1955-01-08, NBC, 27 min.
NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960,
George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format.
During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monolgue at the beginning of the program by "lonesone" George Gobel.
Announcer for this broadcast is Del Jarvis.
1955-01-08, NBC, 27 min.
NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960,
George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format.
During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monolgue at the beginning of the program by "lonesone" George Gobel.
Announcer for this broadcast is Del Jarvis.
Duplicate of #10,237.
1957-09-15, NBC, 9 min.
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961.
The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian, author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez.
Guests include Tennessee Ernie Ford, John Payne, Gisele McKenzie, Eddie Fisher, and George Gobel. A preview of the 1957 Fall season on NBC.
1957-11-28, NBC, 00 min.
Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.
Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music.
1958-10-09, NBC, 00 min.
Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.
Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music.
This was a live show from Detroit, Michigan.
1958-10-16, NBC, 00 min.
Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.
Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music.
This was a live show from Detroit, Michigan.
1958-10-23, NBC, 00 min.
Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.
Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music.
1958-11-06, NBC, 00 min.
Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.
Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music.
1958-11-27, NBC, 00 min.
Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.
Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music.
1958-12-04, NBC, 00 min.
Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.
Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music.
1960-06-14, WNBC, 79 min.
This 1957 film tells the story of the ambition and courage of a Mexican Little League team who win the Little League World Series. Tennessee Ernie Ford is host.
1961-02-16, NBC, 00 min.
Variety- NBC - 30 minutes, October 4th, 1956-June 29th, 1961.
Tennessee Ernie Ford was host, singer and comedian of this variety show. The musical portion of the program consisted mostly of Country and Western and Gospel music.
A special presentation of the opera "Carmen."
1962-12-27, WNBC, 00 min.
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.
Tournament Of Roses Queen Nancy Davis is a guest.
1964-04-10, NBC, 54 min.
Jack Benny, Andy Williams, Dorothy Provine and Annette Funicello join Ernie at a backyard BBQ, devised by Mr. Benny related to income tax reasons.
1964-04-10, WNBC, 57 min.
Jack Benny, Andy Williams, Dorothy Provine and Annette Funicello join Tennessee Ernie Ford at a backyard barbeque.
1965-05-22, ABC, min.
January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This broadcast is the complete version of program #1045 which is a 44-minute version. This hour-long variety series was a mid-season replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."
Guests are Jack Carter and Tennessee Ernie Ford.
1965-11-24, WCBS, 52 min.
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.
1966-01-03, WNBC, 52 min.
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.
1966-10-12, CBS, 52 min.
Jim "Gomer Pyle" Nabors hosts his first variety special. His guests are Andy Griffith, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Shirley Jones, and Marilyn Horne.
In comedy sketches, Andy offers his version of the opera "La Traviata," and hillbillies Andy and Ernie face an evening without TV because Ernie shot the NBC "chicken."
Alan Copeland is the musical director of this special broadcast.
HIGHTLIGHTS:
"Put on Your Sunday Clothes"-------------------Jim Nabors
"I Have Dreamed"-----------------------------Shirley Jones
"In Their Shoes"------------------------Jim Nabors, Shirley Jones
Railroad medley "Down in the Valley," "Wabash Cannonball,"
"The Rock Island Line," "Drill, Ye Tarriers Drill,"
"Grandy Dancers' Ball," "John Henry," Casey Jones"
------------------------------------Jim Nabors, Tennessee Ernie Ford
"Crude sorte, amor tiranno" (from Rossini's "L'Italiana in Algeri")
--------------------------------------------------------Marilyn Horne
"Libiamo, Libiamo" (from Verdi's "La Traviata").....Jim Nabors
Marilyn Horne
"If my Friends Could See Me Now"...................Jim Nabors
1966-10-30, WNBC, 52 min.
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.
1966-10-30, NBC, 52 min.
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.
Dupe of # 1234
1966-12-22, NBC, 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).
Dupe Of # 1910
1966-12-22, 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).
1967-02-21, CBS, 00 min.
Guests are Don Knotts, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Back Porch Majority,Maggie Peterson and The Bruce Davis Quintet.
