1957-02-03, WNBC, 80 min.
Based on the 1915 book by Harry Leon Wilson. A cattleman on a trip to Europe, wins a stuffy English valet in a poker game whose escapades in adjusting to life in America are challenged. Garry Moore introduces the program. Slight variations in sound quality. No end credits. This is a lost
television broadcast.
1957-10-13, NBC, min.
A major live Special broadcast tribute presentation, including many song and dance performances. Tyrone Power is host.
A 90-minute review is presented by Standard Oil in celebration of its 75th anniversary. Tyrone Power is master of ceremonies, and performers include Jimmy Durante, Marge and Gower Champion, Brandon de Wilde, Bert Lahr, Duke Ellington, Eddie Mayhehoff, Jane Powell, Kay Thompson, and Donald O'Connor.
Art Buchwald, noted for his humorous newspaper essays from Europe, also appears in an introduction to a number about Paris.
Jimmy Durante and Bert Lahr team up together for the first time on any stage and sing a number of songs.
HIGHLIGHTS
Jubilee Time.................................................................Thompson
Man of Today....................................................................Durante
Songs for a Lovely Soprano...............................................Powell
Tin Pan Alley 1957......................................O'Connor & Sid Miller
"Such Sweet Thunder"....................................................Ellington
Sounds of Today and Music of Tomorrow................Wisa D'Orso
Comedy sketch......................................................................Lahr
Cole Porter Dance..............................Marge & Gower Champion
Confusion 1957..............................................................Mayehoff
American Girl in Paris.......................................Powell, Buchwald
Dance for Four TV Cameras..........................................O'Connor
Comedy Routine in Song......................................Durante & Lahr
Finale.............................................................................Ensemble
Don Pardo is the announcer.
1957-10-13, NBC, 19 min.
A music and comedy celebration of the 75th anniversary of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Lavish presentation of this musical/comedy special with staging by Cyril Ritchard.
Highlights include Jane Powell singing "Jubilee Time," Bert Lahr and Jimmy Durante reminiscing about their Vaudevillian days, Donald O'Connor and Sid Miller in a comedy sketch writing songs for a new 1958 play, and a rousing closing of "Jubilee Time" by entire cast.
Hosts: Tyrone Power and Brandon De Wilde.
Announcer: Don Pardo.
1957-10-13, NBC, 19 min.
A major live Special broadcast tribute presentation, including many song and dance performances. Tyrone Power and Brandon De Wilde are hosts.
A 90-minute review is presented by Standard Oil in celebration of its 75th anniversary. Tyrone Power and Brandon De Wilde are master of ceremonies, and performers include Jimmy Durante, Marge and Gower Champion, Brandon de Wilde, Bert Lahr, Duke Ellington, Eddie Mayhehoff, Jane Powell, Kay Thompson, and Donald O'Connor.
Art Buchwald, noted for his humorous newspaper essays from Europe, also appears in an introduction to a number about Paris.
Jimmy Durante and Bert Lahr team up together for the first time on any stage and sing a number of songs.
HIGHLIGHTS
Jubilee Time.................................................................Thompson
Man of Today....................................................................Durante
Songs for a Lovely Soprano...............................................Powell
Tin Pan Alley 1957......................................O'Connor & Sid Miller
"Such Sweet Thunder"....................................................Ellington
Sounds of Today and Music of Tomorrow................Wisa D'Orso
Comedy sketch......................................................................Lahr
Cole Porter Dance..............................Marge & Gower Champion
Confusion 1957..............................................................Mayehoff
American Girl in Paris.......................................Powell, Buchwald
Dance for Four TV Cameras..........................................O'Connor
Comedy Routine in Song......................................Durante & Lahr
Finale.............................................................................Ensemble
Don Pardo is the announcer. Staging by Cyril Ritchard.
Duplicate of 10224.
1957-10-13, NBC, min.
A major live Special broadcast tribute presentation, including many song and dance performances. Tyrone Power is host.
