Jan's comments at TAMI concert.

[scooby1970]

JAN BERRY: "Ok, lets hear it for the one and only, the five and only, the real surfers... The Beach Boys"

That always struck me as a weird one. Why did Jan say "the real surfers"? Was it because The Beach Boys were so much bigger musically than Jan & Dean at the time? After all, both Jan AND Dean were surfers, and only Dennis in The Beach Boys was the real surfer there.

Mark

[jdman]

I think Jan was referring to the fact that Jan & Dean were enjoying the wave. Jan didn't care what subject they sang about. Surfing music was in at the time, so that's what Jan & Dean did. The Beach Boys, on the other hand, were the ones that started singing about surfing. So it was more a part of their identity.

[2dean2]

Maybe he was being sarcastic,

[owen]

Yes, I had always assumed that it was somewhere between mild sarcasm and an in-joke.

[David Beard]

It's all Hollywood script writing… Nothing more than that.

[1Jay1]

I thought it was jan paying respect to them,he saw how much talent they had,and were friends,so why not,its not a bad thing to be 2nd to the beachboys

[David Beard]

Keep in mind most of the introductions were scripted with very little improvisation. Example: When Jan & Dean introduce James Brown & His Flames Dean's dressed up as a fireman and proceeds to discharge a fire extinguisher on Jan from head to toe. Great humor, very funny, and clearly scripted.

[Kentucky Surfer]

The comment by Jan that is truly eerie in the TAMI show is the joke about how Dean isn't a very good driver and barely makes it into his driveway.  Somewhat ironic given what happened shortly thereafter.

[jdman]

Yes, that comment was on the Command Performance album. it is a little eerie.