Watch his surreal appearance on the 1994 episode ‘Little Richard Too Late’
’s reign as a Top 40 hitmaker may have been relatively brief, but thanks to his larger-than-life persona, love of the camera, and eagerness to perform anywhere and everywhere, he stayed in the spotlight decade after decade. That’s one reasonneeded someone to play a goofy exterminator, Little Richard was there. Whenneeded a star to come to the beach and play a song everyone knew, there he was pounding out “Good Golly, Miss Molly” near the surf.
Amazingly, Little Richard happens to be the uncle of Michelle’s friend Denise and he stops by the house that same day. The entire gang, including Kimmy Gibbler and Michelle’s buddy Derek, follow him down to the basement where he plays “Itsy Bitsy Spider” on Jesse’s keyboard. Check out the whole scene right here. Later in the show, he performs “Keep A-Knockin'” with Jesse and the Rippers at the Smash Club.
, but for many kids who grew up in the Nineties, this was probably the first time they learned he even existed. The Beach Boys also jammed with the Tanners on severalepisodes, broadening their own audience in the process. The memories are probably quite fuzzy for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, since they were so young at the time, but they got to jam with some of the greats.
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