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
