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#336: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-12-07, WNBC, 10 min.
September 26, 1960 - December 28, 1962 Jack Linkletter interviews Bud Abbott. Here's Hollywood. December 07, 1962. NBC-TV net audio. Jack Linkletter interviews Bud Abbott at his home in Woodland Hills, California. This one on one interview was the only one Bud Abbott is confirmed to have ever given (detailed) on television. Recorded off the air by Phil Gries who is responsible for its existence as a broadcast record. Most all of the over 1000 Here's Hollywood interviews, originally recorded on 2" Quadraplex Video Tape were erased after they were used/telecast for broadcast. Abbott discusses his 8 year old $750,000 tax audit and how he finally paid every cent back to the government. He states, "They now owe me money." Also discussed,his 25 year partnership with Lou Costello, how they originally got together when each were working in burlesque with different partners. Abbott reflects on his Dad who worked for Barnum & Bailey, his mother who was a bareback rider in the circus, why he and Lou broke up as a comedy team (Bud states that it was not his idea but Costello's to go their separate ways, and is not bitter about the breakup). He reminds us of how their famous "Who's on First" routine (its play on words) was taken from an old minstrel routine, how they came up with other routines, and the fact that he and Lou were voted into Cooperstown Hall of Fame. Bud Abbot discusses the break up of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and the fact that he never drove his own automobile. He discusses his new alliance with partner Candy Candido.
#7388: SING ALONG WITH MITCH
Order1962-12-07, WNBC, 00 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. This was the first broadcast of the series. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
#13902: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1962-12-07, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) Jack's guests are Robert Goulet and Judy Garland. Paar jokes about a Kennedy assassination attempt.
#11324: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1962-12-07, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) Guests: Judy Garland, Robert Goulet.
#7134: FRANKLY JAZZ
Order1962-12-08, KTLA, 00 min.
8-4-62-?? 1963 Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer.
#7264: LAWRENCE WELK SHOW, THE
Order1962-12-08, WABC, ?? min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). "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.
#4958: VOICE OF FIRESTONE
Order1962-12-09, 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 semi classical 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).
#7055: DINAH SHORE CHEVY SHOW
Order1962-12-09, NBC, 00 min.
October 5h, 1956-May 12th 1963. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show was an American Variety Series, hosted by Dinah Shore and broadcast on NBC from October 5th,1956- May 12th,1963.
#339: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-12-11, WNBC, 6 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews actor George Montgomery, married for 18 years to Singer Dinah Shore. They separated in December 1961, one year ago, and divorced in 1962.
#339A: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-12-11, WNBC, 2 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews, briefly, Alan Hale Jr., the show picked up in progress and running only 2 min.
#13909: CBS NEWS, THE
Order1962-12-12, CBS, min.
The US investigates racial discrimination in Rapid City, South Dakota, the Women's "Peace Front" is investigated as pro-Red, 250 US students plan to visit Cuba at Castro's expense, Pope John is ill, he predicts he won't be around next year, President Kennedy will send out picture Christmas cards, CBS to expand the news to a half-hour in the fall.
1962-12-12, CBS, min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Fred Friendly
- Edward R. Murrow
- Edward Teller
- Fred Hoyle
- Sir Bernard Lovell
- Robert Brcewell
- Robert Parks
October 27,1959- Documentaries produced by CBS Television usually telecast as Specials. Fred Friendly produced the series for the first several years. Most notable broadcast that put this iconic documentary series of specials on the map was Edward R. Murrow reporting HARVEST OF SHAME (NOVEMBER 25, 1960) about the plight of the American farm worker and the shocking conditions in which farm laborers live, travel and labor in American fields and orchids. This report shows the flight of Venus space-pro Mariner 11, scheduled to navigate our planet a distance of 21,000 miles in two days (12/12/62). Also, an overview of humankind's efforts to explore deep space and a look at the possibilities of life on other planets. Interviewed arr project director Robert Parks and scientists Edward Teller, Sir Bernard Lovell, and Robert Bracewell. A news special on the US Venus probe. Walter Cronkite Reports. .
