1956-1957 (SYN)

Series of thirty- nine syndicated half-hour variety shows, hosted by Rosemary Clooney. Also featured were the Hi-Lo's, and the Nelson Riddle orchestra. In the fall of 1957, Clooney hosted her own network series, The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney.

Guest : Carol Channing 

Musical highlights- "How About You" Carol Channing, Charleston from "Lend An Ear." 
                     

September 29th,1957-March 21st, 1961 (CBS)

An irregularly scheduled collection of culturally outstanding dramas usually presented monthly. SEARCH PROGRAM TITLES FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. 


Presented on "DUPONT SHOW OF THE MONTH." Rex Harrison portrays a visiting Englishman who takes a dim view of American culture. To overcome his skepticism, he is introduced to a wide variety of American musical styles. First show of the series.

Highlights: 

Play It Cool- dancers
"Mary Had A Little Lamb" Cha-Cha, Carol Channing
"Go West Young Man," Eddy Arnold
"Shine On Harvest Moon," Baby bumblebee
"Silvery Moon," Singers and dancers
"Streets Of Laredo," Singers and dancers
"Basin Street Blues," "Trouble I've Seen," Louis Armstrong 
"Blues In The Night," Peggy Lee
"Sit Down, You're Rockin The Boat," Stubby Kaye
"Didn't It Rain," Mahalia Jackson 
"Bill Bailey," Lizzie Miles, Turk Murphy
"The Birth Of The Blues," Dinah Washington 
Blues Sequence, Benny Goodman, Diahann Carroll
Jazz Sequence- Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong. 

                                             

Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.

Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music. 

                                                                                               

SPECIAL BROADCAST SALUTE
Mrs. FDR was 75 a year ago and as a plus one year follow up, a tribute to her (and the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Research Foundation located in Denver Colorado) by admirers in and out of show business.  Many perform during this one-hour celebration special broadcast. 

Bob Hope hosts this program which presents show business personalities and other prominent people.
Executive Producer, David Susskind.
Written for Television by  Reginald Rose.

NOTE: Occasional original slight broadcast audio hum.                                                                                              

The 15th annual Tony Award presentations for distinguished contributions to the theater is broadcast. Phil Silvers is host. Announcer is Art Hannes.                                                                 

September 30th, 1958-June 16th, 1964

The Garry Moore variety series made a star out of Carol Burnett,brought back Allen Funt's Candid Camera and showcased many fine musical and comedic talents from 1958-1964.The highlight of most shows was "That Wonderful Year," consisting of film clips, comedy sketches and production numbers based on the events and styles of a given year.

Regulars: Garry Moore, Carol Burnett (1959-1962), Dorothy Loudon (1962-1964),Allen Funt (1959-1960, Durward Kirby (1958-1964)and Marion Lorne (1958-1962).

"That Wonderful Year" is 1949.  

                                                                                                                                                                                         

Elwood P. Goodman (Jonathan Winters), poses as Merv Griffin's uncle and opens the show. Winters, Griffin, and Carol Channing take on numerous comedy improvisations. 
Note: Originally scheduled guest Woody Allen could not make the show at the last minute and Jonathan Winters filled in. One of the most hilarious appearances on the Merv Griffin NBC show. It would be Winter's only appearance.             

June 25, 1963-September 17, 1963. Keefe Brasselle hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Garry Moore Show." Regulars included Ann B. Davis, French singer Noelle Adam and former boxing champ Rocky Graziano.             

The seventh annual Grammy awards are presented from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California            

Dean Martin hosts this musical hour featuring many winners of the recording industry's 1964 Grammy Awards.    

Duplicate of 5055.         

Winners of the 1964 Grammy Awards give performances. Les Brown conducts the orchestra. 

Dean Martin is the host.                                    

The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards are presented. 
 
Andy Williams: Host
"The Graduate" (Joseph E. Levine): best Motion Picture
"In The Heat Of The Night" (Best Film)
Charleton Heston presents the Cecil B. Demille Award to Kirk Douglas, Laurence Harvey, and Faye Dunaway
"Mission Impossible"- Most popular TV show of the year
Katherine Ross, the Most popular female newcomer
Dustin Hoffman, the Most promising male newcomer 
World Film Favorite: Paul Newman, Gene Kelly accepts the award for Newman
Rod Steiger wins best acting award for "In The Heat Of The Night."
World Female Film Favorite: Julie Andrews,                                                                                   

      Broadway's original Dolly presents a variety hour that was not aired originally scheduled November 1967 because of a television strike.  

