Coup in South Vietnam, the Russians shoot down US planes in East Germany, Nixon and Rockefeller at fundraising dinner, the US launches satellite boosted by Saturn 1 rocket, which will eventually put a man on the moon, the Panama peace talks hit a snag. 

Host: Walter Cronkite.              

More on South Vietnam coup, General Nguyen Khanh takes over and plans to press the war, the US is dismayed the war is going so poorly in Vietnam, Ranger rocket will take photos of the moon's surface, actor Alan Ladd dies.  

Host: Mike Wallace.                                       

Les Crane's guests Randolph Wicker, Morton Getman, and Dr. Sandor Loran take phone calls related to homosexuality. 

NOTE: This broadcast also archived (possibly longer version, TBD) on another master tape (George Vlasto Collection). 

 Wicker was one of the most visible homosexuals in New York. During the early 1960's he spoke at countless Church groups and College classes. He became the first openly gay person to appear on East Coast television on this Les Crane television talk show. This telecast is not extant in any broadcast form in any museum, or private collection, except for this TV audio excerpt recorded off the air at the time of the telecast by archivist Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc. 

NOTE: 98% of all Les Crane television broadcasts (1963-1968) are considered lost, wiped or destroyed. 

  
2017 Interview with Randolfe Wicker
LGBTQ Nation

You appeared on “The Les Crane Show” and answered questions about homosexuality, where you were believed to be the first gay person to appear openly on East Coast TV without a disguise or a fake name.

RW: They contacted me and Les Crane was the cutting edge new show and homosexuality was one of the taboo topics. I had to answer call-in questions and some of them were pretty direct. I had one woman call in and say she had a cousin or an uncle who she knew was gay. She worried about him being in contact with her children. I told her I thought the chances of any problems like that would be very minor, especially if she let him know that she knew he was gay, knew that he would not do anything nefarious.

QN: What kind of reactions did you receive after that TV appearance?

RW: Generally very good. When I opened my [art deco] store in 1974, I’d say for a period of maybe 10 years, there would be several people who would come through that door every week and they always said the same thing. They said, “You changed my life.”

People don’t realize that, in those days, you thought you were the only one. Then, they saw me on “The Les Crane Show” and it made them realize there were others like themselves.                                                             

January 10th, 1964-May 4th, 1965 (NBC)

Based on a British series created by Ned Sherrin. A half-hour of satirized current events. Among the regulars were David Frost (who went on to host his own syndicated American weeknight talk show), Elliott Reid, Phyllis Newman, Henry Morgan, Alan Alda, Buck Henry, Pat Englund, Nancy Ames, and Doro Merande. Also featured were Burr Tillstrom's puppets. Skitch Henderson conducted the orchestra. First introduced as a special in November 1963, it went on to become a weekly series in January 1964. 



A satirical commentary on the week's news. The fourth show of the series. Guest: Art Carney. 

                                                                          

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 include Jonathan Winters and Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. 

                                                                

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. 

Topics: Charles De Gaulle recognizes Red China, comments by Dwight Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater, and Karl Mundt, South Vietnam coup with a comment by President Johnson, problems in Cyprus, Saturn rocket sends satellite into orbit, Ranger rocket hits the moon but its TV fails, politics: comments from Scranton, Nixon, Goldwater, Rockefeller, Eisenhower, and Romney, Lone Ranger memorabilia. The final Lone Ranger radio show after 21 years on ABC radio. 

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.                                                                                                                                          

"Vietnam."  Also, a commercial for the movie "Night Of The Blood Beast."                        

Stanley Kauffmann's guests are Shirley Clarke, Charles McGuire, Richard Sylbert and Dede Allen.                                       

Howard Cosell 's commentary on the upcoming Sonny Liston vs. Muhammad Ali, heavyweight championship fight.           

The Bay Of Pigs is the focus of tonight's program.

Chet Huntley narrates.                  

Castro shuts off the water supply to Guantanamo Bay, the Vietcong score successes in Vietnam, Adam Clayton Powell speaks in Cambridge, Maryland during a crisis, the Beatles arrive in New York City, comments by teenagers and the Beatles, Howard Cosell on coming Clay-Liston fight, Clay might be worried, interview with race car driver Sterling Moss. 

Host: Walter Cronkite.          

Right-wing messages on telephone. Attack on civil rights bill.
Comments on Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.             

January 10th, 1964-May 4th, 1965 (NBC)

Based on a British series created by Ned Sherrin. A half-hour of satirized current events. Among the regulars were David Frost (who went on to host his own syndicated American weeknight talk show), Elliott Reid, Phyllis Newman, Henry Morgan, Alan Alda, Buck Henry, Pat Englund, Nancy Ames, and Doro Merande. Also featured were Burr Tillstrom's puppets. Skitch Henderson conducted the orchestra. First introduced as a special in November 1963, it went on to become a weekly series in January 1964. 



A satirical commentary on the week's news. 

Duplicate of #14419A. 

                                                             

A WINS RADIO SPECIAL REPORT.
 
Murray Kaufman (Murray The K) hosts this special introducing the Beatles singing foursome arriving in New York from the UK on Friday February 7, 1964. 

Reporting from Kennedy Airport, WINS reporter, Paul Parker describes the scene, and press conference. Reporter Jim Gordon reports from The Plaza Hotel. Jim Anderson reports from England and relates who The Beatles are, and their historic meteoric rise to stardom. Anderson gives a bio on each of the four Beatles. 

