Ben Blue as Self
Episodes 4
Host: Gene Barry / Bette Davis & Olivia de Haviland
Host: Gene Barry --Gene Barry (star of ""Burke's Law"") - ""Lady Be Good"" and ""It's All Right with Me"" --Bette Davis and Olivia de Haviland - perform ""The Twilight Shore,"" a dramatic reading. --Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (comedians) - perform their ""2000-Year-Old Man"" sketch. --Monique Van Vooren (singer) - ""The Girl from Ipanema"" and ""Mack the Knife"" --The Back Porch Majority (folk singers) - ""Where Will You Be?"" --U.S. Olympic Gold Medal winners --Ben Blue (comedian, pantomime artist) --Yonely (musical clown)
ABC repeated this show on Sept. 4, 1965.
Read MoreHost: Kate Smith / Trini Lopez
Host: Kate Smith
--Kate Smith (singer) - ""Danke Schön,"" ""You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You,"" ""Temptation"" and ""God Bless America"" --Trini Lopez (singer) - ""Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"" and ""Lemon Tree"" (and possibly ""We'll Sing in the Sunshine"")
--Mort Sahl (comedian-satirist) --Ben Blue (pantomime artist, silent comedian)
--The Juan Carlos Copes dance troupe (from Argentina) --Stan Fisher (harmonica player) - ""Slaughter on 10th Avenue"" --Desmond and Marks (comedy dancers from England) --The Karlini and Jupiter dog act
ABC repeated this show on May 29, 1965.
Read MoreHost: Pat Boone
Host: Pat Boone
--Pat Boone - ""Exodus,"" ""Walk Right In,"" ""Love Letters in the Sand,"" ""Wonderful Time Up There"" and ""April Love"" --Dorothy Collins (singer) - ""Sleeping Bee"" and ""The Eagle and Me"" --Jack E. Leonard (comedian) --Ben Blue (comedian-impressionist, with his troupe) - ""The Parisian Sidewalk Café"" sketch --Liliane Montevecchi (singer-dancer) --The Cherokys (acrobats) --The Steckles (illusionists)
Read MoreHost: Bing Crosby / Sonny and Cher
Second Anniversary show Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""Let's Start the New Year Right"" and ""This Could be the Start of Something Big"" --Sonny and Cher with Bing Crosby - ""Resolutions""
--Sonny and Cher - ""What Now My Love"" --Danny Thomas (comedian) --Bob Newhart (comedian) --David Nelson (from ""Ozzie and Harriet,"" performing on the trapeze with the Flying Artons) --Donna Butterworth (8 year old actress-singer) - ""Swanee"" and ""Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"" --Donna Butterworth and Bing Crosby - ""Little Grass Shack"" --Marilyn Maye (singer) - ""Misty"" --Ben Blue (pantomimist doing a routine about an ice skater)
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