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• #10496: DUPONT SHOW OF THE MONTH: "CRESCENDO."

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  1957-09-29, WCBS, 90 min.

  • Julie Andrews
  • Rex Harrison
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Eddy Arnold
  • Carol Channing
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Ethel Merman
  • Sonny James
  • Peggy Lee
  • Mahalia Jackson
  • Stubby Kaye
  • Matt Mattox
  • Norman Luboff Choir
  • Benny Goodman
  • Stanley Holloway
  • Lizzie Miles
  • Dinah Washington
  • Paul Weston
  • Turk Murphy

  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. 
  
                                               

• #11223: DUPONT SHOW OF THE MONTH: "CRESCENDO." STARRING REX HARRISON

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  1957-09-29, WCBS, 90 min.

  • Julie Andrews
  • Rex Harrison
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Eddy Arnold
  • Carol Channing
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Ethel Merman
  • Sonny James
  • Peggy Lee
  • Mahalia Jackson
  • Stubby Kaye
  • Matt Mattox
  • Norman Luboff Choir
  • Benny Goodman
  • Stanley Holloway
  • Lizzie Miles
  • Dinah Washington
  • Paul Weston
  • Turk Murphy

  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." "My Fair Lady" star 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.
  
  Note: First in a series of special ninety-minute shows to be seen monthly at various times. Tonight's show produced by Paul Gregory. 
  
  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. 
  
  Duplicate of 10496. 
  
                                               

• #9404: TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR, THE

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  1957-09-30, WRCA, 63 min.

  • Jack Paar
  • Hugh Downs
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Jose Melis
  • Hans Conreid
  • Jack Haskell
  • Dody Goodman
  • Tubby Boots
  • Arthur Treacher

  July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. 
  
  Diahann Carroll's first appearance on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. First Afro American to appear with Jack Paar on The Tonight Show. Diahann sings "Out of This World."
  
  At 11:15pm Hans Conreid announces the opening of the show.
  
  At midnight we hear announcer Hugh Downs formally announcing   the guests of tonight's show stating, "The National Broadcasting Company Presents THE NEW TONITE SHOW starring Jack Paar."
  
  Jack Paar gives his customary 5 minute monologue, and introduces panel consisting of Dody Goodman, and Hans Conreid. Jack Haskell sings, "Darn That Green." Paar reminisces about a an old buddy he met from World War Two whom he had not seen in years. Orchestra leader, Jose Melies plays a piano medley. Dody Goodman reads her fan mail and answers questions. Jack introduces "New Discovery," Diahann Carroll who sings "Out of This World." She would be invited back by Jack appearing Oct. 2, 4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Stand-up comedian Tubby Boots appears...his first TV show appearance. Paar talks to Hugh Downs about a ten year old boy, John Redding, who wanted to be on the show very badly and relates about his experience when coming to the show. Hugh tells anecdotal story about his son. Hans Conreid relates a story about his 3 year old son. Jack tells story about his eight year old daughter, Randy, who reacted to her mother Miriam, who said to her that "when two people love one another they become one." Randy replied, "YIKES, no wonder half the people in the world are disappearing." Hugh and Hans tell amusing anecdotes about their own children. Dody Goodman recalls how she spends her day...dinner at Horn & Hardart. Paar, Goodman, Conreid check out the latest design in beds. Downs signs off, stating tomorrow's guests. 
  
  *FOR THE RECORD, as archivists are aware, most of THE JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW SERIES which were broadcast on NBC TV from July 29,  1957 thru March 30, 1962 (A final BEST OF PAAR rerun originally televised November 21, 1961...guest Jack Benny)were ERASED, DESTROYED OR WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. 
  
  2" Quadruplex Video Tape was expensive ($600 for  a new brand name one hour reel), weighting 13 pounds, requiring great storage space. Video Tape could easily be erased and was used for new program recordings...retained briefly for a re-run and then erased or discarded. Legend has it that even Jack Paar himself hired a junk man to come to his home garage and paid to have JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW recordings discarded (reels of kinescopes and video tapes) that were now cluttering up his space. 
  
  During this era in television history archiving television programming was not a primary concern or vision, and considered an arcane pursuit. 
  
  THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS retains in their archive only 4 program excerpts accounting for only one hour or material of JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOWS (November 14, 1958, December 23, 1959, October 19, 1959, and one 33&1/3rd audio disc promotional from 1957 presenting Jack Paar the new host  of the TONIGHT SHOW. 
  
  THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA retains in their archive only 7 program excerpts accounting for only four and a quarter hours of material (July 29, 1957, November 1, 1957, November 7, 1958, November 10, 1958, November 14, 1958, July 22, 1959, December 21, 1959).
  
  UCLA FILM & TV ARCHIVE retains in their archive only 8 program excerpts accounting for only seven hours of material (August 12, 1957, November 1, 1957, November 10, 1958, November 11, 1958, November 14, 1958, July 22, 1959, December 21, 1959).
  