A 90-minute review is presented by Standard Oil in celebration of its 75th anniversary. Tyrone Power is master of ceremonies, and performers include Jimmy Durante, Marge and Gower Champion, Brandon de Wilde, Bert Lahr, Duke Ellington, Eddie Mayhehoff, Jane Powell, Kay Thompson, and Donald O'Connor.
Art Buchwald, noted for his humorous newspaper essays from Europe, also appears in an introduction to a number about Paris.
Jimmy Durante and Bert Lahr team up together for the first time on any stage and sing a number of songs.
HIGHLIGHTS
Jubilee Time.................................................................Thompson
Man of Today....................................................................Durante
Songs for a Lovely Soprano...............................................Powell
Tin Pan Alley 1957......................................O'Connor & Sid Miller
"Such Sweet Thunder"....................................................Ellington
Sounds of Today and Music of Tomorrow................Wisa D'Orso
Comedy sketch......................................................................Lahr
Cole Porter Dance..............................Marge & Gower Champion
Confusion 1957..............................................................Mayehoff
American Girl in Paris.......................................Powell, Buchwald
Dance for Four TV Cameras..........................................O'Connor
Comedy Routine in Song......................................Durante & Lahr
Finale.............................................................................Ensemble
Don Pardo is the announcer.
Duplicate of 10224.
1958-09-25, WNTA, 00 min.
Los Angeles Deejay Peter Potter hosted this 1958-1959 revival series (syndicated in 1953, the show had a brief network run on KNXT, ABC-TV, and later on KRCA, Los Angeles, 1955-1957). Celebrities predict if a new song will be a hit by just listening to the complete song. Celebrity panel for this show included Steve Allen, Jane Powell, George Gobel, Lizabeth Scott and hostess Suzanne Alexander. New songs voted on include Philip Crosby's "The Ball Of Love", Nat King Cole's "Non Dimenticar", and Paul Hampton's "The Longer I Love You." A Canada Dry club soda commercial is heard.
1958-12-09, NBC, 46 min.
October 1st, 1957-March 17th, 1959
An hour-long variety series starring singer Eddie Fisher. It alternated bi-weekly with the George Gobel Show. During the 1957-58 season, Gobel was a permanent guest star on Fischer's show and Fisher did the same on Gobel's show.
Guests: George Burns, Jane Powell, Dick Shawn.
1959-04-26, WCBS, 96 min.
Based on the book by Sally Benson, this classic 1945 Vincente Minelli movie musical is adapted for television.
1959-12-06, WRCA, 49 min.
The schnozzola, Jimmy Durante himself, stars in a variety special with musical-comedy stars Ray Bolger, Jane Powell, Eddie Hodges and singer Jimmie Rodgers.
1960-10-26, NBC, 00 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.
1961-08-04, CBS, 11 min.
Charles Collingwood interviews Jane Powell.
1961-10-19, WABC, 54 min.
Loosely based on a Nathaniel Hawthorne story about a socially ambitious witch who is miffed about her eviction from the Governor's ball. Music by Mary Rodgers, wife of Richard Rodgers. This would be her one and only television musical score.
1962-01-19, WNBC, 54 min.
Show tunes, music for the classical guitar, folk songs, and ballet are highlighted by performers Jane Powell,
Sally Ann Howes, Earl Wrightson, Andres Segovia, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn. Donald Voorhees conducts the orchestra and chorus.
1962-10-30, CBS, 00 min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971.
1963-01-09, NBC, 58 min.
December 24th, 1948- June 4th, 1950 (NBC) October 2nd, 1950-June 24th 1955 (CBS) September 17th 1955- June 12th, 1963 (NBC)
In 1944, the year his first record was released, Perry Como appeared on radio in The Chesterfield Supper Club; when that show came to television late in 1948, Como came with it, and has remained on television for more than four decades. The Chesterfield Supper Club, which also featured The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Fontane Sisters, was originally seen on Friday nights but soon shifted to a half-hour slot on Sundays, opposite Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town." In the fall of 1950, Como shifted to CBS where he hosted his own show for the next five seasons; the fifteen-minute program was seen Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, following the network news. Also featured were the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters, together with announcer Frank Gallop. In the fall of 1955 Como returned to NBC, where he hosted a weekly hour show for the next eight years; from 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturdays and was titled The Perry Como Show. From 1959 to 1963 it was seen on Wednesdays and was titled The Kraft Music Hall. The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Frank Gallop were again featured, along with The Ray Charles Singers and The Louis DaPron Dancers (later, The Peter Gennaro Dancers). The Como Music Hall Players included Don Adams, Paul Lynde, Kaye Ballard, Jack Duffy, and Sandy Stewart.
