1970-01-21, WNBC, 51 min.
Jack Benny is roasted by "roastmakers" Johnny Carson, George Burns, Ed Sullivan, Alan King, Milton Berle, Phil Harris, Dennis Day and Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Duplicate of 796.
1970-01-21, WNBC, 51 min.
Jack Benny is roasted by "roastmakers" Johnny Carson, George Burns, Ed Sullivan, Alan King, Milton Berle, Phil Harris, Dennis Day and Vice President Spiro Agnew.
1970-01-21, WNBC, min.
Jack Benny is roasted by "roastmakers" Johnny Carson, George Burns, Ed Sullivan, Alan King, Milton Berle, Phil Harris, Dennis Day and Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Dupe of #796.
1970-02-07, WABC, min.
Bing Crosby who hosted opening night at the palace on Jan. 4, 1964, brings down the curtain with a large sampling of highlights from the past six years. Celebrities include Nat King Cole, Ed Wynn, Eydie Gorme, Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Martha Raye, Ray Bolger, Jimmy Durante, Mrs. Miller, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Don Adams, Marty Allen, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, Burns & Schreiber, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Petula Clark, Perry Como, Tim Conway, Bette Davis, Joey Forman, David
Janssen, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton, Bert Lahr, Peter Lawford, Liberace, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Buddy Rich, Don Rickles, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Kate Smith, Gloria Swanson and Tiny Tim.
Dupe of #1087.
1970-02-07, WABC, 52 min.
Bing Crosby who hosted opening night at the palace on Jan. 4, 1964, brings down the curtain with a large sampling of highlights from the past six years. Celebrities include Nat King Cole, Ed Wynn, Eydie Gorme, Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Martha Raye, Ray Bolger, Jimmy Durante, Mrs. Miller, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Don Adams, Marty Allen, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, Burns & Schreiber, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Petula Clark, Perry Como, Tim Conway, Bette Davis, Joey Forman, David
Janssen, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton, Bert Lahr, Peter Lawford, Liberace, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Buddy Rich, Don Rickles, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Kate Smith, Gloria Swanson and Tiny Tim.
1970-02-14, WCBS, 52 min.
September 29, 1962-September 12, 1970. Jackie Gleason was a fixture on CBS for most of two decades. In the fall of 1962 Gleason was back to a Saturday slot, which he occupied for another eight seasons. From 1962 to 1966 it was called "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine," and featured topical comedy sketches as well as musical numbers. One of Gleason's characters, Joe the Bartender, appeared regularly. Addressing the camera as his patron, Joe told a few jokes before calling out the tipsy Crazy Guggenheim from the back room. Guggenheim, played by Frank Fontaine, traded quips with Joe and then sang a song. Sue Ann Langdon was also featured regularly. In 1966 Gleason moved the operation to Miami Beach. The show was retitled "The Jackie Gleason Show." For the first time in almost a decade, production of "The Honeymooners" was resumed. Gleason was reunited with Art Carney; Sheila MacRae and Jane Kean were added to play Alice and Trixie. Many of these later "Honeymooners" sketches ran a full hour, and the accent was now on music.
1970-02-14, CBS, 17 min.
September 13th, 1966-1969 (CBS - 68 episodes).
Animated CBS series featuring the voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck (narrator), Jack Grimes, Ray Owens, Bob Hastings, Ted Knight, and Janet Waldo.
In this animated episode re-run two Superman segments are presented,
THE NIGHT OF THE OCTOPOD and
THE PRANKSTER
Superman is called into action.
Commercials include:
Tang, Flintstone Vitamins, and TRIX breakfast cereal.
NIGHT OF THE OCTOPOD
Superman fights off a strange flying saucer that has a strange octopod device. The octopod threatens a rocket base near Niagara Falls. Throwing the Octopod into the waters near the base of the Falls, Superman destroys the un-manned spaceship that brought it to Earth. However an electric eel pacing by gives the Octopod the power that it needs to take flight again, sapping more power from a nearby power station. Superman comes to the rescue once again, short-circuiting the Octopod after a brief tussle.
