Southern Cal lite psychedelia hit the airwaves when The Merry Go Round appeared on The Dating Game in 1967.

While the band never broke big it did serve as a rite of passage for highly regarded singer/songwriter Emmit Rhodes and drummer Joel Larson who played with The Grass Roots and Gene Clark.

When TV was day-glow.
 

 
The Dating Game had some unusual contestants over the years including Steve Martin, Pee-wee Herman, Farrah Fawcett, a young Michael Jackson and even a serial killer.

In the below clip, a hot-looking Jackie Fox, formerly of The Runaways, meets three goofy bachelors.

A commenter on YouTube writes:

Jackie was about 20 at this time. Here’s what she said in an interview about it later:

“My roommate at the time worked for Chuck Barris productions and was responsible for getting potential contestants in to audition. She had a quota and one week when she hadn’t met it begged me just to show up. So I went and, since I wasn’t taking it seriously, just mouthed off when I got there.”