Her guests include Walter Matthau, George Burns, Eddy Arnold and two singing groups from opposite ends of the musical scale: the rocking Association, and the Air Force Academy Cadet Chorale. 

Carol opens the show with "Diamonds Are a Girl's  Best Friend," from her first big stage hit-"Gentleman Prefer Blondes," and joins Walter Matthau in a spoof of the Thirties gangster movies and queens of the silent screen.       

Bob Hope is the host for the 14th time of the 40th annual Academy Awards.He would host this gala event alone only one more time; 10 years later in 1978, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this annual presentation. Academy President Gregory Peck gives tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bob Hope commences the program with a monologue. Presenters and award winners include Carol Channing, Patty Duke, George Kennedy, and Katharine Hepburn. In a salute to the history of the Oscar and its first decade of development, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, MacDonald Carey, Diahann Carroll, Robert Morse, Barbara Rush, Eva Marie Saint, Martha Raye, Olivia
de Havilland, who salutes Oscar's second decade, Natalie Wood, Richard Crenna, Elke Sommer, Walter Matthau, Estelle Parsons, Dame Edith Evans, Grace Kelly, who salutes Oscar's third decade, Hal Ashby, Rosalind Russell, Anne Bancroft, who salutes Oscar's fourth decade, Danny Kaye, Rock Hudson, Shirley Jones, Angie Dickinson,
Gene Kelly, Barbra Streisand, Robert Wise, Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Nichols, Sterling Silliphant, Stanley Kramer, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Julie Andrews, and Walter Mirisch. Bob Hope concludes with some serious remarks reflecting the assassination of Martin Luther King regarding bigotry and the purpose of motion pictures...to reflect the human condition. Hank Sims is the announcer. 

George Kennedy-Best supporting actor
Estelle Parsons- Best supporting actress
Alfred Hitchcock: Irving Thalberg Award.   

See #1047 for details.                                                                                      

Bob Hope is Master of Ceremonies for this 40th Annual Academy Awards presentation. This is Hope's 14th appearance as host. Among the presenters are Julie Andrews, Warren Beatty, Claire Bloom, Macdonald Carey, Leslie Caron, Carol Channing, Kirk Douglas, Audrey Hepburn, Gene Kelly, and others.                                       

Bob Hope is the host for the 14th time of the 40th annual Academy Awards.He would host this gala event alone only one more time; 10 years later in 1978, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this annual presentation. Academy President Gregory Peck gives tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bob Hope commences the program with a monologue. Presenters and award winners include Carol Channing, Patty Duke, George Kennedy, and Katharine Hepburn. In a salute to the history of the Oscar and its first decade of development, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, MacDonald Carey, Diahann Carroll, Robert Morse, Barbara Rush, Eva Marie Saint, Martha Raye, Olivia
de Havilland, who salutes Oscar's second decade, Natalie Wood, Richard Crenna, Elke Sommer, Walter Matthau, Estelle Parsons, Dame Edith Evans, Grace Kelly, who salutes Oscar's third decade, Hal Ashby, Rosalind Russell, Anne Bancroft, who salutes Oscar's fourth decade, Danny Kaye, Rock Hudson, Shirley Jones, Angie Dickinson,
Gene Kelly, Barbra Streisand, Robert Wise, Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Nichols, Sterling Silliphant, Stanley Kramer, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Julie Andrews, and Walter Mirisch. Bob Hope concludes with some serious remarks reflecting the assassination of Martin Luther King regarding bigotry and the purpose of motion pictures...to reflect the human condition. Hank Sims is the announcer. 

George Kennedy-Best supporting actor
Estelle Parsons_Best supporting actress
Alfred Hitchcock: Irving Thalberg Award.                                                                            

Danny Thomas and Carol Burnett join Carol Channing for a lighthearted look at the seven deadly sins...Miss Channing opens with "Sing, You Sinners," and joins Miss Burnett for a sketch on gluttony. They sing "Food, Glorious Food." In a Biblical sketch, Elijah (Danny Thomas) finds his wife (Miss Channing ) green with envy wanting to keep up with the Noahs. Miss Burnett laments her lust to "The Shape Of Things." Danny expounds on wifely wrath. A  bejeweled and avaricious Miss Channing sings "I'm Old-fashioned."
Danny and the ladies chat about the pride of being a good entertainer, then close with "happiness."                

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 # 1991.                         

An hour of rapid-fire sketches and blackouts. Taped in London.                                                 

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.
  