THE PRANKSTER
A pram is pushed into on-coming traffic... with only a doll within the pram. A money safe is dropped on Clark Kent as he is about to enter the Daily Planet... it's made out of paper. Clark Kent changes into Superman and berates the little fellow behind these pranks, who insists Superman can't arrest him as technically he hasn't done anything wrong that anyone can prove. So letting him go, Superman sets about playing his own pranks on the Prankster, irritating him so much that he frustratingly admits to committing the prankish crimes in front of Superman who gets it all done using a tape recorder
NOTE: Other episodes archived in the Archival Television Audio collection include:
SUPERMAN MEETS HIS MATCH and CAGE OF GLASS (Feb. 21, 1970) - originally televised during the 1967-1968 season.
LUTHOR'S LOCO LOOKIING MIRROR (Feb. 28, 1970) - originally from the 1967-1968 season.
PERNICIOUS PARASITE, SUPERMAN - originally televised Dec. 17, 1966, SUPERMAN'S DOUBLE TROUBLE - originally televised Dec. 3, 1966.
LUTHOR REFORMS rerun Jan. 17, 1970, THE JAPANESE SANDMAN rerun Nov. 31, 1970, FLYING SAUCERS and GIANT BEES originally televised during the 1968-1969 season.
RETRUN OF BRAINAIC originally televised during the 1966-1967 season, Rerun March 13, 1970, LUMNOS ON THE LOOSE originally televised during the 1967-1968 season, rerun April 4, 1970.
RAIN OF IRON (Last episode of the series) originally televised during t he 1968-1969 season, rerun May 2, 1970, and THE MYSTERIOUS MR. MIST rerun May 9, 1970.
NOTE:
During four seasons there were 68 different episodes televised.
Season 1 - September 10, 1966 - 1967 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (36 segments).
Season 2- September 9, 1967 - 1968 THE SUPERMAN / ACQUAMAN HOUR (16 Superman segments).
Season 3- September 14, 1968-1969 THE BATMAN / SUPERMAN HOUR (16 Superman segments).
Season 4- September 13, 1969 - 1970
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN which were comprised of reruns from the previous three seasons which contained 68 Superman episodes.
In the 1960's the new animation company Filmation Associates persuaded DC Comics to allow Filmation to do a Superman cartoon series. The New Adventures of Superman debuted on the American network CBS on September 10, 1966. In the second season, the show was renamed The Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure adding adventures with other DC Comics heroes. In 1968, the show format again changed becoming The Batman-Superman Hour which ran until September 6, 1969 when the show was cancelled partly from protests by Action For Children's Television because of violent content.
In the first season, the show had two 6 minute Superman cartoons bracketing a Superboy cartoon. Superman comics editor Mort Weisinger served as story editor, while several Superman comics writer also scripted some of the cartoons.
The first season had 18 half-hours. The second and third seasons each had eight more made. In the third season (The Batman/Superman Hour), the artwork changed to imitate Superman artist Curt Swan's style, and the Superman episodes now were 2-part Superman adventures.
The cartoons used the familiar "Faster than a speeding bullet..." used previously in the 1940's Fleisher cartoons, the serials and 1950's television show The Adventures of Superman. Within the cartoons, Superman used the familiar "Up, up, and away" and "This is a job for Superman" phrases.
From the radio show returned actors Clayton "Bud" Collyer as Superman/Clark Kent and Joan Alexander as Lois Lane, with Jackson Beck as narrator. Bob Hastings played Superboy/Young Clark Kent.
1970-02-14, CBS, 17 min.
September 13th, 1966-1969 (CBS - 68 episodes).
Animated CBS series featuring the voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Jack Grimes, Ray Owens, Bob Hastings, Ted Knight, and Janet Waldo.
