1956-05-12, CBS, 25 min.
Stage Show with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. Guest headliners are all musical. Singer Dick Haymes, song stylist, Roberta Sherwood, in a return engagement, and the Hines Brothers...all perform to music by the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Brothers orchestra.
1957-05-11, WNBC, 74 min.
October 18, 1954-May 27, 1957.
Live ninety minute productions aired every fourth week. The range of material was vast, from dramas to musicals.
Mickey Rooney plays song and dance man, George M. Cohan one of the great figures of Broadway. He was for years successful in every aspect of the theater - actor, producer, manager, playwright, song writer, and song and dance man. The focus of this musical biography reflects Cohan's last decade or two of his life when he lost his touch as a creator of popular musicals.
The play emphasizes Cohan's days as a vaudevillian with the Four Cohans (George, his father, mother and sister Josie) and the musical comedies he wrote and starred in.
Garry Moore narrates.
Songs include:
"Give My Regards To Broadway," "Harrigan," "Shoes That Hurt," "The Lively Bootblack," "They're All My Friends," "I'm Going to Telegraph My Baby," "I'm Awfully Strong for You," "Why Did Nellie Leave Her Home?" "Grand Old Flag," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Mary Is a Grand Old Name," "So Long Mary," "The ABC Song," "Life Is Like a Musical Comedy," "Over There," "An Old Guy Like Me," "You Remind Me of My Mother," "Indians and Trees," and finale by entire cast: "Give My Regards To Broadway."
Directed by Sidney Lumet who recently directed his first motion picture, " Twelve Angry Men."
Considered a "LOST" broadcast by The Paley Center For Media.
1957-05-11, WNBC, 78 min.
Mickey Rooney stars in this musical biography of George
M. Cohan which utilizes Cohan's songs to present a portrait of the actor/producer/manager/song writer/playwright/song-and-dance man from his early days in vaudeville to the last decade of his life when the once-great figure of the Broadway theater lost his touch as a creator of popular musicals but had great success as an actor. Some of the songs included in this production had never been heard before because Cohan had never gotten around to writing the music.
SONGS include:"Yankee Doodle Boy," "Mary's a Grand Old Name," "Harrigan," "Give My Regards to Broadway," "You're a Grand Old Flag."
This lost musical was produced & directed by famed Motion Picture Director (to become), Sidney Lumet.
1958-09-19, WNBC, 68 min.
Presented on "BOB HOPE BUICK SHOW." Bob Hope stars in a 90 minute adaptation of the big 1933 musical comedy hit of 25 years ago, Jerome Kern's "Roberta."
1958-11-03, NBC, 22 min.
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962.
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 Melies, 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 Conried, Peggy Cass, Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, and Johnathan Winters. Hugh Downs substituted for Jack Paar 79 times, more than any other substitute host there were 20 different performers 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. Altogether there were 243 broadcasts that 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 videotaped broadcast aired on January 5, 1959. "Best of Paar " Re-runs began on July 10, 1959. The first color broadcast aired on September 19, 1960.
Guests: Ben Blue, Cliff Arquette, Barbara Heller, Roberta Sherwood, Connie Haines, Bob Hope.
Highlights:
Barbara Heller: Comedienne routine and does Bette Davis Impression, Roberta Sherwood Impression song, Bob Hope speaks of filming "Alias Jesse James" movie, Connie Haines sings "Where Are You?"
1959-03-24, WCBS, ?? min.
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 1905.
1961-02-03, WNBC, 52 min.
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.
1961-09-27, WCBS, 52 min.
From Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern, Benny Goodman, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Van Cliburn and Roberta Peters salute Jack Benny...a virtuoso with a violin. Benny demonstrates his violin prowess with Stern.
1962-02-23, WABC, 15 min.
Gordon MacRae and Sheila MacRae sing a winter medley of songs. Louis Armstrong plays trumpet and sings "Up a Lazy River" and "Sunny Side of the Street" with Roberta Peters.
1962-03-03, WABC, 52 min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Mardi Gras" broadcast. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
1962-04-10, WCBS, ?? min.
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 1937.
1962-09-24, WNBC, 00 min.
January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.
This was the American College Concert.
1962-11-04, WCBS, 00 min.
From Carnegie Hall, a salute to Richard Rodgers. Diahann Carroll performs numbers from Richard Rodgers Broadway musical drama, "No Strings."
Dupe of 303.
1962-11-04, WCBS, 55 min.
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.
1962-11-04, WCBS, 55 min.
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."
1962-11-18, ABC, 00 min.