  For 65 years Phil Gries, creator and owner of ARCHIVAL TLEVISION AUDIO, Inc. has continued to be a passionate television audio archive collector. TRULY UNIQUE TODAY AS AN INDEPENDENT TV AUDIO ARCHIVE. Currently, in 2024, to date, ATA has collated and archived over 22,000 TV Audio Air Checks representing 20,000 hours of sound...tens of thousands of broadcasts which represent the ONLY SURVIVING BROADCAST RECORD OF A SPECIFIC TELEVISION SHOW (1946-1982). 
  
  ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO, INC. retains over 149 complete and excerpt JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW air checks (over 100 hours), including the complete Jack Paar's first anniversary telecast which was broadcast live from Havana Cuba (June 28, 1958). These originally recorded off the air pristine sound direct line 1/4" reel to reel audio tracks, recorded at the time of the original broadcasts, represent the only broadcast record of a "lost" visual telecast. ATA is the largest single repository (one collection), in the United Sates of Jack Paar Tonight Shows recordings. 
  
  The combined archives of The Library of Congress, Paley Center for Media, and UCLA Film & Television only retain a composite total of 13 hours of representative JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts excerpts...none complete. 
  
  For four years and eight months Jack Paar reigned supreme as host of the TONIGHT SHOW with a crew of regulars, but only two stayed with him for the entire run; announcer Hugh Downs and band leader Jose Melis, a former army buddy. Familiar faces who appeared many times with Jack included Dody Goodman, Betty Johnson, Elsa Maxwell, Alexander King, Genevieve, Jack Douglas; and wife Reiko, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hans Conreid, Peggy Cass, Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, and Jonathan Winters.
  
   Hugh Downs substituted for Jack Paar 79 times, more than any other substitute host. There were 20 different substitute hosts for Paar over the period of the series run. Joey Bishop substituted for Paar 31 times. Arlene Francis, 30 times, Jonathan Winters, 26 times, Orson Bean, 21 times and Johnny Carson 15 times. All together there were 243 broadcasts which had substitute hosts filling in for Paar during Jack Paar's TONIGHT SHOW tenure. The title of the late night broadcast changed to THE JACK PAAR SHOW which took effect on February 3, 1958. The first video-taped broadcast aired on January 5, 1959. The final LIVE broadcast aired on July 3, 1959. "Best of Paar " Re-runs began on July 10,1959. Beginning July 20, 1959 Jack Paar began taking off Monday nights & guest hosts would substitute for him (approximately on alternate Mondays). The first color broadcast aired on September 19, 1960.
  Theme music, "Everything is Coming Up Roses" was first used beginning in the Fall of 1959. 
  
  Location broadcast telecasts of the program telecast away from the Hudson Theater in New York City occurred 14 times during this series run. 
  
  Jan. 13-17, 1958                     Miami Beach, Florida
  July 28, 1958                        Havana, Cuba           
  Nov. 3-21, 1958                      Hollywood, California
  March 2-20, 1959                     Hollywood, California
  Nov. 10-12, 1959                  Nassau, Bahamas (Video Tape)
  Nov. 30- Dec. 10, 1959               Hollywood, California
  March 28-April 1, 1960            London, England (Video Tape)
  Nov.9-11, 1960                    Hawaii (Video Tape) - b&w
  Nov.14-24, 1960                     Hollywood, California
  March 21-24, 1961                 London, England (Video Tape)
  Sept. 12-14, 1961                 West Berlin (Video Tape)
  Nov. 14-17, 1961                  Hollywood, California (Tape)
  Nov. 21-24, 1961                  Hollywood, California (Tape)
  March 13-16, 1962                 London, England (Video Tape)
  
  OBSERVATION: Listening to the few extant audio air check COMPLETE JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, as originally televised, AND RECORDED DIRECT LINE RESULTING IN  PRISTINE PLAYBACK SOUND,  retains the essence and specialty which Jack Paar was able to convey as host of his late night talk show. He set the standard for how the TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR format evolved, including introducing the standard monologue at the beginning of every show, which continues to evolve to this day...however, sans the whit, charm, warmth, ease, unpredictability, vulnerability, pace and controversy which Paar brought to TV audiences at night. Jack Paar was stellar, and he is sorely missed by most Baby Boomers who remember watching him in real time.
  
  Mostly forgotten by todays' younger audiences Jack Paar needs to be re-evaluated at length to place him royally as one of the most, if not the most, important LATE NIGHT HOSTS IN THE HISTORY OF LATE NIGHT TELEVISION. 
  
  Interestingly, current documentaries examining the history of Late Night television, including the recent CNN 6 hour retrospective on the subject THE STORY OF LATE NIGHT (2021), which solicited Archival Television Audio, Inc. and paid $2,000 just for it's confirmed summary inventory of Paar Tonight Show broadcasts, using some of the audio in the documentary, relegates only 15 minutes of screen time to Jack Paar's contributions as one of many late night hosts.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

• #9420: TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR, THE

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  1959-03-23, WRCA, 32 min.

  • Jack Paar
  • Hugh Downs
  • Mrs. Miller
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Jackie Cooper
  • Genevieve
  • Al Fanelli

  July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. 
  
