CBS salutes Bing Crosby on his 20th year in radio.              

 Stan Freberg set free in this comedy broadcast which allows for the comedian freedom of expression. Included is a couple of vignettes on "honesty," and "commercials." Stan addresses the question of cultural relations between earth and the moon, a dramatization of the sale of Manhattan  for the show-biz minded, and lampoons of the old Chinese invention, television. 

Assisting Stan on the taped hour broadcast are little Ginny Tiu, Sterling Holloway, Frances Osborne, Mike Mazurki, Patti Regan, and Gloria Wood.            

News and commentary. AN attack on the US for Cuban policies.             

CBS salute to journalist H.V. Kaltenborn, "the dean of commentators," on his death.            

October 12, 1968 - March 1, 1969
Saturdays 4:30 - 5:00pm    
Repeated series run: 
April 25, 1971 - September 5, 1971
Sundays 7:00 - 7:30pm

Leon Bibb hosts this color video taped half hour broadcast.

This rare opening is the only known surviving broadcast video or audio of this short lived variety half-hour series, introducing different musical, dance and creative arts.

Brief opening with mime, Robert Molnar. 
Leon Bibb sings, "The Little Bird."  

NOTE:
Barry Manilow and Jeanne (Barry Manilow Duo) appeared on the November 2, 1968 broadcast.        

A star-studded salute to a great lyricist-Oscar Hammerstein 11 (1895-1960). Taped in April 1971 at the University of Southern California.    

Highlights and performers:

"A Cockeyed Optimist "       Dinah Shore
"All The Things You Are"     Helen Hayes
"I Am Going To Like It Here" Miyoshi Umeki
"Why Do I Love You?"         Leslie Uggams 
"Carefully Taught"           Burt Lancaster
"If I Loved You"             John Raitt
Medley:"I Whistle A Happy Tune" "The Folks Who Live On The Hill"
"Shall We Dance?" "I Won't Dance" "Stouthearted Men" "Getting To Know You" "Do Re Mi" ...Raitt, Uggams, Johnny Mercer, Janet Blair
"I Can't Say No" Celeste Holm
"The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" Harve Presnell
"The Desert Song" "Rose Marie" "Wanting You" Jean Fenn, Harve Presnell. 
"It Might As Well Be Spring" Janet Blair
"There Is Nothing Like A Dame" 
Desi Arnaz Jr, Milton Berle, Larry Hagman, Yaphet Kotto, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Stack, Ray Walston, 
"A Puzzlement" Ricardo Montalban 
"Climb Every Mountain" Jean Fenn 
                                                  

25 years of television memories as 26 top stars, in person, celebrate a treasure of TV nostalgia. Performing and accepting awards for their roles in TV's success story are Judith Anderson, Russell Arms, James Arness, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, George Chakiris, Maria Cole, Jimmy Durante, Dave Garroway, Lorne Greene, Bob Hope, George C. Scott, Rod Serling, Dinah Shore, the Smothers Brothers, Ed Sullivan, John Wayne, Robert Young, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. There are 5 commercials including an opening commercial. 
Film clips from more than 400 shows (from Boston Blackie to Sonny and Cher) were culled for this tribute, which also includes elaborate production numbers, and a host of celebrities scheduled to accept awards in TV's success story. 

Songs and Performers: "September Song" - Jimmy Durante 
Fifties medley: "Shrimp Boats," "Shanghai," "Love Is Sweeping The Country," "Doggie In The Window," "This Old House," by Hit Paraders, Gisele Mackenzie, Snooky Lanson, Russell Arms, and Eileen Wilson. 
"How Sweet It Was," Florence Henderson 
"They Went Thataway," George Chakiris. 

Duplicate of #1118.

25 years of television memories as 26 top stars, in person, celebrate a treasure of TV nostalgia. Performing and accepting awards for their roles in TV's success story are Judith Anderson, Russell Arms, James Arness, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, George Chakiris, Maria Cole, Jimmy Durante, Dave Garroway, Lorne Greene, Bob Hope, George C. Scott, Rod Serling, Dinah Shore, the Smothers Brothers, Ed Sullivan, John Wayne, Robert Young, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. There are 5 commercials including an opening commercial.  

Duplicate of # 1118.             

After spending a record 59 days in space, Skylab 3 astronauts Jack Lousma, Alan Bean, and Owen Garriott splash down in the Pacific Ocean and picked up by the aircraft carrier USS New Orleans.             

The Friars Club "roasts" Milton Berle, who celebrates his 60th anniversary in show business. Guests include Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, George Burns, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Red Foxx, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Carroll O'Connor, Jan Murray, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Senator Ted Kennedy, Archbishop Fulton J.
Sheen and Henny Youngman.             

The Friars Club "roasts" Milton Berle, who celebrates his 60th anniversary in show business. Some of the world's greatest talent pay a riotous tribute to "Mr. Television." Guests include Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, George Burns, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Red Foxx, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Carroll O'Connor, Jan Murray, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Senator Ted Kennedy, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and Henny Youngman.

Host: Sammy Davis Jr. 

Duplicate of #1130.       

 A four and a half hour  PBS Special Television Broadcast.

Coverage of the White House dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth 2 of Great Britain and her husband Prince Philip.

Ceremonies begin with the royal couple's arrival at the North Portico where they are to be welcomed by President Gerald Ford and first lady Betty Ford. Then to a receiving line at the South Lawn (East Room) to meet 200 VIP guests.

Robert MacNeil and Jean Marsh tour the upper floors of the executive mansion. French chef, Julia Child interviews White House chef Henry Haller in his kitchen. 

After dinner events will include an exchange of toasts between the President and the Queen. Entertainment is furnished by Bob Hope and Captain and Tennille ensemble in the East Room. 

Included in this broadcast, Robert MacNeil discusses the role of the Royal Family and the changes in the role of the Monarchy since the time of George the 3rd.