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#14026: MEET THE METS
Order1963-04-04, WOR, 6 min.
A special on New York's new National League baseball team the New York Mets. Interviews with Mets Charlie Neal, Gil Hodges, manager Casey Stengal, others.
1963-04-04, CBS, 4 min.
Topics: Woman wins slander lawsuit against Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (he called her a "bag woman") Cubans undergo military training in Florida, hope to go back to Cuba, slumlord order to repair apartment building and get rid of rats, whipping post to be used again in Delaware. Host: Douglas Edwards.
1963-04-04, WCBS, 1 min.
The weather report with Carol Reed, the local weather girl on WCBS-TV Channel 2 in New York City. She would always end her weather reports by saying "Have a Happy," most appropriately signing off on each December 31st. Archival Television Audio, Inc. has only one brief archived example of Carol Reed wheatear forecasting on WCBS television. This rare 35 second opening is all that exists in any known archive in the country. The broadcast opens with the announcer introducing the program: " Greyhound presents Carol Reed with the Late Weather." After Carol Reed says "good evening to her television viewers, she states that currently there is a rapid decline in temperature in the New York area. Carol Reed had a long run on WCBS TV News as the "weather girl" form 1952 to her final regularly scheduled early evening report (7:10-7:15 PM, and briefly 7:25-7:30 PM) and late evening report (11:15 - 11:20 PM) September 20, 1963. NOTE: Carol Reed (1925 or 1926 – June 4, 1970), always introduced as "Carol Reed, the weather girl", presented the weather portion of the evening newscasts on WCBS-TV in New York City from 1952 to 1963/1964. Not trained in meteorology, she nevertheless proved popular with viewers because of her cheerful demeanor and her characteristic signoff, "Good night and have a happy!" In 1958, she gained national recognition, as the commercial spokesperson for Nabisco. After her run on channel 2 ended, she hosted a radio show on WCBS (AM) prior to its changeover to a current all-news format. She died of cancer on June 4, 1970, in Mamaroneck, New York at age 44. For decades WCBS‐TV News was aired as a 15 minute broadcast. The first 10 minutes dealt with the local news and the final 5 minutes focused strictly on the weather, as a weather program. It was the end of a television era soon to be realized by all local NYC channels, in 1963 & 1964, when a specific five minute weather broadcast entity of its own would be telecast. News would take priority, and the weather would be incorporated within the news, it getting as little or as much time as it merited. 12 years of Carol Reed broadcasting the weather is almost not extant in any form, kinescope or videotape.#14029: BARRY FARBER SHOW, THE
Order1963-04-04, WOR, 15 min.
Barry Farber was an American conservative radio talk show host. He produced the Tex and Jinx radio program which starred Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg. The show was heard weeknights on WNBC radio from 10:30 PM to midnight. Farber was also an author and commentator who wrote for various US newspapers. He was ranked the ninth greatest talk show host of all time by Talkers Magazine. He joined WOR radio in 1962 after a stint at 1010 WINS radio in New York City. When Farber left WOR radio he joined WMCA radio in New York City for an afternoon drive time show that lasted until 1989 when WMCA changed its format to a Christian radio station. Barry Farber interviews William Fugazy. Fugazy comments on the current deplorable racket-ridden state of professional boxing. Also, Laura Berkowitz reports on her trip to Castro's Cuba.1963-04-05, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Paar's guests are Peter Ustinov, Nat King Cole, Bob Newhart, Robert Morse and Charles Nelson Reilly.1963-04-06, WOR, min.
Topics for discussion: Canadian election between John Diefenbaker and Lester B. Pearson which involves accepting US nuclear arms, also-Cuba-Castro, Russian influence, and anti-Castro exiles. Moderator: John Wingate.
#14033: LAWRENCE WELK SHOW, THE
Order1963-04-06, ABC, 2 min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Helena Polka" 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. A brief excerpt from the Lawrence Welk Show.1963-04-06, WCBS, 35 min.
