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Shindig!: Shindig season 2

34 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1965 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on Shindig!

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Shindig! Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (11): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (23): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The Byrds / McCoys / Rolling Stones / Chad & Jill

Sep 16, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. The McCoys, the Byrds – ""California Sun"" 2. Jerry Naylor – ""I Got A Feeling"" 3. the Everly Brothers – ""Rip It Up"" 4. Chad & Jill

S2·E3 Core

Jerry Lee Lewis / Raquel Welch / Yardbirds

Sep 23, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Jerry Lee Lewis - ""Breathless"" 2. Blossoms - ""Johnny B. Goode"" 3. Wellingtons - ""Whole Lotta Lovin'"" (Raquel Welch cameo) 4. Billy Pres

S2·E4 Core

Mary Wells / Little Anthony / Georgie Fame

Sep 28, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Dick and Dee Dee – ""Sha La La"" 2. Jimmie Rodgers – ""Early in the Morning"" 3. Donna Loren – ""I Only Want to be With You"" 4. Little

S2·E6 Core

Four Tops / The Who / Billy Joe Royal

Oct 2, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Ray Peterson – ""Let's Have A Party"" 2. Linda Gayle – ""Do You Wanna Dance?"" 3. Four Tops – ""Down the Road Apiece"" (end of medley)

S2·E7 Core

Dee Dee Sharp / Kinks / Evie Sands / Charlie Rich

Oct 7, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Evie Sands - ""Live It Up"" 2. Bobby Sherman - ""You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby"" 3. Dee Dee Sharp - ""Rock Me in the Cradle of Love

S2·E9 Core

Zsa Zsa Gabor (guest host); The Animals; Millie Small

Oct 14, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Millie Small – ""I'm in Love Again"" 2. Willy Nelson – ""Jailer, Bring Me Water"" 3. The M.F.Q. – ""One Track Mind"" 4. Don

S2·E12 Core

Ed Wynn (guest host); Shangri-Las; Byrds; Dobie Gray

Oct 23, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Dobie Gray – ""See You at the Go-Go"" 2. Shangri-Las – ""Thirty Days"" 3. The Byrds – ""I'm A Loser"" 4. Bobby Sherman and Glen Campbel

S2·E14 Core

Halloween ‘65 with Boris Karloff; Ted Cassidy

Oct 30, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Billy Preston (playing organ) – instrumental song 2. Bobby Sherman – ""Help"" 3. Bobby Sherman with the Wellingtons – ""I'm Down"" 4. J

S2·E15 Mytharc

Louis Armstrong, Part 1

Nov 4, 1965 · 30 min

Jimmy O'Neill intro --Louis Armstrong – ""Sleepy Time Down South"" Commercial break --Louis Armstrong and band play instrumental song. --Louis Armstrong & band – ""In

S2·E17 Mytharc

Louis Armstrong, Part 2

Nov 11, 1965 · 30 min

--Louis Armstrong and band - ""Sleepy Time Down South"" --Louis Armstrong - ""Struttin' With (Some) Barbeque"" (including Band's Intro) --Louis Armstrong and band - ""I've Got

S2·E18 Core

Rick Nelson; The Turtles; Barbara Lewis; Roy Head

Nov 13, 1965 · 30 min

Guests: --Rick Nelson - ""Live and Learn"" and ""I Catch Myself Crying"" --Barbara Lewis - ""Make Me Your Baby"" and ""Baby I'm Yours"" --The Turtles - ""Your Ma Said You Cr

S2·E19 Core

The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot

Nov 18, 1965 · 30 min

Dr. Goldfoot is planning to kidnap a teenager named Malcolm Andrews. The evil doctor wants the classified government information that has been stored in Malcom's brain. Hugo (Harve

S2·E20 Mytharc

Shindig in Hawaii, Part 1

Nov 20, 1965 · 30 min

Guests (songs are not in broadcast order & some songs may be abridged): --Don Ho and Allis - ""I'll Remember You"" --Len Barry - ""1-2-3"" --Tommy Sands - ""The Statue"" & ""

S2·E21 Mytharc

Shindig in Hawaii, Part 2

Nov 25, 1965 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Glen Campbell - ""Hidden Island"" 2. The Wellingtons - ""Ride the Wild Surf"" 3. James Burton - ""Yakety Sax"" 4. Glen Campbell - ""Tw

S2·E22 Core

George Maharis; The Young Americans

Nov 27, 1965 · 30 min

Guests: --George Maharis – medley: ""King of the Road"" and ""Route 66"" Commercial break Jimmy O'Neill intro. --George Maharis – medley: ""Witchcraft,"" ""My Kind of G

S2·E24 Mytharc

Shindig Goes to London, Part 1: Animals; Moody Blues

Dec 4, 1965 · 30 min

Filmed at the Richmond-On-Thames Jazz Festival (August 6 – 8, 1965): --The Animals - ""Rosie"" and ""We Gotta Get Outta This Place"" --The Moody Blues - ""I'll Go Crazy"" --

S2·E25 Mytharc

Shindig Goes to London, Part 2: The Who; Yardbirds

Dec 9, 1965 · 30 min

Filmed at the Richmond-On-Thames Jazz Festival (August 6 – 8, 1965): --The Who - ""Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere"" and ""Shout & Shimmy"" --The Yardbirds - ""For Your Love"" and

S2·E26 Core

Barry McGuire / Mamas and the Papas / the Grassroots

Dec 11, 1965 · 30 min

Guests: --Barry McGuire and the Grassroots - ""Out Of Sight"" Jimmy O'Neill intro --Barry McGuire – ""She Belongs To Me"" (a.k.a. ""She's An Artist"") --The Grass Roots

S2·E28 Mytharc

Shindig in Europe, Part 1

Dec 18, 1965 · 30 min

From various sources: --George Chakiris (guest host) - sings ""Witchcraft"" --Orson Welles - ""Making Up the Rules As You Go"" (another source lists the song as ""So Many Thin

S2·E29 Core

Yardbirds; Dave Clark 5; Lulu; Moody Blues

Dec 23, 1965 · 30 min

--Opening medley: Dave Clark 5 - ""Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"" (excerpt) and ""Can't You See That She's Mine?"" (This medley is taken from the 16Dec64 Shindig!) --Gerry & The Pacemakers -

S2·E30 Core

Christmas '65: Johnny Mathis

Dec 25, 1965 · 30 min

1965 Christmas show: --Johnny Mathis - ""On A Wonderful Day Like Today"" Commercial: Listerine Jimmy O'Neill intro --Johnny Mathis - ""Misty"" --Johnny Mathis - ""Mar

S2·E31 Core

The Who; Kinks; Hollies; Manfred Mann

Dec 30, 1965 · 30 min

--The Hollies – ""Too Much Monkey Business"" (opening song) Commercial: Listerine Jimmy O'Neill intro --Manfred Mann – ""Watermelon Man"" --The Blossoms – ""That's W

S2·E32 Mytharc

Shindig in Europe, Part 2

Jan 1, 1966 · 30 min

--Jimmy O'Neill appears at beginning. (His only appearance on this episode.) --Opening credits: George Chakiris (guest host) and woman dance to ""Never Trust in Time"" (correct s

S2·E34 Mytharc

Final Saturday show: Knickerbockers; Jackie DeShannon

Jan 8, 1966 · 30 min

Opening medley (song excerpts): (1) Jackie DeShannon – ""C. C. Rider"" (2) Bobby Sherman, Dick and Dee Dee - ""Reelin' & Rockin'"" (3) Billy Preston, the Knickerbockers - ""J

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