July 7, 1969-July 14, 1972 (SYNDICATED).
During the three-year run of his American talk show, David Frost taped the show (approximately 750 programs) each week, Monday through Thursdays. The series was syndicated by Westinghouse.
Sammy Davis Jr is the only guest, his second of four 90 minute broadcasts he has done with David Frost (first broadcast was in February 1970).
At one point in the program Sammy Davis Jr. tells David, "You're the only man I would do a 90 minute show with."
Sammy and David get into a myriad of subjects, including
Sammy Davis Jr's earliest films, one with Ethel Waters, his present interest in not getting involved with politics, his reducing his cigarette habit from three packs a day to eight cigarettes a day, his drinking habit hanging out with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, impressions of favorites, John Garfield, and Jose Ferrer, Orson Welles, demonstrating to David Frost his gun drawing ability, and mimicking the walks of western heroes like Steve McQueen and Robert Mitchum. Sammy does an eight minute demonstration of tap dancing and styles of Bill Robinson, Gene Kelly, and Fred Astaire. Altovise Davis new wife of Sammy joins Sam and David on stage.
Songs sung by Sammy Davis Jr. include,
"This Time," "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You,"
"What Kind of Fool am I?" "I've Gotta Be Me,"
"Bein' Natural, Bein' Me."
NOTE:
Both versions (ATA#7035 & 9969) of this TV Audio Air Check
title were evaluated for best original analog recording.
A lot of time had to be devoted to restoring this "lost" broadcast to its best audio quality. Issues faced, and corrected greatly, included improving and creating this new master correcting pitch, reduction of rumble, crackle, eliminating most static, improving variations of volume changes, eliminating most extraneous dropout clicks.