Top Of The Pops

Alice has been on BBC1's 'top' music show a couple of times. First was performing 'School's Out' in 1972. This performance caused moral watchdog Mary Whitehouse to call for the band to be banned. Apparently she didn't like Alice's sword.

To avoid having to show the same performance again when 'School's Out' remained at No. 1, the band organised a montage video of footage from the famous Hollywood Bowl show, including the camel.

On the event of its 500th edition(circa 1974), various pop stars made cameos to wish the show well... The Coopers were shown singing "Happy Birthday", all dressed in sailors suits.

The next time he was on the program was 1994, promoting the 'Lost In America' single. They pretty much built the show around him. He did have his snake with him... it even introduced the show - "hello, I'm Alice Cooper's snake, and this is TOTP". Between other acts there was a bit of a routine with the presenter of the show (Bruno Brookes)... Alice put the snake on his shoulders, later Alice asked where the guy had gone, saying they could only find his shoes, the presenter then appeared with torn clothes, etc. Finally, Alice sang his single, with info appearing on the screen that he's sold 30 million albums to date.

In July 2000, while over here to tour 'Brutal Planet', Alice recorded four tracks for sister show 'Top Of The Pops 2'. So far only School`s Out and Elected have been transmitted, the other two songs being new tracks from the album ('Blow Me A Kiss' and 'Gimme'?)

Here`s a list of all Alice`s appearances on the show according to the BBC (and whether the show still exists):

Title	Date	Presenter	Type	Archived?
School's Out	13th July, 1972	Jimmy Savile	Performance	Yes
School's Out	20th July, 1972	Noel Edmonds	Disc	No
School's Out	27th July, 1972	Tony Blackburn	Repeat Performance	No
School's Out	10th August, 1972	Ed Stewart	Repeat Performance	No
School's Out	17th August, 1972	Jimmy Savile	Repeat Performance	No
School's Out	24th August, 1972	Jimmy Savile	Promo Video	No
Elected	12th October, 1972	Noel Edmonds	Promo Video	No
Elected	19th October, 1972	Tony Blackburn	Disc	No
Elected	26th October, 1972	Jimmy Savile	Promo Video	No
School's Out	28th December, 1972	Noel Edmonds, Tony Blackburn	Repeat Performance	Yes
Hello Hooray	1st March, 1973	Tony Blackburn	Promo Video	No
No More Mr.Nice Guy	27th April, 1973	Noel Edmonds	Disc	No
No More Mr.Nice Guy	11th May, 1973	Kenny Everett	Disc	No
Teenage Lament '74	7th February, 1974	Tony Blackburn	Disc	No
Poison	27th July, 1989	Mark Goodier, Simon Parkin	Promo Video	Yes
Poison	3rd August, 1989	Steve Wright, Jenny Powell	Promo Video	Yes
Poison	17th August, 1989	Nicky Campbell, Anthea Turner	Promo Video	Yes
Poison	25th December, 1989	Bruno Brookes, Jakki Brambles, Gary Davies	Promo Video	Yes
Hey Stoopid	27th June, 1991	Simon Mayo	Promo Video	Yes
Lost In America	19th May, 1994	Bruno Brookes	Performance	Yes