Show of 1-9-63. Guests: Singer, Dancer Jane Powell, Actor Peter Ustinov who reads from his play "Photo Finish."
Commercials included. Announcer Frank Gallop.
1963-05-22, WNBC, 54 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.
1964-03-01, CBS, 60 min.
Judy's guests are Ray Bolger and Jane Powell
1964-03-01, CBS, 60 min.
Judy's guests are Ray Bolger and Jane Powell.
Duplicate of 8394.
1965-02-02, WNBC, 52 min.
January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.
1965-10-28, WNBC, 52 min.
September 16, 1965-May 24, 1974. A variety hour hosted by Dean Martin. Several of the shows were celebrity "roasts," set at a banquet table, in which the guest of honor was showered with insults by other celebs. Regulars of the series included pianist Ken Lane (1965-1972), Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, The Golddiggers, Marian Mercer (1971-1972), Tom Bosley (1971-1972), Rodney Dangerfield (1972-1973), Dom DeLuise (1972-1973), and Nipsey Russell (1972-1974).
1966-12-22, NBC, 52 min.
September 16, 1965-May 24, 1974.
A variety hour hosted by Dean Martin. Several of the shows were celebrity "roasts," set at a banquet table, in which the guest of honor was showered with insults by other celebs. Regulars of the series included pianist Ken Lane (1965-1972), Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, The Golddiggers, Marian Mercer (1971-1972), Tom Bosley (1971-1972), Rodney Dangerfield (1972-1973), Dom DeLuise (1972-1973), and Nipsey Russell (1972-1974).
Dupe Of # 1910
1966-12-22, WNBC, 52 min.
September 16, 1965-May 24, 1974. A variety hour hosted by Dean Martin. Several of the shows were celebrity "roasts," set at a banquet table, in which the guest of honor was showered with insults by other celebs. Regulars of the series included pianist Ken Lane (1965-1972), Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, The Golddiggers, Marian Mercer (1971-1972), Tom Bosley (1971-1972), Rodney Dangerfield (1972-1973), Dom DeLuise (1972-1973), and Nipsey Russell (1972-1974).
1967-04-12, WNBC, 52 min.
September 11, 1967-June 10, 1968. An all-purpose hour hosted by Danny Thomas. Presentations include musical programs, comedy and variety hours, and filmed dramas. Of the series' 22 shows, only 6 were taped and devoted to variety, comedy or musical specials.
A variety program recreating the old fashioned block party, with various ethnic groups represented.
1967-12-07, WPIX, 27 min.
The famed Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, California is the site of the Hollywood movie premiere of the re-release of "Gone With The Wind."
The program hosts Army Archerd and Bill Burrud interview various celebrities attending the premiere. They include Jim Ameche, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Miller, Morgan Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lewis, Jane Powell, and Kay Williams Gable, (the wife of Clark Gable).
1968-02-18, WCBS, 52 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
1968-05-21, WCBS, 52 min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971.
1968-05-21, WCBS, 60 min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970.
Red Skelton presents an hour of specially revised fairy tales for viewers on the far side of the generation gap. Cyril Ritchard and Jane Powell join him for take-offs on:
Aladdin, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, Rip Van Winkle, Beauty and the Beast, and Sleeping Beauty.
A re-run originally telecast January 30, 1968
One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971.
1969-02-26, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
This is the "Jimmy Durante and Don Knotts Do Their Thing" broadcast.
Duplicate Of #3604A
1969-02-26, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1969-03-20, CBS, 57 min.