In this animated episode re-run two Superman segments are presented, THE NIGHT OF THE OCTOPOD and THE PRANKSTER (Feb. 14, 1970)
Superman is called into action.
Commercials include:
Tang, Flintstone Vitamins, and TRIX breakfast cereal.
NIGHT OF THE OCTOPOD
Superman fights off a strange flying saucer that has a strange octopod device. The octopod threatens a rocket base near Niagara Falls. Throwing the Octopod into the waters near the base of the Falls, Superman destroys the un-manned spaceship that brought it to Earth. However an electric eel pacing by gives the Octopod the power that it needs to take flight again, sapping more power from a nearby power station. Superman comes to the rescue once again, short-circuiting the Octopod after a brief tussle.
THE PRANKSTER
A pram is pushed into on-coming traffic... with only a doll within the pram. A money safe is dropped on Clark Kent as he is about to enter the Daily Planet... it's made out of paper. Clark Kent changes into Superman and berates the little fellow behind these pranks, who insists Superman can't arrest him as technically he hasn't done anything wrong that anyone can prove. So letting him go, Superman sets about playing his own pranks on the Prankster, irritating him so much that he frustratingly admits to committing the prankish crimes in front of Superman who gets it all done using a tape recorder
NOTE: Other episodes archived in the Archival Television Audio collection include:
SUPERMAN MEETS HIS MATCH and CAGE OF GLASS (Feb. 21, 1970) - originally televised during the 1967-1968 season.
LUTHOR'S LOCO LOOKIING MIRROR (Feb. 28, 1970) - originally from the 1967-1968 season.
PERNICIOUS PARASITE, SUPERMAN - originally televised Dec. 17, 1966, SUPERMAN'S DOUBLE TROUBLE - originally televised Dec. 3, 1966.
LUTHOR REFORMS rerun Jan. 17, 1970, THE JAPANESE SANDMAN rerun Nov. 31, 1970, FLYING SAUCERS and GIANT BEES originally televised during the 1968-1969 season.
RETRUN OF BRAINAIC originally televised during the 1966-1967 season, Rerun March 13, 1970, LUMNOS ON THE LOOSE originally televised during the 1967-1968 season, rerun April 4, 1970.
RAIN OF IRON (Last episode of the series) originally televised during t he 1968-1969 season, rerun May 2, 1970, and THE MYSTERIOUS MR. MIST rerun May 9, 1970.
NOTE:
During four seasons there were 68 different episodes televised.
Season 1 - September 10, 1966 - 1967 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (36 segments).
Season 2- September 9, 1967 - 1968 THE SUPERMAN / ACQUAMAN HOUR (16 Superman segments).
Season 3- September 14, 1968-1969 THE BATMAN / SUPERMAN HOUR (16 Superman segments).
Season 4- September 13, 1969 - 1970
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN which were comprised of reruns from the previous three seasons which contained 68 Superman episodes.
In the 1960's the new animation company Filmation Associates persuaded DC Comics to allow Filmation to do a Superman cartoon series. The New Adventures of Superman debuted on the American network CBS on September 10, 1966. In the second season, the show was renamed The Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure adding adventures with other DC Comics heroes. In 1968, the show format again changed becoming The Batman-Superman Hour which ran until September 6, 1969 when the show was cancelled partly from protests by Action For Children's Television because of violent content.
In the first season, the show had two 6 minute Superman cartoons bracketing a Superboy cartoon. Superman comics editor Mort Weisinger served as story editor, while several Superman comics writer also scripted some of the cartoons.
The first season had 18 half-hours. The second and third seasons each had eight more made. In the third season (The Batman/Superman Hour), the artwork changed to imitate Superman artist Curt Swan's style, and the Superman episodes now were 2-part Superman adventures.
