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11 records found for Peter Cook
1963-02-12, WNBC, 25 min.
Premiere April 1, 1956...beginning Prime Time Jan. 12, 1962 - June 18, 1963. Half Hour Weekly Report hosted by Chet Huntley. An NBC half hour documentary series which premiered at 2:30pm on April 1, 1956 under the title OUTLOOK. The program initially featured news headlines, and multiple stories at greater length, including filmed reports. Narration and Commentary by Chet Huntley. Beginning December 22, 1957 the format was changed to provide in-depth exploration of a single subject. From 1959 to 1961 the program was aired on Sunday afternoon at 5:30pm. On January 12, 1962 the series moved to prime-time, Friday nights 10:30pm with the same format, Huntley interviewing news personalities and exploring topical issues in depth. During its seven year run the series had the following titles: OUTLOOK, CHET HUNTLEY...REPORTING, TIME:PRESENT...CHET HUNTLEY REPORTING, and beginning September 25, 1960, CHET HUNTLEY REPORTING. Broadcast title: "The Fringe Men...Anglo Saxon Attitudes." Chet Huntley interviews Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett, stars of the Broadway hit, "Beyond The Fringe."
#7225: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1963-03-01, NBC, 43 min.
- Jack Paar
- Alexander King
- Jim Lucas
- Dick Gregory
- Peter Cook
- Jose Melis
- Dudley Moore
- Jonathan Miller
- Alan Bennett
- Les Paul
- Mary Ford
- Beyond the Fringe
September 21, 1962-September 10, 1965. After leaving the "Tonight" show in March 1962, Jack Paar returned that fall as host of a one hour Friday-night variety series. Opening monologue by Jack Paar with anecdotes related to his orchestra leader and long time friend, Jose Melies, and his family. Les Paul and Mary Ford sing "Waiting for the Sunrise," "Summertime," and "Hush Little Baby." Alexander King makes his 160tha appearance with Jack Paar. He talks about his latest book, "Is There Life after Birth?" He jokes about his medical escapades during his recent hospital stay. Dick Gregory is introduced by Paar who mentions how he discovered Gregory in 1960 when he was penniless. Paar narrates home movies of Dick Gregory and his wife Lillian. Dick Gregory stand-up routine is heard. At the desk Dick tells Jack what life is like being a negro comedian. The UK ensemble group Beyond the Fringe is introduced by Jack Paar. The group comprised of Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore perform. Announcer is Jim Lucas.
1963-03-15, WNBC, 27 min.
Merv Griffin's guests are Shirley Booth, Peter Cook, Louis Lomax, and Marilyn Lovell.
#14086: "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"
Order1963-05-11, WNEW, min.
A satire on current news and events. A group of young iconoclasts takes over for a half-hour of far-out satire. Their targets are anything that needs to be deflated, poked at, pulled apart, or stripped of pretension. The show is based on a current BBC program "That Was The Week That Was" (or TWTWTW") which has created quite a stir in England. Like "TWTWTW" 'WGOH" searches the current scene for its material. The show is the product of the whimsically named South Sea Trading Company, which is composed of Clay Felker and Jean Vanden Heuvel, co-producers, Jonathan Miller director (Beyond The Fringe") and performers Peter Cook, ("Beyond The Fringe") John Bird, (The Establishment") Roger W. Bowen and MacIntyre Dixon, (Second City"), and Pat McCormick, (comedy writer and actor. The group is hopeful that a series will develop from Tonight's program. An experimental special program that takes an audacious comic-satirical look at the news and current happenings.
1963-08-11, , 7 min.
Nicholas Luard co-founder of the iconic comet night club, THE ESTABLISHMENT, is interviewed. David Frost, performer, contributes commentary and skits related to the topic of "Class Society" in the UK. One of the earliest radio/television appearances in the United States by David Frost contributing a special filming for a specific broadcast. The Establishment was a London nightclub which opened in October 1961, at 18 Greek Street, Soho and which became known in retrospect for satire although at the time was a venue more commonly booking jazz acts and used for other events. It was founded by Peter Cook and Nicholas Luard, both of whom were also important in the history of the magazine Private Eye. The name "The Establishment" is a play on the meaning of "establishment" as in "institution," i.e. the club itself, and the broader definition meaning the prevailing social order of the time, which the satirists who founded, funded and performed at the club typically undermined. The venue allowed the opportunity for budding comedians and satirists to perform new material in a nightclub setting, outside the jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain, whose censorship of language and content was a problem for many performers. Some who appeared included Lenny Bruce in 1962 (subsequently banned from entering the UK a year later), Barry Humphries (as Edna Everage), and musically, The Dudley Moore Trio. The Establishment, a tie-in album of comedy routines and sketches featuring John Bird, John Fortune, Eleanor Bron and Jeremy Geidt, was released on the Parlophone label in 1963. The Establishment in London closed in 1964.
#3617: KRAFT MUSIC HALL, THE
Order1969-04-30, WNBC, 56 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week. British satirists Peter Cook and Dudley Moore begin a two - part "Music Hall" outing taped in London. Part two broadcast May 7, 1969.
#3619: KRAFT MUSIC HALL, THE
Order1969-05-07, WNBC, 55 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week. Part two of "Music Hall" outing with satirists Peter Cook and Dudley Moore,taped in London.
#9526: TAKE MY ADVICE
Order1976-01-23, NBC, 25 min.