  JIP with Jack Paar doing monologue.
  Program returns to New York after two weeks in Hollywood transmitted on Video Tape. At this time Video Tape was used to broadcast programs telecast on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and continued to transmit LIVE on Thursday and Friday. 
  
  During Jack's monologue he describes the difference between LA and New York. Jack introduces Diahann Carroll who sings, "I Got Plenty of Nothing." 
  
  Paar in audience and talks to a man frm Nova Scocia, a woman from Philadelphia. Jack, "I was there once and it was closed."
  
  Jack Paar and Hugh Downs back together again. Jack looks into Down's eyes and says, "You must be living it up," thinking Hugh had a few too many before the show. Then Paar realizes his is seen a red reflection from the camera light in Hugh Downs eyes!
  
  Genevieve is introduced. She talks about the her upcoming televised first dramatic role to be televised in three days, called "A Nice Place to Hide." They talk about Jackie Cooper who stars in the show. Jack recalls being in the service with Cooper who would steal ("requisition') plywood, mattresses, chest of drawers...from a commander to help out his buddies in need. Jack recalls once pilfering leather jackets for his service pals. Genevieve sings, "A Nice Place To Hide." Diahann Carroll sings, "You Better Go Now." 
  
  Jack describes things that one can send to people you want to irritate:
  -Paper napkins stapled together.
  -Gift wrapped garbage.
  -Beer six pack all empty.
  -Telegram marked page two.
  -An LP record with no hole in the middle.
  
  Al Fenelli subbing for Jose Melies orchestra. Jack Paar segment with audience and dialog with Mrs. Miller.
  
  *Most of this series does not survive in any broadcast form. Kinescopes were discarded, burned, decomposed...whereabouts unknown. 2" Quadruplex Video Tape was expensive ($300 for a one hour reel), weighting 26 pounds, requiring great storage space. Video Tape could easily be erased and was used for new program recordings...retained briefly for a re-run and then erased or discarded. Legend has it that even Jack Paar himself hired a junk man to come to his home garage and paid to have JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW recordings discarded (reels of kinescopes and video tapes) that were now cluttering up his space. 
  
  During this era in television history archiving television programming was not a primary concern or vision, and considered an arcane pursuit. 
  
  ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO, INC. retains over 70 complete and excerpt JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW air checks (34 hours), including the complete Jack Paar's first anniversary telecast which was broadcast live from Havana Cuba (June 28, 1958). These originally recorded off the air pristine sound direct line 1/4" reel to reel audio tracks, recorded at the time of the original broadcasts, represent the only broadcast record of a "lost" visual telecast. ATA is the largest single repository (one collection), in the United Sates of Jack Paar Tonight Shows recordings. The combined archives of The Library of Congress, Paley Center for Media, and UCLA Film & Television retain a composite total of 13 hours of representative JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts excerpts...none complete. 
  
  
  
   For four years and eight months Jack Paar reigned supreme as host of the TONIGHT SHOW with a crew of regulars, but only two stayed with him for the entire run; announcer Hugh Downs and band leader Jose Melis, a former army buddy. Familiar faces who appeared many times with Jack included Dody Goodman, Betty Johnson, Elsa Maxwell, Alexander King, Genevieve, Jack Douglas; and wife Reiko, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hans Conreid, Peggy Cass, Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, and Jonathan Winters.
  
   Hugh Downs substituted for Jack Paar 79 times, more than any other substitute host. There were 20 different substitute hosts for Paar over the period of the series run. Joey Bishop substituted for Paar 31 times. Arlene Francis, 30 times, Jonathan Winters, 26 times, Orson Bean, 21 times and Johnny Carson 15 times. All together there were 243 broadcasts which had substitute hosts filling in for Paar during Jack Paar's TONIGHT SHOW tenure. The title of the late night broadcast changed to THE JACK PAAR SHOW which took effect on February 3, 1958. The first video-taped broadcast aired on January 5, 1959. "Best of Paar " Re-runs began on July 10,1959. Beginning July 20, 1959 Jack Paar began taking off Monday nights & guest hosts would substitute for him (approximately on alternate Mondays). The first color broadcast aired on September 19, 1960.
  Theme music, "Everything is Coming Up Roses" was first used beginning in the Fall of 1959. 
  
  Location broadcast telecasts of the program telecast away from the Hudson Theater in New York City occurred 14 times during this series run. 
  
  Jan. 13-17, 1958                     Miami Beach, Florida
  July 28, 1958                        Havana,Cuba           
  Nov. 3-21, 1958                      Hollywood, California
  March 2-20, 1959                     Hollywood, California
  Nov. 10-12, 1959                  Nassau, Bahamas (Video Tape)
  Nov. 30- Dec. 10, 1959               Hollywood, California
  March 28-April 1, 1960            London, England (Video Tape)
  Nov.9-11, 1960                    Hawaii (Video Tape) - b&w
  Nov.14-24, 1960                     Hollywood, California
  March 21-24, 1961                 London, England (Video Tape)
  Sept. 12-14, 1961                 West Berlin (Video Tape)
  Nov. 14-17, 1961                  Hollywood, California (Tape)
  Nov. 21-24, 1961                  Hollywood, California (Tape)
  March 13-16, 1962                 London, England (Video Tape)
  
  
  
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

• #7105: ED SULLIVAN SHOW

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  1962-08-12, WCBS, 00 min.