The cartoons used the familiar "Faster than a speeding bullet..." used previously in the 1940's Fleisher cartoons, the serials and 1950's television show The Adventures of Superman. Within the cartoons, Superman used the familiar "Up, up, and away" and "This is a job for Superman" phrases.
From the radio show returned actors Clayton "Bud" Collyer as Superman/Clark Kent and Joan Alexander as Lois Lane, with Jackson Beck as narrator. Bob Hastings played Superboy/Young Clark Kent.
1970-02-14, WABC, 52 min.
September 26, 1969-July 4, 1970. Hour-long variety series starring Jimmy Durante and the singing Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Janet, Kathy, and Peggy).
1970-02-17, WNEW, 67 min.
A rare television interview with Jackie Gleason, who blends personal anecdotes with his views on man, woman, love, comedy, attaining success, the occult, Milton Berle and happiness. Taped in Miami Beach.
1970-02-18, WCBS, 60 min.
First TV Special for Anne Bancroft. The Multi-faceted female personality is etched in cameos featuring Anne Bancroft and a star-studded assemblage of gentlemen friends. Anne Bancroft, Dick Shawn, John McGiver, Jack Cassidy, Lee J. Cobb, David Susskind
1970-02-19, 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).
1970-02-19, NBC, 30 min.
December 29th, 1969-September 25th, 1970.
Daytime show co-hosted by Art and Jack Linkletter featuring talks with schoolchildren and audience participation games.
On this rare extant complete broadcast, with commercials, audio air check Art Linkletter interviews author Morton Hunt, discussing his book, "The Affair, " related to his interviews of 92 people who have had extra marital affairs and why?
Steve Rossi and his new partner Slappy White are interviewed. They are considered one of the first interracial comedy teams. White recites a poem he introduced to President John F. Kennedy entitled, "The Brother Creed.":
Art Linkletter interviews four eight year old's asking many questions including, "Who would you have liked to be your parents?" One boy answers, Shirley Temple and Abraham Lincoln.
1970-02-23, WCBS, 52 min.
September 11, 1967-August 9, 1978. Popular variety hour hosted by Carol Burnett. On her own show, she brought together a group of talented supporting players: Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, and Dick Van Dyke.
1970-02-24, 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.
1970-02-28, WCBS, min.
September 29, 1962-September 12, 1970. Jackie Gleason was a fixture on CBS for most of two decades. In the fall of 1962 Gleason was back to a Saturday slot, which he occupied for another eight seasons. From 1962 to 1966 it was called "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine," and featured topical comedy sketches as well as musical numbers. One of Gleason's characters, Joe the Bartender, appeared regularly. Addressing the camera as his patron, Joe told a few jokes before calling out the tipsy Crazy Guggenheim from the back room. Guggenheim, played by Frank Fontaine, traded quips with Joe and then sang a song. Sue Ann Langdon was also featured regularly. In 1966 Gleason moved the operation to Miami Beach. The show was retitled "The Jackie Gleason Show." For the first time in almost a decade, production of "The Honeymooners" was resumed. Gleason was reunited with Art Carney; Sheila MacRae and Jane Kean were added to play Alice and Trixie. Many of these later "Honeymooners" sketches ran a full hour, and the accent was now on music.
"Honeymooners" episode: "Operation Protest."
1970-03-03, 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.
1970-03-04, WCBS, 52 min.
June 15, 1969-September 7, 1969; December 17, 1969-July 13, 1971 (CBS); 1971-1992 (Syndicated). "Hee Haw" was a fast-paced mixture of songs, skits, blackouts, and corny jokes. A syndicated version of the show appeared; by 1977 it was the nation's number-one-rated non-network show. The series was co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark (by the late 1980s, Owens and Clark appeared only occasionally, having made room for various guest hosts). A large stable of regular performers have been featured, including Louis M. ("Grandpa") Jones, Junior Samples, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, David Akeman ("Stringbean"), Sherry Miles, Lisa Todd, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp, Diana Scott, Cathy Baker and Barbi Benton.