December 27, 1967-May 22, 1969. Jonathan Winters as host of a Wednesday-night variety hour. Joining him were Abby Dalton, Cliff Arquette, Pamela Rodgers, Alice Ghostley and Paul Lynde.
1969-07-14, WCBS, 52 min.
June 16, 1969-September 1, 1969. An hour-long variety series, was a summer replacement for "The Carol Burnett Show," and featured "Burnett" regulars Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner.
1970-01-26, WCBS, 52 min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971.
1970-03-26, WABC, 52 min.
February 7, 1969-January 15, 1971. Tom Jones hosted his own musical variety hour, which also featured Big Jim Sullivan and The Ace Trucking Company.
1970-10-18, WCBS, 52 min.
September 20, 1970-December 13, 1970. Tim Conway's second 1970 show was a variety hour. List of regulars: McLean Stevenson, Sally Struthers, Art Metrano, Bonnie Boland, Belland and Somerville, the Jimmy Joyce Singers, and announcer Ernie Anderson.
1974-04-21, WABC, min.
At the 28th Tony Awards Charles Nelson Reilly recaps his career in a stand-up comedy segment.
The 28th Annual Tony Awards is telecast from the Shubert Theater in New York City. The theme of this year's broadcast is "Homecoming" where stars of film and television returned to Broadway to help present the awards or perform. Peter Falk, Florence Henderson, Robert Preston and Cicely Tyson are hosts.
Duplicate of # 1138 with additional information.
1976-02-20, SYN, 90 min.
1963-1982 (SYNDICATED). Mike Douglas hosted one of television's longest-running talk shows (19 years). Each week Douglas was joined by a different co-host. In 1967, "The Mike Douglas Show" became the first syndicated talk show to win an Emmy Award.
Broadcast from 1963-1978 in Philadelphia
Broadcast from 1978-1982 in Los Angeles
Co-Hosts Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire host from Hollywood celebrating the premiere of "That's Entertainment."
1978-04-03, WABC, 157 min.
Bob Hope for the 22nd time as Master of Ceremonies, hosts the 50th Anniversary of The Academy Awards. Fifty-two presenters and award winners making stage appearances include John Travolta, Vanessa Redgrave, Paddy Chayevsky, Mark Hamill, Paul Williams, Jody Foster, Debbie Boone, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Fontaine, Raquel Welch, Kirk Douglas, Jane Powell, Billy Dee Williams, Cicely Tyson, Sammy Davis Jr., Greer Garson, Henry Winkler, Eva Marie Saint, Jack Valenti, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Johnny Green, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Jonathan Tunick, Vilmos Zsigmond, Jon Voight, Goldie Hawn, Bette Davis, Charlton Heston, Marvin Hamlish, Maggie Booth, Olivia de Havilland, Farrah Fawcett Majors, Marcello Mastroianni, Aretha Franklin, Fred Astaire, Walter Mirisch, Stanley Kramer, King Vidor, Marshall Brickman, Alvin Sargent, Janet Gaynor, Diane Keaton, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson and Richard Dreyfuss.
1978-04-03, WABC, min.
Bob Hope for the 22nd time as Master of Ceremonies, hosts the 50th Anniversary of The Academy Awards. Fifty-two presenters and award winners making stage appearances include John Travolta, Vanessa Redgrave, Paddy Chayevsky, Mark Hamill, Paul Williams, Jody Foster, Debbie Boone, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Fontaine, Raquel Welch, Kirk Douglas, Jane Powell, Billy Dee Williams, Cicely Tyson, Sammy Davis Jr., Greer Garson, Henry Winkler, Eva Marie Saint, Jack Valenti, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Johnny Green, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Jonathan Tunick, Vilmos Zsigmond, Jon Voight, Goldie Hawn, Bette Davis, Charlton Heston, Marvin Hamlish, Maggie Booth, Olivia de Havilland, Farrah Fawcett Majors, Marcello Mastroianni, Aretha Franklin, Fred Astaire, Walter Mirisch, Stanley Kramer, King Vidor, Marshall Brickman, Alvin Sargent, Janet Gaynor, Diane Keaton, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson and Richard Dreyfuss.
Duplicate of #853.