elvis had 4 films in that list, more than any other star.
17. FUN IN ACAPULCO - NBC Tuesday night - 42.6 share
21. GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - NBC Tuesday night - 41.6 share
26. VIVA LAS VEGAS - CBS Friday night - 43.4 share
41. PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - ABC Wednesday night - 36.0 share
Interesting to note that just three weeks after the article, ROUSTABOUT premiered on ABC and got the highest rating of any Elvis feature ever shown in prime-time.
ROUSTABOUT - 1/3/68 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 29.1
Stay Away Joe reviewed 3/18, opens in March.
FUN IN ACAPULCO – 4/27/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 20.9
Speedway reviewed 5/27, opens in June.
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS – 6/15/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 18.3 (originally announced for 6/8 but Robert Kennedy’s funeral is covered by the network. "Flower Drum Song" is substituted.)
FLAMING STAR – 7/17/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.5
TICKLE ME – 7/25/68 – Thursday, CBS – rating 19.0
BLUE HAWAII – 8/28/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.2
VIVA LAS VEGAS – 9/13/68 – Friday, CBS – rating 22.8
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE – 9/15/68 – Saturday, ABC – rating 16.5
ROUSTABOUT – 9/18/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 19.5
Live a Little, Love a Little reviewed 10/14, opens in October.
HARUM SCARUM - 10/24/68 - Thursday, CBS – rating 19.9
Singer Presents Elvis 12/3/68 – Tuesday, NBC - watched by 42% of the viewing audience.
So for those arguing that high ratings mean nothing with respect to popularity, do you apply that same logic to the ratings achieved by his other television work?
The new movies definitely suffered at the boxoffice from the TV exposure at that time. Many exhibitors complained in the trades, "Why is he competing with himself" or "Why should people pay when they can see him at home for free?"
The simple fact is that Elvis features were a huge ratings success on multiple nights. Please read the research carefully and you will see the days listed.
To make it simple, I have highlighted the nights in which the movies aired.
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - 1/1/67 - Sunday, ABC – rating 21.5
Girls Girls Girls/Fun in Acapulco re-issued in January.
FLAMING STAR - 1/18/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.9
WILD IN THE COUNTRY - 3/15/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.1
Easy Come, Easy Go reviewed 3/27, opens in March.
KISSIN’ COUSINS – 4/2/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 20.4
Double Trouble reviewed 4/10, opens in April.
BLUE HAWAII – 4/25/67 – Tuesday, NBC – rating 20.6
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR – 7/9/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 17.0
WILD IN THE COUNTRY – 7/12/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 13.7
FLAMING STAR – 8/16/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 14.4
FUN IN ACAPULCO - 9/12/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.5
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - 9/20/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.8
VIVA LAS VEGAS - 10/6/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 24.2
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - 10/10/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.1
Clambake reviewed 11/6, opens in December.
TICKLE ME - 12/8/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 26.6
An article in Weekly Variety dated 12/13/67 listed the 60 top rated network movie premieres as determined by Nielson. Elvis had 4 films in that list, more than any other star.
17. FUN IN ACAPULCO - NBC Tuesday night - 42.6 share
21. GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - NBC Tuesday night - 41.6 share
26. VIVA LAS VEGAS - CBS Friday night - 43.4 share
41. PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - ABC Wednesday night - 36.0 share
Interesting to note that just three weeks after the article, ROUSTABOUT premiered on ABC and got the highest rating of any Elvis feature ever shown in prime-time.
ROUSTABOUT - 1/3/68 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 29.1
Stay Away Joe reviewed 3/18, opens in March.
FUN IN ACAPULCO – 4/27/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 20.9
Speedway reviewed 5/27, opens in June.
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS – 6/15/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 18.3 (originally announced for 6/8 but Robert Kennedy’s funeral is covered by the network. "Flower Drum Song" is substituted.)
