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1945-00-00, NBC, 15 min.
December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956 The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. Guest: Frank Sinatra
1949-05-09, WNBC, 19 min.
- Tex McCrary
- Frank Sinatra
- Jerry Lewis
- Dean Martin
- Alan King
- Ed Sullivan
- Jinx Falkenburg
- Clark Gable
- Sophie Tucker
- Walter Winchell
- Sonny King
- Abby Greshler
- Four Vagabonds
- Barry Fitzgerald
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY: April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm. Tex McCrary opens the broadcast introducing both of Jinx's guests, Dean Martin (30 years old), and Jerry Lewis (22 years old). Jinx Falkenburg asks both Dean and Jerry to describe themselves so radio audiences will be able to know them apart. They each also describe the other. Jerry says that his high voice is because he gets excited . Jerry describes his monogrammed shirt which says "Child Star." Jinx mentions that there has been a lot of praise for the team coming from the likes of Walter Winchell and Ed Sullivan. Dean and Jerry relate how they first came together and their big breakthrough when they played the 500 Club in Atlantic City. They recall how in the beginning Sophie Tucker caught their act at the Riobamba in New York and encouraged them to not give up. Jumping to the present, Jerry relates to their current act at the Copacabana and the structure of their act...Jerry always going on solo at first, followed by Dean singing three songs, and then extemporaneous bedlam between them both. Jinx asks Jerry about the very beginning of his career when he first worked in the Catskills at the Brown's Hotel where he worked for $30 a month. He states that his jobs consisted of working as a Social Director, Bus Boy, Athletic Director, Waiter, and three times a week Entertainer in the Social Hall. Following the coaxing and suggestion of agent Abby Greshler Jerry states how he began a solo act and for $3.00 a night did shows at local hotels. Dean is asked about his beginnings. He states that he was from Steubenville Ohio where he worked in pool halls...was a gas station attendant and bundled 16" hot coils in a steel mill. He remembers going to the Walker's Cafe every Saturday night and singing there. One day an orchestra leader asked him to play with his band and Dean accepted. He remembers the first song he ever sung, "Blue Moon." Dean recalls his first solo singing job in 1944 following Frank Sinatra at the Riobamba night club on 57th Street in Manhattan. Shortly, through his roommate, Sunny King, he met Jerry by chance where a few years would lapse before they would finally work together as a team creating a breakthrough engagement at the 500 Club. Originally, Dean and Jerry worked separately on the same show at the Havana Madrid in New York City ( Broadway 50th and 51st Street where thirty five years later on the very spot the adult film Gerry Damiano's The Satisfiers' of Alpha Blue" premiered at the AVON 7 theater in 1981). Jinx asks Jerry to describe the teams current act at the Copacabana which also showcases the Four Vagabonds. Dean mentions that they have no writers and much of what is performed is made up "on the spot." Briefly discussed is their current radio series, "The Martin and Lewis Show" that just began last month on WNBC. Dean mentions that they hope to bring the spirit of their nightclub act to radio. So far they have not gotten there. Jinx asks about the motion picture Dean and Jerry are making called "My Friend Irma." (premiere of the film took place almost five months after this radio broadcast, September 28, 1949). Wrapping up this rare and revealing interview Dean Martin does his impression of Clark Gable and Jerry Lewis does his impression of Barry Fitzgerald to an amused Jinx Falkenburg. HISTORICAL NOTE: Both Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had been traveling the same night club circuit and appeared many times on the same show but separately. One night Dean Martin, whose career had been taking off had been booked as the headliner at the Havana - Madrid night spot, but the comic for the show, originally his other roommate, Alan King, bombed, and Jerry Lewis was brought on as his replacement. Billboard wrote a stellar review calling the twosome act as "hilarious brilliance." The rest is history. This recording comes from the original 1949 master 16" Electronic Disc (ET) disposed of by Tex and Jinx, when they ended their radio show in 1959. It ended up in the possession of the final producer of the show, Barry Farber. He also had little interest keeping this disc and discarded it along with 75 other Tex and Jinx radio show discs when in 1960 he went on to host his own talk show on WOR Radio. TEX AND JINX SHOW: In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. NOTE:: The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. Today's Guests: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis interviewed by Jinx Falkenburg. This is the earliest known BRAODCAST INERVIEW given and recorded with the team of Martin and Lewis, less than two years after they appeared on Ed Sullivan's first "TOAST OF THE TOWN" television show (June 20, 1948). NOTE: 9/10/2001 Dear Phil, [Letter in response to receiving a requested audio air check by Jinx Falkenburg ("Tex & Jinx" live radio broadcast) with guests Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando and Sid Caesar] "Thank you again for the cassette. As I mentioned on the phone, my mother, Jinx (Falkenburg), has always said that that interview with Marilyn (Monroe) - Dec. 12, 1955 - was her most difficult interview ever." Sincerely, John McCrary
1954-02-28, WNBC, 54 min.
September 10, 1950-December 25, 1955. Most COLGATE COMEDY SHOWS were comedy-variety hours with guest hosts Martin & Lewis, Abbott & Costello, Eddie Cantor, Donald O'Connor, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, & Gordon MacRae. Starting in the Fall of 1952, occasional revues and musicals were broadcast. In the summer of 1955, the name of the series was changed to "Colgate Variety Hour," and when Colgate dropped its sponsorship, the show continued in January 1956 for one half season as the "NBC Comedy Hour." Woody Allen was one of the writers. Presented on "COLGATE COMEDY HOUR." A Sunday evening variety hour. Most shows were comedy variety hours with guest hosts. A few comedy plays and musicals were also televised. Ethel Merman recreates her starring role in ANYTHING GOES, loosely based adaptation of the 1934 Cole Porter musical.
