The Good Guys It's always amazing when films like The Good Guys are discovered.  As our TV/Film Cameos page conclusively proves, rock and garage bands were everywhere in 1960's media/pop culture.  It's exciting to think of the other footage that still might exist of forgotten but worthy garage bands from obscure films of the era, and this new section of 60sgaragebands.com will document the best (and perhaps "not so best") of recently discovered TV shows, films, shorts, and feature films. Through the years, we've been fortunate to interview several members of bands that competed in the 1967 National Tea Council Battle of the Bands.  It was with great anticipiation, then, when we learned of an approximately five minute short film that featured footage of the event.  The Good Guys, a Paul Deason film, was shown for the first time in 39 years at the 2006 Don't Knock The Rock Festival, and we recently received a review copy for the 60sgaragebands.com Archives, courtesy of Michelle Boomer, daughter of the drummer from Manhatten Beach, California's The Good Guys.  According to Michelle, the short was a 1967 UCLA student film project, but it appears to have been produced in conjunction with the Tea Council of the U.S.A. Winners of an earlier elimination round where they were selected the top group by both the judges and the crowd (leading to the film appearance), The Good Guys were but one of many bands that competed in the event (held at Gary Bookasta's Hullabaloo Club, home of The Palalce Guard and Yellow Payges), and the film documents the band rehearsing, being interviewed, and ultimately performing at the Tea Council Battle.  One of the stipulations in order for bands to compete was that they each had to perform a version of the Tea Council song, and The Good Guys' version is a highlight of the film.  Their other song, titled 'Stupid Tuesday' is a solid garage rocker worthy of official release. The film features all too brief interviews with drummer Don Boomer's mother, who can't hear anything she's being asked by the interviewer due to the loud music in the background, and with Good Guys' guitarist Marc Kirkendall. The Good Guys finished in third place, and it would be very interesting to learn how many other bands also competed.  Drumheads for bands named The Picket Fence and Novelles are briefly seen, but glimpses of other groups are unfortunately not prevalent.  Judges Mala Powers, Troy Donahue, Diane McBain (and what appears to be Michael Blodgett as some sort of Master of Ceremonies) do put in an appearance. Since The Good Guys never released a 45rpm single, this film serves as a living document - and ultimately a fine tribute - to one of the thousands of teen garage bands of the 1960's that have unjustly been forgotten to time.  The Good Guys were Roy Allen, Randy Small, Mark Hoffman, Marc Kirkendall and Don Boomer. Special thanks to Michelle Boomer for providing a DVD copy of the film for review.