1962-12-12, NBC, 58 min.
- Don Adams
- Kaye Ballard
- Paul Lynde
- Roger Williams
- Perry Como
- Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
- Jean Carroll
- Frank Gallop
- Jack Duffy
- Sandy Stewart
- Dorothy Collins
December 24th, 1948- June 4th, 1950 (NBC) October 2nd, 1950-June 24th 1955 (CBS) September 17th 1955- June 12th, 1963 (NBC) In 1944, the year his first record was released, Perry Como appeared on radio in The Chesterfield Supper Club; when that show came to television late in 1948, Como came with it, and has remained on television for more than four decades. The Chesterfield Supper Club, which also featured The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Fontane Sisters, was originally seen on Friday nights but soon shifted to a half-hour slot on Sundays, opposite Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town." In the fall of 1950, Como shifted to CBS where he hosted his own show for the next five seasons; the fifteen-minute program was seen Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, following the network news. Also featured were the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters, together with announcer Frank Gallop. In the fall of 1955 Como returned to NBC, where he hosted a weekly hour show for the next eight years; from 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturdays and was titled The Perry Como Show. From 1959 to 1963 it was seen on Wednesdays and was titled The Kraft Music Hall. The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Frank Gallop were again featured, along with The Ray Charles Singers and The Louis DaPron Dancers (later, The Peter Gennaro Dancers). The Como Music Hall Players included Don Adams, Paul Lynde, Kaye Ballard, Jack Duffy, and Sandy Stewart. Show of 12-12-62. Guests: Singer Dorothy Collins, Comic Jean Carroll, pianist Roger Williams. This show comes from Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. Commercials included. Announcer Frank Gallop.
#13912: NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
Order1962-12-14, , min.
Signals are received from Mariner 11 as it approaches 21,000 miles from Venus.
#13913: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1962-12-14, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) Guests include Woody Allen and Jonathan Winters.
#7135: FRANKLY JAZZ
Order1962-12-15, KTLA, 00 min.
8-4-62-?? 1963 Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer.
#7265: LAWRENCE WELK SHOW, THE
Order1962-12-15, WABC, ?? min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). "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.
#4956: VOICE OF FIRESTONE
Order1962-12-16, 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).#13915: TO TELL THE TRUTH
Order1962-12-17, CBS, min.
Nightime: December 18th, 1956-September 5th, 1966 (CBS) December 12th, 1966-May 22nd, 1967, CBS. Daytime: June 18th, 1962-September 6th, 1968, (CBS). 1969-1977 Syndicated. 1980 Syndicated September 3rd, 1990-May 31st, 1991. (NBC). One of television's most popular game shows. A panel of four celebrities tried to determine which of three guests, each claiming to be the same person was telling the truth. Bud Collyer hosted the prime-time and daytime versions of the show on CBS. The syndicated version that began in 1969, was hosted by Garry Moore until 1977 when Joe Garagiola took over for the last few shows. Robin Ward hosted the 1980 syndicated version. Gordon Elliott hosted the 1990 daytime revival until February 1991 when Alex Trebek became the host. Host: Bud Collyer.
#13917: WORLD TODAY
Order1962-12-17, WOR, min.
World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. President Kennedy reviews past two years in office, the Communist party is fined $120,000 for failure to register as an agent of the Soviet Union, Britain and the US debate the usefulness of the Skybolt missile, the US wants to dump the project, Macmillan to meet President Kennedy following an unsuccessful meeting with Charles De Gaulle concerning entry into the European Common Market, Pope John is believed ill with an ulcer or cancer, Actors Charles Laughton and Thomas Mitchell have died. Host: Tony Marvin.
1962-12-18, WNBC, 54 min.