There is Jackie Gleason's opening monologue with Al Kelly and Johnny Morgan. Jackie Gleason does a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank Fontaine as "Crazy Guggenheim." Crazy talks to Joe about "Springtime" and sings "Girl of My Dreams."1963-04-07, WOR, 40 min.
Hy Gardner interviews Hedda Hopper.1963-04-07, WABC, 26 min.
- Howard K. Smith
- Stanley Kramer
- Mildred Davis
- Frank Perry
- Alan Pakula
- Harold Mirisch
- Joe Levine
- John Paxton
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Howard K. Smith concludes his inquiry with Frank Perry, Alan Pakula, Stanley Kramer, Harold Mirisch, Joe Levine, John Paxton, Mildred Davis (Mrs. Harold Lloyd), and Joseph Mankiewicz.1963-04-07, ABC, 23 min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. A review of this week's news: Communication link between the White House and the Kremlin be set up, the Russians launch a rocket to the moon, probably a failure, Soviet-Chinese split widens, Khrushchev having troubles at home, possible ouster, A Russian MIG fires on a private plane over West Germany, the US is against anti-Castro raids in Cuba fearing Soviet reprisals, etc, Senator Barry Goldwater comments on "timidity" of the US Government, negroes stage protests in the south- seek voter registration tests, Dick Gregory in comic mood, birth control program under fire in Illinois, RR labor problems, TV rating system is criticized by FCC's Newton Minnow, Bob Hope gets an award. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
#14037: CBS WEEKEND NEWS, THE
Order1963-04-07, CBS, min.
Topics: Negro demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, negroes march to City Hall, police dogs force negroes to disperse, Canadian election items-Lester Pearson favored to win, the Russian moonshot is a failure, Jack Nicklaus wins golf match, police narcotics squad '7-Ups' raid rock'n'roll singers apartment. Charles Collingwood substitutes for Harry Reasoner.
1963-04-08, ABC, min.
- Eddie Fisher
- Frank Sinatra
- Sophia Loren
- Jack Lemmon
- Burt Lancaster
- Marcello Mastroianni
- Bette Davis
- Gregory Peck
- Patty Duke
- Anne Bancroft
- Angela Lansbury
- Ed Begley
- Omar Sharif
- Lee Remick
- Thelma Ritter
- Peter OToole
- Katherine Hepburn
- Terence Stamp
Frank Sinatra is host for the 35th Annual Academy Awards presentation, telecast live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
1963-04-09, ABC, 24 min.
ABC Close-Up! 1960- "The Miners' Lament" focuses on the issues and arguments behind recent violence in the Eastern Kentucky coal fields. Views of bombed-out homes, impoverished towns and unemployed miners are shown. Kentucky governor, Bert T. Combs discusses the friction between union and non-union miners and the recent United Mine Workers announcement that four hospitals, supported by its Welfare Fund, would soon be closed.#14041: "BEVERLEY HILLBILLIES THE"
Order1963-04-10, CBS, 2 min.
September 26th, 1962-September 7th, 1971 (CBS) Very successful "rural situation comedy." In January 1963, The Beverley Hillbillies climbed to the number 1 spot in the television Nielsen ratings and remained there through 1964. The story of a backwoods family who became very wealthy when oil was discovered on their property. They then immediately moved to California. Veteran actor Buddy Ebsen played widow Jed Clampett while former vaudevillian Irene Ryan played Granny. Other regulars included Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr., and Raymond Bailey. When the show ended in September 1971, Ebsen, after a brief respite, did a complete turnaround when in 1973 he began playing "Barnaby Jones," a private investigator who got involved in murder, fraud, terrorism, espionage, and political issues. Ebsen would play the role until 1980 when the show ended. The opening only of the show, sponsored by Kellogg. The guest is Leo Durocher.
#14043: BARRY GRAY INTERVIEWS, THE
Order1963-04-10, , min.
