1958-10-08, NBC, 27 min.
October 8, 1958 - May 20, 1959
Return to television by Milton Berle after an absence of two years.
Milton Berle returns to television in a half-hour weekly series. He'll offer comedy, performances by guest stars and music by an orchestra under the direction of Billy May, sometime actor who will also do an occasional comedy turn with Berle.
Uncle Miltie's guests on the opening show are the Dunhills, a trio of precision dancers made up of Walter Long, Art Stanley and Bob Roberts. When Berle performed in night clubs this past summer, the Dunhills were also on the bill, along with Bob Hope.
Bob Hope trades quips during Milton's opening monologue referencing Bing Crosby.
A feature of tonight's show will be Billy May conducting his own composition, a "60 -second symphony." Producing the series is Hal Kanter, creator-producer-writer of the first George Gobel TV show.
Series Debut.
1959-01-14, NBC, 15 min.
October 8, 1958 - May 20, 1959
Return to television by Milton Berle after an absence of two years.
Milton Berle returns to television in a half-hour weekly series. He'll offer comedy, performances by guest stars and music by an orchestra under the direction of Billy May, sometime actor who will also do an occasional comedy turn with Berle.
Producing the series is Hal Kanter, creator-producer-writer of the first George Gobel TV show.
Only Harpo's guest appearance has been archived.
1959-01-28, NBC, min.
October 8, 1958 - May 20, 1959
Return to television by Milton Berle after an absence of two years.
Milton Berle returns to television in a half-hour weekly series. He'll offer comedy, performances by guest stars and music by an orchestra under the direction of Billy May, sometime actor who will also do an occasional comedy turn with Berle.
Producing the series is Hal Kanter, creator-producer-writer of the first George Gobel TV show.
Guests are Joan Davis and Bob Crosby.
Host: Milton Berle.
1959-03-25, NBC, min.
October 8, 1958-May 20, 1959
Guest is actress Yvonne DeCarlo
In 1958 Milton Berle, after a two year departure from his hour long Tuesday night series, returned to prime time television with a half-hour variety series on NBC for Kraft, performing more as a host than the central focus of the show as he had done on his Texaco Star Theater and Buick shows (June 1948-June 956). Each telecast began with an opening monologue. On occasion Berle would would perform in skits with his guests.
1967-09-13, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1967-09-27, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was "The Hollywood Musicals" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Rock Hudson's debut as a TV star-host on this combined tribute and satire to Hollywood's early musicals.
Guests: Frank Peppiatt, Pat McCormick, Jack Burns, John Aylesworth,
Bobby Van, Connie Stevens.
Host: Rock Hudson
1967-09-27, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was "The Hollywood Musicals" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1967-10-04, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Give My Regards to Broadway" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1967-10-04, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Give My Regards to Broadway" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Duplicate of #3554
1967-10-11, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Tin Pan Alley Today" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1967-10-11, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Tin Pan Alley Today" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Host: George Burns. "Tin Pan Alley Today" is the theme.
Duplicate Of #3555.
1967-10-18, NBC, 56 min.
September 13, 1967 - May 12, 1971
The 1967 version of The Kraft Music Hall lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week, accept during the summer of 1969 when Tony Sandler and Ralph Young cohosted it. Don Ho hosted the show during the latter weeks of the summer of 1969.
On this sixth broadcast of the series, host Lorne Greene opens a musical scrapbook of the Old West with guests Lou Rawls, Jerry Van Dyke, Barbara Eden, Booby Van and the Baja Marimba Band.
Music and dancing recall such colorful Western characters as Calamity jane, Billy the Kid and Buffalo Bill. Comedy sketches recall the infamous medicine men, saloon keepers, schoolmarms and other figures who populate the myths and memories of Western folk lore.
HIGHLIGHS:
"High Noon"-------------------------------Lou Rawls
"The Day the West Was Swung"--Lou Rawls, Barbara Eden, Bobby Van
"Billy the Kid---------------------------Lorne Greene, Bobby Van
"A Gay Ranchero"-------------------------Baja Marimba Band
"Buttons and Bows"-----------------------Barbara Eden
"I Am a Gun"-----------------------------Lorne Greene
Includes Ed Herlihy's Kraft Commercials .
1967-10-25, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Phyllis Diller is hostess for a comic happening in a hippie generation.
