GENERAL ELECTRIC ALL STAR ANNIVERSARY (TV)

Summary

This variety special commemorates "General Electric's 100 Years of Progress for People." Highlights include the following: Pat Hingle portrays Thomas Edison, Suzanne Somers performs a song-and-dance routine, Michael Landon discusses the turn of the century, James Stewart portrays Mark Twain, Cheryl Ladd appears in a tribute to the Ziegfeld Follies, James Whitmore portrays Will Rogers, Lucille Ball appears as a flapper, Charlie Pride sings a country-and-western song, and Bob Hope does a monologue. Other highlights include: appearances by Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall; songs from the fifties with Sha Na Na; Henry Fonda discussing the sixties, along with Henry Winkler and Alex Haley, who read from the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and John F. Kennedy; Red Skelton in a parade sketch; and appearances by Elizabeth Taylor, comedian Albert Brooks, and actors John Ritter and Suzanne Somers. Also, Donny and Marie Osmond sing and Hingle appears again as Thomas Edison. Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: September 29, 1978 Friday 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 1:58:32
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T78:0774
• GENRE: Specials
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Country music; Dance; Music, popular (songs, etc.); Rock music; U S - Social life and customs
• SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1978
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Paul W. Keyes … Producer, Writer
• Bob Howard … Co-Producer, Writer
• Joe Kay … Associate Producer
• Dick McDonough … Director
• Jeffrey Barron … Writer
• Monty Aidem … Writer
• John Wayne … Host
• Pat Hingle … Guest
• Suzanne Somers … Guest
• Cheryl Ladd … Guest
• Michael Landon … Guest
• James Stewart … Guest
• James Whitmore … Guest
• Bob Hope … Guest
• Lucille Ball … Guest
• Charlie Pride … Guest
• Thomas Edison
• Will Rogers
• Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)