FLAMING STAR – 7/17/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.5
TICKLE ME – 7/25/68 – Thursday, CBS – rating 19.0
BLUE HAWAII – 8/28/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.2
VIVA LAS VEGAS – 9/13/68 – Friday, CBS – rating 22.8
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE – 9/15/68 – Saturday, ABC – rating 16.5
ROUSTABOUT – 9/18/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 19.5
Live a Little, Love a Little reviewed 10/14, opens in October.
HARUM SCARUM - 10/24/68 - Thursday, CBS – rating 19.9
Singer Presents Elvis 12/3/68 – Tuesday, NBC - watched by 42% of the viewing audience.
So for those arguing that high ratings mean nothing with respect to popularity, do you apply that same logic to the ratings achieved by his other television work?
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They are in complete denial about his enduring popularity. His stellar fame lasted from the age of 21 until his untimely death at 42. There was never a time in the 1960's when he was forgotten by the public. It simply never happened.HoneyTalkNelson wrote: So for those arguing that high ratings mean nothing with respect to popularity, do you apply that same logic to the ratings achieved by his other television work?
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We know Elvis was a popular entertainer and no one is disputing that and seeing Elvis on the TV in the living room was a totally new thing. In the UK, we had to wait until 1969 before an Elvis film was shown on TV and that was Fun In Acapulco. The 68 TV Special brought a new Elvis and sales of that album and FEIM INCREASED accordingly as did Aloha. But Aloha did nothing really for the follow on album Elvis (Fool album) as it was regarded as a mediocre album. But the Aloha show was an extension of all the other shows he was doing at the time and brought the show into the living rooms of millions of people too. But once again, the UK had to wait until after he died before it was screened as the TV companies here were not prepared to pay the asking price as Elvis in 1973 did not have the same appeal that he did in 1969/70. It was another case of going off the boil again. Of course he was still popular, but not in the same way as he had been in 69/70.HoneyTalkNelson wrote:Elvis movies did not begin airing in the syndicated 4:30 movie market until circa 1971, well after their prime-time network exposure.
The new movies definitely suffered at the boxoffice from the TV exposure at that time. Many exhibitors complained in the trades, "Why is he competing with himself" or "Why should people pay when they can see him at home for free?"
The simple fact is that Elvis features were a huge ratings success on multiple nights. Please read the research carefully and you will see the days listed.
To make it simple, I have highlighted the nights in which the movies aired.
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - 1/1/67 - Sunday, ABC – rating 21.5
Girls Girls Girls/Fun in Acapulco re-issued in January.
FLAMING STAR - 1/18/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.9
WILD IN THE COUNTRY - 3/15/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.1
Easy Come, Easy Go reviewed 3/27, opens in March.
KISSIN’ COUSINS – 4/2/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 20.4
Double Trouble reviewed 4/10, opens in April.
BLUE HAWAII – 4/25/67 – Tuesday, NBC – rating 20.6
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR – 7/9/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 17.0
WILD IN THE COUNTRY – 7/12/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 13.7
FLAMING STAR – 8/16/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 14.4
FUN IN ACAPULCO - 9/12/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.5
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - 9/20/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.8
VIVA LAS VEGAS - 10/6/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 24.2
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - 10/10/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.1
Clambake reviewed 11/6, opens in December.
TICKLE ME - 12/8/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 26.6
An article in Weekly Variety dated 12/13/67 listed the 60 top rated network movie premieres as determined by Nielson. Elvis had 4 films in that list, more than any other star.
17. FUN IN ACAPULCO - NBC Tuesday night - 42.6 share
21. GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - NBC Tuesday night - 41.6 share
26. VIVA LAS VEGAS - CBS Friday night - 43.4 share
41. PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - ABC Wednesday night - 36.0 share
Interesting to note that just three weeks after the article, ROUSTABOUT premiered on ABC and got the highest rating of any Elvis feature ever shown in prime-time.
ROUSTABOUT - 1/3/68 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 29.1
Stay Away Joe reviewed 3/18, opens in March.
FUN IN ACAPULCO – 4/27/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 20.9
Speedway reviewed 5/27, opens in June.
