Mike Gallup, Mahlon Schanzenbach,
Doug Strawn, Don LindstromJuly, 1968.
Outside the Hallmark store on Main Street, U.S.A. In November and December of 1968, these
Dapper Dans appeared on national television two times as contestants on Your All American College Show,
a college talent show featuring celebrity judges and hosted by Dennis James. They were
recommended for this show by Richard Carpenter. On both the semifinals (which they won)
and the finals they sang "Mame," arranged by Mahlon and orchestrated by Ivan
Ditmars and His Orchestra. Sometime after this they were singing at La Costa Country Club
(near Oceanside, California) when a guest at the club yelled out, "Do Mame!" It
was Dennis James. |