Barry Gray was an American radio personality, often referred to as "the father of talk radio." His late-night New York City radio talk show was carried by WOR radio and then later by WMCA. Barry Gray returned to WMCA in 1950, and stayed there for 39 years, refining the talk show format still utilized today. During the 1960s, he was in the odd position of having an 11 p.m.-1 a.m. late-night talk show on a station otherwise dominated by Top 40 music and the youth-targeted "Good Guys" disc jockey campaign. But for teenagers who kept their radios on into the night, Gray's show was a window into the high-brow New York culture of the 1940s and 1950s. Topic: The US nuclear submarine "Thresher." Barry Gray on the phone seeking official information on the "Thresher." Interview with Admiral George W. Anderson concerning the "Thresher."
#14044: CBS NEWS, THE
Order1963-04-10, CBS, min.
The US nuclear submarine "Thresher" is lost with 129 aboard, US combat troops man guns in South Vietnam war, Algerian minister is shot, miscellaneous from the radio.
1963-04-10, , min.
The US Navy nuclear submarine "Thresher" is lost. It is the nation's third submarine peacetime loss since World War ll. In all, 129 officers aboard ship, including crewmen and civilian technicians were lost.
1963-04-11, NBC, 16 min.
Documentary on how a Sargent trains marine recruits.
1963-04-11, WNBC, 52 min.
January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This was the final broadcast of the season. 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.#14055: DOCTORS, THE
Order1963-04-12, NBC, min.
April 1, 1963-December 31, 1982. In 1972, the serial "The Doctors" became the first daytime soap to win an Emmy. By the early '80s, the show became television's lowest-rated serial and was canceled at the end of 1982. A weekly drama-anthology series follows the activities of four staff members of a metropolitan hospital. Jock Gaynor portrays surgeon William Scott. Richard Roat plays internist Jerry Chandler. Margot Moser is Dr. Elizabeth Hayes. Fred J. Scollay is seen as the Rev. Samuel Shafer, hospital chaplain. 10th episode from April 12th, 1963.1963-04-14, WNEW, 52 min.
Music for Easter and springtime presented on the Festival of Performing Arts.1963-04-14, , min.
Survivors relate battles against the Nazis 20 years ago.
#14058: BOB HOPE SHOW, THE
Order1963-04-14, NBC, 14 min.
A variety show presented as monthly specials on NBC. Bob's guests are Martha Ray and Dean Martin. Also included are the 4th Annual TV Guide Awards for best TV shows and performances for 1962. NOTE: The annual TV Guide Awards Special was broadcast only four consecutive years. March 25, 1960, June 13, 1961, June 24, 1962, April 13, 1963, and finally April 17, 1964.1963-04-14, ABC, min.
- Branch Rickey
- Winston Churchill
- Dean Rusk
- John F. Kennedy
- Martin Luther King
- Fred Foy
- U-Thant
- Pope John 23
- Lester Pearson
- Hubert Hunphrey
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. A review of the week's news: Pope John 23rd marks Easter week, U-Thant comments on the world situation, Laos fighting breaks out in Plain Des Jars-comment by Dean Rusk, Canadians elect Lester Pearson as Prime Minister, scientists working on neutron bomb, negro demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King is jailed, a gasoline bomb is thrown at a negro home, steel prices are raised, the Senate finally passes a Kennedy bill, Senator Hubert Humphrey attacks critics of foreign aid, the US submarine "Thresher" is lost at sea with 129 aboard, Sir Winston Churchill is made an honorary citizen of the US, President Kennedy confers the honor, the baseball season opens, Branch Rickey comments on the New York Mets. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1963-04-15, , min.
Topics: Jacqueline Kennedy expecting her third child, due in August, theory on the possible cause in "Thresher" disaster, the US Navy to use "Trieste" for the underwater search of the sub, steel companies raise prices, ban-the-bomb mobs riot in London, Pearson to take over the Canadian government, Billy Sol Estes sentenced to 15 years for fraud, the Supreme Court to review the freedom-riders case, the White House is concerned about a television automobile commercial using a Jacqueline Kennedy impersonator.