  

Guests: Carol Channing, Patsy Kelly, Gig Young, Diane Keaton, Buddy Rich. 

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Lauren Becall, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Quinn, and Anthony Quale host the 25th anniversary of the Tony Awards. Past musical highlights from 28 Broadway plays are performed by David Wayne, Nanette Fabray, Alfred Drake, Gwen Verdon, Stanley Holloway, Robert Preston, Richard Kiley, Tom Bosley, Florence Henderson, Paul Lynde, Robert Morse, Diahann Carroll, Zero Mostel, Carol Channing, Angela Landsbury, Patsy Kelly, Jill Hayworth, Leslie Uggams, William Daniels, and Virginia Vestoff. Also appearing are Dick Cavett, Ruby Keeler, Janis Paige, John Raitt, Anthony Shaffer, Maureen Stapleton, Helen Gallagher, Hal Linden, and Stephen Sondheim.             

June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. 
This program is a repeat from February 7, 1971. This was the final broadcast of the series. The  last two original Ed Sullivan shows were broadcast on March 28th and May 30, 1971.

Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.             

Long-running radio program heard on WFMT in Chicago. In 1998, WFMT 
donated over 7,000 of Terkel's audio recordings to the Chicago History Museum for preservation.

On this episode: Guest: Carol Channing.                                                                                      

This musical/variety television special brings together some of the greatest showstoppers in entertainment history. Featured are Carol Channing, Pearl Bailey, George Burns, The Jackson Five, George Gobel, The Mills Brothers, Pat Boone, Tiny Tim, The Pointer Sisters, Patty Andrews and others.   
A touch of nostalgia with entertainers from the 30s to the 70s. George Burns and Carol Channing in a "Burns And Allen" routine. 
Musical highlights and performers: "Hello Dolly" medley...Pearl Bailey, Carol Channing
"Bill Bailey"...Pearl Bailey
"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"...Carol Channing
"Love Letters In The Sand"...Pat Boone
"Paper Doll"... Mills Brothers
"ABC"... Jackson Five
"Tip Toe Through The Tulips With Me"...Tiny Tim
Other musical highlights: "Get It Together", "Never Can Say Goodbye," "Daddy's Home." 

Duplicate of 7301.                                     

This musical/variety television special brings together some of the greatest showstoppers in entertainment history. Featured are Carol Channing, Pearl Bailey, George Burns, The Jackson Five, George Gobel, The Mills Brothers, Pat Boone, Tiny Tim, The Pointer Sisters, Patty Andrews and others.              

The tables are turned on the master of the insult when acid-tongued Don Rickles is the target for "roasting" with Dean Martin. Among those needling the prince of putdowns are Carol Channing, Foster Brooks, Lorne Greene, Telly Savalas, Cliff Robertson, Jack 
Klugman, Bob Newhart, Rich Little, Phyllis Diller, Charlie Callas, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Joey Bishop, Pat Henry, Kirk Douglas, Eugene A. Cernan (Apollo XVII) and Nipsey Russell.


Duplicate of #825. 
             

Bob Hope is the host for the 1973 Cavalcade Of Champions Sports Awards.   


Duplicate of #7792.          

Bob Hope is the host for the 1973 Cavalcade Of Champions Sports Awards.

At the 28th Tony Awards Charles Nelson Reilly recaps his career in a stand-up comedy segment.   

The 28th Annual Tony Awards is telecast from the Shubert Theater in New York City. The theme of this year's broadcast is "Homecoming" where stars of film and television returned to Broadway to help present the awards or perform. Peter Falk, Florence Henderson, Robert Preston and Cicely Tyson are hosts. 

Duplicate of # 1138 with additional information.                                           

Bob Hope celebrates his 25th Anniversary on NBC.

Dupe Of # 5124.             

     Jackie Gleason,  Carol Channing and Glen Campbell help Bob kick off his 25th season on television. The show is centered around a New York City theme, with segments taped in Central Park. 

Glen sings "Bonaparte's Retreat," and Bob and Jackie do Noel Coward's tongue-in-cheek "Why Must the Show Go On?" 

Les Brown orchestra.       

The 29th Annual Tony Awards are broadcast live from the Wintergarden Theatre in New York City. 

Hosts: Larry Blyden, Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, George S. Irving, Michele Lee, Bernadette Peters, and Bobby Van.                                                  

October 21st, 1974- 1980. 

Ninety-minute talk show in most markets hosted by Dinah Shore. The show was seen during the daytime in most cities. In 1979 the show was retitled "Dinah and Friends" and had a co-host.