Andy offers a comic monologue about a successful small town boy named William Shakespeare, does a medley of Country and Western hits with Ernie, and in a sketch with Ernie,plays a farm boy who hates animals. Andy joins Don in a routine from their night-club act.
1967-02-21, CBS, 00 min.
Guests are Don Knotts, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Back Porch Majority,Maggie Peterson and The Bruce Davis Quintet.
Andy offers a comic monologue about a successful small town boy named William Shakespeare, does a medley of Country and Western hits with Ernie, and in a sketch with Ernie,plays a farm boy who hates animals. Andy joins Don in a routine from their night-club act.
Duplicate of 6960A.
1967-03-05, NBC, 60 min.
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.
This is a repeat of the 10-30-66 show.
1967-04-04, 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.
1967-05-24, NBC, 60 min.
Ninth annual Grammy Awards Telecast.
Produced by George Schlatter.
Telecast on Video Tape from Hollywood, London and New York.
Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles, Eydie Gorme, Louis Armstrong and others perform.
Producer George Schlatter logged 15,000 miles to tape this year's Grammy Award winners. Performances by some of the winners of this year's Grammy Awards, made by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), annually, this year announced March 2nd and presented at various dinners around the country on that date. The re-created performances will also be introduced on the program by other top show business stars.
1967-05-24, NBC, 180 min.
Ninth annual Grammy Awards Telecast.
Produced by George Schlatter.
Telecast on Video Tape from Hollywood, London and New York.
Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles, Eydie Gorme, Louis Armstrong and others perform.
Producer George Schlatter logged 15,000 miles to tape this year's Grammy Award winners. Performances by some of the winners of this year's Grammy Awards, made by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), annually, this year announced March 2nd and presented at various dinners around the country on that date. The re-created performances will also be introduced on the program by other top show business stars.
Ella Fitzgerald receives The Golden Achievement Award.
Duplicate of #7704.
1967-05-24, NBC, 180 min.
Ninth annual Grammy Awards Telecast.
Produced by George Schlatter.
Telecast on Video Tape from Hollywood, London and New York.
Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles, Eydie Gorme, Louis Armstrong and others perform.
Producer George Schlatter logged 15,000 miles to tape this year's Grammy Award winners. Performances by some of the winners of this year's Grammy Awards, made by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), annually, this year announced March 2nd and presented at various dinners around the country on that date. The re-created performances will also be introduced on the program by other top show business stars.
Ella Fitzgerald receives The Golden Achievement Award.
1967-09-11, WNBC, 52 min.
September 11, 1967-June 10, 1968. An all-purpose hour hosted by Danny Thomas. Presentations include musical programs, comedy and variety hours, and filmed dramas. Of the series' 22 shows, only 6 were taped and devoted to variety, comedy or musical specials.
1968-04-08, WABC, 50 min.
Wayne Newton's first TV special with a parade of pop music stars preforming their top tunes. Guests include Frankie Laine, Kay Starr, The Mills Brothers, Johnnie Ray, Louis Jourdan and Tennessee Ernie Ford.
1968-11-23, WNBC, 52 min.
Animated filmed musical Thanksgiving fantasy based on the whimsical diary of Willum, a mouse, who was with the Pilgrims on their 1620 voyage to the New World; with Tennessee Ernie Ford as narrator and the voice of Willum, with as other voices, John Gary (as John Alden), Eddie Albert (as Miles Standish) and Joanie Sommers (as Priscilla Mullins).
1969-05-05, WNBC, 54 min.
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin open this musical special which features the 1968
Grammy winners performing their hits.
Celebrities include The Temptations, Flip
Wilson, Jeannie C. Riley, The King Family, Jose Feliciano, Lou Rawls, Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Mama Cass Elliot, The Beatles, Nancy Sinatra, Mason Williams, Davy Jones, Bobby Goldsboro, Tiny Tim, Don Rickles,
Simon & Garfunkel, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tom Smothers, Henry Mancini, and the Broadway cast of "Hair."
1969-10-15, NBC, 32 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.
Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts the Third Annual Country Music Awards from Nashville, Tennessee.
NOTE: This archived TV Audio Air Check is joined in progress. There is approximately 22 minutes MISSING from this one hour broadcast. What is included, and recorded, along with three Ed Herlihy Kraft commercials:
Presenters, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Bobby Goldsboro, June Carter, Tammy Wynette, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ed McMahon, Bob Furguson.
