The Tomorrow Show - Punk & New Wave (2006)

Tom Snyder is a dork but this is a BLAST from the past!

Lots of great vintage footage of great punk rock and new wave bands like the Ramones, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop and Wendy O'Williams. Tom condutcts long and sometimes awkward interviews with these great icons of rock. This is a great collection that you can't see elsewhere. December 27, 2007

Nostalgia Rock

The Interview with John Lydon & Keith Levine was worth the price. It was nice to see Elvis Costello and Patty Smith how they looked when they were young. Tom Snyder treated everyone with respect which made for a better interview. November 4, 2006

Fire up these colortinis (and one B&Wtini)

The musical performances on this collection are adequate and are, indeed, of historical value to fans, but tend to be eclipsed by the interview segments, especially a very charming and articulate Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello, and all three members of The Jam. The "songs only" and "punks only" features are handy...
but upon loading the DVD menu comes the discovery that this is not just a compilation of music-act appearances on the "Tomorrow" show. This DVD includes (nearly) the entire episodes on which these groups appeared.
Do NOT deny yourself the pleasure of watching vintage "Tomorrow" as veteran broadcaster Tom Snyder takes you back to a more innocent time when popular music was stagnant, ball players attacked fans in their seats, television was coming under fire for its lack of moral standards, inflation was rampant, and a conservative fundamentalist christian hawk was in the White House.
Watch a 10-year-old RickY Schroeder splatter the set with charisma and defend his sexual orientation. Watch Tom Snyder try to get a word in edgeways with a southern belle poet who seems to be channeling Little Richard ("she's me! whoooo!"). Watch Iggy Pop dance through the studio doors that would, only months later, become so familiar to fans of "Late Night with David Letterman." Listen to director Frank Capra's story of the reaction his film "Mr. Smith Goes To Washingon" received at its Washington, DC, debut screening and why Joseph Kennedy wanted the film banned in Britain.

This collection is quite the time capsule. Enjoy.
August 27, 2006

Keeper

I watched some of these episodes as they were airing back in the era of punk and new wave, so part of my enjoyment of viewing this disc(s) was simple nostalgia. But even if I had never seen these clips before, I would have loved this package. The whole thing is worth it, if not just for the opening segment, where Tom Snyder, smoking and being Tom Snyder, gives a little rundown on what "all this punk music is about." Then he brings on a panel befitting of a VHI Surreal World household unit: an uptight Bill Graham, an exuberant Kim Fowley, and a college professor-like rock critic. They all sit there and discuss the merits and drawbacks of punk music, and it is a riot. The band clips are great (Ramones, Jam, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, etc) and Snyder is just Snyder. You realize (if you didn't already know) what an awful band the Plasmatics really were, but you love watching Wendy O. yukking it up with Tom. The Elvis Costello and Ramones interviews are priceless. The disc makes it easy for you to skip the non music-related segements of the shows, which I found very handy. June 7, 2006

Pleasantly surprised

I was thoroughly entertained watching not just the punk interviews, but the rest of the interviews(to the dvd's credit, they kept the shows intact). There are some nuggets buried in the annals of tv, and this show is one. Watching this reminds me how talented Tom Snyder was at riffing with guests of all stripes. It has a late night, unpolished feel that clashes favorably with the over-rehersed, celeb banality of today. More Tomorrow Show dvds please. If Dick Cavett can have multiple releases, Tom Snyder certainly should. April 12, 2006

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