working on their college education while most other musical acts were interested in partying they were interested in their studies dean was studying architecture while william was studying science and medicine william also took some music classes which helped him with his songwriting and allowed him to exert his influence on the duo's production the success of jan and dean's music led to several multimedia ventures some of which turned out better than others one of the duo's more successful attempts at branching out into other mediums was the tami show a concert film the duo hosted and performed in that also included several other major acts of the time like james brown the rolling stones marvin gaye and chuck berry the film was released in NUMBER_TOKEN. that same year they also recorded a song for the film ride the wild surf if the tami show represented an incredibly successful multimedia venture for the duo there were other adventures not so successful they were said to have filmed two separate failed tv pilots one in NUMBER_TOKEN and another in NUMBER_TOKEN. the first one was called surf scene and the second one was on the run although william and dean had vibrant personalities on stage they didn't seem to transfer that well to tv perhaps this is why the duo ended up being portrayed by other people in the NUMBER_TOKEN made for tv biopic film dead man's curve hey if you're enjoying this video so far be sure to give it a like and subscribe to fax first if you haven't already in addition to the two failed tv pilots jan and dean had filmed they also attempted to film a movie for paramount pictures that was going to be called easy come easy go butt production ended up stopping long before the film finished the cause of the halt was a railroad accident that had left the director of the film and several members of its crew seriously injured william and dean thankfully managed to get off unscathed though william later suffered some serious injuries of his own production had halted on easy come easy go in NUMBER_TOKEN and william got into a serious car accident in NUMBER_TOKEN. it took place on dead man's curve a curve on sunset boulevard that had been the titular subject of one of the duo's most popular songs after the accident william was in a coma for a period lasting over two months he eventually awoke on june NUMBER_TOKENth NUMBER_TOKEN. after waking from the coma william had a lot of recovery time ahead of him his brain had been severely damaged and his body was partially paralyzed he had very limited range of motion in his right arm which meant he had to learn how to write with his left hand and he had to completely re-learn how to walk dean had continued his recording career without william releasing the album saved for a rainy day in NUMBER_TOKEN however dean began working with him again as soon as william had recovered adequately enough from the accident the duo signed an agreement with warner brothers records in NUMBER_TOKEN and released three unsuccessful singles they then recorded an album titled carnival of sound that was shelved until NUMBER_TOKEN years after william's death by the NUMBER_TOKENs the duo of jan and dean had found their fame waning in favor of new psychedelic acts but a rolling stone article published in NUMBER_TOKEN detailing william's accident and his recovery process helped
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