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS – 6/15/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 18.3 (originally announced for 6/8 but Robert Kennedy’s funeral is covered by the network. "Flower Drum Song" is substituted.)
FLAMING STAR – 7/17/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.5
TICKLE ME – 7/25/68 – Thursday, CBS – rating 19.0
BLUE HAWAII – 8/28/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.2
VIVA LAS VEGAS – 9/13/68 – Friday, CBS – rating 22.8
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE – 9/15/68 – Saturday, ABC – rating 16.5
ROUSTABOUT – 9/18/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 19.5
Live a Little, Love a Little reviewed 10/14, opens in October.
HARUM SCARUM - 10/24/68 - Thursday, CBS – rating 19.9
Singer Presents Elvis 12/3/68 – Tuesday, NBC - watched by 42% of the viewing audience.
So for those arguing that high ratings mean nothing with respect to popularity, do you apply that same logic to the ratings achieved by his other television work?
The point that certain members are repeatedly saying on this particular thread and is based around the recording of Do The Clam is that Elvis' popularity during 65-67 was NOT as high as it had been in previous years due to the fact that the songs he was recording and releasing, were in the main, sub standard. We are not saying that he was washed up, not known, did not have chart entries, forgotten about or anything else within this area. But all of the TV viewings whether it was in the millions or whatever, DID NOT increase his record sales or make him a more interesting entertainer to the teenagers of that period. SIMPLES REALLY.
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Actually emjel 'Love Me Tender' was the first Elvis film shown in the UK. It was broadcast on BBC1 in, I believe, 1965. I'll try and find the exact date.
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That would be good. You might be correct - I was looking at the ITV network and I believe it was on Granada TV.Chris Roberts wrote:Actually emjel 'Love Me Tender' was the first Elvis film shown in the UK. It was broadcast on BBC1 in, I believe, 1965. I'll try and find the exact date.
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I am not too good on the computer, I have tried looking it up - but failed. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can check and confirm the date. Thanks in advance.emjel wrote:That would be good. You might be correct - I was looking at the ITV network and I believe it was on Granada TV.Chris Roberts wrote:Actually emjel 'Love Me Tender' was the first Elvis film shown in the UK. It was broadcast on BBC1 in, I believe, 1965. I'll try and find the exact date.
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Yes i tried myself but could not find anything either. I'm surprised I did not watch it in 65 though. My Monthlies are in loft, so cannot check quickly for it. I'll ask a mate of mine to see if he knows.Chris Roberts wrote:I am not too good on the computer, I have tried looking it up - but failed. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can check and confirm the date. Thanks in advance.emjel wrote:That would be good. You might be correct - I was looking at the ITV network and I believe it was on Granada TV.Chris Roberts wrote:Actually emjel 'Love Me Tender' was the first Elvis film shown in the UK. It was broadcast on BBC1 in, I believe, 1965. I'll try and find the exact date.
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Looks like it was in 1966. I found a site called 'BBC1 televised films 1966' it doesn't say what month though, but I think it was in the autumn.emjel wrote:Yes i tried myself but could not find anything either. I'm surprised I did not watch it in 65 though. My Monthlies are in loft, so cannot check quickly for it. I'll ask a mate of mine to see if he knows.Chris Roberts wrote:I am not too good on the computer, I have tried looking it up - but failed. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can check and confirm the date. Thanks in advance.emjel wrote:That would be good. You might be correct - I was looking at the ITV network and I believe it was on Granada TV.Chris Roberts wrote:Actually emjel 'Love Me Tender' was the first Elvis film shown in the UK. It was broadcast on BBC1 in, I believe, 1965. I'll try and find the exact date.
