Jon Bauman is best known as Bowzer from the band and TV series " Sha Na Na ." Guess what he looks like now! At its peak, "Sha Na Na" was the #1 syndicated show in America, and was also seen in 32 foreign . . Send me updates about Slate special offers. Thanks for signing up! As a reflection of this yearning for the past, in 1972, the musical Greasepremiered on Broadway. Bowzer in Sha Na Na: 'Memba Him?! - TMZ According to Robert Leonard, George choreographed them into a music hall act. The transformed group, Sha Na Na, named after a line in the 1957 song Get a Job by The Silhouettes, became a popular live act. Source: (Lights, Camera, Backbeat-Search). The singer/personality headlines Bowzer's Rock 'n' Party at Cobb Energy PAC this weekend. Joe Cocker played. Video Bowser From Sha Na Na Campaigns With Clinton in Iowa Each episode ended with Jon Bowzer Bauman saying Good night, and grease for peace., By 1979, the nostalgia seemed to have faltered. Bauman was a member of the band Sha Na Na between 1970 and 1983. Bauman's popular Sha Na Na character, "Bowzer" (sometimes called "Bowzer J. Bowzer" and sometimes "Choo Wate"), was a gangly, slender-armed greaser in a muscle shirt. He hosted the Hollywood Squares half on The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour, and The Pop-N-Rocker Game . By the end of the 70s, both Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley had fallen in the ratings. On The Gist, the varying sizes of Trump and Greenland. The transformed group, Sha Na Na, named after a line in the 1957 song "Get a Job" by The Silhouettes, became a popular live act. We do not support Android apps on desktop at this time. [Intro] Okay. In the interview, journalist Steve Rushin is here to talk with Mike about his new memoir Nights at White Castle. It featured comedic skits and music and was centered around the band and their fictional inner city neighborhood, which was reminiscent of the Bronx. They also hosted a TV variety show called Sha Na Na. He was featured in the television comedy/variety show Sha Na Na from 1977 to 1981. a concert group. He is currently president of Social Security Works PAC, a national organization working to elect candidates who support protecting and expanding Social Security benefits. His nephew is Eric C. Bauman, former chairman of the California Democratic Party. Of all the anecdotes and bits of trivia about that famous music festival, the presence of '50s revival/novelty act Sha Na Na is among the weirdest. Longtime member sang band's hit cover of "Blue Moon" for 'Grease' soundtrack, Longtime Sha Na Na member Lennie Baker (left, with saxophone) has died at the age of 69, Lennie Baker, Sha Na Na Saxophonist, Dead at 69, Glastonbury Co-Organizer Promises Female Headliners in 2024 After All-Male Top Billing This Year, NBA Investigating, Team Suspends Ja Morant After Allegedly Flashing Gun on Social Media, See the Beths Deliver Refreshing Expert in a Dying Field Mini-Set on CBS Mornings, founding Sha Na Na member and singer Dennis Greene died, There Were Sidemen. TWEET This. Bauman has been lobbying states on behalf of the. Sha Na Na's big break came with a booking at the Woodstock Festival in 1969; they caught on with the public and began a string of appearances at rock & roll venues and nightclubs. Sha Na Na formed at Columbia University in 1968 and quickly built a name for themselves with live performances, often at the Fillmore East, featuring such theatrics as a dance contest for audience members. Bauman regularly campaigns for Democrats in special elections, including Mark Critz in 2010, Kathy Hochul in 2011, David Weprin in 2011 and Elizabeth Colbert Busch in 2013.