BING CROSBY CHRISTMAS, A: LIKE THE ONES WE USED TO KNOW! (TV)
Summary
A television special featuring clips from Bing Crosby’s various television Christmas specials, hosted by Gene Kelly and Kathryn Crosby.
Clips from Crosby’s various Christmas specials include: Crosby singing and dancing alongside a snowman in a special from 1973; a sketch featuring the Crosby family as hobos celebrating Christmas, singing “We’ve Got Camaraderie”; the Crosby family’s first television appearance with Bing Crosby in a 1966 Christmas special singing “Silver Bells”; other excerpts from specials featuring the Crosby family singing “Talk to the Animals,” “Do You Hear What I Hear?,” “The Christmas Song,” and various other Christmas songs; Crosby singing “Doin’ the Bing” on his first television Christmas special in 1962, and singing “Happy Together” with Mary Martin; Crosby in a sketch along with Melba Moore; Crosby singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” with Twiggy and Carol Burnett; Crosby in a comedy sketch alongside Roy Clark; Crosby and Jackie Gleason singing “A Pair of Loafers”; Crosby, Fred Astaire, the Young Americans, Connie Stevens, Michael Landon, and John Byner singing “Sleigh Ride” in various clips; Crosby and David Bowie singing a duet version of “The Little Drummer Boy”; Crosby singing “O Holy Night,” “Noel,” “O Come All Ye Faithful,” and “Silent Night”; and various clips of Crosby singing “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” throughout his different specials. Includes commercials.
Also includes a “News Center 4 Update” with Chuck Scarborough.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: December 6, 1979 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:39
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:83407
- GENRE: Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Specials
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1979
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV – Commercials – 7-Up soft drink
- TV – Commercials – Dawn dishwashing detergent
- TV – Commercials – Easy-Off oven cleaner
- TV – Commercials – Estee Lauder cosmetics
- TV – Commercials – Ford automobiles
- TV – Commercials – Fruit of the Loom underwear
- TV – Commercials – GE appliances
- TV – Commercials – Kodak cameras
- TV – Commercials – Mazda automobiles
- TV – Commercials – Mercury automobiles
- TV – Commercials – Moet champagne
- TV – Commercials – Polaroid cameras
- TV – Commercials – Prell shampoo
- TV – Commercials – Samsonite luggage
- TV – Commercials – Sanka coffee
- TV – Commercials – Sure antiperspirant
- TV – Promos – “BJ and the Bear”
- TV – Promos – “CHiPs”
- TV – Promos – “Dean Martin’s Christmas in California”
- TV – Promos – “Donahue”
- TV – Promos – “Eischied”
- TV – Promos – “Jack Frost”
- TV – Promos – “Kate Loves a Mystery”
- TV – Promos – “Little House on the Prairie”
- TV – Promos – “Mary and Joseph: a Story of Faith”
- TV – Promos – “Prime Time Sunday”
- TV – Promos – “She’s Dressed to Kill”
- TV – Promos – “Shirley”
- TV – Promos – “The Bob Hope Christmas Special”
- TV – Promos – “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
- TV – Promos – “The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo”
- TV – Promos – “The Rockford Files”
CREDITS
- Frank Konigsberg … Executive Producer
- Marshall Flaum … Producer, Director, Writer
- Marcia Lewis … Associate Producer
- Gene Kelly … Host
- Kathryn Crosby … Host
- Fred Astaire
- David Bowie
- Carol Burnett
- John Byner
- Roy Clark
- Bing Crosby
- Harry Crosby
- Mary Frances Crosby
- Nathaniel Crosby
- Doodletown Pipers, The
- Jackie Gleason
- Michael Landon
- Mary Martin
- Melba Moore
- Connie Stevens
- Twiggy
- Young Americans, The
- For "News Center 4 Update"
- Chuck Scarborough … Anchor