#14061: JACK BENNY PROGRAM, THE
Order1963-04-16, CBS, 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. Jack's guests are Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart, (Gloria Hatrick McLean).
#14062: ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE
Order1963-04-18, WNBC, 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. A brief excerpt of this show only.
1963-04-18, NBC, 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 1970s, 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. Host: Johnny Carson. Guest, James Garner.
1963-04-19, WNBC, 29 min.
January 14, 1952-Present. First early-morning network program and longest-running daytime series. Created by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver. Telecast Monday thru Friday, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, the broadcasts have maintained a format including a News Summary, segments related to Sports, Weather, Interviews, and Features. Throughout its long run, hosts of "The Today Show" have included Dave Garroway (1952-1961), John Chancellor (1961-1962), Hugh Downs (1962-1971), Frank McGee (1971-1974), Jim Hartz (1974-1976), Tom Brokaw (1976-1981), Jane Pauley, Bryant Gumbel, Chris Wallace, Katie Couric, and others.
Hugh Downs interviews Marlon Brando in this very rare television appearance.1963-04-19, WNBC, 45 min.
Jack Paar's guests are Milton Berle and Liberace.1963-04-19, WPIX, 40 min.
June 25th, 1962-1964 (Syndicated) A daily ninety-minute talk show hosted by Steve Allen and sponsored by Westinghouse Jerry Lewis makes an unrehearsed phone call to Mr. Sol Segal, owner of Segal's Kosher Restaurant in Chicago. By far, the most hilarious of the many Steve Allen phone calls ever made and unedited as originally broadcast. In addition, there is a question and answer session with Jerry and the members of the audience. Prior to the actual phone conversation between Jerry Lewis and Sol Segal, which occurs 24 minutes into this air check, Lewis conveys his lively brand of humor with Steve including having Allen repeat his pseudo Limerick, "ONE HEN." In an attempt to contact Mr. Segal for this "prank" call, Steve first talks to three other people on the phone, including his wife, before finally connecting with Sol Segal at his restaurant. Jerry poses as a potential customer who want to have a catered affair at the Segal's Kosher Restaurant and double talks his way into setting it up with a very patient and unsuspecting owner. Afterward, Steve and Jerry discuss the joke phone call with Sol Segal. Some more show continues prior to Steve bidding all a good night. NOTE: In 2001 Sin-Drome Records released an 8:03 minute excerpt of this phone call contained in an album titled, "Jerry Lewis Phony Phone Calls (1959-1972). Of the 12 phone calls heard in the album, only the Mr. Siegal phone call represents a television show broadcast. The 8:03 excerpt Mr. Siegal telephone call does not contain material prior to the call when Jerry and Steve attempt to locate Mr. Siegal on the phone or the complete discussion with Mr. Siegal after Steve Allen and Jerry Lewis reveal the prank, as recorded by Phil Gries / Archival Television Audio when this show originally broadcast over 60 years ago. NOTE: In November 2023 Sol Segal's grandson, Chris Segal, contacted me for a copy of this broadcast. In a letter to me he stated the following anecdotal information. "Phil, I've been listening to the recording since I was 15. I found it on an album called "Funny Fone Call" in the early 80's. I am now almost 60. Sol died in 1993 around the ago of 80. The recording captures how kind and patient of a man he was...a good human being. He was quite a character with many funny stories about him. Got lost at O'Hare Airport looking for his kosher ice cream...used 3 day old chicken for salad at the restaurant...stole electricity from Chicago Utility to save money...stared down mobsters trying to get their share of his cigarette machine money. Many of my family don't like the recording because they felt Jerry Lewis humiliated Sol. One classic retort by Siegal was when Lewis stated that he has a full house of children (Sol heard the audience laughing), and rebounded by stating "I feel sorry for your wife!" which got a huge laugh form everyone including Jerry Lewis and Steve Allen. Unlike my family I like the recording, especially because Sol gets in his plug for his restaurant at the end.#14064: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1963-04-19, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) A Friday night variety series starring Jack Paar. Jonathan Winters was a frequent guest on the show. Jack's guests are Liberace and Milton Berle.1963-04-20, WCBS, 23 min.
