September 14, 1966-May 11, 1967. This was an umbrella title for assorted special broadcasts ranging from variety, drama, musical & documentary formats, without a regular host. SEARCH PROGRAM (#5965 without asterisk) TITLE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.             

September 14, 1966-May 11, 1967. 

This was an umbrella title for a potpourri of assorted specials. Anne Bancroft and Dick Shawn star in this two-character musical satire. Broadway's Betty Comden/Adolph Green team ("Singin' in the Rain," "On the Town") wrote the book and lyrics, which parody the fears and fantasies of a young woman on the brink of matrimony.   

Music by Jule Styne, who previously collaborated with conden and Green on Boradway's "Bells Are Ringing" and "Subways Are for Sleeping."

Songs performed include:
"I'm Getting Married, " "Venezia," "Love is Our Umbrella," "Roots,"--------------------Anne Bancroft
"Forbidden Fruit"-----------Anne Bancroft, Dick Shawn

NOTE: Out of the 26 ABC STAGE 67 program series only "I'm Getting Married" is not extant and preserved as video at The Paley Center and other resources. 

This ATA television audio direct line recording created at the time of the original broadcast  is the only known broadcast record of this program. 
                       

Ethel Merman reprises the role she created from the 1946 Broadway hit, in this "lost" TV musical special, which was recorded off the air, direct line, on reel to reel 1/4" audio tape and is archived in the collection of Archival Television Audio, Inc. A duplication of this TV Audio Air Check has been donated to The Paley Center for Media by Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc. 

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The ONLY Irving Berlin related production (film or television) that is not archived. Not found in the Ethel Merman estate, as well. 

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To date no original video tape or kinescope exists representing this Special NBC TV broadcast with the original cast from the Lincoln Center Stage revival which opened for a limited engagement of 47 performances on May 31, 1966 and then moving to the Broadway Theater on September 21, 1966 for another 77 performances. An LP was released on July 1, 1966 with just the musical numbers. 

Jane Klain at the Paley Center for Media has devoted much time over the years to finding the tape. She did find the box that once housed it but the title was ERASED out suggesting the tape had been erased and reused. 

From published reports, the telecast wasn't successful, cutting the show to 90 minutes and performing without an audience robbed it of its vitality...debated by critics and the public to the contrary.  

Dupe of # 5892                                      

Barbra Streisand's live concert taped before an audience of 150,000 fans in Central Park, New York City.                           

An hour of music with host Al Hirt.            

A Peabody Award-winning special that features performances from the top names in jazz music. Taped at New York's Lincoln Center. Host: Doc Severinsen. Performers: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Bobby Hackett, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Willie Smith. 

Duplicate of # 5032.            

Jack Wyrtzen and The Word Of Life. With Harry Bollback and The Word Of Life Singers.     

Presented on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" (1973-1982), a tribute to Jim Croce- the man and his songs. This tribute to the late rock star features a performance taped before his death. 
Songs include, "Time in a Bottle" and "You Don't Mess Around with Jim." Personal friend Tommy West hosts this loving retrospective. 

This was the 14th episode of "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" 

A tribute to singer-songwriter Jim Croce, who died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973.
Jim Croce is seen in TV appearances and music videos for "Photographs and Memories" (video), "Hard Way Every Time," "You Don't Mess Around with Jim," "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues" (video), "Speedball Tucker" (video), "Rapid Roy (the Stock Car Boy)" (video), "Time in a Bottle" (video with footage of Croce with his wife and child), "Roller Derby Queen" (video), "Lover's Cross" (video), and "I Got A Name."
Photo montages accompany Croce's songs "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," "Salon and Saloon" and "The Hard Way Every Time."
Loggins and Messina, Tommy West and Terry Cashman, The Carpenters, and Randy Newman also appear. Loggins and Messina talk about Croce, and present the video for their song "Watching the River Run." Record producers Tommy West and Terry Cashman introduce Croce's song "Dreamin' Again." Richard and Karen Carpenter share their thoughts on Croce. Randy Newman sings "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" and "I Think It's Going To Rain Today," and remembers the late musician.
A clip is shown of Burt Sugarman (producer of NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special") presenting Jim Croce with a gold record for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown."                                              

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history. Written and directed by Jack Haley Jr.     

Premiere.        

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra welcome guest Ella Fitzgerald.           

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, presents a concert of Beethoven, Stravinsky and Brahms. 

A retrospective that traces the musical career of composer Richard Rodgers. Hosted by Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler.            

Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler host this retrospective that traces the musical career of composer Richard Rodgers.     

Dupe of # 5028.         

A retrospective that traces the musical career of composer Richard Rodgers. Hosted by Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler. 

Duplicate of # 5028.                        

Host Dick Clark celebrates the show's silver anniversary with guest appearances by Chubby Checker, Barry Manilow, The Four Seasons, Johnnie Ray, and many others.  

Host: Dick Clark.                                      

Pat Boone, Patti Page, and Jerry Reed host the 12th Annual Country Music Awards from the Shrine Auditorium in Hollywood, California.     

Tony Bennett is the host for an all-star tribute to pop music.

Host: Tony Bennett.              

The music of Itzhak Perlman and Andre Previn in this classical music concert.         

Special: Some 32 stars are on hand for a musical gala marking the Los Angeles Bicentennial. Among the highlights: a song-and-dance tribute to Busby Berkeley, headlined by Carol Lawrence; and a salute to the Hollywood canteen of the '40s with Toni Tennille and Peter Marshall. Hosts: Lorne Greene, Natalie Wood, Donald O'Connor, Greer Garson, Eve Arden, Twiggy and Dionne Warwick. Music: "Pennies from Heaven" (Rosemary Clooney), "Don't Leave Me This Way (Thelma Houston), "Never Never Land" (Leslie Uggams) and "Together" (Peggy Lee).