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HOLLYWOOD PALACE, THE {BETTY GRABLE, HARRY JAMES, THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS, DIAHANN CARROLL} (TV)

Summary

One in this series of lavish, vaudeville-inspired weekly variety programs. Guest host Betty Grable opens the show dancing with a male chorus that sings "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street." Highlights of this program include the following: The Mathurins, a comic duo of tumblers from Paris; the Smothers Brothers, whose comic routine includes jokes about their childhood ("Mother always liked you best"), Johnny Appleseed, and Tommy reciting a poem for Grable; Harry James and his orchestra play "Cherry" and "Sunday Morning" (Buddy Rich solos on drums); Robert Bandy and his tigers; Diahann Carroll sings a medley including "Blues in the Night" and "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home"; Henny Youngman (with prop violin) performs a comic routine about his wife; Grable, in a sailor suit and with a male chorus, tap dances to the James band playing "Shiny Stockings"; Youngman sings "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Harry James"; and Grable and Youngman conclude with an announcement of next week's bill. Includes commercials. Also includes the Democratic National Committee's paid political announcement for the re-election of President Lyndon B. Johnson, in which he says the basic principles of American life are under attack and that the national prosperity is in jeopardy (Political announcement is incomplete).

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: October 24, 1964 Saturday 9:30 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:58:29
  • COLOR/B&W: B&W
  • CATALOG ID: T80:0286
  • GENRE: Variety
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Acrobatics; Advertising, political - 1964; Animal acts; Comedy; Commercials, political - 1964; Dance; Dance, tap; Jazz; Magic and magicians; Music, popular (songs, etc.); U S - Elections - 1964; U S - Elections - 1964 - Commercials; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1964-1970
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV - Commercials - Acrilan
    • TV - Commercials - Total cereal

CREDITS

  • Nick Vanoff … Executive Producer
  • William O. Harbach … Producer
  • Saul Ilson … Associate Producer
  • Grey Lockwood … Director
  • Joe Bigelow … Writer
  • Jay Burton … Writer
  • Mitchell Ayres … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Director
  • Marc Breaux … Choreographer
  • Dee Dee Wood … Choreographer
  • Betty Grable … Host, Guest Host
  • Rosemary Clooney … Talent, Acrilan commercial
  • Gavin MacLeod … Talent, Total cereal commercial
  • The Mathurins … Performers
  • Smothers Brothers, The … Performers
  • Harry James … Orchestra Leader
  • Buddy Rich … Instrumentalist, Drummer
  • Robert Bandy … Performer
  • Diahann Carroll … Singer
  • Henny Youngman … Performer
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Dick Smothers
  • Tom Smothers