- Jim Backus
- Morey Amsterdam
- Paul Frees
- John Hart
- Jack Cassidy
- Jane Kean
- Joan Gardner
- Royal Dano
- Les Tremayne
- Marie Matthews
- Laura Olsher
The nearsighted, cantankerous Mr. Magoo stars in a Broadway presentation of a Christmas Carol. This was the first made for television animated cartoon special and the first animated TV musical. Mr. Magoo and many Mr. Magoo appearances followed. Beginning in 1960-1962, Magoo entered television via a syndicated series followed by a primetime NBC series (September 19, 1964 to August 21, 1965) and later a weekend CBS cartoon series (September 10, 1977 to September 9, 1979). Jim Backus was the voice of Mr. Magoo for 40 years.#7151: GARRY MOORE SHOW
Order1962-12-18, 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 1949.
#7363: RED SKELTON HOUR, THE
Order1962-12-18, CBS, 00 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.
1962-12-18, CBS, min.
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meets President Kennedy in the Bahamas to discuss Skybolt, the Congo, the European Common Market, James Donovan is in the last stages of negotiations to free 1200 invasion prisoners from Castro's Cuba, the US will pay $62 million dollars in ransom (in form of medicines and food), Attorney General Robert Kennedy returns from Brazilian trip. Anchor: Walter Cronkite.
#13922: CBS REPORTS
Order1962-12-19, CBS, min.
October 27,1959- Documentaries produced by CBS Television usually telecast as Specials. Fred Friendly produced the series for the first several years. Most notable broadcast that put this iconic documentary series of specials on the map was Edward R. Murrow reporting HARVEST OF SHAME (NOVEMBER 25, 1960) about the plight of the American farm worker and the shocking conditions in which farm laborers live, travel and labor in American fields and orchids CBS News presents a special report: "Sabotage in South Africa." A look at life in South Africa under the controversial apartheid policy and on the activities and opinions of proponents and opponents of the segregationist policy and of recent decrees that make the act of speaking out against apartheid one of sabotage and punishable by death. Walter Cronkite reports.
1962-12-19, WNDT, 28 min.
November 21, 1962 - February 27 1963 Max Morath, a ragtime pianist and raconteur, hosts this half-hour series focusing on the nations manners and morals at the turn of the century, a period spanning three decades from 1890 to 1920. The idea that the history of any era can be told in terms of its popular songs is being put to the test on this new series comprised of 15 episodes by New york's educational channel. Featuring Max Morath, a ragtime pianist and raconteur, this half-hour series of broadcasts takes a musical look at the turn of the century. In this episode Robert Benson, ;and Max Morath tour the communication of the sale of the song at the turn of the century. This series is one of the earliest examples of programming on the newly formed New York Public Broadcast Station WNDT Ch.13, which debuted on the air September 16, 1962.
1962-12-19, NBC, 58 min.
- Kukla and Ollie
- Fran Allison
- Kaye Ballard
- Paul Lynde
- Perry Como
- Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
- Frank Gallop
- Jack Duffy
- Sandy Stewart
- Burr Tillstrom
- Beulah Witch
December 24th, 1948- June 4th, 1950 (NBC) October 2nd, 1950-June 24th 1955 (CBS) September 17th 1955- June 12th, 1963 (NBC) In 1944, the year his first record was released, Perry Como appeared on radio in The Chesterfield Supper Club; when that show came to television late in 1948, Como came with it, and has remained on television for more than four decades. The Chesterfield Supper Club, which also featured The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Fontane Sisters, was originally seen on Friday nights but soon shifted to a half-hour slot on Sundays, opposite Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town." In the fall of 1950, Como shifted to CBS where he hosted his own show for the next five seasons; the fifteen-minute program was seen Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, following the network news. Also featured were the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters, together with announcer Frank Gallop. In the fall of 1955 Como returned to NBC, where he hosted a weekly hour show for the next eight years; from 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturdays and was titled The Perry Como Show. From 1959 to 1963 it was seen on Wednesdays and was titled The Kraft Music Hall. The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Frank Gallop were again featured, along with The Ray Charles Singers and The Louis DaPron Dancers (later, The Peter Gennaro Dancers). The Como Music Hall Players included Don Adams, Paul Lynde, Kaye Ballard, Jack Duffy, and Sandy Stewart. Show of 12-19-62. Guests: Fran Allison, Puppeteer Burr Tillstrom with Kukla, Ollie, and Beulah Witch. Fran Allison sings "What Child Is This" Perry Como sings "Jingle Bells" "Ava Maria" "White Christmas" "Oh, Holy Night" "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." Commercials included. Announcer Frank Gallop.
