Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler appear in dramatized vignettes from Richard Rodgers' life. In addition, Rodgers' music is highlighted. Performing guests include Sammy Davis Jr., Diahann Carroll, Vic Damone, Peggy Lee and Lena Horne. In closing, John Wayne narrates footage from the Rodgers' score "Victory At Sea."
Rudolph sets out to find Happy, the Baby New Year who has run away from father time because he is ashamed of his big ears. Contains commercials, no end credits. Red Skelton is the narrator.
Mia Farrow stars as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook with SirJohn Gielgud narrating in this 1976 musical adaptation of Jim Barrie's Peter Pan. Julie Andrews sings "Once Upon a Bedtime" off-camera over the opening credits. Music by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
The Tiny Tree is an animated television special about a crippled girl's friendship with a Christmas tree. Songs by Johnny Marks.
The voices of Paul Winchell, Frank Welker, Buddy Ebsen, Janet Waldo, Allan Melvin, Cherilan Parsons, Stephen Manly, Roberta Flack, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, and Lucille Bliss.
Narrated by Buddy Ebsen.
Dupe of #5961.
A sequel to the previous special that finds Aaron, The Little Drummer Boy, journeying with the three wise men to "spread the word" in this animated Christmas special.
Narrated by Greer Garson.
Roastee Danny Thomas is on the receiving end of quips by Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, Orson Welles, Howard Cosell, Jimmie Walker, Red Buttons, Ruth Buzzi, Charo, Jan Murray, Charlie Callas, Nipsey Russell and Harvey Korman.
Duplicate of #2118.
Roastee Danny Thomas is on the receiving end of quips by Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, Orson Welles, Howard Cosell, Jimmie Walker, Red Buttons, Ruth Buzzi, Charo, Jan Murray, Charlie Callas, Nipsey Russell and Harvey Korman.
Roastee Danny Thomas is on the receiving end of quips by Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, Orson Welles, Howard Cosell, Jimmie Walker, Red Buttons, Ruth Buzzi, Charo, Jan Murray, Charlie Callas, Nipsey Russell, and Harvey Korman.
Dupe Of # 2118.
1954-1967-1969-
This Christmas special features one of America's most well-known Pentecostal Evangelists, Oral Roberts, who debuted on American television in 1954.
September 26, 1976 - July 26, 1981
THE BIG EVENT was the umbrella title for assorted movies and specials broadcast frequently throughout the latter part of the 1970's.
A 90 minute spoof of 1976's memorable and not so memorable news events.
A portrait of 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson, based on her poems, letters and notes. A taped broadcast of a live one woman performance by Julie Harris.
  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. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.
  This live annual New Year's special was Guy Lombardo's 48th consecutive New Year's Party. It was to be his last. Lombardo died on November 5, 1977. He was 75 years old.
Duplicate of #5387.
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. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.
This live annual New Year's special was Guy Lombardo's 48th consecutive New Year's Party. It was to be his last. Lombardo died on November 5, 1977. He was 75 years old.
On the air at 11:15 PM, an early Home Box Office cable network sports presentation. The Milwaukee Bucks defeat the Phoenix Suns 139-111. The Bucks all-time highest score. HBO signs off for this broadcast day.
Announcers are Dick Stockton, Brent Musberger, and Bob Cousy.
Bob Cousy interviews K.C. Jones
Edwin Newman moderates this look into violence in America. Reporters include Linda Ellerbee and Floyd Kalber.
NBC pre-empted its entire prime-time schedule for this three hour study of violence in America, from street crime to movie mayhem.
Profiled are the gunshot and stabbing victims in Detroit, where the crime rate is reported t o be five times the national average; youth-gang members in New York's South Bronx, who talk about the omnipresence of violence in their lives; and concerned citizens of Friendship, Wisconsin (population: 641) where eight homicides have occurred in the past four years.
Other segments trace the role violence has played in American history and folklore; in sports like football and hockey; in movies ranging from "The Great Train Robbery" (1903) to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974); and on TV shows that, some say, may inure people to real-life violence.
Also investigated: child-abuse, wife-beating and rape, a sequence that includes an encounter session conducted in a prison between convicted rapists and victims of the crime.
NOTE: NBC REPORTS first appeared as a regularly scheduled serIes of investigative documentaries designed to probe and expose current issues. First broadcast September 12, 1972 - September 4, 1973 and then resuming on January 5, 1976, broadcasting a number of irregularly scheduled special NBC REPORTS that aired approximately once a month and continued into the 1980's.
A half hour special 11:30pm-Midnight panel discussion moderated by Edwin Newman about reactions to the NBC special, "Violence in America," telecast this evening from 8:00pm to 11:00pm.
Songs, dances, and general hilarity abound in this humdinger of an entertainment special. An all-star celebrity salute, from the Super Bowl site at the Rose Bowl where the Minnesota Vikings meet the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl 1X.
Co-Hosts: Sammy Davis, Jr, Elliott Gould, Andy Williams.
Jackie Gleason is host for the seventh annual Agva (American Guild of Variety Artists) Entertainment Awards ceremony honoring outstanding entertainers in 13 categories, highlighted by Bob Hope's presentation of the Entertainer of the Year Award to Johnny Carson. Comedy performances include a routine featuring Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Edgar Bergen, who receives the Golden Award for "a lifetime of entertaining the public."
Also, a monologue by David Brenner and a magic act by Carson, and a Special Attraction of the Year award to Jim Henson. Kermit the Frog sings "Lydia the Tattooed Lady," dedicated to Groucho Marx.
Jackie Gleason is host for the seventh annual ceremony honoring outstanding entertainers in 13 categories, highlighted by Bob Hope's presentation of the Entertainer of the Year Award to Johnny Carson. Comedy performances include a routine featuring Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Edgar Bergen, who receives the Golden Award for "a lifetime of entertaining the public."
Also, a monologue by David Brenner and a magic act by Carson.
Duplicate of #8136.
The Inaugural Ball for President-Elect Jimmy Carter who will be sworn in as the nation's 39th President the next day.
This entertainment extravaganza program is telecast live from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and it has array of hosts, including Hank Aaron, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Freddie Prinze Jean Stapleton, John Wayne Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jack Albertson,
NOTE: The first time such Gala Salute, the night before a president is sworn into office, has been televised in its entirety.
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