  • Ed Sullivan
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Burt Lancaster
  • Xavier Cugat
  • Abbe Lane
  • Marie Wilson
  • Dion
  • Will Jordan

• #5219: ED SULLIVAN SHOW: MUSIC OF RICHARD RODGERS

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  1962-11-04, WCBS, 55 min.

  • Gordon MacRae
  • Richard Rodgers
  • Ed Sullivan
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Roberta Peters
  • Nancy Dussault
  • Peggy Lee
  • Cesare Siepi
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Peter Nero
  • Arthur Fiedler
  The music of Richard Rodgers has set a Broadway standard for four decades, during which Rodgers has been half of two of the most successful teams in musical-comedy history- Rodgers and Hart, and Rogers & Hammerstein. Tonight, live from Carnegie Hall, Ed Sullivan presents an hour's highlights from Rodgers' career.
  
  Performers include pianist Peter Nero and singers Diahann Carroll (who sings two songs from "No Strings," for which Rodgers wrote both words and music), Nancy Dussault (star of "Sound and Music"), Steve Lawrence, Peggy Lee, Gordon MacRae, Roberta Peters and Cesare Siepi.
  
  Ed talks to Rodgers' new partner, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner of "My Fair Lady" fame. Arthur Fiedler conducts the orchestra, with Rodgers taking over the baton for "You'll Never Walk Alone."

• #7079: ED SULLIVAN SHOW

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  1962-11-04, WCBS, 00 min.

  • Gordon MacRae
  • Richard Rodgers
  • Ed Sullivan
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Roberta Peters
  • Nancy Dussault
  • Peggy Lee
  • Cesare Siepi
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Peter Nero
  • Dorothy Rodgers

  From Carnegie Hall, a salute to Richard Rodgers. Diahann Carroll performs numbers from Richard Rodgers Broadway musical drama, "No Strings."
  
  Dupe of 303.                      

• #303: ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE

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  1962-11-04, WCBS, 55 min.

  • Gordon MacRae
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Richard Rodgers
  • Herbert Hoover
  • Ed Sullivan
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Roberta Peters
  • Nancy Dussault
  • Peggy Lee
  • Cesare Siepi
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Adlai E. Stevenson
  From Carnegie Hall, a Salute to Richard Rodgers with Gordon MacRae, Roberta Peters, Steve Lawrence, Nancy Dussault, Peggy Lee, Cesare Siepi and Diahann Carroll. Ed Sullivan reads telegrams in tribute from Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adlai E. Stevenson and others.

• #397: MERV GRIFFIN SHOW, THE

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  1963-02-18, WNBC, 35 min.

  • John Daly
  • Merv Griffin
  • Charlton Heston
  • Diahann Carroll
  Guests are John Daly, Charlton Heston and Diahann Carroll.

• #14072: TONY AWARDS, 17TH ANNUAL THE

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  1963-04-28, WOR, 42 min.

  • Van Heflin
  • Margaret Leighton
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Pat Hingle
  • Robert Morse
  • Martin Gabel
  • Abe Burrows
  • Orson Bean
  • Rosalind Russell
  • Anita Gillette
  • Alan Arkin
  • Phyllis Newman
  • Dane Clark
  • Sandy Dennis
  • Charles Nelson Reilly
  • George Abbott
  • David Yarnell
  • Jean Shepherd
  • Harold Prince
  • Jean-Pierre Aumont
  • Lionel Bart
  • Burt Shevelove
  • Alan Schneider
  • Anna Quayle
  • Sam Levene
  • Solly Pernick

  The 17th Annual Tony Awards for excellence in theatrical performances for 1962 are awarded from the Hotel Americana Imperial Ballroom in New York City. The Master of Ceremonies is Abe Burrows and Robert Morse. Broadcast locally on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York. WOR radio host Jean Shepherd opens and introduces the show. George Abbott wins the Best Direction of a 
  Musical award for "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum."  
  
  Produced by David Yarnell.
  
  NOTE: This rare television audio air check broadcast was recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records, June 19, 2002 (Claim #5364), for the most money paid for a television soundtrack, sold to The American Theatre Wing, Inc., by Archival Television Audio, Inc., transacted on June 20, 2001.
  
  
  
   
  
  NOTE: The first 42 minutes of the one hour broadcast. 
                                                                                                                                                                     

• #14125: EMMY AWARDS: 15TH ANNUAL PRIMETIME, THE

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  1963-05-26, NBC, min.

