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#16113: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

1969-02-06, ABC, min.

February 6th, 1969-May 1st, 1969

Actor-singer Dean Jones is the host for this weekly melange of satire aimed at every facet of American life.
Guests: Martin Landau and his real-life wife Barbara Bain, both of "Mission Impossible." Martin plays a mafia bigwig faced with the problem of integrating The Brotherhood. (his target: Scoey Mitchell, one of the show's regulars). Barbara, framed in black, recites Pete Seeger's " Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" against a newsreel montage of historical events. Series regulars include Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, (lampooning modern life), singer Gerri Granger(who joins the company in the weekly vaudeville show segment), and commentator Alex Dreier, (spoofing documentaries.)
Created and produced by Saul Iison and Ernest Chambers, who originated "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." 
The show ran from February 6th, 1969-May 1st, 1969. In late March, the show became "The Dean Jones Variety Hour." Both formats proved unsuccessful and the series was dropped after a thirteen week run.

Series premiere.

#16131: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

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1969-02-13, ABC, min.

Actor-singer Dean Jones is the host for this weekly melange of satire aimed at every facet of American life.
Guests: Marlo Thomas and Carl Reiner join Dean Jones and the "World" company. Marlo finds a lesson in human relations in a box of Valentine candy. Carl spoofs French singers. The finale salutes fifty years of US-Soviet relations. Series regulars include Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, (lampooning modern life), singer Gerri Granger(who joins the company in the weekly vaudeville show segment), and commentator Alex Dreier, (spoofing documentaries.)
Created and produced by Saul Iison and Ernest Chambers, who originated "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." 
The show ran from February 6th, 1969-May 1st, 1969. In late March, the show became "The Dean Jones Variety Hour." Both formats proved unsuccessful and the series was dropped after a thirteen week run.

Second show of the series.

#16144: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

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1969-02-20, ABC, min.

Actor-singer Dean Jones is the host for this weekly melange of satire aimed at every facet of American life.
Guests: Dean Jones welcomes Art Carney, Tom and Dick Smothers, and Alice Ghostley. Satirical targets: dropouts, discrimination and political extremism. Tom and Dick turn a simple song into "controversial material" and join Dean in a folk singing spoof. Series regulars include Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, (lampooning modern life), singer Gerri Granger(who joins the company in the weekly vaudeville show segment), and commentator Alex Dreier, (spoofing documentaries.)
Created and produced by Saul Iison and Ernest Chambers, who originated "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." 
The show ran from February 6th, 1969-May 1st, 1969. In late March, the show became "The Dean Jones Variety Hour." Both formats proved unsuccessful and the series was dropped after a thirteen week run.



Third show of the series.

#16158: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

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1969-02-27, ABC, min.

Actor-singer Dean Jones is the host for this weekly melange of satire aimed at every facet of American life.
Guests: Bubby Ebsen, Barbara Feldon, and Robert Curry.  Series regulars include Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, (lampooning modern life), singer Gerri Granger(who joins the company in the weekly vaudeville show segment), and commentator Alex Dreier, (spoofing documentaries.)
Created and produced by Saul Iison and Ernest Chambers, who originated "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." 
The show ran from February 6th, 1969-May 1st, 1969. In late March, the show became "The Dean Jones Variety Hour." Both formats proved unsuccessful and the series was dropped after a thirteen week run.



Fourth Show of the series.

#16176: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

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1969-03-06, ABC, min.

Actor-singer Dean Jones is the host for this weekly melange of satire aimed at every facet of American life.
Guests: Kate Smith, Carol Robinson, Ken Greenwald. Series regulars include Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, (lampooning modern life), singer Gerri Granger(who joins the company in the weekly vaudeville show segment), and commentator Alex Dreier, (spoofing documentaries.)
Created and produced by Saul Iison and Ernest Chambers, who originated "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." 
The show ran from February 6th, 1969-May 1st, 1969. In late March, the show became "The Dean Jones Variety Hour." Both formats proved unsuccessful and the series was dropped after a thirteen week run.



Fifth show of the series.

#16178: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

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1969-03-27, ABC, min.

Actor-singer Dean Jones is the host for this weekly melange of satire aimed at every facet of American life.
Guests: Janet Leigh, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Carol Robinson, Ken Greenwald. Series regulars include Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, (lampooning modern life), singer Gerri Granger(who joins the company in the weekly vaudeville show segment), and commentator Alex Dreier, (spoofing documentaries.)
Created and produced by Saul Iison and Ernest Chambers, who originated "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." 
The show ran from February 6th, 1969-May 1st, 1969. In late March, the show became "The Dean Jones Variety Hour." Both formats proved unsuccessful and the series was dropped after a thirteen week run.



Seventh show of the series.

#16674: FUNNY SIDE,THE

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1971-09-14, NBC, 30 min.

September 14th,1971-December 7th, 1971 (NBC)

Hour-long comedy series. Each week, a repertory company of five couples explored the funny side of a particular subject.
Gene Kelly hosted most of the episodes. The players included Burt Mustin and Queenie Smith as the old couple, Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon as the sophisticated couple, John Amos and Theresa Graves as the black couple, Warren Berlinger and Pat Findley as the blue collar couple, and Michael Lembeck and Cindy Williams as the young couple.   

Host: Gene Kelly 

30-minute excerpt. Series premiere. 

Topics satirized include, health foods, exercise and sleep. The entire cast sing "You Are What You Eat." 

Commercials omitted with the exception of one brief initial entry spot for Efferdent.

#16693: FUNNY SIDE,THE

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1971-09-28, NBC, min.

September 14th,1971-December 7th, 1971 (NBC)

Hour-long comedy series. Each week, a repertory company of five couples explored the funny side of a particular subject.
Gene Kelly hosted most of the episodes. The players included Burt Mustin and Queenie Smith as the old couple, Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon as the sophisticated couple, John Amos and Theresa Graves as the black couple, Warren Berlinger and Pat Findley as the blue collar couple, and Michael Lembeck and Cindy Williams as the young couple.   

Host: Gene Kelly 

Guest: Jack Benny. Second show of the series.

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#16113: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

1969-02-06, ABC, min.

#16131: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

1969-02-13, ABC, min.

#16144: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

1969-02-20, ABC, min.

#16158: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

1969-02-27, ABC, min.

#16176: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

1969-03-06, ABC, min.

#16178: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, WORLD?

1969-03-27, ABC, min.

#16674: FUNNY SIDE,THE

1971-09-14, NBC, 30 min.

#16693: FUNNY SIDE,THE

1971-09-28, NBC, min.