A Life Magazine Anniversary Review is recalled in moments, both tragic and zany. Bob Hope hosts with guests Sid Caesar, Peggy Cass, Mary Martin, The Ray Charles Singers and Fredric March. President John F. Kennedy adds his own special salute.
Victor Borge, Anne Bancroft and Sterling Holloway guest with Perry Como in this live special as Perry starts his 17th TV season. On hand are Frank Gallop and The Ray Charles Singers.
Lorne Greene, Jack Gilford, Marvin Kaplan, Angie Dickinson, and The Ray Charles Singers get together for a tour of Funnyland guided by singing satirist
Allan Sherman. An NBC Special Report News Bulletin interrups the program to inform the audience of 90 year old Sir Winston Churchill's ailing condition.