January 5th, 1976- June 11th, 1976. Kelly Lange hosted this daytime series, Monday thru Friday 12:30-12:55pm in which celebrities and their spouses suggested answers to problems submitted by the viewers. Guests are comedian Jan Murray and his wife Toni and actor James Darren and his wife Abbey. Commercials include: Sin-Aid for sinus headaches, Glass Plus, Brock's Real Chocolate, Adult strength Anacin, Purina cat food, Stay Puff Blue, Duz cleaner, Pamprin, Spic 'N' Span, Reynolds Wrap. During credits there is a plug by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook to tune into this evening's Saturday Night (not yet establishing the name Saturday Night Live). NOTE: None of the broadcasts in this series are known to survive. All were either erased or discarded.
1976-11-09, WNBC, 45 min.
"The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder is NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE. October 15, 1973-January 28, 1982. An hour-long talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. Network television's first entry into late-late-night programming on weeknights Monday thru Thursday, usually broadcasting on tape 1 AM to 2 AM. "Tomorrow" was expanded to 90 minutes on September 16, 1980. First of four broadcasts taped in London England. Tonight's show is from Father's Public House Pub. In-depth interviews with Twiggy, followed by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. At the end of the broadcast Snyder interviews the owner of the pub, John Lindley and his wife and son.
1981-06-11, NBC, min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Host: Johnny Carson. Guests: Peter Cook, Ted Atkins, Gary Shandling, Professor W. Ashley Whim ( portrayed by Johnny Carson ). Gary Shandling does "The Homework School Of The Air" skit. Note: This is Gary Shandling's second appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. His first appearance took place March 18th, 1981. Shandling eventually appeared 68 times, including many appearances where he would substitute host. Complete with commercials. Host: Johnny Carson.#10275Q: "NIGHT OF 100 STARS"
Order1982-03-08, ABC, 90 min.
- Cher
- Milton Berle
- Howard Cosell
- Steve Allen
- Diahann Carroll
- Arlene Dahl
- Kaye Ballard
- Carol Channing
- Harry Belafonte
- George Burns
- Martin Balsam
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Dick Clark
- Pearl Bailey
- June Allyson
- Edward Asner
- Tom Bosley
- Beatrice Arthur
- James Coco
- Jane Alexander
- Warren Beatty
- Lauren Bacall
- Nell Carter
- Loni Anderson
- Richard Chamberlain
- Tony Bennett
- Christopher Atkins
- Christopher Cross
- James Cagney
- Peter Cook
- Peter Allen
- Don Ameche
- Susan Anton
- Lucie Arnez
- Catherine Bach
- Priscilla Barnes
- Theodore Bikel
- Barry Bostwick
- Danielle Brisebois
- Jack Beutel
- Ellen Burnstyn
- James Caan
- Linda Carter
- Patrick Cassidy
- Joan Collins
- Bud Cort
- Cathy Lee Crosby
- Betty Davis
- Pam Dawber
- Robert De Niro, others
All Star Variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors Fund Of America. Note: 90 minute excerpt of 3 hour program. Other stars appearing are Treat Williams, Henry Winkler, Robin Williams, Orson Welles, Jack Warden, Ben Vereen, Peter Ustinov, Liv Ullmann, Cicely Tyson, Daniel J. Travanti, Elizabeth Taylor, Lynn Swann, Donald Sutherland, Lee Strasberg, Beatrice Straight, James Stewart, Robert Sterling, Maureen Stapleton, Allison Smith, Alexis Smith, Sylvia Sidney, Brooke Shields, William Shatner, George Segal, Ricky Schroder, John Schneider, Isabel Sanford, Jane Russell, John Rubenstein, Mickey Rooney, Gunger Rogers, Cliff Robertson, Pernell Roberts, Jason Robards, Lionel Ritchie, Christopher Reeve, Robert Reed, Tony Randall, Charlotte Rae, Anthony Quinn, Victoria Principal, Robert Preston, Stephanie Powers, Jane Powell, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Perkins, Gregory Peck, Hildy Parks, Al Pacino, Frank Oz, Jerry Orbach, Leonard Nimoy, Paul Newman, Roger Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Dudley Moore, Jaime Monroy, Anna Moffo, Liza Minnelli, Ann Miller, Dina Merrill, Ethel Merman, Maureen McGovern, Michael McDonald, Marcello Mastroianni, Joel McCrea, James Mason, Mary Martin, Penny Marshall, Gavin McLeod, Myrna Loy, Dorothy Loudon, Priscilla Lopez, John Lindsay, Gina Lollabridgida, Hal Linden, Jack Lemmon, David Letterman, Janet Leigh, Michele Lee, Michael Learned, Linda Lavin, Frank Langella, Burt Lancaster, Edward Koch, Laura La Plante, Ted Knight, Jack Klugman, Robert Klein, Richard Kiley, Grace Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Gene Kelly, Howard Keel, Diane Keaton, James Earl Jones, Van Johnson, Ann Jillian, Ann Jeffries, Judith Jamison, Kate Jackson, Bernard Hughes, George S. Irving, Ken Howard, Lena Horne, Celeste Holm, Dustin Hoffman, Judd Hirsch, Doug Henning, Florence Henderson, Helen Hayes, Goldie Hawn, Julie Harris, Valerie Harper, Margaret Hamilton, Larry Hagman, Robert Guillaume, Harry Guardino, Charles Grodin, Joel Gray, Rocky Graziano, Linda Gray, Farley Granger, Ruth Gordon, Lillian Gish, Anthony Geary, Andy Gibb, Melissa Gilbert, Eva Gabor, Jane Fonda, Phyllis Frelich, John Forsythe, Peggy Fleming, Jose Ferrer, Alice Faye, Peter Falk, Lola Falana, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Evans, Nancy Dussault, Sandy Duncan, Alfred Drake, Placido Domingo, Joyce DeWitt, Danny DeVito, Colleen Dewhurst, Frances Dee, Gabriel Valez, (Muppets Puppeteer).