1970-03-05, NBC, 10 min.
December 29, 1969-September 25, 1970. Art Linkletter and son Jack co-hosted this series which included interviews, unusual people and happenings.
Guest Clinton Duffy discusses prison reform... prisoners' rights to have conjugal visits.
1970-03-07, NBC, 90 min.
Live coverage of the total solar eclipse of March 7th, 1970, visible across all of North and Central America.
1970-03-08, WPIX, 52 min.
(SYNDICATED). The Baja Marimba Band, led by Julius Wechter, on a musical tour of Las Vegas.
1970-03-14, WABC, 52 min.
September 26, 1969-July 4, 1970. Hour-long variety series starring Jimmy Durante and the singing Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Janet, Kathy, and Peggy).
1970-03-25, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1970-03-25, NBC, min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Host: Johnny Carson. Guests: Tony Randall, Cliff Robertson, Jack Haley Jr.
1970-04-00, WNEW, 19 min.
David Frost's guest is Comedian Jackie Mason.
A very amusing and candid discussion in which host David Frost is often "ribbed" by comedienne Jackie Mason related to his English ancestry.
Mason discusses morality in America, the ever increasing prevalence of corrupt, myopic politicians in our country, his latest venture as an actor in motion pictures, and our ever increasing importance of focusing on the environment in the USA before it is too late to save the planet.
1970-04-01, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-04-07, ABC, 16 min.
In this SPECICAL Rankin / Bass animated broadcast, comedians provide their own voices for their animated counterparts, except for Chico Marx and W. C. Fields, both deceased. Groucho Marx, 80 years old, was still playing himself. Voice actor Paul Frees narrated the show and filled in for those actors who were not able to do their own voices.
The show included such segments as a Marx Brothers skit, which was a reworking of a scene from their Broadway play I'll Say She Is (1924). The skit included their famous Napoleon parody, with Napoleon played by Groucho. The sketch featured animated representations. Romeo Muller is credited as having written special material for the show in addition to the original scripts that came from the various comedians' sketches.
This special and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (released later that year) gave Rankin/Bass their highest TV ratings, even higher than Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964).
The majority of the special is an animated vaudeville-style show featuring numerous comedians performing the greatest skits at the palace.
Flip Wilson's "Columbus" sketch (with audio taken directly from his 1967 Atlantic Records album Cowboys and Colored People) is set to animation, as Queen Isabel Johnson sends Christopher Columbus to the New World to find, among other things, Ray Charles.
Jack Benny and George Burns take a trip in Jack's infamous Maxwell, where Jack attempts to weasel his way out of paying an increased bridge toll (NOT COMPLETE).
Groucho Marx recreates the Napoleon parody act from the Marx Brothers' 1925 Broadway revue I'll Say She Is, with Groucho reprising his role as Napoleon. (NOT COMPLETE).
The W.C. Fields sketch is not included in this recording.
The Smothers Brothers try their best to cooperate in singing a song to woo a princess, but their attempt does not go as planned.
In between the skits, various comedians including Henny Youngman, Jack E. Leonard, George Jessel, and Phyllis Diller tell a few funny jokes as the TV special progresses.
Cast
Jack Benny . . . Himself
George Burns . . . Himself
Phyllis Diller . . . Herself
George Jessel . . . Himself
Jack E. Leonard . . . Himself
Groucho Marx . . . Napoleon/Himself
The Smothers Brothers . . . Themselves
Flip Wilson . . . Himself
Henny Youngman . . . Himself
Paul Frees ...Narrator
Joan Gardner . . . Josephine Bonaparte, additional voices
This broadcasts is sponsored by Pepsi Cola. The opening commercial is heard.
1970-04-08, 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
Former Brooklyn Dodger baseball player Jackie Robinson discusses his son's drug addiction.
Jimmy Dean is the co-host.
1970-04-08, WCBS, 52 min.