Rod McLeish reports from the UK on "The Mersey Sound."   

NOTE: This rare 1010 WINS Radio Special Report audio air check contains only the opening 20 minutes of this 55 minute broadcast.  Occasional  slight static heard during the original transmission.                                                                                                                          

January 10th, 1964-May 4th, 1965 (NBC)

Based on a British series created by Ned Sherrin. A half-hour of satirized current events. Among the regulars were David Frost (who went on to host his own syndicated American weeknight talk show), Elliott Reid, Phyllis Newman, Henry Morgan, Alan Alda, Buck Henry, Pat Englund, Nancy Ames, and Doro Merande. Also featured were Burr Tillstrom's puppets. Skitch Henderson conducted the orchestra. First introduced as a special in November 1963, it went on to become a weekly series in January 1964. 



A satirical commentary on the week's news. 

                                                             

 September 21, 1962 - September 10, 1965

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 is critic Malcolm Muggeridge 




                                                   

     September 21, 1962 - September 10, 1965

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).                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Judy Garland in concert.         

Former New York Yankee second baseman Jerry Coleman hosted this live bowling show from Paramus, New Jersey.                                      

The Cuban Missile Crises is profiled.     

Chet Huntley narrates.          

Ed Sullivan presents the USA television debut of the Beatles. This was to be the highest rated program of the 1963-1964 season. The Beatles sing five songs. Also on the show are Georgia Brown, Tessie O'Shea and impressionist Frank Gorshin. All original commercials are included in this complete historic broadcast, including the KENT cigarette commercial eliminated when this broadcast was originally converted to digital mastering, and not seen/heard since this broadcast originally aired.            

Eric Sevareid comments on the Beatles including their trip to New York City and appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show last night.

Host: Eric Devareid.            

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: Comments on the Beatles. Also, Howard Samuels on the current political picture.                                                 

Comments on minority sensitivity of Italians to gangsters. Read by Elliott Levine            

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. 

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.

A celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. 
Host Robert Ryan introduces Johan Sutherland, Jazz Man, Al Hirt, the Brothers Four and New York City Ballet dancers Patricia Neary , Suzanne Farrell and Conrad Ludlow. 

The Donald Voorhees orchestra plays Aaron Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait," as Ryan reads excerpts from Lincoln's writings. 

NOTE" This broadcast was broadcast live with taped highlights. 

President Johnson, British Prime Minister Home meet in Washington, they discuss British trade with communist countries, the Jimmy Hoffa trial continues, Jack Ruby pre-trial in Dallas, Bill Stern comments on the Winter Olympics in Austria, the US did poorly and subject to "Gestapo" tactics by Austrian police, comments on the current music scene, an interview with songwriter Harold Arlen, discussion of the Beatles influence on current music, interviews with the Beatles, John Lennon, and Morton Gould.                                       

A variety show presented as monthly specials on NBC.

Bob's guest is actress Ann Bancroft. 

Hope's monologue, a skit performed by Bob and Ann. 

                                                                                                                              

January 10th, 1964-May 4th, 1965 (NBC)

Based on a British series created by Ned Sherrin. A half-hour of satirized current events. Among the regulars were David Frost (who went on to host his own syndicated American weeknight talk show), Elliott Reid, Phyllis Newman, Henry Morgan, Alan Alda, Buck Henry, Pat Englund, Nancy Ames, and Doro Merande. Also featured were Burr Tillstrom's puppets. Skitch Henderson conducted the orchestra. First introduced as a special in November 1963, it went on to become a weekly series in January 1964. 



A satirical commentary on the week's news. 

                                                                          

Bing's guest is Bob Hope.

Possible duplicate of # 5066. 
            

     September 21, 1962 - September 10, 1965

Jack Paar's monologue.

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).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

January 10th, 1964-May 4th, 1965 (NBC)

Based on a British series created by Ned Sherrin. A half-hour of satirized current events. Among the regulars were David Frost (who went on to host his own syndicated American weeknight talk show), Elliott Reid, Phyllis Newman, Henry Morgan, Alan Alda, Buck Henry, Pat Englund, Nancy Ames, and Doro Merande. Also featured were Burr Tillstrom's puppets. Skitch Henderson conducted the orchestra. First introduced as a special in November 1963, it went on to become a weekly series in January 1964. 



A satirical commentary on the week's news. 

Duplicate of  #14,446. 

                                                                          

           June 20, 1948 - May 30, 1971

ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE, (TOAST OF THE TOWN)
Television's longest-running variety series. Originally, titled, TOAST OF THE TOWN, the name of the series changed on September 18, 1955, to THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Most remembered for introducing many stand-up comedians, and musical acts, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles. 

 Most of the 1,087 broadcasts, encompassing 10,000 performers, have been archived. The major exceptions are the first half-year of shows circa 1948 of which a few kinescope excerpts survive.
 
The ED SULLIVAN SHOW was a spectacular show-case that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. In its prime, more than thirty million viewers, young and old, tuned in at the same time to view popular culture.  

The guests are The Beatles and the comedy team of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi. In the audience are boxing champions Joe Louis and Sonny Liston.

                                                                                          

Former New York Yankee second baseman Jerry Coleman hosted this live bowling show from Paramus, New Jersey.