1955-09-19, WNBC, 80 min.
October 18, 1954-June 24, 1957. Presented on "PRODUCER'S SHOWCASE." Some of television's most notable single programs were presented on this highly acclaimed series, one of the most costly to be produced during the "Golden Age Of Television."
Frank Sinatra stars in this story of family life in the fictional town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire.1955-12-22, Live, 70 min.
- Liberace
- Humphrey Bogart
- Bob Hope
- Frank Sinatra
- Jan Murray
- Red Buttons
- Phil Silvers
- Alan King
- Lauren Bacall
- Maurice Chevalier
- Clark Gable
- Joe E. Ross
- Eddie Weiner
- Charles Coburn
- Lou Holtz
- Gene Baylos
- Solly Violinsky
The most complete recording known running almost ten minutes longer than what has been uploaded to the internet of this rowdy uncensored early Humphrey Bogart Friar's roast, recorded live almost 70 years ago. Paying "tribute" to our guest of honor is Master of Ceremonies, Red Buttons, HIstorian of the Friars Club, Eddie Weiner, Joe E. Ross (missing from you tube uploads), Alan King, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Coburn, Lou Holtz, Gene Baylos, Phil Silvers (missing from you tube uploads), Solly Violinsky, Lauren Bacall, and Humphrey Bogart (part of his speech missing from you tube uploads). Red Buttons reads telegrams of congratulation from Liberace, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Bob Hope each using a term for copulation in their quotes). Processed from an original recording with flaws (edits, under and over modulation, clicks and gaps) acquired over 30 years ago, Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc., has improved the quality and flow of this extraordinary Friar's Roast lampooning Humphrey Bogart just 13 months before his death at age 56.
1956-11-04, , 11 min.
Hazel Scott is divorcing Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Ava Gardner to divorce Frank Sinatra. Winchell mentions the comedy team of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
1957-10-13, CBS, 50 min.
- Four Preps
- Bob Hope
- Frank Sinatra
- Bing Crosby
- Rosemary Clooney
- Louis Armstrong
- Warren Hull
- Conn and Mann
- Norman Luboff Choir
- Barrett Deems
- Squire Gersh
- Billy Kyle
- James Young
- Edmond Hall
- Lindsay Crosby
Wall-To-Wall music is the order of the day as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra host this CBS-TV musical special. Also appearing are Rosemary Clooney, Louis Armstrong, Bing's son Lindsay Crosby, The Four Preps, clarinetist Edmond Hall, Trombonist James Young, pianist Billy Kyle, Bob Hope, bass player Squire Gersh, drummer Barrett Deems, The Norman Luboff Choir, The dance team of Conn and Mann, and Warren Hull, spokesperson for Edsel. This special was to be the first CBS rebroadcast on video tape.
1957-10-13, CBS, 50 min.
- Four Preps
- Bob Hope
- Frank Sinatra
- Bing Crosby
- Rosemary Clooney
- Louis Armstrong
- Warren Hull
- Conn and Mann
- Norman Luboff Choir
- Barrett Deems
- Squire Gersh
- Billy Kyle
- James Young
- Edmond Hall
- Lindsay Crosby
Wall-To-Wall music is the order of the day as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra host this CBS-TV musical special. Also appearing are Rosemary Clooney, Louis Armstrong, Bing's son Lindsay Crosby, The Four Preps, clarinetist Edmond Hall, Trombonist James Young, pianist Billy Kyle, Bob Hope, bass player Squire Gersh, drummer Barrett Deems, The Norman Luboff Choir, The dance team of Conn and Mann, and Warren Hull, spokesperson for Edsel. This special has a "mystery guest" which turns out to be Bob Hope. The Edsel Show special replaced the Ed Sullivan Show for this night with the same sponsor. It was one of the year's most successful programs, though it failed to increase the popularity of the Edsel automobile. It has been credited as Bing Crosby's real television breakthrough, setting the pattern for his many television specials to come. He subsequently signed a lucrative contract with ABC under which he would produce two specials per year. Ending theme for tonight's show: "On The Sunny Side Of The Street." Narrated by Warren Hull. This special was to be the first CBS rebroadcast on video tape. It was rebroadcast in the Western part of the United States following its original airing live on the East Coast. Duplicate of 10495.
#13234: FRANK SINATRA SHOW, THE
Order1957-10-18, ABC, 19 min.
October 18th, 1957-June 27th, 1958 Frank Sinatra half-hour variety series, also presenting dramatic shows and musical programs. Frank's guest is Bob Hope.
#7122A: FRANK SINATRA SHOW
Order1958-01-13, ABC, 00 min.
October 18th, 1957-June 27th, 1958 Frank Sinatra half-hour variety series, also presenting dramatic shows and musical programs.
1958-02-01, NBC, 51 min.
Dean's guests on this variety special are Frank Sinatra, Danny Thomas, Barbara Perry, and Jill St. John. Sponsored by Chesterfield and Oasis Cigarettes. Both products are plugged by Dean and Frank. Highlights include: "When You're Smiling"- Dean, Frank, and Danny We Hope You Enjoy Our Show Tonight- Dean, Frank, and Danny "Getting To Know You"- Dean, Frank, and Danny Dean sings while Danny does a comedy bit during the song Dance Routine performed by Barbara Perry "Last Night When We Were Young"- Frank "I Love To Love"- Dean, Frank Stand-Up routine about Vegas "Forgetting You"- Danny "That's Amore"- Dean Tribute To The Academy Awards- "Three Coins In The Fountain"- Dean "April Love"- Frank "Our Love Affair"- Dean "Sayanora"- Dean, Frank, and Danny "All The Way"- Danny Finale- Dean, Frank, and Danny
1959-03-03, NBC, 00 min.