#7214: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1962-12-21, NBC, 47 min.
September 21, 1962- September 10, 1965 Jack's guests include singer Sally Ann Howes who sings, "Another Time, Another Place," following Paar's monologue, with topics discussed including the current newspaper strike, shopping for Christmas gifts, past Christmas remembrances, and shopping for his his wife of 19 years, Miriam. Vaughn Meader does a selection from his record "The First Family," and discusses his career with Jack. Vaughn then takes questions from the audience. Buddy Hackett explains to Jack the origins of Hanukkah and recollects his early childhood...anecdotes related to his mother, and his early challenging efforts to get into show business. Buddy discusses his just completed film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World." Jack narrates, (score by orchestra leader Jose Melis) films showing Christmas Eve in Jerusalem, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Hawaii, Moscow, London and Rome. After leaving the TONIGHT SHOW end of March 1962, Paar returned to TV via a prime time Friday night variety series. Jonathan Winters, who appeared on scores of Paar Tonight Shows, returned as a frequent guest as well as Alexander King, and others. Jose Melis returned to lead the orchestra.
#7389: SING ALONG WITH MITCH
Order1962-12-21, WNBC, 00 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. This was the first broadcast of the series. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series. Christmas Show Repeat From December, 1961.
#7475: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT
Order1962-12-21, CBS, 00 min.
July 18th, 1958- March 26th, 1972 Series of concerts originating from Carnegie Hall in New York City. Beginning in 1962, they were broadcast from Lincoln Center in New York City. Leonard Bernstein conducted fifty three such televised performances until 1972. "What is a Melody" is the theme.
#13923: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1962-12-21, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) The guest is comedian Vaughn Meader who impersonates President Kennedy.
#7390: SING ALONG WITH MITCH
Order1962-12-22, WNBC, 00 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. This was the first broadcast of the series. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series. Christmas Show Repeat From December, 1961. Continuation Of Christmas Show From December, 1961.
#7083: ED SULLIVAN SHOW
Order1962-12-23, WCBS, 00 min.
This show was taped on December, 21st, 1962 at Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba, (before an audience of American servicemen) and repeated by CBS on August 11th, 1963.
#13928: HY GARDNER CALLING
Order1962-12-23, WOR, min.
