A review of the year 1966.             

The 1967 Rose Bowl game was the 53rd edition of the college football game, played at the Rose Bowl,in Pasadena, California, on Monday, January 2nd. The game matched the #7 Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference and the unranked USC Trojans of the AAWU (Pac-8). Purdue won 14-13, after USC scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter and opted to go for a two-point conversion to win the game, rather than kicking an extra point to tie. 

Lindsay Nelson and Terry Brennan Report.                 

The annual Orange Bowl Parade, telecast live from Miami, Florida. Lorne Greene and Florence Henderson are the hosts. Celebrity performers include Bobby Rydell, The Supremes, and Connie Francis.

This program contains the final 15 minutes only.  

          

The 78th annual Tournament Of Roses Parade telecast live from Pasadena, California. 

All three networks carried this annual parade, each with different hosts. This is the NBC telecast. It includes commercials. 

Ed Ames,  in the parade sings "My Cup Runneth Over."

Hostess Betty White and Host Bill Culen describe the festivities and talk in the booth with Pat Boone and Barry Sullivan.

Barbara Hewitt is the Rose Queen. Thanat Khoman, Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs is the parade's grand marshal. 

Theme: Travel tales in flowers.     

NOTE; A lost broadcast. Very few Rose Day Parade broadcasts circa pre-1979 are extant in any broadcast form.                                   

President Lyndon Baines Johnson gives the annual State of the Union address in Washington, DC.                                      

Telecast of the concert given by The Beatles at Shea Stadium in New York on August 15, 1965; featuring Sounds, Incorporated, Brenda Holloway, King Curtis and The Discotheque Dancers, also performing. The report covers the time before, during and after the concert, including comments from members of The Beatles group in their dressing room.             

October 12th, 1953-May 22nd, 1956

A variety show presented monthly on NBC.

Christmas show from East Asia with guests Joey Heatherton, Phyllis Diller, and General William Westmoreland. 

Host: Bob Hope. 

                                                

An ABC special with host Howard K. Smith.            

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.  

Dupe Of Number 4210.                         

Three US astronauts killed in a flash fire during a flight test at Cape Kennedy in Florida during the Apollo 1 mission.                                       

A fire in the Apollo 1 Command Module kills astronauts Virgil Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee during a launch rehearsal.         

NBC's breaking news report on the loss of the Apollo 1 crew. Astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee all died in a flash-fire inside the crew capsule during a launch rehearsal.          

Duplicate of #8998.  

NBC's breaking news report on the loss of the Apollo 1 crew. Astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee all died in a flash-fire inside the crew capsule during a launch rehearsal.            

     September 14, 1966 - May 11, 1967. A potpourri of assorted specials with no regular host. Included were variety, dramas, and occasional documentaries.

David Frost introduces viewers to the best late-night-life establishments located in London, including the posh West End, noted for its theaters, shops, and restaurants, and the shady Bohemian quarter called Soho.

There are song and dance routines, impersonations performed and a drama recreation. On the humorous side there is comedy performed by Peter Sellers who portrays a snobbish wine taster, and a bombastic BBC announcer interviewing a deep-sea diver, played by Kenneth Connor. 
                      

The life of Abraham Lincoln from his childhood through his final speech in Illinois, before leaving for Washington. This special originally aired on February 5th, 1964.           

The life of Abraham Lincoln from his childhood through his final speech in Illinois, before leaving for Washington. Includes his famous series of public debates over slavery with rival Stephen Douglas, and his early romance with Ann Rutledge and his marriage to Mary Todd.  This special originally aired on February 5th, 1964.    

Duplicate of 7493.                                  

Muhammad  Ali vs. Ernie Terrell for the heavyweight boxing championship in the Houston Astrodome. Ali won a unanimous 15 round decision. 

ABC radio. 

  The fight
Ali was ahead in most of the rounds. In the first two rounds, Terrell was competitive, but in the third Terrell's eye started to swell, leaving him half-blind for much of the match. By the sixth round Ali was clearly ahead, though Terrell still had moments. The shift came in the seventh round, when Ali landed a left hook that sent Terrell to the ropes, and launched a flurry of blows seeking a knockout. Terrell repelled Ali with his own desperate offensive, but had wobbly legs for the remainder of the match. Terrell landed a hard right hook that forced Ali back to the ropes in turn, causing the announcer to say "Clay is hurt, Terrell is desperately fighting back." The eighth round went solidly to Ali, battering the wobbly and half-blinded Terrell, though Terrell still landed jabs and would jolt Ali with a hook. This state went on for the rest of the fight; in the 13th round, commentator and boxer George Chuvalo commented that Terrell had been unexpectedly hanging on and that Ali looked tired, predicting the fight would end with a decision rather than a knockout, which turned out to be a correct assessment.[4] In the eighth round, Ali taunted Terrell by asking "What's my name?" and calling him "Tom", but ceased to speak to him after that point, not even saying a word to him when the match ended and both boxers went back to their respective corners.[5] Two of the Judges scored the bout 148–137 and the other had it 148–133 all in favor of Ali.          

See ATA# 5183                                     

The story of an acclaimed elderly professor and his much younger second wife, Yelena. The professor's brother-in-law Vanya falls in love with Yelena as he contemplates his lost youth and opportunities. A play written by Anton Chekhov.                          

