DANNY THOMAS SHOW, THE: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BURLESQUE (TV)
Summary
A music/variety special hosted by actor and comedian Danny Thomas. Guests include actor Mickey Rooney, actor Jim Nabors, and actress Lee Remick, among others.
Highlights include: Thomas singing "Where the River Shannon Flows" in a Yiddish accent; Thomas and Nabors performing in a sketch as two street performers matching wits with a mean-tempered policeman, including a bevy of celebrity walk-on cameos; Nabors singing "Vesti la Giubba" from the opera "Pagliacci"; Remick and a line of chorus girls singing "By the Light of the Silvery Moon"; a hospital sketch casting Thomas as a hearing-impaired patient and Rooney as a maniacal doctor, including more cameos; Nabors singing "Rose of No Man's Land"; Remick performing the song "I Don't Care"; Thomas with a rendition of "My Kid"; a number where Remick attempts a striptease only to be interrupted by a police raid; and a subsequent courtroom sketch where Remick is prosecuted for the previous performance.
Includes an in-studio advertisement for Dutch Masters cigars with Thomas. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: March 14, 1965 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:22
- COLOR/B&W: B&W Copy of Color Telecast
- CATALOG ID: B:44032
- GENRE: Music/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music/Variety
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1965
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV – Commercials – Dutch Masters cigars
- TV – Commercials – Muriel cigars
- TV – Commercials – Timex watches
- TV – Promos – "Bonanza"
- TV – Promos – "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
- TV – Promos – "The Rogues"
CREDITS
- Danny Thomas … Executive Producer
- George Schlatter … Producer
- Bob Wynn … Associate Producer
- Alan Handley … Director
- Arnie Rosen … Writer
- Coleman Jacoby … Writer
- Frank DeVol … Music by, Conductor
- Mark Breaux … Choreographer
- Dee Dee Wood … Choreographer
- Danny Thomas … Host
- Mickey Rooney … Guest
- Jim Nabors … Guest
- Lee Remick … Guest
- Edie Adams … Cast
- Jack Benny … Cast
- Herbie Faye … Cast
- Andy Griffith … Cast
- Don Knotts … Cast
- Sheldon Leonard … Cast
- Dean Martin … Cast
- Sid Melton … Cast
- Carl Reiner … Cast
- Frank Sinatra … Cast