  • David Brinkley
  • Don Knotts
  • Red Skelton
  • Andy Williams
  • Danny Kaye
  • Garry Moore
  • Ernest Borgnine
  • Joseph Schildkraut
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Carl Reiner
  • Shirley Booth
  • Sylvia Sidney
  • Annette Funicello
  • Buddy Ebsen
  • Dick Van Dyke
  • Walter Matthau
  • Lucille Ball
  • Irene Ryan
  • Mary Tyler Moore
  • Trevor Howard
  • Robert Redford
  • Paul Burke
  • EG Marshall
  • Vic Morrow
  • Glenda Farrell
  • Rose Marie
  • Kim Stanley
  • Don Gordon
  • Diana Hyland
  • Bradford Dillman
  • Eleanor Parker

  The 15th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are presented from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. 
  
  Hosts: Annette Funicello and Don Knotts.                        

• #1361: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE

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  1964-04-21, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Diahann Carroll
  • Donald Voorhees
  • Pete Fountain
  • Donald O'Connor
  • Gretchen Wyler
  January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly 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.

• #11661: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE: SALUTE TO THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR OF 1964.

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  1964-04-21, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Diahann Carroll
  • Donald Voorhees
  • Pete Fountain
  • Mel Brandt
  • Donald O'Connor
  • Matt Mattox
  • Gretchen Wyler
  • Gianna d'Angelo
  • Bell Telephone Orchestra

  January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly 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 Donald O'Connor pays tribute to the 1964 New York World's Fair, as well as Fair's from years past.
  
  Guests: Diahann Carroll, Gretchen Wyler, Pete Fountain, Gianna D'Angelo, Matt Mattox, Mel Brandt, Bell Telephone Orchestra. 
  
  Host: Donald O'Connor 
  
  Announcer: Mel Brandt 
  
  Duplicate of #1361

• #1872: DEAN MARTIN SHOW, THE

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  1965-09-16, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Frank Sinatra
  • Bob Newhart
  • Dean Martin
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Jan & Dean
  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).

• #4776: STEVE LAWRENCE SHOW, THE

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  1965-09-27, WCBS, 52 min.

  • Steve Lawrence
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Sybil Burton
  • Joey Heatherton
  • Jordan Christopher
  • The Wild Ones
  • Sybil Christopher

  September 13, 1965-December 13, 1965. Steve Lawrence's Monday-night variety hour lasted only thirteen weeks. Regulars included comics Charles Nelson Reilly and Betty Walker.    
  
  Singer Diahann Carroll, actress-dancer Joey Heatherton, and Jordan Christopher and the Wild Ones join Steve for this show video taped at Sybil and Christopher's place to be, ARTHURS, a discotheque in New York City on 54th Street. Owned by Sybil and 70 other celebrities.  The club got its name after Beatle George Harrison was asked "what do you call your hair style?" HIs answer: "Arthur."
  
  Steve and Sybil discuss the evolution of dance and the rise of discotheques. In a studio segment, Steve and Diahann sing "Love is a Simple Thing" and "Love."
  
  The Wild Ones provide rock 'n' roll accompaniment at Arthur.  
  
  HIGHLIGHTS
  
  "Any Place I Hang My Hat," "Blues in the Night"..........Dianhann
  
  "Love is Here to Stay," "King of the Road, "I'm in the Mood for Love"...........Steve
  
  "Your Father's Feathers"................Joey
  
  "A Pretty Girl is like a Melody"..................All  
  
  
                     

• #1392: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR: GERSHWIN, A PORTRAIT, THE

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  1966-01-30, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Polly Bergen
  • John Raitt
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Donald Voorhees
  • John Davidson
  • Susan Watson
  January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly 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.

• #11691: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR: GERSHWIN, A PORTRAIT, THE

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  1966-01-30, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Polly Bergen
  • John Raitt
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Donald Voorhees
  • John Davidson
  • Susan Watson
  • Bell Telephone Orchestra
  • Mel Brandt

  January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly 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.
  
  Guests: Diahann Carroll, John Davidson, Susan Watson, John Raitt, Andre Previn.
  
  Hostess: Polly Bergen.
  Announcer: Mel Brandt. 

• #5461: STROLLING '20s, THE

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  1966-02-21, WCBS, 52 min.

  • George Kirby
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Nipsey Russell
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Duke Ellington
  • Gloria Lynne
  • Brownie McGhee
  Musical-variety, evoking the tempo, feeling and spirit of New York's Harlem in the 1920's.

• #7415: STROLLING '20S, THE

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  1966-02-21, WCBS, 00 min.

  • George Kirby
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Nipsey Russell
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Duke Ellington
  • Gloria Lynne
  • Brownie McGhee

  Musical-variety, evoking the tempo, feeling and spirit of New York's Harlem in the 1920's.  
  
  Dupe Of Number 5461.                         

• #4411: SAMMY DAVIS JR. SHOW, THE

  Order

  1966-04-01, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Vince Edwards
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Ray Henry
  January 7, 1966-April 22, 1966. Variety show hosted by Sammy Davis Jr.

• #7087: ED SULLIVAN SHOW

  Order

  1966-04-10, WCBS, min.