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On recollection, I think it was a Saturday night under their Saturday Night Westerns. Probably around 7:00pm. I'm surprised I didn't remember this as I had not seen it before then. Thanks for the heads up.Chris Roberts wrote:Looks like it was in 1966. I found a site called 'BBC1 televised films 1966' it doesn't say what month though, but I think it was in the autumn.emjel wrote:Yes i tried myself but could not find anything either. I'm surprised I did not watch it in 65 though. My Monthlies are in loft, so cannot check quickly for it. I'll ask a mate of mine to see if he knows.Chris Roberts wrote:I am not too good on the computer, I have tried looking it up - but failed. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can check and confirm the date. Thanks in advance.emjel wrote:That would be good. You might be correct - I was looking at the ITV network and I believe it was on Granada TV.Chris Roberts wrote:Actually emjel 'Love Me Tender' was the first Elvis film shown in the UK. It was broadcast on BBC1 in, I believe, 1965. I'll try and find the exact date.
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Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.

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Or maybe the "millions upon millions" who "generally accept" that The Beatles on the Sullivan Show are "the big bang of Rock". 

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Except as I wrote before, it wasn't. But Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he put me on his "foe" list. as he finds that is the easiest way to deal with things if he cannot get his message across to his liking. Anyhow It appears to have been No 10 for 2 weeks and a high of No 8 as far as I can see.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.
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Millions upon millions. No disputing the historical record. Read em and weep.
HoneyTalkNelson wrote:Elvis movies did not begin airing in the syndicated 4:30 movie market until circa 1971, well after their prime-time network exposure.
The new movies definitely suffered at the boxoffice from the TV exposure at that time. Many exhibitors complained in the trades, "Why is he competing with himself" or "Why should people pay when they can see him at home for free?"
The simple fact is that Elvis features were a huge ratings success on multiple nights. Please read the research carefully and you will see the days listed.
To make it simple, I have highlighted the nights in which the movies aired.
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - 1/1/67 - Sunday, ABC – rating 21.5
Girls Girls Girls/Fun in Acapulco re-issued in January.
FLAMING STAR - 1/18/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.9
WILD IN THE COUNTRY - 3/15/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.1
Easy Come, Easy Go reviewed 3/27, opens in March.
KISSIN’ COUSINS – 4/2/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 20.4
Double Trouble reviewed 4/10, opens in April.
BLUE HAWAII – 4/25/67 – Tuesday, NBC – rating 20.6
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR – 7/9/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 17.0
WILD IN THE COUNTRY – 7/12/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 13.7
FLAMING STAR – 8/16/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 14.4
FUN IN ACAPULCO - 9/12/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.5
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - 9/20/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.8
VIVA LAS VEGAS - 10/6/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 24.2
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - 10/10/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.1
Clambake reviewed 11/6, opens in December.
TICKLE ME - 12/8/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 26.6
An article in Weekly Variety dated 12/13/67 listed the 60 top rated network movie premieres as determined by Nielson. Elvis had 4 films in that list, more than any other star.
17. FUN IN ACAPULCO - NBC Tuesday night - 42.6 share
21. GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - NBC Tuesday night - 41.6 share
26. VIVA LAS VEGAS - CBS Friday night - 43.4 share
41. PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - ABC Wednesday night - 36.0 share
Interesting to note that just three weeks after the article, ROUSTABOUT premiered on ABC and got the highest rating of any Elvis feature ever shown in prime-time.
ROUSTABOUT - 1/3/68 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 29.1
Stay Away Joe reviewed 3/18, opens in March.
FUN IN ACAPULCO – 4/27/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 20.9
Speedway reviewed 5/27, opens in June.
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS – 6/15/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 18.3 (originally announced for 6/8 but Robert Kennedy’s funeral is covered by the network. "Flower Drum Song" is substituted.)
FLAMING STAR – 7/17/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.5
TICKLE ME – 7/25/68 – Thursday, CBS – rating 19.0
BLUE HAWAII – 8/28/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.2
VIVA LAS VEGAS – 9/13/68 – Friday, CBS – rating 22.8
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE – 9/15/68 – Saturday, ABC – rating 16.5
ROUSTABOUT – 9/18/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 19.5
Live a Little, Love a Little reviewed 10/14, opens in October.
HARUM SCARUM - 10/24/68 - Thursday, CBS – rating 19.9
Singer Presents Elvis 12/3/68 – Tuesday, NBC - watched by 42% of the viewing audience.