Songs Performed, " Daddy Sang Bass" by Johnny Cash and the Carter family, "All I Have to Offer You is Me" by Charlie Pride, "The Games People Play" by Freddie Weller.
1969-10-15, 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.
Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts the Third Annual Country Music Awards from Nashville, Tennessee.
NOTE: This archived TV Audio Air Check is joined in progress. There is approximately 22 minutes MISSING from this one hour broadcast. What is included, and recorded, along with three Ed Herlihy Kraft commercials:
Presenters, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Bobby Goldsboro, June Carter, Tammy Wynette, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ed McMahon, Bob Furguson.
Songs Performed, " Daddy Sang Bass" by Johnny Cash and the Carter family, "All I Have to Offer You is Me" by Charlie Pride, "The Games People Play" by Freddie Weller.
Dupe of #8427.
1969-11-24, WNBC, 52 min.
Tennessee Ernie Ford in England, for a merry musical program with guests Terry-Thomas, Davy Jones, Harry Secombe, the Brothers and Sisters vocal group, and the Ambrosian Choir.
1969-11-24, WNBC, 52 min.
Tennessee Ernie Ford in England, for a merry musical program with guests Terry-Thomas, Davy Jones, Harry Secombe, the Brothers and Sisters vocal group, and the Ambrosian Choir.
Duplicate of 1083.
1970-01-08, WCBS, 52 min.
September 25, 1969-May 20, 1971. Hour-long variety series hosted by Jim Nabors. Nabors brought with him a couple of his "Gomer Pyle" costars- Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell and Karen Morrow.
1970-07-14, , 00 min.
A rare recording of a rehearsal taping on July 14th, 1970. Audio is heard of the segments being recorded. The voices of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Eddy Arnold, Loretta Lynn, and Anne Murray are heard in rehearsal. The scheduled special never aired on TV.
The Nashville sound is a large part of this rare recording.
1970-10-14, , 60 min.
Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts the 1970 Country Music Awards from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Winners: Merle Haggard-Male Vocalist
Entertainer of the year: Merle Haggard
Song: Sunday Mornin Coming Down
Female Vocalist: Tammy Wynette
Duplicate of 16453. 1970-10-14, , 36 min.
Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts the 1970 Country Music Awards from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Winners: Merle Haggard-Male Vocalist
Entertainer of the year: Merle Haggard
Song: Sunday Mornin Coming Down
Female Vocalist: Tammy Wynette
1970-10-28, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1970-11-26, NBC, 52 min.
Andy Williams is host for this special taped at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC.
Guests include Pearl Bailey, Burl Ives, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Henry Mancini, The Supremes, Dionne Warwick and Bobbie Gentry.
Host: Andy Williams
Narrator: James Stewart
1970-11-26, WNBC, 52 min.
Special: An all-star cast performs a program of American music- pop, soul, spirituals and show tunes- at historic Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
The show is scheduled to include a James Stewart salute to Abraham Lincoln, an avid theatergoer who was instrumental in building Ford's, where he was assassinated in 1865. The audience is expected to include President and Mrs. Nixon, and other Washington dignitaries.
1970-12-30, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
Duplicate of #3340. Rerun of 10-28-1970.
1971-02-25, WCBS, 52 min.
September 25, 1969-May 20, 1971. Hour-long variety series hosted by Jim Nabors. Nabors brought with him a couple of his "Gomer Pyle" costars- Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell and Karen Morrow.
1971-06-06, WCBS, 52 min.
January 29, 1969-June 13, 1972. In 1969 Glen Campbell returned to TV as host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"; his regulars included Pat Paulsen, Jack Burns, John Hartford, Jerry Reed and Larry McNeeley.
1971-10-10, NBC, 120 min.
The 5th Annual Country Music Awards is telecast from Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Charley Pride receives The Entertainer Of The Year Award.
Tennessee Ernie Ford is the host.
Duplicate of 7882.
1971-10-10, NBC, 120 min.
The 5th Annual Country Music Awards is telecast from Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Charley Pride receives The Entertainer Of The Year Award.
Tennessee Ernie Ford is the host.