A musical book comedy starring Danny Thomas. The story involves a chase all over Japan with Jonathan Winters tailing Thomas and Jack Jones, who are trying to produce Danny's variety show.
   Jack Jones and Danny Thomas sing “Japanese Holiday.”
Jack Jones sings “They Can’t Take that Away From Me.”
Duet by Jack Jones and Romi Yamada, “She Loves Me.”
          

The 24th Golden Globe Awards are telecast from Los Angeles, California.

Best Film Drama: A Man For All Seasons
Best Film Comedy: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Best Actor-Drama: Paul Scofield- A Man For All Seasons    
Best Actress Drama: Anouk Aimee- A Man And A Woman   
Best Actor Comedy:  Alan Arkin- The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
Best Actress Comedy: Lynn Redgrave- Georgy Girl
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Attenborough- The Sand Pebbles
Best Supporting Actress: Jocelyne LaGarde- Hawaii 

Television: Best Show - I Spy
Best Male TV Star: Dean Martin- The Dean Martin Show 
Best Female TV Star: Marlo Thomas-That Girl    

Cecil B.Demille Award: Charleton Heston
Henrietta Award: Julie Andrews 
                                         

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.                                  

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.                         

Dupe Of 4214.                                                               

    Special Edition Broadcast highlighting a two-day international jazz festival at Comblain-la tour, Belgium. Seen in performance and rehearsals are many musical artists, including Benny Goodman and his sextet. 
Narrator: Don Morrow
Producer / Director: Robert Drew, who was the man who first introduced 'Direct Cinema" to the country with his first signature film, PRIMARY (1960).          

     September 14, 1966 - May 11, 1967. A potpourri of assorted specials with no regular host. Included were variety, dramas, and occasional documentaries.

Petula Clark hosts this salute to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart




                                                

Betty and Barney Hill are a New Hampshire couple who claim they were captured by the crew of a flying saucer. They have no direct recall of their encounter except for seeing a strange object in the sky. The story of what they believe happened after this sighting has been assembled with the help of hypnosis.



A panel of scientists and reporters question the Hills and John G. Fuller, author of a book about their experiences, "The Interrupted Journey: Two Lost Hours Aboard a Flying Saucer."

Panelists: Prof. James McDonald, University of Arizona; Dr. Leo Sprinkle, University of Wyoming; Dr. Carl Sagan, Harvard University; Leon Jaroff, science editor, Time magazine; Edward Edelson, science editor, World Journal Tribune.



The panel discusses other reports of UFO's and their investigation by the Air Force. David Schoenbrun is the  moderator.             

Report on relations between Americans and Vietnamese. In interviews with correspondents, workers and GI's, the reasons for distrust on both sides are explored. Also featured is a round table discussion of the problem of America's image and how to improve it. Participating are Morley Safer, Fobert Shaplen, of the New Yorker, and newspaper reporters Ward Just and and Keyes Beech. 
P-D: Beryl Fox.    

Final minutes missing. With commercials.                  

Report on relations between Americans and Vietnamese. In interviews with correspondents, workers and GI's, the reasons for distrust on both sides are explored. Also featured is a round table discussion of the problem of America's image and how to improve it. Participating are Morley Safer, Fobert Shaplen, of the New Yorker, and newspaper reporters Ward Just and and Keyes Beech. 
P-D: Beryl Fox.    

Final minutes missing. With commercials.    

Duplicate of #19607.                          

Ethel Merman reprises the role she created from the 1946 Broadway hit, in this "lost" TV musical special, which was recorded off the air, direct line, on reel to reel 1/4" audio tape and is archived in the collection of Archival Television Audio, Inc. A duplication of this TV Audio Air Check has been donated to The Paley Center for Media by Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc. 

NOTE:
The ONLY Irving Berlin related production (film or television) that is not archived. Not found in the Ethel Merman estate, as well. 

NOTE:
To date no original video tape or kinescope exists representing this Special NBC TV broadcast with the original cast from the Lincoln Center Stage revival which opened for a limited engagement of 47 performances on May 31, 1966 and then moving to the Broadway Theater on September 21, 1966 for another 77 performances. An LP was released on July 1, 1966 with just the musical numbers. 

Jane Klain at the Paley Center for Media has devoted much time over the years to finding the tape. She did find the box that once housed it but the title was ERASED out suggesting the tape had been erased and reused. 

From published reports, the telecast wasn't successful, cutting the show to 90 minutes and performing without an audience robbed it of its vitality...debated by critics and the public to the contrary.  

Dupe of # 5892                                      

Muhammad Ali defeats Zora Foley via a 7th round knockout at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This was to be Ali's last fight before losing his title for refusing induction into the US Army. Don Dunphy and Win Elliot report from ringside. 
Don Dunphy interviews Ali after the fight.

Begins in round 1, 7th round KO, not complete.
Radio broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting System.                                                

The 1967 Tony Awards broadcast from the Shubert Theater in New York City.

Hosts: Mary Martin and Robert Preston.      

NOTE: On another tape from the George Vlasto collection TBD this broadcast exists in a longer version.                      

A sequel to the previous one-man show telecast on November 24th, 1965 that won two Emmys and one Peabody Award. Ed McMahon is the announcer. This second annual TV special includes Sinatra belting out signature songs, "Fly Me To The Moon," "Luck Be A Lady Tonight," and "That's Life."
Daughter, Nancy joins her dad in a playful duet.
This is a repeat broadcast of December 7th, 1966.