TV Party
| TV Party | |
|---|---|
 Glenn O'Brien and the TV Party logo | |
| Genre | Public-access television, talk show |
| Presented by | Glenn O'Brien |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1978 – 1982 |
| Related | |
| no wave cinema, Colab's three TV series on Manhattan Cable: All Color News, Potato Wolf and Red Curtain | |
TV Party was a public-access television No Wave cable TV show hosted by Glenn O'Brien in New York City that ran from 1978 to 1982.
History
After Glenn O'Brien was a guest on the weekly variety television show, The Coca Crystal Show: If I Can’t Dance, You Can Keep Your Revolution, he went on to create his own show, TV Party.
Glenn O'Brien was the host of TV Party; Chris Stein, the co-founder of the pop band Blondie, was the co-host; and Walter "Doc" Steding was the leader of the TV Party orchestra. Amos Poe was the director. Fab Five Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) was a sometime cameraman and guest. Bobby Grossman was the staff photographer. Guests on the show included Mick Jones, David Byrne, Debbie Harry, James Chance, Klaus Nomi, Charles Rocket, Elliott Murphy and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
In 2005 Brink Films has re-released some of the best of the 80 plus episodes on DVD, as well as a documentary about the TV show.
In 2019, public access show The Special Without Brett Davis paid tribute to TV Party, with host Brett Davis portraying O'Brien, alongside performers such as Ziwe Fumudoh and Spike Einbinder.
References
- ↑ Marie Sophie Beckmann, Films That Spill: Beyond the Cinema of Transgression, Rutgers University Press, 2026, pp.115-116
- ↑ Hawkins, Joan (2015). Downtown Film and TV Culture: 1975–2001. Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1783204229.
- ↑ Marie Sophie Beckmann, Films That Spill: Beyond the Cinema of Transgression, Rutgers University Press, 2026, p.120
- ↑ Orlean, Susan (June 10, 1991). "Fab Five Freddy, the Coolest Person in New York". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on December 10, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
- ↑ "TV Party (2005)". IMDB. Archived from the original on November 10, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ↑ The Special Ep. 167: "TV Party" with Mary Houlihan, Ziwe Fumudoh, Rich From Lectrolux, June 23, 2019, retrieved October 5, 2023
External links
- TV Party at IMDb
- TV Party, the DVD website
- Blondie, Klaus Nomi, etc. on TV Party (YouTube clip)
- Mick Jones on TV Party Part 1 Part 2 (YouTube clip)
- The TV Party Band (Walter Steading and the Dragon People) with David Byrne, 1979. (YouTube clip)
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