- Jack Webb
- Danny Thomas
- Jane Wyman
- Kay Starr
- Eddie Fisher
- Frank Sinatra
- Dinah Shore
- Bob Hope
- Sid Caesar
- Harry James
- Betty Grable
- Rosemary Clooney
- Perry Como
- Tony Martin
- Nat King Cole
- Emanuel Sacks
Stars from the world of show business pay tribute to the late Emanuel Sacks. Their tribute takes the form of 90 minutes of entertainment by Sid Caesar, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Betty Grable, Bob Hope, Harry James, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Kay Starr, Danny Thomas, Jack Webb and Jane Wyman. Some of these entertainers were discovered by Manie Sacks, all of them were helped by him during his years as a record-industry and television executive and all were his friends.
#7123: FRANK SINATRA SPECIAL
Order1959-10-19, ABC, 00 min.
Dean Martin, Mitzi Gaynor and, Bing Crosby join Frank Sinatra in this one-hour musical special.
1959-10-19, WABC, 52 min.
Frank Sinatra welcomes guests Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Mitzi Gaynor. A surprise guest, Jimmy Durante, appears at the end of this variety special.#7062: DEAN MARTIN SPECIAL
Order1959-11-03, NBC, 00 min.
1960-02-15, ABC, 52 min.
An ABC Television Video Taped Special. Tonight Frank Sinatra surrounds himself with FIVE celebrated admired women...Lena Horne, Mary Costa, Juliet Prowse, Barbara Heller and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Sinatra offers a valentine to all of his female special guests. Over fifteen musical numbers are staged. John Cameron Swayze is the spokesman for sponsor Timex.
1960-07-07, , min.
- Harry S. Truman
- Frank Sinatra
- Dean Martin
- Yul Brynner
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Sam Rayburn
- Hulan Jack
- John Connelly
Pre-convention news. Sam Rayburn comments on John Kennedy's chances of winning Texas, John Connelly comments on Lyndon Johnson's chances, certain Hollywood stars including Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin support Kennedy while Yul Brynner doesn't believe celebrities should involve themselves in politics. Hulan Jack jury is still out, Mexican leader believes Mexico should side with Cuba, US franchise in Cuba is moved out, rioting in Italy is led by the communists, Democratic convention begins in Los Angeles, Truman might change his mind and go to the convention, Johnson predicts a victory for himself, other convention news.
1960-11-30, WCBS, 35 min.
Red Skelton plays host to guests George Raft, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Bobby Rydell and William Demarest.#10523: GERSHWIN YEARS, THE
Order1961-01-15, CBS, min.
- Ronald Reagan
- Frank Sinatra
- Julie London
- George Gershwin
- Ethel Merman
- Maurice Chevalier
- Alvin Ailey
- Carmen Lavallade
- Ron Husmann
- Richard Rodgers
This CBS special pays tribute to composer George Gershwin. Maurice Chevalier, Florence Henderson, Frank Sinatra, Julie London, Ethel Merman, and Ron Husmann are all on hand to salute the great composer. One in a series of variety programs sponsored by General Electric. Musical Highlights: "Lady Be Good"- Maurice Chevalier "The Man I Love"- Julie London, Florence Henderson "Strike Up The Band"- Ethel Merman "I've Got A Crush On You"- Frank Sinatra "Someone To Watch Over Me"- Florence Henderson "I Got Rhythm"- Ethel Merman Porgy and Bess Dance Medley- Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade Host: Richard Rodgers Ronald Reagan: Series Host
#5257: GERSHWIN YEARS, THE
Order1961-01-15, WCBS, 78 min.
- Frank Sinatra
- Richard Rodgers
- Julie London
- Maurice Chevalier
- Florence Henderson
- Ethel Merman
- Ron Hussman
- Ronald Reagan
The third of six General Electric specials- a review of life in the 1920's and '30s, against a background of George Gershwin's music presented by top name stars: Maurice Chevalier, Florence Henderson, Ron Hussman, Julie London, Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra. Richard Rodgers is host.
1961-01-19, N/A, 174 min.
- Jimmy Durante
- Joey Bishop
- Gene Kelly
- Milton Berle
- Frank Sinatra
- John F. Kennedy
- Jacqueline Kennedy
- Mahalia Jackson
- Tony Curtis
- Janet Leigh
- Bette Davis
- Harry Belafonte
- Peter Lawford
- Ethel Merman
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Nat King Cole
- Lawrence Olivier
- Frederick March
Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford star-studded gala and party fundraiser staged at the national Armory in Washington DC on the night before JFK's formal inauguration.
1961-09-10, WNEW, 62 min.
