The second annual TV Guide awards show is telecast. Comedy sketches by Jackie Cooper and Nanette Fabray. 

Host: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.                         

Andy's guests for his first special (Williams had 19 TV specials from 1962-1987) are Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith and Ann-Margret. The theme is "today," as Andy and all demonstrate a little "contemporary nostalgia" via comedy sketches and song. 
  Andy Griffith delivers a speech at the UN; Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret examine the world of teenagers; the two Andy's get together for some bachelor philosophy. 

*This one hour Special was a Pilot for his one hour variety series which ran on NBC TV for five seasons from Sept. 2, 1962 - Sept. 3, 1967. 

NOTE:   
The Andy Williams Special (1962 TV Special)

No copy of this show is known to exist. When Andy Williams teamed up with Ann-Margret in 2004 for shows in Branson, Missouri he tried to find a copy to include clips from their 1962 appearance. NBC didn't have a copy of the color videotape nor did the shows producers or any of the TV archives.   

This peerless audio air check archived in the ATA collection was recorded direct line at the time of the original broadcast.

Audio is pristine playback of this 60 year old original broadcast.                                                        

A Fall preview of CBS programs.     

Five stars of TV comedy, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny , Andy Griffith, Garry Moore and Danny Thomas blend their talents for an hour to poke fun at the new 1962-1963 TV season and themselves. 
Written by Larry Gelbart. 
Announcer: Don Wilson.

NOTE: Some variations in sound quality, but most of the audio is excellent.                                              

Andy Griffith, Lucille Ball, Danny Thomas and Jack Benny perform.                                     

September 27, 1962-September 3, 1967 (NBC); September 20, 1969-July 17, 1971 (NBC); 1976 (Syndicated). In 1962, Williams was finally given a fall series on NBC; the hour show lasted five seasons and featured The New Christy Minstrels and the Osmond Brothers. His third NBC series, which premiered in 1969, featured comics Charlie Callas and Irwin Corey, along with Janos Prohaska; the hour show lasted another two seasons. In 1976, Williams hosted a syndicated series, entitled "Andy." The half-hour show featured puppeteer Wayland Flowers. 

Andy's guest is Andy Griffith. 

This show is a partial duplicate of # 6970 A                                                                                                                                                                       

September 27, 1962-September 3, 1967 (NBC); September 20, 1969-July 17, 1971 (NBC); 1976 (Syndicated). In 1962, Williams was finally given a fall series on NBC; the hour show lasted five seasons and featured The New Christy Minstrels and the Osmond Brothers. His third NBC series, which premiered in 1969, featured comics Charlie Callas and Irwin Corey, along with Janos Prohaska; the hour show lasted another two seasons. In 1976, Williams hosted a syndicated series, entitled "Andy." The half-hour show featured puppeteer Wayland Flowers.    


Duplicate of #6970A                                                                                                                                                        

September 27, 1962-September 3, 1967 (NBC); September 20, 1969-July 17, 1971 (NBC); 1976 (Syndicated). In 1962, Williams was finally given a fall series on NBC; the hour show lasted five seasons and featured The New Christy Minstrels and the Osmond Brothers. His third NBC series, which premiered in 1969, featured comics Charlie Callas and Irwin Corey, along with Janos Prohaska; the hour show lasted another two seasons. In 1976, Williams hosted a syndicated series, entitled "Andy." The half-hour show featured puppeteer Wayland Flowers.                                                                                                                                              

"The Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors special" brings together Mayberry's three favorite home-town boys for an hour of comedy and music, adapted from their hit nightclub act.  
Friendship is the theme as Andy recalls two great pals of the past-Julius Caesar and Brutus-and Don describes the flight of Gemini X11, piloted by two unfriendly astronauts. In sketches, we learn why Sheriff Taylor (Andy) hired Barney (Don) as his deputy; and Andy, Don, and Jim attend a family picnic. 
Peter Gennaro staged the dances. Alan Copeland arranged and conducted the chorus and orchestra. Director Alan Hanley co-produced with Bob Wynn. Script by Aaron Ruben.                

Jim "Gomer Pyle" Nabors hosts his first variety special. His guests are Andy Griffith, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Shirley Jones, and Marilyn Horne. 
In comedy sketches, Andy offers his version of the opera "La Traviata," and hillbillies Andy and Ernie face an evening without TV because Ernie shot the NBC "chicken." 

Alan Copeland is the musical director of this special broadcast.