HY GARDNER CALLING - Sunday Night, half hour broadcasts, weekly, WRCA Ch. 4 New York City - 11:30pm - 12:30am April 29, 1956-January 13, 1957 HY GARDNER - Mon-Fri, weekdays, WRCA CH. 4 New York City 11:15-11:25pm, 11:20-11:30pm, 11:15-11:30pm September 10, 1956-January 25, 1957 January 28, 1957 - ? Hy Gardner ten minute segments "Face to Face" on TONIGHT! (New format replacing Steve Allen) revised format series hosted by Jack Lescoulie. HY GARDNER SHOW - October 25, 1959-August 14, 1960 WNEW 45 minute and 60 minute broadcasts, Sunday evenings 10-11pm. HY GARDNER SHOW - September 24, 1960 - September 29, 1962 WOR one hour weekly broadcasts, Saturday evenings 12am-1am. HY GARDNER SHOW - October 21, 1962 - April 4, 1964 WOR one hour weekly broadcasts Saturdays or Sundays 7:00pm-8:00pm. HY GARDNER SHOW - September 26, 1964-January 10, 1965 WOR one hour weekly broadcasts Saturday 11:30pm-12:30am or 12:00am-1:00am. Hy Gardner was a well-known New York Herald-Tribune columnist. He appeared regularly on Tonight! and America After Dark, a short-term substitute for Tonight! after Steve Allen abandoned it early in 1957. Gardner specialized in profiling show business celebrities and other news makers, and he hosted a nightly ten-minute TV interview program in New York called Face to Face. His weekly Sunday-night show, Hy Gardner Calling!, also aired only in the New York area and consisted of interviews conducted by telephone, with the subject seemingly at home, but actually seated in one studio, while Gardner sat at his desk in another. The telephone hook-up was real, and there was no physical proximity between host and guest. The show premiered in 1954 ? on New York City’s NBC affiliate station WRCA-TV, Channel 4, and ran until 1965. Hy Gardner interviews President Kennedy impersonator, Vaughn Meader. Broadcast One year less one month, one day to the moment when President John F. Kennedy would be assassinated in Dallas Texas. From that moment on Vaughn Meader's career would never be the same.
#7152: GARRY MOORE SHOW
Order1962-12-25, WCBS, 00 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). Christmas Show Satire sketch on "What's My Line?" is included.
#7204: JACK BENNY PROGRAM
Order1962-12-25, CBS, 00 min.
October 28th, 1950- September 15th, 1964 (CBS) September 25th,1964-September 10th, 1965 (NBC) Jack Benny's half-hour show mixed variety and situation comedy with a company of regulars: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, announcer Don Wilson, Dennis Day, Mel Blanc, and Mary Livingston. Guests: Sentimental Sweethearts
#13932: WORLD TODAY
Order1962-12-26, WOR, min.
World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. The top news stories of 1962. Part 1-the Cuban missile crisis, the Cuban invasion prisoners ransomed by Castro for $63 million dollars, the China-Indian fighting, the rift between the Soviets and Red China, President Kennedy chides steel companies for threatened price rise, the stock market slumps severely, Edward Kennedy wins Senatorial seat in Massachusetts, Nelson Rockefeller wins reelection as the Governor of New York State, Nixon's farewell news conference following gubernatorial defeat in the California election, President Kennedy is subject to considerable joking and takeoff by comedians. Host: Tony Marvin.
1962-12-26, NBC, 58 min.
- Don Adams
- Kaye Ballard
- Paul Lynde
- Roger Williams
- Perry Como
- Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
- Frank Gallop
- Jack Duffy
- Sandy Stewart
- Caterina Valente
- Eleanor Powell
December 24th, 1948- June 4th, 1950 (NBC) October 2nd, 1950-June 24th 1955 (CBS) September 17th 1955- June 12th, 1963 (NBC) In 1944, the year his first record was released, Perry Como appeared on radio in The Chesterfield Supper Club; when that show came to television late in 1948, Como came with it, and has remained on television for more than four decades. The Chesterfield Supper Club, which also featured The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Fontane Sisters, was originally seen on Friday nights but soon shifted to a half-hour slot on Sundays, opposite Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town." In the fall of 1950, Como shifted to CBS where he hosted his own show for the next five seasons; the fifteen-minute program was seen Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, following the network news. Also featured were the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters, together with announcer Frank Gallop. In the fall of 1955 Como returned to NBC, where he hosted a weekly hour show for the next eight years; from 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturdays and was titled The Perry Como Show. From 1959 to 1963 it was seen on Wednesdays and was titled The Kraft Music Hall. The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Frank Gallop were again featured, along with The Ray Charles Singers and The Louis DaPron Dancers (later, The Peter Gennaro Dancers). The Como Music Hall Players included Don Adams, Paul Lynde, Kaye Ballard, Jack Duffy, and Sandy Stewart. Show of 12-26-62. Guests: Dancer Eleanor Powell, Singer Caterina Valente, pianist Roger Williams. Medley of songs from the movies of Eleanor Powell. Tap dance number. Commercials included. Announcer Frank Gallop.