June 15, 1969-September 7, 1969; December 17, 1969-July 13, 1971 (CBS); 1971-1992 (Syndicated). "Hee Haw" was a fast-paced mixture of songs, skits, blackouts, and corny jokes. A syndicated version of the show appeared; by 1977 it was the nation's number-one-rated non-network show. The series was co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark (by the late 1980s, Owens and Clark appeared only occasionally, having made room for various guest hosts). A large stable of regular performers have been featured, including Louis M. ("Grandpa") Jones, Junior Samples, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, David Akeman ("Stringbean"), Sherry Miles, Lisa Todd, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp, Diana Scott, Cathy Baker and Barbi Benton.
1970-04-08, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-04-08, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "A Nite Out with the Boys" broadcast. 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.
1970-04-13, , min.
This date in history: 1861, At the start of the civil war, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederates.
1870: The Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated in New York. (The museum opened in 1872.
1964: Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role to win Academy Award for his performance in "Lillies Of The Field."
1970:Apollo 13 on the way to the moon, was crippled when a liquid oxygen tank burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely).
1992: The great Chicago flood took place as the city's century- old tunnel system and adjacent basements filled with water from the Chicago River.
1999: Right-to-die advocate Dr.Jack Kevorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, Michigan to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder in the lethal injection of a Lou Gehrig disease patient. (Kervorkian served eight years.
2011: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained for investigation of corruption, abuse of power and the killing of protesters.
1970-04-17, ABC, 12 min.
President Richard Nixon at Kennedy Space Center. After Apollo 13 was aborted due to an oxygen tank failure, Nixon greets astronauts Fred Haise, Jim Lovell, and Jack Swigert.
At a press conference the president said:
"The three astronauts didn't reach the moon but they reached the hearts of millions of Americans and people around the world."
Later that evening, President Nixon presents the three astronauts with the Medal Of Freedom.
Frank Reynolds and Jules Bergman report for ABC news.
1970-04-19, NBC, 180 min.
The 24th annual Tony Awards are telecast from the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.
Hosts: Julie Andrews, Shirley McLaine, and Walter Matthau.
Dupe of #9747.
1970-04-19, NBC, 180 min.
The 24th annual Tony Awards are telecast from the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.
Hosts: Julie Andrews, Shirley McLaine, and Walter Matthau.
1970-04-29, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-05-06, NBC, 60 min.
Phil Harris and Bobbie Gentry host this second of a two-part country and western hoedown. Guests include Roy Clark, John Hartford, Bernadette Peters, and Jackie Benington. With commercials.
1970-05-07, NBC, 60 min.
The record industry's 12th annual Grammy Awards ceremony. Performers include Jack Jones, The Isley Brothers, The Nashville Brass, Dionne Warwick, Blood,Sweat & Tears, Johnny Cash, The Fifth Dimension, Peggy Lee, Henry Mancini, Sammy Davis Jr., and others. Bill Cosby offers a comedy monologue.
1970-05-10, 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.
1970-05-16, WABC, 52 min.
September 26, 1969-July 4, 1970. Hour-long variety series starring Jimmy Durante and the singing Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Janet, Kathy, and Peggy).
1970-05-18, WNEW, 72 min.
David Frost welcomes special solo guest Jack Benny, who talks at length about his long professional career and his personal life. There are many anecdotes
including stories about George Burns,
Fred Allen, his 44 year marriage, his violin career and why, after writing his autobiography for two years, he decided never to publish it.
1970-05-18, WNEW, 80 min.
David Frost welcomes special solo guest Jack Benny, who talks at length about his long professional career and his personal life. There are many anecdotes
including stories about George Burns,
Fred Allen, his 44 year marriage, his violin career and why, after writing his autobiography for two years, he decided never to publish it.
Duplicate of 1092.
1970-06-10, WNBC, 52 min.
