November 27th, 1951-July 18th, 1957 (NBC)
October 20th, 1957- June 25th, 1962 (NBC)

From 1951 until 1957 Dinah Shore hosted a fifteen- minute musical show which was seen only once or twice a week before the NBC evening news. During the 1956-1957 TV Season, in addition to her 15-minute show, Dinah starred in a number of specials that were sponsored by Chevrolet broadcast on Sunday evenings.
The second series of television Specials was telecast as a one-hour variety show on Sunday Evenings, from 1957-1962.   

Dinah welcomes guests Burl Ives and Gwen Verdon.                                                                          

The 31st Annual Academy Awards Ceremony is telecast live from the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Personalities include Burl Ives, Bob Hope, Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis, David Niven, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, June Allyson, Dick Powell, Tony Randall, Sophia Loren, Dean Martin, Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Cyd Charisse, Robert Stack, Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Maurice Chevalier, Rosalind Russell, Jerry Lewis, Vincent Price, Eddie Albert, Buddy Adler, Jack Warner, Millie Perkins, Gary Cooper, Vincente Minelli, Dirk Bogard, Van Heflin, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, James Cagney, Susan Hayward, Irene Dunn, John Wayne, Cary Grant, and Ingrid Bergman.

Hosts: Jerry Lewis, Tony Randall, Bob Hope, David Niven, Mort Sahl, and Laurence Olivier.

"Gigi" was awarded the best film of 1958.                                                                                           

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra. 

Host:Burl Ives.Salute To London 




                                                                             

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.

Host: Burl Ives

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January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."   

Guests: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Candice Bergen.

Host: Burl Ives.           

October 1, 1962-March 29, 1963 (NBC); 1965-1969 (Syndicated); August 18, 1969-February 11, 1972 (CBS); 1972-1986 (Syndicated).

A musical celebration of St. Patrick's Day.                          

Presented on "HALLMARK HALL OF FAME." Burl Ives and Peter Noone star in Carol Collodi's classic children's tale. Missing the opening Hallmark Hall of Fame sign on. However this audio air check, recorded direct line rendering pristine sound quality, is complete without commercials.  

      Pinocchio is a 90-minute musical adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic 1883 book. It aired on NBC on December 8, 1968, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series.

Peter Noone, lead singer of Herman's Hermits, played Pinocchio and Burl Ives was cast as Mister Geppetto. Walter Marks wrote the songs, and the script was adapted by Ernest Kinoy.

All eight songs are contained in this recording. They include:
"Chip Off The Old Block," " Wonderful World, Hello," "Beautiful People," "Little Bad Habits," "Walk With Him," "You Could Get To Like It," "It's A Dog's Life," and  "Too Soon." 

 Pinocchio sings "Wonderful World, Hello," "Little Bad Habits," and "It's a Dog's Life"; other songs include "Chip Off the Old Block," by Geppetto and Pinocchio; "Walk with Him," by the Blue Fairy; "You Could Get to Like It," by Pinocchio, Frederico, and Renato; "Too Soon," by Geppetto; and "Beautiful People," an ensemble performance. 
                              

Presented on "HALLMARK HALL OF FAME." Burl Ives and Peter Noone star in Carol Collodi's classic children's tale. 

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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). 

Skits include Dean Martin visiting Joe Namath's pad, Dean, Peter Falk and  Lynde trade paths in a gas station, Dean, with Shirley Jones and Peter Falk, as a married couple in a comedy farce about a bomb to blow up in a hotel. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

Heart Over Mind
Performed by Dean Martin

Bidin' My Time
Performed by Dean Martin and Shirley Jones

Sonny Boy
Performed by Dean Martin and Ken Lane

Tell It All, Brother
Performed by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Hey, Good Lookin'
Performed by Dean Martin and Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Turn the World Around
Performed by Dean Martin

Welcome to My World
Performed by Dean Martin and The Golddiggers

Everything is Beautiful
Performed by Dean Martin and The Golddiggers
                                               

Burl Ives narrates this special about the rags-to-riches rise of the Washington Redskins from the depths of the NFL to a playoff spot in 1971.

Narrator: Burl Ives          

1972 (Syndicated). Half-hour variety series hosted by pop singer Bobby Goldsboro.  

The Bobby Goldsboro Show actually premiered on January 27, 1973 on New York station WNEW TV Channel 5. It's time slot was Saturday afternoon from 4:30pm to 5:00pm. The first season's final broadcast aired on July 14, 1973. 

 This half hour syndicated variety program ran for two and half years in New York, first on WNEW and then on WPIX, continuing with season 2 (Sept 1973 -1974) and season 3 (Sept. 1974-1975). Calvin Calaveras, a frog puppet, voice by Peter Cullen, provided comic relief in season 1.

Hamlet, an animated cartoon character, voiced by Peter Cullen, provided comedy relief during season 2, and during season 3.

Programs ran between 22 minutes and 27 minutes sans commercials.
                                  

Bing Crosby & Liza Minnelli bring together many of the greatest entertainers in the history of television on the 100th anniversary of the telephone. 

Duplicate of #5050 and #5075.             

Burl Ives hosts this Thanksgiving Day Special of music & song.

Originally syndicated and aired on November 24th 1968, and repeated for the first time on November 27, 1969 as a BURL IVES SPECIAL. 
This third airing of the same broadcast is called ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL, and features songs by Burl Ives:
"Gentle On My Mind,' "All Things Bright and Beautiful."
"On a Clear Day," by Lionel Hampton, and
"Trains, Trains" by The Back Porch Majority. 

Burl Ives hosts this holiday special of music and song.                  

Burl Ives is the voice of Sam the Snowman in this animated Christmas fantasy, based on the story by Robert L. May. Songs by Johnny Marks. Featuring the voices of Billie Mae Richards, as Rudolph, Stan Francis as Santa Claus, and Paul Kligman as Donner and Coach Comet. Broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, thru December 8, 1972.

Duplicate Of # 6235. Narrated by Burl Ives. 

                          

The voices of Robert Morse, Bob McFadden, Don Messick, Paul Frees, Burl Ives, and Stan Freberg are heard in this animated TV special, which tells the story of the Easter Bunny's origin.

Burl Ives does the narration.