Happening '68

Happening '68 - September 7, 1968

--Opening skit with Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere. (Revere does a "brushing up on my Shakespeare" pun)
--Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart - "Alice Long"
Commercial break
--Mark Lindsay talks with the judges in the amateur band contest: Peter Deuel (formerly of the TV series "Love on a Rooftop"); James Doohan (from "Star Trek") and Gary Owens ("Laugh-In" announcer)
Commercial break
Bands in contest:
1. The Heartbeats (all-female band, from Lubbock, Texas) - "Time Won't Let Me"
2. The Fabulous Malibus (from San Francisco) - "I Got the Feeling" (James Brown song)
Band contest prizes announced.
Band contest winner: The Heartbeats
Commercial break
--Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart - "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"
--Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere talk with contest judges.
--Closing credits

Note: The copy I viewed was from an AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio and Television) broadcast (b&w kinescope). The ABC commercials were replaced by AFRTS public service spots.
1st break: USAFI spot with Smothers Brothers encouraging soldiers to take literature classes.
2nd break: "Miss Matic and the Professor" PSA discussing the meaning of "Phonology"
3rd break: PSA encouraging soldiers to learn a foreign language. (voiceover: "Learn the language of the country where your tour of duty takes you...or where you might spend your leave.") A soldier on leave visits Madrid.