May 20, 1970-September 2, 1970; June 2, 1971-September 1, 1971. A summer variety series taped in London, starring singer Des O'Connor. Other regulars included Jack Douglas, the MacGregor Brothers (1970), and Connie Stevens (1971).
1970-06-24, WNBC, 52 min.
May 20, 1970-September 2, 1970; June 2, 1971-September 1, 1971. A summer variety series taped in London, starring singer Des O'Connor. Other regulars included Jack Douglas, the MacGregor Brothers (1970), and Connie Stevens (1971).
1970-07-01, WNBC, 52 min.
May 20, 1970-September 2, 1970; June 2, 1971-September 1, 1971. A summer variety series taped in London, starring singer Des O'Connor. Other regulars included Jack Douglas, the MacGregor Brothers (1970), and Connie Stevens (1971).
1970-07-02, WCBS, 52 min.
June 25, 1970-August 27, 1970. An hour of nostalgia, hosted by Louis Nye, with Chuck McCann, Bob (Elliott) and Ray (Goulding), and bandleaders from the 1930's.
Harry James and singer Helen Forrest are guests as this summer series continues its fond remembrances of the '30s and '40's.
Comedy...Bob and Ray with an interview routine about a fishmonger; Chuck McCann as The Great Voodini; "Song Tester" Louis Nye reviewing the lyrics of a Gershwin tune; and Jack Burns with a Marathon-dance spiel.
Highlights: Harry: "Ciribiribin," "Don't Be That Way," Helen: "I Had the Craziest Dream," I don't Want to Walk Without You."
1970-07-02, WCBS, 52 min.
June 25, 1970-August 27, 1970. An hour of nostalgia, hosted by Louis Nye, with Chuck McCann, Bob (Elliott) and Ray (Goulding), and bandleaders from the 1930's.
Harry James and singer Helen Forrest are guests as this summer series continues its fond remembrances of the '30s and '40's.
Comedy...Bob and Ray with an interview routine about a fishmonger; Chuck McCann as The Great Voodini; "Song Tester" Louis Nye reviewing the lyrics of a Gershwin tune; and Jack Burns with a Marathon-dance spiel.
Highlights: Harry: "Ciribiribin," "Don't Be That Way," Helen: "I Had the Craziest Dream," I don't Want to Walk Without You."
Duplicate of #2813.
1970-07-04, PBS, 85 min.
Special Coverage of today's HONOR AMERICA DAY ceremonies held in Washington, D.C.
PBS hosts: Lincoln Trevor, with correspondents Peter Jenson and Vic Murky.
Taped highlights of this morning's National Memorial service, honoring the nation on its 194th birthday. Highlights of original live coverage of an entertainment gala celebrating Honor America Day. Bob Hope and Billy Graham co-host: Guests include Jack Benny, Glen Campbell, Dinah Shore, Richard Nixon, The Young Americans, Red Skelton, Connie Stevens, Fred Waring orchestra, Kate Smith, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Jeannie C. Riley, and Sugar Ray Robinson.
1970-07-04, WQXR, 60 min.
Hosted by John S. Wilson, "The World of Jazz" aired on WQXR AM & FM Radio on Saturdays at 10:10 PM. Wilson was a fixture on radio playing early jazz recordings on each of his broadcasts, during the 1950's, '60s, and '70s. The records of hundreds of Jazz musicians were profiled, including original Louis Armstrong records, among them Armstrong's first Orpheum 105 record, recorded on March 31, 1923, and aired by Wilson on his program on May 9, 1970. This was the "Louis Armstrong's 70th Birthday" broadcast. This was the final broadcast of the series.
1970-07-22, WNBC, 52 min.
May 20, 1970-September 2, 1970; June 2, 1971-September 1, 1971. This was the "Music and Comedy from London" broadcast. A summer variety series taped in London, starring singer Des O'Connor. Other regulars included Jack Douglas, the MacGregor Brothers (1970), and Connie Stevens (1971).