The premiere of OPEN END WITH DAVID SUSSKIND on WNEW TV, now reduced to a two hour weekly Sunday night broadcast time slot from the original open ended time concept as presented since 1958 on WNTA TV. On this Premiere show the discussion revolves around the RAT PACK, originally devised by Humphrey Bogart and now comprised of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. On the panel discussing this topic with great candor are Jackie Gleason, Ernie Kovacs, Toots Shore, Joe E. Lewis, Marya Mannes, Dick Gehman and Lenore Lemmon, former girlfriend of George Reeves (Superman on TV) at the time of his death in 1959. NOTE: This Archival TV Audio Air Check began recording when this program was in progress. It contains the entire first 62 minutes of the broadcast with the exception of the original introduction of guests by moderator David Susskind. HISTORY OF THE SERIES: Originally scheduled to premiere on October 7, but delayed one week. October 14, 1958 - August 13, 1961 OPEN END with David Susskind: (WNTA Channel 13 Television) September 10, 1961-May 5, 1963 OPEN END with David Susskind (WNEW Channel 5 Television) June 9, 1963 last show of the season broadcast on WPIX TV. October 13, 1963-September 18, 1966 OPEN END with David Susskind (WPIX Channel 11 Television) October 2, 1966-September, 1986 DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW (SYNDICATED, PBS, and COMMERCIAL STATIONS, including WNEW, New York). After an association of nearly three decades with Channel 5 in New York, the former WNEW-TV, later changed to WNYW-TV, David Susskind stopped producing the program in September 1986 because of its late-night time slot, from 1:30 to 3:30 A.M. Sunday nights. His audience like his iconic talk show dwindled not only in its following but in the ratings. Susskind knew when to quit. His last David Susskind Show aired only five months from the time of his death. Open End with David Susskind was a break through talk show which literally had no time limit. The premiere broadcast reviewed in Variety stated: "In the blueprint stage, OPEN END was initiated on WNTA-TV on Tuesday October 14th the same night 'The World of Suzie Wong' premiered on Broadway. When the show is going slowly, then Susskind has the right to end it as soon as he likes; when it's going well , he can stretch it the night through since "OPEN END" is the last scheduled WNTA program of the night." The show ended when host, moderator David Susskind, felt all conversation points were discussed. Some of these marathon telecasts lasted over four hours! Jean Kennedy was the producer during the 28 year run of the series. The series premiered and aired on WNTA Channel 13 in New York for three years, an independent broadcast station, before it would become a Public Broadcast Station in 1962. A myriad of talk show guests, famous, infamous and unknown, found a forum on OPEN END. Subjects varied focusing on usually one topic...show business, politics, the economy, sex, education, crime, etc. Typically, many guests would discuss a subject sitting around a large table with David Susskind moderating, leading his guests with baited questions. On occasion a solo guest would highlight the show. For the first three years, of its 28 year existence as a regular series, WNTA TV was home to OPEN END which originally began its broadcasts on Tuesday nights, switching on January 18, 1959 to Sunday nights...a future Sunday evening time slot of the week where it would remain until 1986, for the rest of its run. After broadcasting with a two hour truncated format on WNEW form September 10, 1961 to May 5, 1963 a falling out and rift occurred between Susskind and WNEW management centered on WNEW's reluctance to air discussions regarding race relations in America. WPIX reacted with interest in bringing OPEN END to their flagship New York channel. For the last OPEN END show of the 1962-1963 season WPIX TOOK LAST MINUTE EMERGENCY MEASURES TO CLEAR TWO HOURS ON SUNDAY NIGHT June 9, 1963, featuring solo guest Dr. Martin Luther KIng, pre-empting regular scheduled programming (6:30-8:30 pm). Open End was later cut by WPIX to one hour time slot. David Susskind not satisfied with the shortened format reconnected with WNEW where he returned to a two hour format with a changed program name. THE DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW had its return premiere on WNEW TV October 2, 1966. The David Susskind Show also found syndication across the country and each market would run the program at different times at their own discretion. Most all of the telecasts were recorded on video tape, 2" quadruplex. Most shows were kept for a year or two like THE MOVIE MAKERS broadcast which was re-run on August 6, 1961 almost a year after it was first telecast on October 2, 1960. By this time the show was no longer without a time limit. It ran for a finite three hours long. Thus the re-run of the MOVIE MAKERS had some footage deleted from its original run which aired for over three and half hours, including commercials. The re-run of "THE MOVIE MAKERS" was the next to last broadcast telecast on WNTA channel 13. On September 10, 1961 the show moved to WNEW Channel 5 METROMEDIA in New York. Sadly, most all of OPEN END broadcasts (1958-1966), later re titled THE DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW (1966-1986), were wiped erased, destroyed, discarded...whereabouts unknown, representing most shows produced and telecast during the late 1950's, 1960's and early 1970's. Only a handful of OPEN END / DAVID SUSSKIND shows are known to survive from 1958 thru 1969. Hundreds of programs survive representing the middle 1970's thru 1986. Open End with David Susskind was a unique break through talk with no time limit, rare during any time in television broadcast history, and never to be replicated in the future of television broadcasting after 1960. On occasion only one guest would be profiled. Mostly shows were comprised of many individuals discussing one topic which included race relations, the draft, organized crime, the Hollywood scene, the politics of the times, sex-change operations, divorce, clairvoyants, psychoanalysis, prostitution, etc. Sadly, most all of OPEN END broadcasts, later re titled THE DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW, commencing with the Oct. 2, 1966 broadcast, were wiped (erased), destroyed, discarded...whereabouts unknown, representing most shows produced and telecast during the late 1950's, 1960's and early 1970's. Hundreds of broadcasts circa mid 1970's - 1986 have been archived and are extant. David Susskind interviews Arthur Godfrey on the status of television. Godfrey comments on the present state of television and its future. He believes that at one time he had 40% of the TV audience when he was number one. Importance of selling a sponsor. Susskind believes that the public should be more pro active and demand what content they would prefer to view on TV. Arthur Godfrey states how much he has enjoyed doing the show. It has given him time to think in a studio talk show atmosphere. NOTE: This March 15, 1959 show is the second oldest known program, surviving in any broadcast form, to be extant. The video tape of this original broadcast would be used again for a repeat TV broadcast on Sunday, September 20, 1959. Then it would be erased. The oldest surviving archived remnant is a December 23,1958 kinescope 20 minute segment of a broadcast titled "Method or Madness?" The topic, "method acting" with guests Michael Benthal, Ben Gazarra, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Lawrence Harvey, Jule Styne , and Patricia Neal
#4182: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE
Order1961-11-15, WNBC, ? min.