So for those arguing that high ratings mean nothing with respect to popularity, do you apply that same logic to the ratings achieved by his other television work?
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Millions of them becoming disallusioned with the later films.Hard Rocker wrote:Millions upon millions. No disputing the historical record. Read em and weep.
HoneyTalkNelson wrote:Elvis movies did not begin airing in the syndicated 4:30 movie market until circa 1971, well after their prime-time network exposure.
The new movies definitely suffered at the boxoffice from the TV exposure at that time. Many exhibitors complained in the trades, "Why is he competing with himself" or "Why should people pay when they can see him at home for free?"
The simple fact is that Elvis features were a huge ratings success on multiple nights. Please read the research carefully and you will see the days listed.
To make it simple, I have highlighted the nights in which the movies aired.
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - 1/1/67 - Sunday, ABC – rating 21.5
Girls Girls Girls/Fun in Acapulco re-issued in January.
FLAMING STAR - 1/18/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.9
WILD IN THE COUNTRY - 3/15/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.1
Easy Come, Easy Go reviewed 3/27, opens in March.
KISSIN’ COUSINS – 4/2/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 20.4
Double Trouble reviewed 4/10, opens in April.
BLUE HAWAII – 4/25/67 – Tuesday, NBC – rating 20.6
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR – 7/9/67 – Sunday, ABC – rating 17.0
WILD IN THE COUNTRY – 7/12/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 13.7
FLAMING STAR – 8/16/67 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 14.4
FUN IN ACAPULCO - 9/12/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.5
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - 9/20/67 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 21.8
VIVA LAS VEGAS - 10/6/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 24.2
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - 10/10/67 - Tuesday, NBC – rating 25.1
Clambake reviewed 11/6, opens in December.
TICKLE ME - 12/8/67 - Friday, CBS – rating 26.6
An article in Weekly Variety dated 12/13/67 listed the 60 top rated network movie premieres as determined by Nielson. Elvis had 4 films in that list, more than any other star.
17. FUN IN ACAPULCO - NBC Tuesday night - 42.6 share
21. GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - NBC Tuesday night - 41.6 share
26. VIVA LAS VEGAS - CBS Friday night - 43.4 share
41. PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE - ABC Wednesday night - 36.0 share
Interesting to note that just three weeks after the article, ROUSTABOUT premiered on ABC and got the highest rating of any Elvis feature ever shown in prime-time.
ROUSTABOUT - 1/3/68 - Wednesday, ABC – rating 29.1
Stay Away Joe reviewed 3/18, opens in March.
FUN IN ACAPULCO – 4/27/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 20.9
Speedway reviewed 5/27, opens in June.
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS – 6/15/68 – Saturday, NBC – rating 18.3 (originally announced for 6/8 but Robert Kennedy’s funeral is covered by the network. "Flower Drum Song" is substituted.)
FLAMING STAR – 7/17/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.5
TICKLE ME – 7/25/68 – Thursday, CBS – rating 19.0
BLUE HAWAII – 8/28/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 16.2
VIVA LAS VEGAS – 9/13/68 – Friday, CBS – rating 22.8
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE – 9/15/68 – Saturday, ABC – rating 16.5
ROUSTABOUT – 9/18/68 – Wednesday, ABC – rating 19.5
Live a Little, Love a Little reviewed 10/14, opens in October.
HARUM SCARUM - 10/24/68 - Thursday, CBS – rating 19.9
Singer Presents Elvis 12/3/68 – Tuesday, NBC - watched by 42% of the viewing audience.
So for those arguing that high ratings mean nothing with respect to popularity, do you apply that same logic to the ratings achieved by his other television work?
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Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.

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Do The Clam got to number 1?? (well I have info that it did not), it got to No 8, But as Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he has blanked me, I cannot get that message across. Maybe you can be my spokesperson.Davelee wrote:Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.