September 5, 1949-June 7, 1954 (NBC); June 14, 1954-June 16, 1963 (ABC). "Voice of Firestone," which began on radio in 1928, was a Monday-night perennial for more than two decades before coming to television in 1949; for the next five years it was simulcast on NBC radio and television, until a dispute between the sponsor and the network over the Monday time slot led Firestone to shift the program to ABC. The half-hour musical series presented all kinds of music, but emphasized classical and semiclassical selections. Each week a guest celebrity was featured, and for many years the principal guests came from the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Firestone Orchestra was conducted by Howard Barlow, and the show was hosted by John Daly during its years on ABC; Hugh James was the announcer. "Voice of Firestone" was seen as a series of specials from 1959 until 1962; it returned as a weekly series in the fall of 1962 for a final season (September 30, 1962-June 16, 1963).
Dupe Of Number 4953.
1962-11-18, WABC, 27 min.
September 5, 1949-June 7, 1954 (NBC); June 14, 1954-June 16, 1963 (ABC). "Voice of Firestone," which began on radio in 1928, was a Monday-night perennial for more than two decades before coming to television in 1949; for the next five years it was simulcast on NBC radio and television, until a dispute between the sponsor and the network over the Monday time slot led Firestone to shift the program to ABC. The half-hour musical series presented all kinds of music, but emphasized classical and semiclassical selections. Each week a guest celebrity was featured, and for many years the principal guests came from the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Firestone Orchestra was conducted by Howard Barlow, and the show was hosted by John Daly during its years on ABC; Hugh James was the announcer. "Voice of Firestone" was seen as a series of specials from 1959 until 1962; it returned as a weekly series in the fall of 1962 for a final season (September 30, 1962-June 16, 1963).
1963-02-10, WABC, 27 min.
September 5, 1949-June 7, 1954 (NBC); June 14, 1954-June 16, 1963 (ABC). This broadcast featured "Romeo and Juliet" excerpts. "Voice of Firestone," which began on radio in 1928, was a Monday-night perennial for more than two decades before coming to television in 1949; for the next five years it was simulcast on NBC radio and television, until a dispute between the sponsor and the network over the Monday time slot led Firestone to shift the program to ABC. The half-hour musical series presented all kinds of music, but emphasized classical and semiclassical selections. Each week a guest celebrity was featured, and for many years the principal guests came from the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Firestone Orchestra was conducted by Howard Barlow, and the show was hosted by John Daly during its years on ABC; Hugh James was the announcer. "Voice of Firestone" was seen as a series of specials from 1959 until 1962; it returned as a weekly series in the fall of 1962 for a final season (September 30, 1962-June 16, 1963).
1964-05-21, WNBC, 54 min.
September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986.
1964-05-25, WNBC, 94 min.
Hosts for the sixteenth annual Emmy Awards are Joey Bishop in Hollywood and E.G. Marshall in New York. Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore introduce this special telecast. Humorous excerpts from past Emmy Award telecasts are played. A galaxy of celebrities appear including Danny Kaye, Hugh Downs, Chet Huntley, Rod
Serling, Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Carl Reiner, David Janssen, Jerry Paris, James Franciscus, Dean Jagger, David Frost, John Daly, Don Defore, Shirley Booth, Tom Gries, James Drury, Roberta Shore, Polly Bergen, and Mel Brooks who with Reiner does a "2000 Year Old Man" skit. Other personalities appearing include Inger Stevens, Richard Deacon, Gene Barry, Ruth White, Zina Bethune, Shirl Conway, Garry Moore, Jack Klugman, Vince Edwards, Shelley Winters, Nat King Cole, Johnny Carson, Milton Berle, Lorne Greene. The cast from "That Was The Week That Was," Elliot Reid, Nancy Ames, Pat Englund, and David Frost satirize the 1963-64 television season. Jack Benny presents the Emmy Award for Program of the Year, "The Making of the President." Mel Stuart and David L. Wolper accept the award.
1965-07-10, WCBS, 52 min.
June 19, 1965-September 11, 1965. Trumpeter Al Hirt hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine."
1965-09-26, WNBC, 52 min.
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.
1965-10-30, NBC, min.
SPECIAL NBC TV broadcast. Jimmy Durante does his act along with guests Roberta Peters, Robert Vaughn and Max Showalter.
NOTE: Audio issues make this recording discernable but not with excellent quality.
1966-03-11, WABC, 52 min.
September 19, 1963-April 1, 1966. In 1963 Dean hosted a prime-time hour variety series on ABC, which lasted three seasons. Regulars included Karen Morrow, Molly Bee, Chuck McCann, the Chuck Cassey Singers and Rowlf the Muppet, the first of the puppet creations of Jim Henson to be featured on national TV.
1966-05-19, WNBC, 27 min.
April 21, 1966-September 1, 1966. Half-hour musical variety series co-hosted by Fred Finn and Mickie Finn. Fred led the band while Mickie played the banjo.
1968-09-15, WOR, 51 min.
George Jessel emcees this premiere variety series featuring testimonials to guests of honor. First up is George Burns followed by good natured anecdotes from Jack Benny, Edward G. Robinson, Pat Boone, Della Reese, Roberta Sherwood and Gene Baylos.
1968-10-23, WNBC, 90 min.
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.
Johnny celebrates his 43rd birthday. Includes commercials.