HIGHTLIGHTS:

"Put on Your Sunday Clothes"-------------------Jim Nabors

"I Have Dreamed"-----------------------------Shirley Jones
"In Their Shoes"------------------------Jim Nabors, Shirley Jones

Railroad medley "Down in the Valley," "Wabash Cannonball,"
"The Rock Island Line," "Drill, Ye Tarriers Drill," 
"Grandy Dancers' Ball," "John Henry," Casey Jones"
------------------------------------Jim Nabors, Tennessee Ernie Ford

"Crude sorte, amor tiranno" (from Rossini's "L'Italiana in Algeri")
--------------------------------------------------------Marilyn Horne

"Libiamo, Libiamo" (from Verdi's "La Traviata").....Jim Nabors 
Marilyn Horne

"If my Friends Could See Me Now"...................Jim Nabors

                     

Guests are Don Knotts, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Back Porch Majority,Maggie Peterson and The Bruce Davis Quintet. 
Andy offers a comic monologue about a successful small town boy named William Shakespeare, does a medley of Country and Western hits with Ernie, and in a sketch with Ernie,plays a farm boy who hates animals. Andy joins Don in a routine from their night-club act.     


Duplicate of 6960A.                                  

Guests are Don Knotts, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Back Porch Majority,Maggie Peterson and The Bruce Davis Quintet. 
Andy offers a comic monologue about a successful small town boy named William Shakespeare, does a medley of Country and Western hits with Ernie, and in a sketch with Ernie,plays a farm boy who hates animals. Andy joins Don in a routine from their night-club act.                         

September 16, 1965-May 24, 1974. This was the Christmas Show broadcast. 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). 

NOTE: An unusual ending as over thirty celebrities each state to children in a different orphanage in the USA that Santa is on his way.                                     

October 3rd, 1960-September 16th, 1968 (CBS)

Rural comedy set in the town of Mayberry, starring Andy Griffith as the town sheriff Andy Taylor and Don Knotts as his inept deputy. It also co-starred Ron Howard as Andy's son Opie and Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee. Jim Nabors also co-starred as Gomer Pyle. On February 15th, 1960, Griffith appeared as Sheriff Andy Taylor on the Danny Thomas Show and arrested Thomas for running a stop sign.  

Two-minute opening only.                                 

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 #2001        

July 15, 1972-August 12, 1972. Five-week summer variety hour showcasing the singing and dancing talents of Ken Berry. Other regulars included Teri Garr, Billy Van, Laura Lacey, Don Lane, Steve Martin and the New Seekers.             

Sammy Davis Jr. and splashy production numbers are the main attractions in this pilot for a projected series. Featuring Andy Griffith, Mickey Rooney, Connie Stevens, John Davidson, and ice skaters Nick Powers and Kathy Zem.   

Highlights: " A Shine On My Shoes," " For Once in My Life," Sammy
"Rose Garden," "Joy To The World," John Davidson
"52 Years on 52nd Street," Connie Stevens 
"I Believe in Music," Andy Griffith
"If," "Winter Wonderland," John, Connie
"It's Follies Time," All


Duplicate of 6184.                       

Mitzi Gaynor in song and dance with an all-male star-studded ensemble. Michael Landon and Jack Albertson are the main guests.             

October 21st, 1974-1980.

90-minute talk show hosted by Dinah Shore. The program was seen during the daytime in most markets. In 1979, the show was retitled "Dinah and Friends" as Dinah employed a weekly co-host. Depending on the market where the syndicated show airs, it is presented as a 90-minute show or edited to a 60-minute broadcast. 




                                                                                           

Musical and comedy salute to the glory and vitality of the American spirit.  

Duplicate of # 7830.                                  

Musical and comedy salute to the glory and vitality of the American spirit.                      

February 2, 1976-May 18, 1976. Rich Little hosted his own hour-long comedy-variety series. Other regulars included Charlotte Rae, R. G. Brown, Julie McWhirter, Joe Baker, and Mel Bishop.             

Syndicated 1976- June 7 - August 23, 1976. WOR TV New York. 

Premiering in the Summer of 1976, broadcasting 11 programs with a few new episodes along with re-runs October 18, 1976 - December 27, 1976.    

A brief series of approximately a dozen 90 minute broadcasts in which Steve Allen uses clips form 200 hours related to his different past television shows (1950's and  1960's) broadcast on three networks and Metromedia. He mixes these segments with new material featuring studio guests before a live audience.      

About two-thirds of the show is contemporary, with some of the guests reminiscing about their past performances. 

The broadcasts contain a full-sounding live band and the guests, including, Martha Raye, Gabe Dell, Pat Harrington Jr., Jayne Meadows, Buck Henry, Don Knotts, Bill Dana, Foster Brooks, Andy Griffith, Steve Lawrence, Skitch Henderson, Jonathan Winters, Mort Sahl, George Gobel, Frank Gorshin, Peter Ustinov, Bill Daily, often gathered around Steve Allen's piano for some lively and seemingly very relaxed musical numbers. 

NOTE: This series seems to have disappeared from view, archivally. There are no extant examples of any of these shows archived at The Library of Congress, or  Paley Center for Media, or any samples seen or heard on the internet.  The one exception is show number one archive as a U-Matic 3/4" Video which is not circulated to the public, housed at UCLA Film & TV Archive.

Other than his hosting stint on 1972's "I've Got a Secret" this was  Steve Allen's only syndicated contribution of the decade. Distributed by Hughes Television.