Johnny Mathis as Self
Episodes 9
Johnny Mathis / Polly Bergen / Rusty Draper / Bing Crosby (on film)
--Johnny Mathis - ""It's Not For Me To Say"" --Rusty Draper - ""Freight Train"" --John Raitt - soliloquy from ""Carousel"" --Polly Bergen - ""Can't Help Lovin' that Man"" & ""Just in Time"" --Victor Julian & Pets (trained animal act with dancing poodles) --Jean Carroll (stand-up comedian) --Paul Anderson (1956 Olympic weight-lifting champion) --Don Rondo - ""White Silver Sands"" --Page and Bray (ballroom ""adagio-dance"" duo) --Col. Ed Eagan presents an award to Alan Villiers, the captain of the Mayflower II (Mayflower replica) which sailed from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Mass.
On film: --Film clip of Bing Crosby singing ""Temptation"" --Ed interviews Bing Crosby and Inger Stevens on set of the movie ""Man on Fire""
Read MoreEsther Williams (guest host) / Johnny Mathis / Janet Blair
Guests: --Esther Williams (guest host) --Lisa Kirk - ""Anything Goes"" --Bob Hammond's Birds --Johnny Mathis - ""The Lady Is A Tramp"" & ""Call Me"" --The Martin Brothers (South American juggling act) - Esther Williams assists the jugglers.
--Imogene Coca (comedian) - performs a scene from ""The Girls In 509"" (where spinsters hold a man captive). --Janet Blair - ""Last Night When We Were Young"" --Shecky Greene (comedian) - jokes about Chinese restaurants; night clubs, etc. Greene plays ""Taps"" with Ray Block. --On film: Esther Williams swimming production number with a team of swimming ladies (reminiscent of Williams' MGM movies) Filmed the previous day at Queens College. --Lisa Kirk - ""Far Away Places"" & ""Riviera""
--Audience bow: Jacques Tati (French comedian-film maker) --Terry Hall & ""Lenny the Lion"" (British ventriloquist act)
--Johnny Mathis - ""Sweet Lorraine"" (cover of a Nat King Cole song)
Read MoreJohnny Mathis / Rod Steiger / Henny Youngman
Guests include: --Johnny Mathis - ""Lover,"" ""Someone"" & ""From This Moment"" --Rod Steiger - performs a scene from ""Roshomon"" (Samurai sword fight) --On film: Clip from ""Al Capone"" starring Rod Steiger --Henny Youngman (stand-up comedian with violin) --Dody Goodman (comedian doing a routine about the differences between men and women) --Jan Clayton - ""If I'd Loved You"" --Jan Peerce - The Teamsters --Darvas & Julia (ballroom dancers)
--The Dukes Of Dixieland - ""76 Trombones"" (Dixieland style band)
Read MoreJohnny Mathis / Gracie Fields / Jan Murray
Guests: --Johnny Mathis - ""Witchcraft,"" ""The Best Of Everything"" and ""Misty"" --The Barry Sisters (vocal group) - ""Who's Sorry Now"" & ""I'm A Fool To Want You"" --Gracie Fields - sings ""Volare"" (comic version of song), ""Donkey"" and ""Wish Me Luck"" --Jan Murray (stand-up comedian, routine includes a song with Ray Bloch and a bit about hi-fi sets) --Rickie Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist act, uses a Yiddish accent) --Lentini Brothers (Italian tap dancers/comedy team doing a Vaudeville routine) --The Laszlos (adagio dance team from Sweden, doing lots of rolling and sliding on floor) --Princess Tajana (aerialist, circus trapeze act) --Baby Opal (elephant act with trainer) --Mismoune (listed as ""Miss Moon"" on transcript) - Poodle act from France, with trainer.
Read Morescheduled: Johnny Mathis; Peggy Lee; the Dave Brubeck Quartet; Mort Sahl
Broadcast from San Francisco (the 1st in Sullivan's ""See America"" series): --Peggy Lee - ""I Love Being Here with You,"" ""Yes Indeed"" & ""Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)"" --Johnny Mathis --the Dave Brubeck Quartet --Mort Sahl --Dorothy Kirsten --The Limelighters Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Little Ginny Tiu --The San Francisco Boys Chorus
Read MoreJohnny Mathis / Jackie Mason / Rip Taylor / McGuire Sisters
Guests:
--Johnny Mathis (singer) - ""Marianna,"" ""Love, Look Away"" & ""Love"" --The McGuire Sisters - ""You're Driving Me Crazy"" & ""That's a Plenty"" --Jackie Mason (comedian) --Rip Taylor (comedian) --Guy Marks (comedian) --Brascia and Tybee (dance team) --The Madcaps (novelty harmonica duo) --The Waterbird Show (performing ducks)
Read Morescheduled: Johnny Mathis; Mort Sahl; Peter Nero
Scheduled guests: --Johnny Mathis --Mort Sahl --Peter Nero --Jean Carroll (comedian) --Killer Joe Piro and his Discotheque Dancers --Ginny Tiu (singer-pianist appearing with her family) --The Monterey Singing Boys' Choir
Read MoreJohnny Mathis / Melvyn Douglas / Pert Kelton
Guests:
--Johnny Mathis - ""Get Out of Town"" & ""At the Crossroads"" --Melvyn Douglas and Pert Kelton (actors) - appear in a comic scene from the Broadway play ""Spofford."" --John Byner (comedian) --Lana Cantrell - ""On the Good Ship Lollipop"" & ""Shadows of Our Love"" --Jack E. Leonard (comedian) --The Pickle Brothers (comedians) --Edward Villella and Patricia McBride (of the New York City Ballet) - perform a pas de deux from Asafieff's ""Flames of Paris"" Scheduled guests:
--The Buckinghams - ""Susan"" & ""What Is Love"" (please see Notes below.) CBS repeated this episode on 01-Sep-1968. The Buckinghams were not listed on the repeat.
Read MoreRichard Rogers Tribute: Shirley Jones; Cass Elliott
A Salute to Richard Rodgers (broadcast from the Hollywood Bowl):
--Johnny Mathis - ""My Funny Valentine"" --Johnny Mathis & the Lennon Sisters - ""Johnny One Note"" --'Mama' Cass Elliott - ""The Girlfriend"" --Johnny Mathis - ""The Lady Is A Tramp"" --The Lennon Sisters - ""Where or When"" ""Oklahoma"" songs: --John Davidson - ""Oh, What A Beautiful Morning"" --John Davidson - ""Surrey With A Fringe On Top"" (Davidson singing to Jeanie C. Riley & Minnie Pearl) --John Davidson & Jeannie C. Riley - ""People Will Say We're In Love"" --Oklahoma (Broadway cast) - ""The Farmer & The Rancher Can't Be Found"" & ""Oklahoma"" ""The King and I"" songs: --Shirley Jones - ""Whistle a Happy Tune"" --Herschel Bernadi and Shirley Jones dialogue from play --Shirley Jones & Herschel Bernadi - ""Shall We Dance?""
--Danny Kaye - (1) Ed Sullivan interviews Kaye (2) Kaye sings ""Two By Two"" ""Sound of Music"" medley: --Johnny Mathis, Cass Elliott, John Davidson, Lennon Sisters, Shirley Jones, Hersche
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