September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986.#911: BOB HOPE SHOW, THE
Order1962-04-25, WNBC, 58 min.
Bob Hope's guests, on this special, are Janis Paige, Dorothy Lamour and Frank Sinatra.1962-09-19, WCBS, 53 min.
Judy Garland returns to TV after a six year absence. Guests are Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. First broadcast Feb. 25, 1962.#7055: DINAH SHORE CHEVY SHOW
Order1962-12-09, NBC, 00 min.
October 5h, 1956-May 12th 1963. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show was an American Variety Series, hosted by Dinah Shore and broadcast on NBC from October 5th,1956- May 12th,1963.
#7733: BOB HOPE SPECIAL, THE
Order1963-03-13, NBC, min.
- Frank Sinatra
- Bob Hope
- Robert Goulet
- Brenda Lee
- Edie Adams
- Lana Wood
- Lori Martin
- Karyn Kupcinet
- Sheila James
The 1963 Hollywood Deb Stars. Dupe Of # 7013.
#7013: BOB HOPE SHOW
Order1963-03-13, NBC, 00 min.
- Frank Sinatra
- Bob Hope
- Robert Goulet
- Brenda Lee
- Edie Adams
- Lana Wood
- Lori Martin
- Karyn Kupcinet
- Sheila James
The 1963 Hollywood Deb Stars
1963-04-08, ABC, min.
- Eddie Fisher
- Frank Sinatra
- Sophia Loren
- Jack Lemmon
- Burt Lancaster
- Marcello Mastroianni
- Bette Davis
- Gregory Peck
- Patty Duke
- Anne Bancroft
- Angela Lansbury
- Ed Begley
- Omar Sharif
- Lee Remick
- Thelma Ritter
- Peter OToole
- Katherine Hepburn
- Terence Stamp
Frank Sinatra is host for the 35th Annual Academy Awards presentation, telecast live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
#14038: ACADEMY AWARDS: 35TH ANNUAL
Order1963-04-08, ABC, min.
- Gene Kelly
- Eddie Fisher
- Frank Sinatra
- Maximillian Schell
- Robert Goulet
- Sophia Loren
- Van Heflin
- George Chakiris
- Olivia De Havilland
- Shelley Winters
- Bette Davis
- Johnny Mercer
- Ginger Rogers
- Audrey Hepburn
- Ingrid Bergman
- Gregory Peck
- Patty Duke
- Anne Bancroft
- Rita Moreno
- Ed Begley
- Wendell Corey
- Eva Marie-Saint
- Sam Spiegel
- Joshi Umeki
Frank Sinatra is the host for the 35th Annual Academy Awards presentation, telecast live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. Ed Begley wins best-supporting actor award, Patty Duke wins for the best-supporting actress, Henry Mancini, and Johnny Mercer win for best song ("Days Of Wine and Roses") David Lean wins for best director ("Lawrence of Arabia") Gregory Peck wins the best actor ("To Kill a Mocking Bird") Anne Bancroft wins best actress award ("The Miracle Worker") "Lawrence Of Arabia wins best picture award for 1962. Sam Spiegel wins producer award for "Lawrence Of Arabia." Host: Frank Sinatra Duplicate of # 7502.
1963-05-29, NBC, min.
Stars congratulate Bob Hope on his 60th birthday salute. Testimonials from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Included are excerpts from old broadcasts 7/43, 8/43, 8/44. Bob also marks his 25th year with NBC. Host: Hugh Downs.
#14178: JOHN D. GRIFFIN SHOW
Order1963-06-08, WOR, 12 min.
- Jerry Lewis
- Bobby Darin
- Carol Burnett
- Frank Sinatra
- John F. Kennedy
- Ed Sullivan
- Dean Martin
- Tony Marvin
- Josip Broz Tito
- Martin Luther King
- Jill St. John
- John D. Griffin
- Mamie Van Doren
- Glen Ford
- Kay Kendell
A Radio News Program hosted/voiced by John D. Griffin, N.Y. Mirror journalist, who states the latest Hollywood, TV, Broadway gossip of the day. Also, interviews are heard recorded on location by Griffin and a celerity. Introduction by Tony Marvin. Ed Sullivan barring future appearances of Bobby Darin who did not comply with his wishes after last appearing on his show, and many other "flash" gossip column" stories of the day. Current astronauts poorly paid averaging only $10,000 a year salary! In a separate segment an on location interview with actress Jill St. John. She talks about a myriad of topics including working with Frank Sinatra on "Come Blow Your Horn," here fulture aspirations as an actress and going back to when she was five years old with remembrances.
#495: TELL US MORE
Order1963-09-11, WNBC, 20 min.