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Oh, it's very clear there is NO evidence whatsoever to support his repeated claim of "Do The Clam" being a "#1 smash hit" in Japan. He's been avoiding this fact since I asked for something credible to support his direct statement. Why someone behaves so desperately over something so long ago is just plain odd.emjel wrote:Do The Clam got to number 1?? (well I have info that it did not), it got to No 8, But as Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he has blanked me, I cannot get that message across. Maybe you can be my spokesperson.Davelee wrote:Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.
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Nope! He's "foed" me too.emjel wrote:Do The Clam got to number 1?? (well I have info that it did not), it got to No 8, But as Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he has blanked me, I cannot get that message across. Maybe you can be my spokesperson.Davelee wrote:Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.
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Oh dear - what a sad individual he is.Davelee wrote:Nope! He's "foed" me too.emjel wrote:Do The Clam got to number 1?? (well I have info that it did not), it got to No 8, But as Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he has blanked me, I cannot get that message across. Maybe you can be my spokesperson.Davelee wrote:Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.
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I hear this classic 45 got to #1 in some parts of Africa as well.

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Yep! But he hasn't "foed" the very person he dislikes most on here - guess who it is?!....emjel wrote:Oh dear - what a sad individual he is.Davelee wrote:Nope! He's "foed" me too.emjel wrote:Do The Clam got to number 1?? (well I have info that it did not), it got to No 8, But as Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he has blanked me, I cannot get that message across. Maybe you can be my spokesperson.Davelee wrote:Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.
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I know who it is. But if he "foed" everyone who does not agree with him, he would have no one to argue with and his life would be even duller. I guess we'll just have to rely on The Doc to be our spokesperson then.Davelee wrote:Yep! But he hasn't "foed" the very person he dislikes most on here - guess who it is?!....emjel wrote:Oh dear - what a sad individual he is.Davelee wrote:Nope! He's "foed" me too.emjel wrote:Do The Clam got to number 1?? (well I have info that it did not), it got to No 8, But as Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he has blanked me, I cannot get that message across. Maybe you can be my spokesperson.Davelee wrote:Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.
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Yes. But you've got to remember that he relies "millions upon millions" of Japanese people.emjel wrote:I know who it is. But if he "foed" everyone who does not agree with him, he would have no one to argue with and his life would be even duller. I guess we'll just have to rely on The Doc to be our spokesperson then.Davelee wrote:Yep! But he hasn't "foed" the very person he dislikes most on here - guess who it is?!....emjel wrote:Oh dear - what a sad individual he is.Davelee wrote:Nope! He's "foed" me too.emjel wrote:Do The Clam got to number 1?? (well I have info that it did not), it got to No 8, But as Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he has blanked me, I cannot get that message across. Maybe you can be my spokesperson.Davelee wrote:Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.

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At the risk of being redundant it was a simple mistake. Do The Vega was number 1 in Japan for months iirc. Easy to confuse these stand out performances.emjel wrote:I know who it is. But if he "foed" everyone who does not agree with him, he would have no one to argue with and his life would be even duller. I guess we'll just have to rely on The Doc to be our spokesperson then.Davelee wrote:Yep! But he hasn't "foed" the very person he dislikes most on here - guess who it is?!....emjel wrote:Oh dear - what a sad individual he is.Davelee wrote:Nope! He's "foed" me too.emjel wrote:Do The Clam got to number 1?? (well I have info that it did not), it got to No 8, But as Hard Rocker does not see my posts because he has blanked me, I cannot get that message across. Maybe you can be my spokesperson.Davelee wrote:Lol. The Japanese knew a good song, millions of them.drjohncarpenter wrote:Probably the same "millions upon millions" that made "Do The Clam" a #1 smash hit in Japan.Davelee wrote:"millions upon millions watching them", only in your own imagination.Hard Rocker wrote:You really have no clue if they had a TV or not.... Nor what they were watching on a Sunday night. You're just making that up. We're back to that "credibility" thing again.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's likely they all had TVs in their homes, they just weren't watching old Elvis movies on a Sunday night.
In any case, clearly Elvis Presley movies were generating a HUGE TV audience in 1967. Very evidently the historical record demonstrates that millions upon millions were watching them. Yet another nail in the naysayers' coffin.
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