September 16, 1965-May 24, 1974. A variety hour hosted by Dean Martin. Several of the shows were celebrity "roasts," set at a banquet table, in which the guest of honor was showered with insults by other celebs. Regulars of the series included pianist Ken Lane (1965-1972), Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, The Golddiggers, Marian Mercer (1971-1972), Tom Bosley (1971-1972), Rodney Dangerfield (1972-1973), Dom DeLuise (1972-1973), and Nipsey Russell (1972-1974).
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.
September 14, 1966-May 11, 1967. This was an umbrella title for a potpourri of assorted specials. This tribute to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart includes some of the team's best songs for stage and screen. Performers: Petula Clark; Bobby Darin; Count Basie and his orchestra; the Supremes, the Mamas and the Papas, and the Doodletown Pipers, vocal groups.
President Lyndon B. Johnson introduces the show from the White House in Washington D.C. The show expands to 90 min. Joining Ed Sullivan and Irving Berlin are Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, The Supremes, Robert Goulet, Fred Waring and Harry James all performing Berlin tunes.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
Episode 1, season 21.
Duplicate of #2307.
1968 television special entitled TCB (taking care of business) featuring Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations. Sponsored by Timex watch. The first musical TV special of the rock era on American television.
This program is a 45-minute excerpt.
The Motown Sound moves to Broadway in this musical hour with Diana Ross and the Supremes, and The Temptations. Cindy Birdsong, Mary Wilson (The Supremes), Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams (The Temptations).
September 27, 1962-September 3, 1967 (NBC); September 20, 1969-July 17, 1971 (NBC); 1976 (Syndicated). This was the first broadcast of the season. In 1962, Williams was finally given a fall series on NBC; the hour show lasted five seasons and featured The New Christy Minstrels and the Osmond Brothers. His third NBC series, which premiered in 1969, featured comics Charlie Callas and Irwin Corey, along with Janos Prohaska; the hour show lasted another two seasons. In 1976, Williams hosted a syndicated series, entitled "Andy." The half-hour show featured puppeteer Wayland Flowers.
January 29, 1969-June 13, 1972. In 1969 Glen Campbell returned to TV as host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"; his regulars included Pat Paulsen, Jack Burns, John Hartford, Jerry Reed and Larry McNeeley.
Special: An all-star cast performs a program of American music- pop, soul, spirituals and show tunes- at historic Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
The show is scheduled to include a James Stewart salute to Abraham Lincoln, an avid theatergoer who was instrumental in building Ford's, where he was assassinated in 1865. The audience is expected to include President and Mrs. Nixon, and other Washington dignitaries.
August 1, 1971-September 5, 1971; December 27, 1971-May 29, 1974. "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" was introduced as a summer variety show and found a place in the network's schedule in midseason. By the 1973-1974 season it was television's top-rated variety series. Regulars included their daughter Chastity Bono, Peter Cullen, Freeman King, Teri Garr, Ted Zeigler, Billy Van, and Murray Langston.
Host Dick Clark celebrates the show's silver anniversary with guest appearances by Chubby Checker, Barry Manilow, The Four Seasons, Johnnie Ray, and many others.
Host: Dick Clark.
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