September 9, 1963 - March 6, 1964 The lives of two Celebrities are recounted each day, through photos, newspaper clippings, letters and other material. Each celebrity is then evaluated by an "opionionator." Silent screen star Conrad Nagel is host-narrator for this live half-hour program, seen Monday through Friday form 1:00 to 1:30pm on local New York station WNBC. Throughout this six month series guest commentators include Pete Martin, Ben Miktum, Jerome Perlis, Betty Furness, Richard Willis, Hy Gardner, Sidney Fields, Helen Lauranceson, Hollis Alpert, Dorothy Serra, Otis Gurnsey, Raddie Harris, Muriel Davidson, Toots Shor, Lou Levy, Bill Davidson, Ted Nathan, Jill Sherry Zimmer, Ted Donlevsky, Ella Winters, Al Lewis, Jacqueline Susann, Bernard Sobel, Ethel Barrymore Colt, Otto Preminger, Max Gordon, John Springer, John McCabe, Stanley Frank, William K. Everson, Richard Gamen, and others. The careers of Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra are profiled by host Conrad Nagel with additional anecdotes from Peter Martin. An afternoon series broadcast live every week.
1963-09-29, WCBS, 39 min.
- Jimmy Durante
- Roger Maris
- Elston Howard
- Ralph Houk
- Whitey Ford
- Ed Sullivan
- Mickey Mantle
- Frank Sinatra Jr.
- Helen Forrest
- Tommy Dorsey
- Al Downing
- The Tommy Dorsey Band
Ed Sullivan's performing guests are Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra Jr., Helen Forrest, and the Tommy Dorsey Band. Ed introduces N.Y. Yankee stars Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Al Downing, Roger Maris, Elston Howard and Ralph Houk.1963-09-29, CBS, min.
June 20, 1948 - May 30, 1971 ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE, (TOAST OF THE TOWN) Television's longest-running variety series. Originally, titled, TOAST OF THE TOWN, the name of the series changed on September 18, 1955, to THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Most remembered for introducing many stand-up comedians, and musical acts, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles. Most of the 1,087 broadcasts, encompassing 10,000 performers, have been archived. The major exceptions are the first half-year of shows circa 1948 of which a few kinescope excerpts survive. The ED SULLIVAN SHOW was a spectacular show-case that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. In its prime, more than thirty million viewers, young and old, tuned in at the same time to view popular culture. Ed Sullivan's guest is Frank Sinatra, Jr.
#14362: SUNDAY WITH FRANK BLAIR
Order1963-10-27, NBC, 32 min.
- Joe Garagiola
- Yogi Berra
- Ralph Houk
- Frank Sinatra
- John F. Kennedy
- Richard Schickel
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Ray Scherer
- Frank Blair
- Aline Saarinen
- Nancy Dickerson
- William Zinsser
- Frederick Ramsey
- Yigael Yadin
- Carmen Berra
- Martin Bookspan
- Benjamin Britten
October 27th, 1963-July 11th, 1965 (NBC) Premiere of SUNDAY a magazine news broadcast of the air televised weekly on Sunday's from 4:00pm to 5:00pm. Frank Blair is host to this weekly news "magazine" covering recent happenings i politics, the arts and sp orts. Regulars include Ray Scherer, politics; Richard Schickel, books; William K. Zinsser, films; and Joe Garagiola, sports. Frequent contributors will be Frederic Ramsey Jr. and Martin Bookspan, music; Aline Saarinen, art and architecture; Edwin Newman, Robert Abernethy, and Nancy Dickerson, background news features. This premiere broadcast begins by host Frank Blair stating: "This is Sunday, the day of the Sun. The day the light was made. Sunday, a time of rest between labors. A time to look around and take note, since Sunday a week ago. Good afternoon, I'm Frank Blair. You are waiting a new program, SUNDAY. Like the day still new. Still to be Defined, Sunday October 27th, 1963. And each of us keeps our own appointments with the day." Richard Schickel reports on the book "The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands" by Yigael Yadin. We hear "Letters from the Public," covering such diverse topics as self censorship, Rockefeller Center, Great Living American Women including a comment from Pauline Fredrickson who states her most difficult reporting assignment in her career (July 13, 1960). We hear the voice of President Theodore Roosevelt giving advice to young men on how to conduct their lives. Joe Garagiola interviews newly elected New York Yankee manager, Yogi Berra and his wife Carmen Berra at their home. Yogi states that he was called this past February by Ralph Houk to take over the managerial role for the spring of 1963. Yogi talks about his strategy for managing and looks back at his 17 year career as a baseball player. Further topics covered...The Statue of Liberty now 77 years old, and a Peace Corp promotional film narrated by President John F. Kennedy. Martin Bookspan reports on the Benjamin Britten orchestration of "War Requiem." A segment is heard. It is an anti-war document. The famous Frank Lloyd Wright house in Bear Run, Pa. is reported on by Aline Saarinen. It is considered to be the most beautiful house in America. The new film "Tom Jones" is reviewed by William Zissner. Excerpts from the film are played. Edwin Newman reports on people who made the news this week, seriously and frivolously, including reports on Frank Sinatra's recent request to give up his Las Vegas hotel holdings. NBC newsman Frank Blair hosted this Sunday afternoon newsmagazine. Regular contributors were Joe Garagiola on sports, Ray Scherer (politics), Richard Schickel (books), and William K. Zinsser (films). Series premiere October 27, 1963 on Video Tape. A rare "lost" broadcast not extant in any broadcast form or transcript. NOTE: A few commercials are included. Wrigley Doublemint chewing gum, and GE sort white bulbs.
#14372: WNEW RADIO NEWS
Order1963-12-11, WNEW, min.