  • Ed Sullivan
  • Alan King
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Count Basie
  • Richard Pryor
  • Eddie Albert
  • King Family

• #7703: BEST ON RECORD, GRAMMY AWARDS: 8TH ANNUAL, THE

  Order

  1966-05-16, NBC, 180 min.

  • Steve Allen
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Bobby Darin
  • Bill Dana
  • Dinah Shore
  • Bob Hope
  • Robert Goulet
  • Don Adams
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Bill Cosby
  • Tony Bennett
  • Perry Como
  • Dan Rowan
  • Dick Martin
  • Les Brown
  • Henry Mancini
  • Duke Ellington
  • Petula Clark
  • Roger Miller
  • Herb Alpert
  • Godfrey Cambridge
  • Jody Miller
  • Tijuana Brass

  The 8th annual Grammy Awards, telecast live from New York City, Nashville, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Duke Ellington receives a Golden Achievement Award. Jerry Lewis is the Master Of Ceremonies.                                  

• #1924: DEAN MARTIN SHOW, THE

  Order

  1966-11-10, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Sid Caesar
  • Dean Martin
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Phyllis Diller
  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).

• #15243: MILTON BERLE SHOW, THE

  Order

  1966-11-18, ABC, min.

  • Milton Berle
  • Tony Randall
  • Allen Ludden
  • Diahann Carroll

  September 9th, 1966-January 6th, 1967 (ABC)
  
  A Friday night variety hour seen on ABC. It did not catch on with the viewing public and was canceled in January 1967 after just four months on the air. The show was produced by Bill Dana with Bobby Rydell, Irving Benson, and Donna Loren as regulars. Benson was seen as an offstage heckler. 
  
  Milton's guests are Tony Randall, Diahann Carroll, and Allen Ludden. .                                            

• #19543: MILTON BERLE SHOW, THE

  Order

  1966-11-18, ABC, min.

  • Milton Berle
  • Tony Randall
  • Allen Ludden
  • Diahann Carroll

  September 9th, 1966-January 6th, 1967 (ABC)
  
  A Friday night variety hour seen on ABC. It did not catch on with the viewing public and was canceled in January 1967 after just four months on the air. The show was produced by Bill Dana with Bobby Rydell, Irving Benson, and Donna Loren as regulars. Benson was seen as an offstage heckler. 
  
  Milton's guests are Tony Randall, Diahann Carroll, and Allen Ludden. .    
  
  Duplicate of #15243.                                                     

• #1159: ABC STAGE 67: C'EST LA VIE

  Order

  1967-02-23, WABC, 52 min.

  • Maurice Chevalier
  • Diahann Carroll
  September 14, 1966-May 11, 1967. This was an umbrella title for a potpourri of assorted specials. Maurice Chevalier and Diahann Carroll offer a Gallic-American potpourri of songs from films, Broadway and the field of popular music. The hour, taped in Paris, offers viewers the opportunity to examine the French touch in TV.

• #1862: DANNY KAYE SHOW, THE

  Order

  1967-03-28, WCBS, 52 min.

  • Danny Kaye
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Musical Carribean Cruise
  • Joyce Jameson
  September 25, 1963-June 7, 1967. Danny Kaye hosted his own Wednesday-night variety hour for four seasons. Regulars included Harvey Korman, four-year-old Victoria Meyerink & youngster Laurie Ichino.

• #6949A: ABC STAGE 67; A TIME FOR LAUGHTER

  Order

  1967-04-06, ABC, ?? min.

  • Redd Foxx
  • Dick Gregory
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Richard Pryor
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Godfrey Cambridge
  • Moms Mabley
  • Diana Sands

  September 14, 1966 - May 11, 1967. A potpourri of assorted specials with no regular host. Included were variety, dramas, and occasional documentaries.
  
  
  Produced by Harry Belafonte
  
  
                                                               

• #1572: CAROL BURNETT SHOW, THE

  Order

  1967-10-23, WCBS, 52 min.

  • Carol Burnett
  • The Smothers Brothers
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Richard Kiley
  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.

• #4606: SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR, THE

  Order

  1967-11-05, WCBS, 52 min.

  • Diahann Carroll
  • Ricardo Montalban
  • Tom Smothers
  • Dick Smothers
  • The First Edition
  February 5, 1967-June 8, 1969. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" was a breath of fresh air, but to CBS the Smothers Brothers seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the wrong things to say.

• #3123: JACKIE GLEASON SHOW, THE

  Order

  1968-01-27, WCBS, 52 min.

  • Jackie Gleason
  • Wayne Newton
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Tim Conway
  • Dom DeLuise
  • Jane Kean
  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.

• #3030: HOLLYWOOD PALACE, THE

  Order

  1968-03-02, WABC, 52 min.

  • Diahann Carroll
  • Rowan & Martin
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Peter Lawford
  • The Checkmates
  January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."

• #15759: ACADEMY AWARDS: 40TH ANNUAL

  Order

  1968-04-10, WABC, 131 min.

