MONSANTO NIGHT: FRANK SINATRA, JR. WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS (TV)
Summary
One in this series of arts performance programs sponsored by Monsanto. This installment is a music variety special hosted by Frank Sinatra Jr.
Highlights include: Sinatra Jr. singing “I Know a Place” while driving down the Las Vegas Strip; The Doodletown Pipers performing “Cool Water” and “The Happening” in the Nevada desert; a comedic sketch featuring Sinatra Jr. along with Arte Johnson portraying various people; Sinatra Jr. visiting Nellis Air Force Base and meeting the USAF Thunderbirds, watching a demonstration of their precision flying exercises; Sinatra Jr. performing “Beautiful Things” in Valley Fire State Park and narrating a segment about the Hoover Dam; Sammy Davis Jr. performing “She is Today” at the Hoover Dam, accompanied by the Playmate Dancers; Sinatra Jr. performing “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”; overviews of various lounge acts, including Ireland’s Royal Show Band, the Suzy Arden Show, comedian Jack E. Leonard, and Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders; Sinatra Jr. and Frank Sinatra performing “All or Nothing at All”; Nancy Sinatra performing “Light My Fire”; footage of Jack Benny performing a comedy routine; and Sinatra Jr. performing “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars” while getting constantly interrupted by comically overblown stage effects. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:52:03
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:69262
- GENRE: Music/Variety; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: TV - Music/Variety; TV - Specials
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1969
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- M.J. Rifkin … Executive Producer
- Harvey Bernhard … Executive Producer
- Jack Haley Jr. … Producer, Director, Writer
- David Blewitt … Associate Producer
- Lorin B. Salob … Associate Producer
- Alex Grasshoff … Director
- Durnford King … Director
- David Panich … Writer
- Marc London … Writer
- Frank Sinatra Jr. … Writer
- Billy Strange … Music by
- Roger Minami … Choreographer
- Frank Sinatra Jr. … Host, Performer
- Jack Benny … Performer
- Sammy Davis Jr. … Performer
- Doodletown Pipers, The … Performer
- Jack E. Leonard … Performer
- Frank Sinatra … Performer
- Nancy Sinatra … Performer
- Suzi Arden Show, The … Performer
- Wayne Cochran … Performer
- C.C. Riders, The … Performer
- Ireland's Royal Show Band … Performer
- Playmate Dancers, The … Performer
- Arte Johnson … Guest
- Mack Angel
- Mike Kerby
- Larry O'Brian Septet,The
- Joe Moore
- Stan Musser
- Doyle Ruff
- USAF Thunderbirds, The