1967-01-24, 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.
1967-12-24, NBC, 29 min.
September 10th, 1967-September 7th, 1969 (NBC)
A half-hour sitcom about two next-door neighbors whose children intermarried. It starred Eve Arden, Roger C. Carmel, Richard Deacon, and Kaye Ballard, Desi Arnaz was the executive producer of the series and occasionally made appearances as bullfighter Raphael del Gado.
1969-08-19, WCBS, 52 min.
July 15, 1969-September 16, 1969. This 1969 variety show, starring Liberace, originated in London and featured guest stars and two regulars, Richard Wattis and Georgina Moon, who portrayed Liberace's butler and maid in a regular sketch sequence each week.
1970-08-05, SYN, 7 min.
KUP'S SHOW - 1962 - 1975 (Syndicated) 1975 - 1986 (PBS)
Chicago newspaper columnist Irv Kupcinet was first seen on local Chicago television and like David Susskind in New York (Open End), he hosted a talk show in 1958 that was open-ended.The program was trimmed to an hour when it went into national syndication in 1962. In 1975 the show was picked up by PBS and lasted for an additional 11 years.
A segment with guests Otto Preminger, Eva Arden, and Linda Goodman.
The Topic is "Nudity in Films and in the Theater."
1972-09-28, 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).
1975-04-20, ABC, 120 min.
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.
1977-02-08, WNBC, min.
"Police Woman" on the firing line . . . Angie Dickinson is roasted by host Dean Martin, her series costar Earl Holliman, James Stewart, Juliet Prowse, Rex Reed, Cathy Rigby, Ruth Buzzi, Cindy Williams, Orson Welles, Eve Arden, LaWanda Page, Joey Bishop, Jimmie Walker, Jackie Mason, Scatman Crothers, Red Buttons and Foster Brooks.
Duplicate of #2122.
1977-02-08, WNBC, 52 min.
"Police Woman" on the firing line . . . Angie Dickinson is roasted by host Dean Martin, her series costar Earl Holliman, James Stewart, Juliet Prowse, Rex Reed, Cathy Rigby, Ruth Buzzi, Cindy Williams, Orson Welles, Eve Arden, LaWanda Page, Joey Bishop, Jimmie Walker, Jackie Mason, Scatman Crothers, Red Buttons and Foster Brooks.
1977-02-08, NBC, 52 min.
"Police Woman" on the firing line . . . Angie Dickinson is roasted by host Dean Martin, her series costar Earl Holliman, James Stewart, Juliet Prowse, Rex Reed, Cathy Rigby, Ruth Buzzi, Cindy Williams, Orson Welles, Eve Arden, LaWanda Page, Joey Bishop, Jimmie Walker, Jackie Mason, Scatman Crothers, Red Buttons and Foster Brooks.
Dupe Of # 2122.
1977-09-18, WCBS, 158 min.
Walter Cronkite introduces segments with famous political, creative and entertainment personalities as well as news events from the past fifty years of broadcasting. Heard are: Bruce Dunning,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Richard M. Nixon, William S. Paley, Eric Sevareid, Orson Welles, Goodman Ace, Mel Allen, Eve Arden, Red Barber, Edgar Bergen, Bing Crosby, Joe DiMaggio, Douglas Edwards, Arthur Godfrey, Ted Husing, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Osgood, Andy Rooney, Red Skelton, Casey Stengel, Marie Wilson, The Andrews Sisters, Fred W. Friendly, Benny Goodman, Edward R. Murrow, Frank Sinatra and Robert Trout.
1980-06-17, PBS, 30 min.
Host Dick Cavett interviews Eve Arden.
1981-09-02, WNEW, 120 min.
Special: Some 32 stars are on hand for a musical gala marking the Los Angeles Bicentennial. Among the highlights: a song-and-dance tribute to Busby Berkeley, headlined by Carol Lawrence; and a salute to the Hollywood canteen of the '40s with Toni Tennille and Peter Marshall. Hosts: Lorne Greene, Natalie Wood, Donald O'Connor, Greer Garson, Eve Arden, Twiggy and Dionne Warwick. Music: "Pennies from Heaven" (Rosemary Clooney), "Don't Leave Me This Way (Thelma Houston), "Never Never Land" (Leslie Uggams) and "Together" (Peggy Lee).