Has no open.
1969-03-16, WOR, 52 min.
George Burns is roasted. This program is a repeat of the show from September 15, 1968. George Jessel emcees this hour variety roast series featuring testimonials to guests of honor. This syndicated series aired from September 15, 1968 to March 9, 1969. Reruns ran through March 1, 1970.
1969-11-06, NBC, 00 min.
Presented on "BOB HOPE SPECIAL." Television adaptation of the Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach
musical. John Davidson, Janis Paige and Michele Lee join Bob Hope in a new version of the 1933 musical-comedy hit that made Hope a Broadway star. This was the second "Roberta" TV adaptation for Hope whose character Huckleberry Haines was first seen on television, broadcast on September 19, 1958.
Dupe Of 5935.
1969-11-06, NBC, min.
Presented on "BOB HOPE SPECIAL." Television adaptation of the Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach
musical. John Davidson, Janis Paige and Michele Lee join Bob Hope in a new version of the 1933 musical-comedy hit that made Hope a Broadway star.
An American fullback, John Kent, inherits an exclusive Paris dress shop from his Aunt Minnie. He and his friend, Huckleberry Haines, travel to Paris to run the shop.
This was the second "Roberta" TV adaptation for Hope whose character Huckleberry Haines was first seen on television, broadcast on September 19, 1958, and currently archived in the collection of Archival Television Audi, Inc.
Duplicate original recording of audio tape ATA #5935 and #7015.
1969-11-06, WNBC, 60 min.
Presented on "BOB HOPE SPECIAL." Television adaptation of the Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach
musical. John Davidson, Janis Paige and Michele Lee join Bob Hope in a new version of the 1933 musical-comedy hit that made Hope a Broadway star. This was the second "Roberta" TV adaptation for Hope whose character Huckleberry Haines was first seen on television, broadcast on September 19, 1958.
1969-12-28, WCBS, 52 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
1970-04-01, NBC, 00 min.
Bill Cosby performs various comedic routines on his third special.
1971-01-14, WNBC, min.
September 17, 1970-June 27, 1974. A successful variety hour hosted by Flip Wilson.
Guests: Zero Mostel, Roberta Flack, Steve Lawrence
1971-03-29, WABC, 52 min.
On this special "Mancini," composer Henry Mancini, with a little help from his friends, plays his own tunes in his variety hour.
1972-07-20, WNET, 57 min.
July 5, 1970-July 8, 1979. A recurring summer series, "Evening at Pops" presents the Boston Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Arthur Fiedler (until his death in 1979).
1972-07-22, WNET, 57 min.
July 5, 1970-July 8, 1979. A recurring summer series, "Evening at Pops" presents the Boston Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Arthur Fiedler (until his death in 1979).
1972-08-03, PBS, 60 min.
July 5, 1970-July 8, 1979. This broadcast featured Viennese music. A recurring summer series, "Evening at Pops" presents the Boston Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Arthur Fiedler (until his death in 1979).
1972-08-05, WNET, 57 min.
July 5, 1970-July 8, 1979. This was the "A Night in Vienna" broadcast that featured Johann Schrammel's "Wein bleibt Wein." A recurring summer series, "Evening at Pops" presents the Boston Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Arthur Fiedler (until his death in 1979).
1972-11-16, WNBC, 52 min.
September 17, 1970-June 27, 1974. A successful variety hour hosted by Flip Wilson.
1972-11-20, WCBS, 52 min.
September 11, 1972-May 7, 1973. Hour-long variety show hosted by comedian Bill Cosby and featuring Lola Falana, Foster Brooks, Oscar deGruy, and Susan Tolsky.
1972-12-15, WABC, 52 min.
Highlights of a concert at Madison Square Garden on August 30, 1972 presented by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on behalf of mentally retarded and handicapped people of New York in the culmination of a day-long exercise in helping thy neighbor in New York.
1973-02-11, CBS, 00 min.
Special honoring legendary jazz composer Duke Ellington.
1973-02-11, CBS, 90 min.
Special honoring legendary jazz composer Duke Ellington.
Duplicate of #7060.
1973-03-03, CBS, 90 min.
The 15th Annual Grammy Awards from the Tennessee Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.
Host: Andy Williams
1973-07-07, ABC, 30 min.
Roberta Flack in her first television special. Seals and Crofts are guests.
This program is a 30-minute excerpt.
1974-01-26, CBS, 90 min.
The 1974 Entertainer Of The Year Awards.
Host: Ed Sullivan
1974-01-26, CBS, min.
The 1974 Entertainer Of The Year Awards.
Host: Ed Sullivan
Duplicate of #9994.
1974-03-02, CBS, 95 min.
The 16th Annual Grammy Awards from the Hollywood Palladium, in Los Angeles, California.
Host: Andy Williams.
1974-03-31, WABC, 52 min.
A pilot for a possible series, recapturing some of the feelings not since the days of "The Ed Sullivan Show." Hugh Downs is host.