1967-11-01, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971.
The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
This "FIDDLER ON THE LOOSE" broadcast is hosted by Jack Benny.
We hear Jack give a lengthy monologue who discusses the theme of the show...the stringed instrument and its virtuosity. Jack Benny play his Stradivarius violin which he states is worth $50,000.
Astrud Gilberto sings "MISTY ROSES." Ed Herlihy does a commercial for Kraft Cheese soft sticky miricle brand spread margarine.
Jack introduces Liberace who plays on the piano, "MOONLIGH SONATA' with one hand and "HOW INSENSATIVE" with his other hand. Jack and Liberace share humorous banter together. They both play (Liberace on the piano and Benny on the violin, "WHEN A GYPSY MAKES HIS VIOLIN CRY." Jack converses with his guests The Blues Magoos rock band who perform "TOBACCO ROAD." Michael Rabin performs "THE LAST MOVEMENT OF MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO."
Comics Morey Amsterdam and Henny Youngman provide comic relief.
Directed by Dwight Hemion. Peter Matz conducts the orchestra.
"The Bee"- Jack Benny and Orchestra
Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto- Michael Rabin
"Moonlight Sonata", " How Insensitive"- Liberace
"Tobacco Road"- Blues Magoos
"Misty Roses"- Astrud Gilberto
"When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry"- Jack Benny, Liberace
Duplicate of 3565. and 11175.
1967-11-01, NBC, 33 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Duplicate Of #3565 "Fiddler On The Loose." is the theme.
Host: Jack Benny. This is a partial broadcast ending after the first 33 minutes. Joined in progress.
1967-11-01, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971.
The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
This "FIDDLER ON THE LOOSE" broadcast is hosted by Jack Benny.
We hear Jack give a lengthy monologue who discusses the theme of the show...the stringed instrument and its virtuosity. Jack Benny play his Stradivarius violin which he states is worth $50,000.
Astrud Gilberto sings "MISTY ROSES." Ed Herlihy does a commercial for Kraft Cheese soft sticky miricle brand spread margarine.
Jack introduces Liberace who plays on the piano, "MOONLIGH SONATA' with one hand and "HOW INSENSATIVE" with his other hand. Jack and Liberace share humorous banter together. They both play (Liberace on the piano and Benny on the violin, "WHEN A GYPSY MAKES HIS VIOLIN CRY." Jack converses with his guests The Blues Magoos rock band who perform "TOBACCO ROAD." Michael Rabin performs "THE LAST MOVEMENT OF MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO."
Comics Morey Amsterdam and Henny Youngman provide comic relief.
Directed by Dwight Hemion. Peter Matz conducts the orchestra.
"The Bee"- Jack Benny and Orchestra
Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto- Michael Rabin
"Moonlight Sonata", " How Insensitive"- Liberace
"Tobacco Road"- Blues Magoos
"Misty Roses"- Astrud Gilberto
"When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry"- Jack Benny, Liberace
1967-11-01, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971.
The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
This "FIDDLER ON THE LOOSE" broadcast is hosted by Jack Benny.
We hear Jack give a lengthy monologue who discusses the theme of the show...the stringed instrument and its virtuosity. Jack Benny play his Stradivarius violin which he states is worth $50,000.
Astrud Gilberto sings "MISTY ROSES." Ed Herlihy does a commercial for Kraft Cheese soft sticky miricle brand spread margarine.
Jack introduces Liberace who plays on the piano, "MOONLIGH SONATA' with one hand and "HOW INSENSATIVE" with his other hand. Jack and Liberace share humorous banter together. They both play (Liberace on the piano and Benny on the violin, "WHEN A GYPSY MAKES HIS VIOLIN CRY." Jack converses with his guests The Blues Magoos rock band who perform "TOBACCO ROAD." Michael Rabin performs "THE LAST MOVEMENT OF MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO."
Comics Morey Amsterdam and Henny Youngman provide comic relief.
Directed by Dwight Hemion. Peter Matz conducts the orchestra.
"The Bee"- Jack Benny and Orchestra
Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto- Michael Rabin
"Moonlight Sonata", " How Insensitive"- Liberace
"Tobacco Road"- Blues Magoos
"Misty Roses"- Astrud Gilberto
"When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry"- Jack Benny, Liberace
Duplicate of 3565.
