This Is Tom Jones

This show is amazing the guest list is just well Wow! I've watched a lot of clips on YouTube and they just blow you away the talent of Tom Jones is breathtaking and then add on his guests who are the cream of the cream. Just stunning To listen to him sing with some of the best of the 20 th century most who aren't with us anymore . If this was the only thing Sir Tom had done in his life it's enough for 10 lifetimes but of course we know he is still an amazing performer to this day. I'm so glad I stumbled on clips of this show though they are like a beautiful painting or a wonderful poem they are true art that will out survive us all in time. Utterly magical I love it.

I remember this series from it's first showing when I was quite young, it was essential viewing certainly from my mothers view point. I managed to get several of the dvd sets and I was not disappointed. The talent appearing were at the top of their game, personally invited by Tom to share the stage with him, the guests were from both sides of the pond and was filmed in the UK and the US - Those included Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stevie Wonder, The Moody Blues, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, The Who, Bobbi Gentry, Cher, The Bee Gee's and dozens more with comedy provided by the likes of Richard Prior, George Carlin and Peter Sellers. The only weak participants are the resident comedy troupe The Ace Trucking company but it's a minor gripe. Then of course there's Mr Jones who is in excellent form throughout. If you are a fan of great classic music, get your hands on a copy of the Time Life collections.

For decades I have been a fan of Tom Jones, and I did enjoy seeing his variety show and TV specials. I also would like to have the complete series and specials on DVD, and I hope someone can direct me to finding the DVDs for sale.

For decades I have believed Tom Jones would be excellent as the blacksmith Joe Gargery in a production of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. Even at his advanced age, I believe Mr. Jones, with the aid of hair coloring and make-up, could handle the role in this classic. In regard to this idea, I hope someone who does casting in Hollywood or the British film industry sees my post and offers Mr. Jones this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Hot off the press THIS IS TOM JONES is on it's way in full DVD glory!!Tom himself has just bought the rights to every episode(thats 67 in total) to his legendary TV show.According to his official website the DVD release should be around late 2005.No other details at the moment but hopefully they will release all 67 shows over a few box sets and not just a kind of "best of" DVD.As Tom has bought all the rights to every show I think that they probably ARE going to release them all.If you want to check this out go to his official website,register as a member and go to the forum.There is a thread for "TITJ series" and the post containing the announcement for the DVD is by the administrator...so it's official!! LET'S ROCK!!

This show is a tribute to Sir Lew Grade, impressario and boss of ATV. He took top British talent, built a show around them and through his contacts, marketed it in the USA, making the British star an international superstar. Though featuring Tom Jones, it was also variety show and included top international talent as guests. The result was dazzling entertainment equally popular on both sides of the Atlantic unlike anything either had seen before. So feverishly enthusiastic were some of Tom Jones female fans that a few would threw their underwear to him which he used to briefly mop his sweating brow then throw back to them. Ex-bricklayer Jones had a physical vigour which matched his voice, ATV Elstree had early on installed colour TV cameras using the US NTSC system in order to serve the preexisting US colour TV market. Unlike many others, the conversion to the 625 Pal system for European audiences were of the very highest quality. All in all it was win-win - Tom Jones became launched as a global star, and British audiences were able to see big budget shows featuring their very own star. What is more, it was a considerable export-earner for the UK. Neither before or since has British television Light Entertainment had such an expansive, confident and competent impressario. It was ndeed the Golden Age