WNEW radio news. Independence in Kenya, the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr. Jim Van Sickle reports.
#14373: WORLD TODAY
Order1963-12-11, WOR, min.
World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. A report on the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr. He responds. Host: Tony Marvin.
1963-12-11, WNEW, min.
News commentary of the day including Jim Van Sickle reporting Kenya's struggle for independence and the Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. and his safe return in the words of the patrolman who found him. Frank Sinatra comments.
1963-12-11, CBS, min.
Charles Kuralt reports on the release of Frank Sinatra Jr. Patrolman who found him comments. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1963-12-13, CBS, 28 min.
News events of the day. Joined in progress. FBI investigation of Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping. Feds searching for the $240,000 ransom money left for the kidnappers by Frank Sinatra. Frank Gifford reports that the New York Giants football team are ready for the Eastern Conference Championship game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1963-12-15, WCBS, 36 min.
- Milton Berle
- Frank Sinatra
- Ed Sullivan
- Al Hirt
- Burt Lancaster
- Frank Sinatra Jr.
- Frank Gifford
- The Amen Brothers
- Y.A. Tittle
Performers include Burt Lancaster, Milton Berle (his first guest star variety show appearance on CBS since 1951), the Amen Brothers, Al Hirt and Y.A. Tittle. Ed Sullivan refers to Frank Sinatra Jr.'s "safe return to his family." There is a tape clip from Sinatra Jr.'s appearance on the Sullivan show two weeks before. Also heard are the following commercials: Domino Sugar, El Producto Cigars, Burt Lancaster for Christmas Seals, CBS Promo reminding viewers to watch the CBS late night sports with Frank Gifford.#19387: WHO DO YOU TRUST?
Order1963-12-27, ABC, 24 min.
- Woody Woodbury
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Bill Cullen
- Harry James
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Bill Nimmo
- Oscar Jordan
- Randy Sinatra
- Miss Switzerland 1945
- Denny Kelsky
- Doc Bradshaw
- George Bain
- Prince Robert Portnoy
- Jack Weinstein
- Bob McArthur
- Marsha Short
- Clara Adams
- Greta
- Nostradamus
- Drew Pearson
- Isadore Zimmerman
- Sally V. Marvis
- Bill Nimmo
- Jean Peril
January 3rd, 1956-March 26th 1957, (CBS) September 30th, 1957-December 27th, 1963 (ABC) A popular game show that began in prime time on CBS in 1956 under the title Do You Trust Your Wife? and was hosted by Edgar Bergan. Two husband and wife contestants were asked questions and the husbands had the choice of answering the questions themselves or trusting their wives to answer them correctly. In the fall of 1957, the show moved to ABC where it became a daytime show hosted by Johnny Carson. In July of 1958, the show's title was changed to "Who Do You Trust? In the fall of 1958, a new announcer Ed McMahon joined the show and teamed with Carson for the first time. McMahon replaced Bill Nimmo who would return September 10, 1962, to again become the announcer of the show for Woody Woodbury after Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon left the series in September 1962. This was the start of a long association between Carson and McMahon as the two teamed up again when Carson became the new host of the Tonight Show on October 1st, 1962, with McMahon as Carson's announcer and sidekick for Carson's 30-year reign as host of the show. NOTE: Woody Woodbury would succeed Johnny Carson as host of Who Do You Trust? beginning September 10, 1962, for the duration of the series, fifteen additional months, until its final episode aired on December 27, 1963. This was the final show of the series. Woody Woodbury host. Bill Nimmo announcer. NOTE: This final show was a going away party celebration bringing back almost two dozen former contestants who are briefly interviewed by Woody Woodbury. They include: Oscar Jordan, a double looking exactly like Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Randy Sinatra, a mystery barber who communicates with the planet Mars. Jean Peril, a bearded lady in a carnival who has acquired 700 tattoos. Miss Switzerland, a health advocate who recommends drinking milk. Isadore "Ed" Zimmerman, convicted to be executed for murder and spent 24 years in prison before being exonerated, found innocent. After two years out of prison he is writing a book, "Punishment Without Crime," to be published in 1964 with a forward by Drew Pearson. Denny Kelsey, a sculptor who works with bones from animals. Doc Bradshaw, a Pidgeon hater and Sally V. Morris, a Pidgeon lover George Bain, and his wife who run a society for "little people." Prince Robert Portnoy, a descendent of Michael The Drunkard. Jack Weinstein, who finally got to appear on Broadway, but not NYC, but in a Bus Station in Broadway Monticello. Bob McArthur, a beatnik, and poet. Marsha Short, a elder who professes the secret of life is to think young. Clara Adams, who demonstrates her talent playing the piano backwards. Greta, Woody Woodbury's personal coach the past one and half years on "Who Do You Trust." Nostradamus, who states that everything in life has occurred many times...over and over and makes predictions that our next president of the United States in 1964 will be Henry Cabot Lodge, and the next major war for the US will be in 1999. He also predicts that "Who Do You Trust" will be back on television by popular demand. Woody Woodbury signs off the air for the last time referring to the six and half candles on a cake marking the time the show has been on the air. He mentions that all in the studio and crew will be having a big party following this taping and recommends all viewers to enjoy all of the new ABC TV programs in production. Commercials include, Bill Cullen promoting his show "Price is Right," Contact Cold Medicine, and a Kleenex tissue commercial with spokesman Harry James playing his trumpet.
1964-01-13, WNBC, 24 min.