Jackie Gleason introduces his new discovery, singer Bobby Martin. There is a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank Fontaine as "Crazy Guggenheim." Crazy talks to Joe about "George Bernard Farquad" and sings "Let Me Call You Sweetheart."1963-04-21, WABC, 26 min.
"A Cowboy Legacy" the first of two parts, re-creates the spiritual and physical climate in which the American Cowboy of the early west developed.1963-04-21, WCBS, 25 min.
Walter Cronkite narrates and traces the changing role of the hero in movies and TV westerns since the turn of the century. Stanley Kramer and William S. Hart, among others, are heard.
1963-04-24, NBC, 58 min.
- Kaye Ballard
- Paul Lynde
- Perry Como
- Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
- Frank Gallop
- Jack Duffy
- Sandy Stewart
- Ken Murray
- Peggy March
- Kessler Twins
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 4-24-63. Guests: Singer Peggy March, The Kessler Twins, and Actor Ken Murray who shows home movies. Highlights: Peggy March sings "I Will Follow Him" Kessler Twins sing "Anything You Can Do." Perry Como and Kessler Twins: "I Wish You Love" "Desafinado" "Arrivederci Roma" Commercials included. Announcer Frank Gallop.
1963-04-25, WOR, 25 min.
Joe Franklin interviews Richard Griffith, film historian.1963-04-25, , min.
Topics: Nikita Khrushchev may eventually step down as the Russian Premier, the speculation is he might retire next year, Averill Harriman is in Moscow seeking the end of the fighting in Laos.
1963-04-25, , min.
Topics: Suspects are arrested for the murder of lone white integrationist in Alabama, Robert Kennedy sees George Wallace in Alabama, pickets protest against Kennedy, in London, a tribunal report on a homosexual spy.
#19268A: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1963-04-26, NBC, 44 min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) Jack Paar elected to pursue a three year NBC series in prime time soon after stepping down as host of THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR (1957-1962). These broadcasts took on the form of a variety / talk show format. Each telecast opened with a Paar monologue. Also shown from time to time were personal home movies shot by Jack on various trips by the Paar family to Africa, Russia, and Europe.Jack's daughter, Randy Paar would often assist her dad narrating these films. Appearing with Jack were many of his old regulars from the TONIGHT SHOW including Alexander King, Oscar Levant and Jonathan Winters. This 10pm Friday prime time slot attracted many notable guests, including Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater and Ted Kennedy. Also, given exposure were many young and veteran entertainers, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Peggy Lee, and stand-up comedians, among them, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge, Jackie Vernon, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Burns & Schreiber, and Dick Gregory. Impact appearances occurred introducing footage of The Beatles, prior to the group appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, and a young Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), singing and spewing poetry with Jack and Liberace. After three years (one and a half years less than his tenure on THE TONIGHT SHOW), Jack Paar called it quits and would prematurely retire from the business with the exception of producing and starring in a handful of Specials for NBC and accepting one brief return to regular television, for nine months, hosting an ABC late night talk show, JACK PAAR TONITE in 1973). Guest: Jonathan Winters Newport menthol cigarette commercial.
1963-04-26, WNBC, 44 min.
September 21, 1962- September 10, 1965 Jack Paar's guests are Jonathan Winters, Kate Smith, and Cliff "Charlie Weaver" Arquette. NOTE: Jack Paar who left hosting THE TONIGHT SHOW at the end of March 1962 and would come back to TV with a prime time weekly one hour series, interestingly, nine days prior to his Tonight Show successor, Johnny Carson, who would premier on October 1, 1962.
1963-04-28, WCBS, 32 min.
Performers for Ed Sullivan are Connie Francis, Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane, Jack Carter and Wayne and Shuster.1963-04-28, WOR, 42 min.
