

So people, you know, drew that from their memory. And then there was a cartoon - Looney Tunes and all that, they had a bouncing ball. There was a - when the organ would teach you a new song in theater, the organ would play and there was a bouncing ball. Miller: Because there was in the theater.

NPR: Why do you think that everybody thinks that there was a bouncing ball? We just had the lyrics and, as I told you, had the two cameras and the stuff in black.” Mitch Miller, who died in 2010 at age 99, once said the following in an interview on NPR: “Follow the bouncing ball,” the host, Mitch Miller, would say.Īnd I’ll bet anyone who recalls that show will swear that they did follow the bouncing ball as the lyrics flashed on the screen and they all sang along - with Mitch and his army of singers. Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience.įor anyone that grew up in the 1960s, the TV show “Sing Along With Mitch” was an absolute must-watch for several years.