1967-11-09, NBC, min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Guest: Jack Benny.
1967-11-15, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971.
The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show which lasted four seasons. Hosted by a celebrity guest each week.
"Stage Door Johnny" Is the theme of the program.
Guests: Gilbert Becaud, Cab Calloway, Nathaniel Frey, Michele Lee, Walter Winchell, Marilyn Maye.
Host: Tony Randall.
Announcer: Ed Herlihy
1967-11-15, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971.
The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show which lasted four seasons. Hosted by a celebrity guest each week.
"Stage Door Johnny" Is the theme of the program.
1967-11-15, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971.
The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show which lasted four seasons. Hosted by a celebrity guest each week.
Duplicate Of #3564. "Stage Door Johnny" Is the theme of the program.
1967-11-22, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Nashville Sound" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Guests: The Stoney Mountain Cloggers, Eddy Arnold, Ray Charles, Johnny Mercer, The Everly Brothers.
Duplicate Of #3566. Hostess: Dinah Shore.
Music City USA- The Nashville Sound is the theme.
Announcer: Ed Herlihy
1967-11-22, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Nashville Sound" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Duplicate Of #3566. Hostess: Dinah Shore.
Music City USA- The Nashville Sound is the theme.
1967-11-22, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Nashville Sound" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Duplicate Of #3566. Hostess: Dinah Shore.
Music City USA- The Nashville Sound is the theme.
1967-12-13, WNBC, 52 min.
See program #1035.
1967-12-20, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the Mitzi Gaynor Christmas Show broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Mitzi Gaynor sings and dances through several cute seasonal costumes and sings a variety of classic holiday numbers. A highlight is Santa Claus played by Ed McMahon, seriously getting into the part, and Cyril Ritchard and Tony Tanner as a lighthearted Ebenezer Scrooge and Cratchit singing "Where Would You Be Without Me?"
Guests: Tony Tanner, Cyril Ritchard, Ed McMahon,Stan Mazin, Alton Ruff, Randy Doney, Bill Adler, The St. Thomas Church Choir.
Mitzi Gaynor: Host
Ed Herlihy: Announcer
1967-12-27, WNBC, 52 min.
See program #1038.
1968-01-03, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-01-10, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Grand Night for Swinging" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Host Bobby Darin is joined by Bobby Van for a vaudeville routine. George Kirby does an impersonation of Robert Kennedy. Bobbie Gentry sings "Hurry Tuesday's Child." All the Bobbies perform "Nothing Can Stop Us Now." Also appearing is dancer Betsy Haug.
Announcer: Ed Herlihy
1968-01-10, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Grand Night for Swinging" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-01-20, WNBC, min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Grand Night for Swinging" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Host: Jack Benny
1968-01-24, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-01-31, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-02-14, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Cowboys and City Slickers" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Duplicate Of #3573
1968-02-14, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Cowboys and City Slickers" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-02-21, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Class of '68" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Duplicate Of #3571.
1968-02-21, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Class of '68" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-02-28, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Comedy Survival Kit" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Steve does man-on-the-street interviews with Louis Nye and Jack Burns and Pat McCormick; Nye plays a harried school teacher; Allen and Rossi do a burlesque routine; Stiller and Meara portray a secretary and her boss on their first date; Steve joins Allen and Rossi to read the great poetry of the day using lyrics from rock 'n' roll songs; the entire cast presents a satire on radio dance bands.
1968-03-06, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Mardi Gras '68" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-03-06, NBC, 00 min.
This was the "Mardi Gras '68" broadcast.
Host: Al Hirt.
Dupe Of 3574.
1968-03-12, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Vaudeville '68" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-03-13, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week. This is the "Vaudeville "68" broadcast.
Host: Ed McMahon.
1968-03-27, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "County Fair" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-04-03, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Two on the Aisle" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-04-03, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Two on the Aisle" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme star in this Kraft Music Hall episode entitled "Two On The Aisle."
Announcer: Ed Herlihy
1968-04-03, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Two on the Aisle" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week. This is the "Two On The Aisle" broadcast.
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme pay tribute to New York City's Shubert Theater with a medley of songs from "Golden Rainbow" their current play at the Shubert Theater.
Duplicate Of #3579.
1968-04-24, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "County Fair" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-05-01, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "County Fair" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-05-15, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
1968-05-22, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