The first of two parts, Joseph Cotten narrates the story of the rise of young idols from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.#5066: BING CROSBY SHOW, THE
Order1964-02-15, WCBS, 52 min.
Mrs. Crosby (Kathryn) teams up with Bing for the first time.#19410: ACADEMY AWARDS: 36TH ANNUAL
Order1964-04-13, ABC, min.
- Donna Reed
- Steve McQueen
- Shirley Jones
- Frank Sinatra
- Rock Hudson
- Edward G. Robinson
- Rita Hayworth
- Jack Lemmon
- Anne Baxter
- Gregory Peck
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Patty Duke
- Anne Bancroft
- Sidney Poitier
- Julie Andrews
- Ed Begley
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its 36th annual Oscar Awards. Among the celebrities presenting awards are Julie Andrews, Anne Baxter, Rita Hayworth, Rock Hudson, Shirley Jones, Steve McQueen, Sidney Poitier, Donna Reed, Edward G. Robinson, and Frank Sinatra. Jack Lemmon is the host at the Santa Monica California Civic Auditorium. He introduces song-and-dance man Sammy Davis Jr., a short film history of the Awards, and the Award presenters, including last year's four top winners: Gregory Pick, Anne Bancroft, Ed Begley, and Patty Duke. Andy Williams, James Darren, Harve Presnell and Kayna Ranieri sing this years nominated songs. Duplicate of #9460.
1964-04-13, ABC, min.
- Donna Reed
- Steve McQueen
- Shirley Jones
- Frank Sinatra
- Rock Hudson
- Edward G. Robinson
- Rita Hayworth
- Jack Lemmon
- Anne Baxter
- Gregory Peck
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Patty Duke
- Anne Bancroft
- Sidney Poitier
- Julie Andrews
- Ed Begley
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its 36th annual Oscar Awards. Among the celebrities presenting awards are Julie Andrews, Anne Baxter, Rita Hayworth, Rock Hudson, Shirley Jones, Steve McQueen, Sidney Poitier, Donna Reed, Edward G. Robinson, and Frank Sinatra. Jack Lemmon is the host at the Santa Monica California Civic Auditorium. He introduces song-and-dance man Sammy Davis Jr., a short film history of the Awards, and the Award presenters, including last year's four top winners: Gregory Pick, Anne Bancroft, Ed Begley, and Patty Duke. Andy Williams, James Darren, Harve Presnell and Kayna Ranieri sing this years nominated songs.
1964-04-13, ABC, 100 min.
- Donna Reed
- Steve McQueen
- Shirley Jones
- Frank Sinatra
- Jack Linkletter
- Rock Hudson
- Edward G. Robinson
- Rita Hayworth
- Jack Lemmon
- Anne Baxter
- Gregory Peck
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Patty Duke
- Anne Bancroft
- Sidney Poitier
- Julie Andrews
- Ed Begley
- Irv Kupcinet
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its 36th annual Oscar Awards. Among the celebrities presenting awards are Julie Andrews, Anne Baxter, Rita Hayworth, Rock Hudson, Shirley Jones, Steve McQueen, Sidney Poitier, Donna Reed, Edward G. Robinson, and Frank Sinatra. Jack Lemmon is the host at the Santa Monica California Civic Auditorium. He introduces song-and-dance man Sammy Davis Jr., a short film history of the Awards, and the Award presenters, including last year's four top winners: Gregory Pick, Anne Bancroft, Ed Begley, and Patty Duke. Andy Williams, James Darren, Harve Presnell, and Kayna Ranieri sing this year's nominated songs. Behind the scenes (press room) after Oscars, short interviews with Sidney Poitier and Irv Kupcinet. Duplicate of #9460. ABC radio simulcast with announcer Jack Linkletter.
#669: CELEBRITY GAME, THE
Order1964-06-14, WNBC, 26 min.
- Cliff Arquette
- Jack E. Leonard
- Carl Reiner
- Ida Lupino
- Howard Duff
- Pamela Tiffin
- Anne Baxter
- Tommy Sands
- MacDonald Carey
- Nancy Sinatra
Host Carl Reiner welcomes celebrity guests Howard Duff, Ida Lupino, Cliff Arquette, Pamela Tiffin, Jack E. Leonard, Anne Baxter, MacDonald Carey, Nancy Sinatra and Tommy Sands to this primetime quiz show.1964-10-30, WPIX, 37 min.
- Danny Thomas
- Steve McQueen
- Arthur Godfrey
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Frank Sinatra
- Rock Hudson
- George Cukor
- Dean Martin
- Yul Brynner
- Walter Pidgeon
- Natalie Wood
- Audrey Hepburn
- Marlo Thomas
- Richard Crenna
- Ed Begley
- Caesar Romero
- Rex Harrison
- Troy Donahue
- Hugh OBrian
- Maureen OHara
- Gladys Cooper
- Jack Warner
- Frederick Lowe
- Bill Burrud
Celebrities include George Cukor, Audrey Hepburn, Jack Warner, Frederick Lowe, Troy Donahue, Caesar Romero, Rex Harrison, Danny Thomas, Gladys Cooper, Ed Begley, Hoagy Carmichael, Natalie Wood, Yul Brynner, Maureen O'Hara, Jim Backus, Bill Burrows, Henny Backus, Hugh O'Brian, Walter Pidgeon, Rock Hudson, Richard Crenna, Steve McQueen, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Marlo Thomas, Live from the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California. Co-Hosts: Arthur Godfrey and Bill Burrud. A presentation of WPIX-TV Channel 11 in New York City.