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Product Description Now for the first time, viewers get an up close and personal look at Darin's last television performance that was never aired! Presented in its original unedited format, audiences can experience the show from the front row, as if they were there. And although recorded in 1973, the vibrant color camera-work, lighting and audio production of NBC studios appear as current as Mr. Darin's timeless appeal. The DVD also features family photographs and never-before-released home movies of Bobby with his wife Sandra Dee and their son Dodd. Seldom-seen TV footage of The Andy Williams and Flip Wilson Shows and rare Hollywood trailers of his early feature films Come September and Pressure Point are included as well as commentary about Darin's Oscar-nominated role in Captain Newman, M.D. by the film's star Gregory Peck. Plus, the interactive discography makes the DVD an invaluable source on the Darin era. Review "I recently watched 1973's Mack is Back! The man...is without question in a league of his own."--Kevin Spacey --Beyond the Sea soundtrack liner notes
I've been a firm believer and tauter of the genius of Bobby Darin ever since I saw this video run on my local PBS station. At first I was going to continue clicking past it when I thought it was just another episode of the Lawrence Welk show (sorry, it's just that everything looked like the Lawrence Welk show in the 70's) but then I heard Bobby sing. He was singing a Hank Williams tune and it was just dripping with soul. The look on the man's face, the sound of his voice, the way he moved, I could just tell that he meant every word he was singing. I was hooked, I put the remote down and finished out the program. Realizing that there was much that I missed, I went online and found it listed here and purchased it immediately. I've never been sorry. In fact, most of my DVD collection is one-time-use only but this one lives on top of the TV.Just to give a little background, I grew up on Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull and Stevie Ray Vaughan, not the sort of music a person writing a Bobby Darin review would typically listen to. Darin's genre bending, crooner/soul tinged arrangements and fantastic backup band would make anybody a believer, no doubt! The energy in this one is phenomenal, even more so when you learn that Bobby only lived another 9 months after this broadcast due to a severe heart condition. In fact, he gave every bit of his heart in this one... I'm not surprised that he didn't leave enough for himself.The extras on this are good too, some clips from Bobby's own variety show, some behind the scenes stuff and a little mini film on Bobby's comeback show at the Copa. If you buy no other DVD this year, make it this one!