- Van Heflin
- Margaret Leighton
- Diahann Carroll
- Pat Hingle
- Robert Morse
- Martin Gabel
- Abe Burrows
- Orson Bean
- Rosalind Russell
- Anita Gillette
- Alan Arkin
- Phyllis Newman
- Dane Clark
- Sandy Dennis
- Charles Nelson Reilly
- George Abbott
- David Yarnell
- Jean Shepherd
- Harold Prince
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Lionel Bart
- Burt Shevelove
- Alan Schneider
- Anna Quayle
- Sam Levene
- Solly Pernick
The 17th Annual Tony Awards for excellence in theatrical performances for 1962 are awarded from the Hotel Americana Imperial Ballroom in New York City. The Master of Ceremonies is Abe Burrows and Robert Morse. Broadcast locally on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York. WOR radio host Jean Shepherd opens and introduces the show. George Abbott wins the Best Direction of a Musical award for "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum." Produced by David Yarnell. NOTE: This rare television audio air check broadcast was recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records, June 19, 2002 (Claim #5364), for the most money paid for a television soundtrack, sold to The American Theatre Wing, Inc., by Archival Television Audio, Inc., transacted on June 20, 2001. NOTE: The first 42 minutes of the one hour broadcast.1963-05-01, NBC, 58 min.
- Don Adams
- Mickey Rooney
- Kaye Ballard
- Allan Sherman
- Connie Stevens
- Paul Lynde
- Perry Como
- Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
- Frank Gallop
- Jack Duffy
- Sandy Stewart
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 5-1-63. Guests: Mickey Rooney, Connie Stevens, Satirist Allan Sherman. Parody of Jackie Gleason's "Joe The Bartender" Sketches. Connie Stevens: "I've Got Your Number" Mickey Rooney: "Real Live Girl." Perry Como: "If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You" All: "On The First Warm Day" "Hootenanny." Commercials included. Announcer Frank Gallop.
#4188: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE
Order1963-05-01, WNBC, ? 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, 1986.1963-05-03, NBC, min.
September 21, 1962 - September 10, 1965 Brooks Hayes, President John F. Kennedy's assistant talks with Jack. In addition, a kinescope is shown of the 1952 Republican Convention. Jack Paar elected to pursue a three year NBC series in prime time soon after stepping down as host of THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR (1957-1962). These broadcasts took on the form of a variety / talk show format. Each telecast opened with a Paar monologue. Also shown from time to time were personal home movies shot by Jack on various trips by the Paar family to Africa, Russia, and Europe.Jack's daughter, Randy Paar would often assist her dad narrating these films. Appearing with Jack were many of his old regulars from the TONIGHT SHOW including Alexander King, Oscar Levant and Jonathan Winters. This 10pm Friday prime time slot attracted many notable guests, including Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater and Ted Kennedy. Also, given exposure were many young and veteran entertainers, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Peggy Lee, and stand-up comedians, among them, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge, Jackie Vernon, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Burns & Schreiber, and Dick Gregory. Impact appearances occurred introducing footage of The Beatles, prior to the group appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, and a young Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), singing and spewing poetry with Jack and Liberace. After three years (one and a half years less than his tenure on THE TONIGHT SHOW), Jack Paar called it quits and would prematurely retire from the business with the exception of producing and starring in a handful of Specials for NBC and accepting one brief return to regular television, for nine months, hosting an ABC late night talk show, JACK PAAR TONITE in 1973).
#14075: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1963-05-03, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) A Friday night variety series starring Jack Paar. Jonathan Winters was a frequent guest on the show. Guests are Phyllis Diller and John Henry Faulk.1963-05-04, WCBS, 25 min.
Jackie Gleason does his opening monologue and involves orchestra leader Sammy Spear, who plays trumpet. Also, there is a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank Fontaine as "Crazy Guggenheim," who talks to Joe about a "Neighborhood Party" and sings "Shine on Harvest Moon."1963-05-04, WOR, 45 min.
Hy Gardner interviews George Maharis.