1962-12-27, WPIX, 10 min.
Guest is Jack Lemmon, who makes a phone call to a 24 hour towing service telling them that his car is at the bottom of his swimming pool.#6968A: ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE
Order1962-12-27, 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.
#13935: WORLD TODAY
Order1962-12-27, WOR, min.
- Floyd Patterson
- Thomas Mitchell
- Charles Laughton
- Eddie Fisher
- Marilyn Monroe
- John Glenn
- Emile Griffith
- Sonny Liston
- James Meredith
- Walter Schirra
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Isaac Stern
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Richard Burton
- John F. Kennedy
- Tony Marvin
- Willy Ley
- Adolf Eichmann
- Benny Paret
- Scott Carpenter
- Robert Soblen
- Andriyan Nikolayev
- Ross Barnett
- John Steinbeck
- Fritz Kreisler
- Pavel Romanovich Popovich
World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. The top news stories of 1962. Space: John Glenn orbits the earth three times, Scott Carpenter also orbits the Earth three times, the Russians orbit two spacemen Nikolayev and Popovich, the US's Walter Schirra orbits the earth six times, the Mariner 11 spacecraft passes near Venus. a comment by Dr. Willy Ley, the US to resume nuclear testing, the Soviets propose a nuclear test ban, "Der Spiegel affair" in West Germany, German politics, British politics, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton affair, comment by Fisher, he denies rumors of a breakup, comments by man-in-the-street, racial crisis in Oxford, Mississippi, Governor Barnett denies the registration of James Meredith, President Kennedy says he will send troops, two die in suceeding riots, a hospital error results in several baby deaths, doctors strike in Canada, thialiminide deformities in newborn babies, Adolf Eichmann, Robert Soblen, Fritz Kreisler, Charles Laughton, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Monroe, and Eleanor Roosevelt all died in 1962, comments by Isaac Stern on Kreisler, Marilyn Monroe talks about acting, Boxing deaths Benny (Kid) Paret dies from injuries he suffered in his fight against Emile Griffith in Madison Square Garden in New York City, Sonny Liston wins the heavyweight boxing crown defeating Floyd Patterson in a first round knockout, John Steinbeck wins the Nobel Prize, a comment on Hollywood films. Host: Tony Marvin.
#344: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-12-28, WNBC, 17 min.
Helen O'Connell signs off for the last show of this series, which had its debut on September 26, 1960. Tony Curtis is interviewed.#7391: SING ALONG WITH MITCH
Order1962-12-28, WNBC, 00 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. This was the first broadcast of the series. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
#7136: FRANKLY JAZZ
Order1962-12-29, KTLA, 00 min.
8-4-62-?? 1963 Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer.
#7266: LAWRENCE WELK SHOW, THE
Order1962-12-29, WABC, ?? min.
NEW YEARS EVE SHOW July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). "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.
#13936: JOHN F. KENNEDY SPEECH
Order1962-12-29, , min.
President Kennedy speaking to the 1200 Cuban invasion prisoners recently returned to the US, in Miami, Florida,
#13936a: THE MAGIC LAND OF ALLAKAZAN
Order1962-12-29, ABC, min.
October 1, 1960-September 22, 1962 (CBS) September 29, 1962-December 28, 1963(ABC) April 25, 1964-December 12, 1964 (ABC) Magician Mark Wilson hosted this Saturday kid's show which blended magic tricks and illusions with a fantasy story line.
1962-12-30, WQXR, min.
The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther chooses the ten best films of 1962. Jack Gould comments on this year's TV programs. Broadcast on WQXR radio.
1962-12-30, CBS, min.