  • Mike Nichols
  • Gene Kelly
  • Danny Kaye
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Shirley Jones
  • Martha Raye
  • Bob Hope
  • Stanley Kramer
  • Rock Hudson
  • Carol Channing
  • Rod Steiger
  • Robert Wise
  • Grace Kelly
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Robert Morse
  • Katharine Hepburn
  • Angie Dickinson
  • Olivia De Havilland
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Sterling Silliphant
  • Natalie Wood
  • Hank Sims
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Gregory Peck
  • Patty Duke
  • Anne Bancroft
  • Dame Edith Evans
  • Walter Mirisch
  • George Kennedy
  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Katharine Ross
  • MacDonald Carey
  • Barbara Rush
  • Eva Marie Saint
  • Richard Crenna
  • Elke Sommer
  • Walter Matthau
  • Estelle Parsons
  • Hal Ashby
  • Rosalind Russell
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Julie Andrews
  • Claire Bloom

  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.                                                                                      

• #1047: ACADEMY AWARDS: 40TH ANNUAL

  Order

  1968-04-10, WABC, 139 min.

  • Mike Nichols
  • Gene Kelly
  • Danny Kaye
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Shirley Jones
  • Martha Raye
  • Bob Hope
  • Stanley Kramer
  • Rock Hudson
  • Carol Channing
  • Rod Steiger
  • Robert Wise
  • Grace Kelly
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Robert Morse
  • Katharine Hepburn
  • Angie Dickinson
  • Olivia De Havilland
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Sterling Silliphant
  • Natalie Wood
  • Hank Sims
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Gregory Peck
  • Patty Duke
  • Anne Bancroft
  • Dame Edith Evans
  • Walter Mirisch
  • George Kennedy
  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Katharine Ross
  • MacDonald Carey
  • Barbara Rush
  • Eva Marie Saint
  • Richard Crenna
  • Elke Sommer
  • Walter Matthau
  • Estelle Parsons
  • Hal Ashby
  • Rosalind Russell
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Julie Andrews
  • Claire Bloom

  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.                                                                            

• #2340: ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE

  Order

  1968-05-12, WCBS, 52 min.

  • Ed Sullivan
  • The Young Americans
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Gary Puckett and The Union Gap
  • Shani Wallis
  • David Frye
  • Jay Marshall
  • Roger Pryor
  • Rodney Rangerfield
  June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.

• #15898: HOLLYWOOD PALACE, THE

  Order

  1968-10-19, ABC, min.

  • Mort Sahl
  • Diahann Carroll

  January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a mid-season replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show." 
  
  Featuring Mort Sahl. Guest Hostess: Diahann Carroll.                                                                                                        

• #19686: HOLLYWOOD PALACE, THE

  Order

  1968-10-19, ABC, min.

  • Mort Sahl
  • Diahann Carroll

  January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a mid-season replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show." 
  
  Featuring Mort Sahl. Guest Hostess: Diahann Carroll.   
  
  Duplicate of 15898.                                                                                                                 

• #3035: HOLLYWOOD PALACE, THE

  Order

  1968-10-19, WABC, 52 min.

  • Diahann Carroll
  • Mort Sahl
  • The Checkmates
  • Richard Harris
  • The Kids from "Julia"
  January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."

• #1065: ACADEMY AWARDS: 41ST ANNUAL

  Order

  1969-04-14, WABC, 105 min.

  • Martha Raye
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Bob Hope
  • Jane Fonda
  • Tony Curtis
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Burt Lancaster
  • John Woolf
  • Anthony Harvey
  • Natalie Wood
  • Hank Sims
  • Ingrid Bergman
  • Gregory Peck
  • Marni Nixon
  • Don Rickles
  • Mel Brooks
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Walter Matthau
  • Rosalind Russell
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Jack Albertson
  • Boris Levin
  • Abbey Lincoln
  • Jose Feliciano
  • Ruth Gordon
  • Henry Mancini
  • Onna White
  • Carol Reed
  • Jean Hersholt

  The best performances & achievements from 1968 are honored as the 41st Academy Awards are telecast from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion. Gregory Peck introduces the "Friends of Oscar," presenters who serve as hosts. They include Ingrid Bergman, Sidney Poitier, Jane Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood, Walter Matthau, Diahann Carroll, Tony Curtis, Rosalind Russell, and Burt Lancaster. Frank Sinatra sings an opening number from the motion picture "Star!" Jack Albertson accepts a best supporting actor award, the first of many awards given this evening. Other
  award winners and performers include Boris Levin, Abbey Lincoln, Jose Feliciano, Ruth Gordon, Marni Nixon, Henri Mancini, Don Rickles, Mel Brooks, Onna White, Aretha Franklin, Carol Reed, Bob Hope, Martha Raye (the first woman recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award), Anthony Harvey, Barbra Streisand, and John Woolf. Hank Sims introduces and closes the program.             

• #9746: TONY AWARDS, 23RD ANNUAL, THE

  Order

  1969-04-20, NBC, 180 min.

