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
25 years of television memories as 26 top stars, in person, celebrate a treasure of TV nostalgia. Performing and accepting awards for their roles in TV's success story are Judith Anderson, Russell Arms, James Arness, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, George Chakiris, Maria Cole, Jimmy Durante, Dave Garroway, Lorne Greene, Bob Hope, George C. Scott, Rod Serling, Dinah Shore, the Smothers Brothers, Ed Sullivan, John Wayne, Robert Young, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. There are 5 commercials including an opening commercial.
25 years of television memories as 26 top stars, in person, celebrate a treasure of TV nostalgia. Performing and accepting awards for their roles in TV's success story are Judith Anderson, Russell Arms, James Arness, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, George Chakiris, Maria Cole, Jimmy Durante, Dave Garroway, Lorne Greene, Bob Hope, George C. Scott, Rod Serling, Dinah Shore, the Smothers Brothers, Ed Sullivan, John Wayne, Robert Young, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. There are 5 commercials including an opening commercial.
Film clips from more than 400 shows (from Boston Blackie to Sonny and Cher) were culled for this tribute, which also includes elaborate production numbers, and a host of celebrities scheduled to accept awards in TV's success story.
Songs and Performers: "September Song" - Jimmy Durante
Fifties medley: "Shrimp Boats," "Shanghai," "Love Is Sweeping The Country," "Doggie In The Window," "This Old House," by Hit Paraders, Gisele Mackenzie, Snooky Lanson, Russell Arms, and Eileen Wilson.
"How Sweet It Was," Florence Henderson
"They Went Thataway," George Chakiris.
Duplicate of #1118.
25 years of television memories as 26 top stars, in person, celebrate a treasure of TV nostalgia. Performing and accepting awards for their roles in TV's success story are Judith Anderson, Russell Arms, James Arness, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, George Chakiris, Maria Cole, Jimmy Durante, Dave Garroway, Lorne Greene, Bob Hope, George C. Scott, Rod Serling, Dinah Shore, the Smothers Brothers, Ed Sullivan, John Wayne, Robert Young, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. There are 5 commercials including an opening commercial.
Duplicate of # 1118.
A rare Al Hirt special broadcast from 11:30 PM to 12:30 AM on a Sunday night. An easy hour of music from New Orleans. Al Hirt & guests join in a jam session.
"The Sleeping Beauty," a stunning major ballet production by an excellent company. Celia Franca, the artistic director of the National Ballet Of Canada, put together a handsome and resourceful version of this venerable ballet chestnut.
A musical spoof of westerns. Story of a man named Sam, transported back to the 19th century to find he is the town sheriff. He becomes involved with an old prospector and his daughter, who have found a gold mine. Don Adams is the narrator.
A report on Skylab, America's first space station onboard a modified Saturn V rocket. Astronauts Joseph Kerwin, Charles Conrad, and Paul Weitz launched into space on May 25th, 1973.
Bob Hope & Tennessee Ernie Ford help Independence Day festivities get off a day early, with a rousing salute in honor of our 197th year Independence Day.
Skylab 3 launch spending 59.5 days in space. The second crew to inhabit Skylab, completing 858 revolutions of the earth.
Owen K. Garriott, Jack R. Lousma, and Alan L. Bean are aboard.
After spending a record 59 days in space, Skylab 3 astronauts Jack Lousma, Alan Bean, and Owen Garriott splash down in the Pacific Ocean and picked up by the aircraft carrier USS New Orleans.
News special on the naming of Gerald R. Ford as the new Vice-President of the United States by President Richard M. Nixon. The former Michigan representative and Republican House minority leader was the 40th Vice- President of the United States.
The infamous "Saturday Night Massacre" in which President Nixon fired Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Resigning immediately was US Attorney General Elliott Richardson who refused an order from Nixon to fire Cox.
The Friars Club "roasts" Milton Berle, who celebrates his 60th anniversary in show business. Guests include Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, George Burns, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Red Foxx, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Carroll O'Connor, Jan Murray, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Senator Ted Kennedy, Archbishop Fulton J.
Sheen and Henny Youngman.
The Friars Club "roasts" Milton Berle, who celebrates his 60th anniversary in show business. Some of the world's greatest talent pay a riotous tribute to "Mr. Television." Guests include Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, George Burns, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Red Foxx, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Carroll O'Connor, Jan Murray, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Senator Ted Kennedy, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and Henny Youngman.
Host: Sammy Davis Jr.
Duplicate of #1130.
Shirley MacLaine sings and dances in a virtual one-woman show. Featuring much of her acclaimed nightclub act, the program includes songs she has performed on stage and in films.
Memorable moments from the Ed Sullivan Show hosted by Dick Cavett. Highlight appearances by The Beatles, Maurice Chevalier, Sophie Tucker, Petula Clark, Janis Joplin, Barbra Streisand, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Woody Allen, Myron Cohen, Rodney Dangerfield, Alan King, Sam Levinson, Henny Youngman, Jerry Lewis, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, Joan Sutherland, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, and Rod Steiger. This presentation was a specially edited one hour commercial repeat of the 90 minute TV Special which aired Oct. 17, 1971.
Memorable moments from the Ed Sullivan Show hosted by Dick Cavett. Highlight appearances by The Beatles, Maurice Chevalier, Sophie Tucker, Petula Clark, Janis Joplin, Barbra Streisand, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Woody Allen, Myron Cohen, Rodney Dangerfield, Alan King, Sam Levinson, Henny Youngman, Jerry Lewis, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, Joan Sutherland, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, and Rod Steiger. This presentation was a specially edited one hour commercial repeat of the 90 minute TV Special which aired Oct. 17, 1971.
Dupe Of Number 1144.
January 27th, 1974-March 3rd, 1974, January 5th, 1975-March 23rd, 1975, January 11th,1976-April 4th, 1976, January 2nd, 1977-March,1977- January 8th,1978-March 26th,1978, January 14th, 1979-April 1st,1979- January 20th, 1980-March 30th, 1980, January 25th, 1981-March 29th, 1981- January 24th, 1982-March 28th, 1982- February 6th, 1983-February 20th, 1983.
Sunday afternoon sports show featuring professional athletes competing against each other in various athletic competition
In this competition, members of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team meet members of the Oakland A's baseball team in various athletic endeavors. Keith Jackson and OJ Simpson report.
Investigation hearings by Senate Select Committee on intelligence in Washington D.C. Director William E. Colby admits that the CIA kept a secret cache of deadly poisons and forbidden weapons - including a suicide drug for captured US spies, despite presidential orders to destroy them in 1970.
Second day's hearings. Former CIA Director Richard Helms tells the Select Committee on Intelligence that he was surprised but not shocked that his directives were not carried out by the agency to destroy deadly poisons & toxics.
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