- Nelson Rockefeller
- John Glenn
- James Meredith
- Walter Schirra
- Edward Kennedy
- William Scranton
- John F. Kennedy
- Richard Nixon
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Robert Kennedy
- George Romney
- Scott Carpenter
- Pat Brown
- Andriyan Nikolayev
- Pope John
- Pavel Popovich
- Eleanor Rossevelt
- Ethel Kennedy
The space flights of John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Pavel Popovich, Walter Schirra, and Andriyan Nikolayev, the first TV transmission via Telstar to and from Europe, the Ecumenical Council opens in Rome through the efforts of Pope John. Russia and the US continue nuclear testing, Ban-the-Bomb demonstrators in US and England, racial crisis: James Meredith, University of Mississippi, conflict, riots, the crisis in Albany, Georgia, President Kennedy objects to US Steel price rise, Black Monday, May 28th, Wall Street plunges, mid-term elections- Rockefeller, Romney, Scranton win Governorships, Pat Brown defeats Richard Nixon for Governorship of California, Edward Kennedy wins Massachusetts Senate seat, the Kennedy family and its activities such as Mrs. Kennedy's travels and social activities, a tour by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy of the Far East, US involvement in South Vietnam, Chinese armies invade India, Prime Minister Nehru comments on India's position, Cuban missile crisis, the return of the Cuban "Bay-Of-Pigs" prisoners, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt dies, comments by Mrs. Roosevelt and President Kennedy.
1962-12-31, CBS, min.
Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Jack Lescoulie brings in the New Year at Times Square. The best-known New Year's Eve shows on radio and then television was hosted by bandleader Guy Lombardo, who hosted 21 consecutive New Year's Eve shows from 1956 to 1976 on CBS, and for a time in syndication. Lombardo's first radio broadcast on New Year's Eve was heard on December 31, 1928 over CBS Radio, and for a time he even split hosting duties by broadcasting on CBS Radio before 12 Midnight EST and on NBC Radio after Midnight. Lombardo would host 48 straight New Year's Eve broadcasts until his death in 1977, and famously performed "Auld Lang Syne" by his Royal Canadians as the clock struck 12 Midnight, ushering in the start of a New Year. Once the Lombardo orchestra began their annual television shows, there would be a live segment from Times Square, which was (and still is) the focal point of the nation's largest New Year's celebration. In the early years of Lombardo's television specials, Robert Trout reported on and counted down to Midnight in New York's Times Square; but for most of Lombardo's years on television, another legendary newsman, Ben Grauer, had the honor. (Grauer, by the way, also reported from Times Square for NBC Radio on celebrations following the surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945. The first New Year's Eve special on television was broadcast on December 31, 1941 on WNBT New York, and consisted of entertainment broadcast from the Rainbow Room, atop the RCA Building in New York's Rockefeller Center.[3] Due to World War II, there would be no more New Year's Eve specials on television until December 31, 1945. WNBT produced a remote broadcast of festivities in Times Square. While NBC had begun to feed programs to WRGB is the Albany area and WPTZ in Philadelphia, information is unavailable as to whether either or both of these stations broadcast the program, or if it was seen just locally in New York.[4] Unless New Year's Eve fell on a weekend, NBC would carry a special New Year's version of "The Tonight Show" each year beginning in 1954, including coverage of the arrival of the New Year in Times Square. Dick Clark himself had actually emceed one New Year's Eve TV special prior to 1972; on December 31, 1959, he emceed a 90-minute New Year's special on ABC. One of the guests was Frankie Avalon. But it would be the last time Clark would do a New Year's Eve television special for the next thirteen years. By the 1970s, Lombardo's big band music skewed to an older generation, so Dick Clark started his telecast in 1972 to compete. New Year's Eve celebration, ushering in the year 1963. pickup from Times Square with Robert Trout and Guy Lombardo's orchestra (The Royal Canadians) from the Americana Hotel in New York City.