  • Leslie Uggams
  • Alan King
  • Zero Mostel
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Gwen Verdon
  • Pearl Bailey
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Robert Preston
  • Robert Morse
  • Lauren Bacall
  • Shelley Winters
  • Vanessa Redgrave
  • Patty Duke
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Richard Benjamin
  • Ethel Merman
  • Angela Lansbury
  • Betty Comden
  • Adolph Green
  • Godfrey Cambridge
  • Paula Prentiss
  • Arthur Miller

  The 23rd Annual Tony Awards is telecast live from the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.
  
  Hosts: Diahann Carroll and Alan King. 
  
  1969 marked the first year scenes from the nominated plays were presented.                          

• #6087: FRANK SINATRA SPECIAL, THE

  Order

  1969-04-21, CBS, 60 min.

  • Frank Sinatra
  • Diahann Carroll
  Frank Sinatra is joined by Diahann Carroll and The 5th Dimension for an hour of songs. Repeat from November 25, 1968. With commercials.

• #TW19: JOEY BISHOP SHOW, THE - 47TH ANNUAL PHOTOPLAY AWARDS

  Order

  1969-06-26, WABC, 90 min.

  • Carol Burnett
  • Glenn Ford
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Glen Campbell
  • Ruth Gordon
  • Jimmy Stewart

  April 17, 1967 - December 26, 1969. THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW was one of several attempts by ABC (previously Les Crane tried and failed to attain ratings) to establish a strong late-night talk show. Bishop held the record (177) substitute hosting appearances for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, and had been quite successful. It was hoped Joey could lure away some of Carson's audience. Similar to Jack Paar, in 1960, Bishop surprised his audience on the night of November 26, 1969 and walked off the show while taping his opening monologue. The Joey Bishop  late-night program lasted for one more month using guest hosts before it left the air. During three phone conversations I had with Bishop, in the early 2000's, he confirmed to me that almost ALL of his late-night shows had been erased by ABC.
  
  Carol Burnett, Jimmy Stewart, Diahann Carroll, Glen Campbell, Ruth Gordon, Glenn Ford, others.             

• #4826: THIS IS TOM JONES

  Order

  1969-10-02, WABC, 52 min.

  • Bobby Darin
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Tom Jones
  • Blood,Sweat & Tears
  • David Steinberg
  February 7, 1969-January 15, 1971. Tom Jones hosted his own musical variety hour, which also featured Big Jim Sullivan and The Ace Trucking Company.

• #19730: TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON, THE

  Order

  1969-11-25, NBC, min.

  • Johnny Carson
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Ed McMahon
  • George Burns
  • Nancy Reagan

  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: Governor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. George Burns, Diahann Carroll.                                    

• #3080: HOLLYWOOD PALACE, THE

  Order

  1969-11-29, WABC, 52 min.

  • Robert Culp
  • Diahann Carroll
  • John Byner
  • Godfrey Cambridge
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Rudy Schweitzer
  • The Alvin Ailey Dancers
  January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."

• #1269: ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE

  Order

  1970-02-24, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Andy Williams
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Lorne Greene
  • Jose Feliciano
  • Burt Bacharach
  • Liza Minnelli
  • Roy Clark
  • Bill Medley
  • Gaylord & Holiday
  • Steppenwolf
  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.

• #4853: THIS IS TOM JONES

  Order

  1970-10-01, WABC, 52 min.

  • Zero Mostel
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Tom Jones
  • The Ace Trucking Company
  February 7, 1969-January 15, 1971. Tom Jones hosted his own musical variety hour, which also featured Big Jim Sullivan and The Ace Trucking Company.

• #2053: DEAN MARTIN SHOW, THE

  Order

  1971-02-18, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Dean Martin
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Charles Nelson Reilly
  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).

• #2577: FLIP WILSON SHOW, THE

  Order

  1971-03-04, WNBC, 52 min.

  • Diahann Carroll
  • Tim Conway
  • Robert Klein
  • Flip Wilson
  September 17, 1970-June 27, 1974. A successful variety hour hosted by Flip Wilson.

• #1102: TONY AWARDS, 25TH ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY SHOW, THE

  Order

  1971-03-28, WABC, 122 min.

  • Anthony Quinn
  • Ruby Keeler
  • John Raitt
  • Janis Paige
  • Zero Mostel
  • Paul Lynde
  • Carol Channing
  • Gwen Verdon
  • Anthony Shaffer
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Robert Preston
  • Robert Morse
  • Yul Brynner
  • Tom Bosley
  • Lauren Bacall
  • Florence Henderson
  • William Daniels
  • Stephen Sondheim
  • Jill Hayworth
  • Helen Gallagher
  • Patsy Kelly
  • Nanette Fabray
  • Stanley Holloway
  • Richard Kiley
  • Virginia Vestoff
  • Edie Adams
  • Dick Cavett
  • Anthony Quayle
  • Maureen Stapleton
  • Angela Lansbury
  • David Wayne
  • Alfred Drake
  • Ray Walston
  • Vivian Blaine
  • Sam Levine
  • Patricia Morison

  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.