The Best Episodes of The Hollywood Palace

Host: Bette Davis --Bette Davis sings ""To Be Single"" (an answer to Richard Burton's recording ""A Married Man"") --Bette Davis and Bert Lahr appear in ""Jealousy,"" a comedy sketch from the 1952 Broadway musical revue ""Two's Company"" (in which Bette appeared on Broadway). Lahr plays a paranoid husband who's trying to get his dowdy wife to admit that she's having an affair. --Barrie Chase (dancer) - ""The Girl from Ipanema"" --Julius La Rosa (singer) - ""Out of This World"" and ""People"" --Jan Murray (comedian, does a monologue about his daughter's first date) --Les Cinci (a Parisian couple who parody apache-style dancers) --Rob Murray (comic juggler from Australia) --The Nerveless Nocks (three Swiss men and a girl who perform atop 100-foot sway-poles) ABC repeated this show on July 3, 1965.

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Guests: --Vincent Edwards (host) - ""A Fellow Needs a Girl"" & medley: ""Lulu's Back in Town,"" ""Maria"" and ""Ida"" --Vincent Edwards and Liza Minnelli - ""Everything I've Got Belongs to You"" --Liza Minnelli - ""Where Did You Learn to Dance?"" & ""There Is a Time"" --Bette Davis - does a dramatic reading (of a Dorothy Parker poem) --Joan Rivers (comedian) --Liliane Montevecchi (singer-dancer) - ""Dis-Donc"" & ""Walk on the Wild Side"" --Miss Elizabeth (trapeze performer) --The Rogge Sisters (acrobats) --Bertha and Tina (trained elephant act)

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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.

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Host: Bing Crosby (Last show of the series) --Bing introduces ""Hollywood Palace"" highlights. From past shows: Don Adams, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, Fred Astaire, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Ray Bolger, Victor Borge, George Burns, James Brown, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Phyllis Diller, Jimmy Durante, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Eydie Gorme, Buster Keaton, Gene Kelly, Don Knotts, Dean Martin, Groucho Marx, Ethel Merman, ""Mrs. Miller,"" Martha Raye, Debbie Reynolds, Buddy Rich, Don Rickles, Gloria Swanson, Tiny Tim, Ed Wynn, and novelty acts like The Wallendas. --Also, ""Hollywood Palace"" bloopers such as Alan Sherman with his fly unzipped.

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--Sammy Davis Jr. (host) - ""Up - Up and Away,"" ""I've Gotta Be Me,"" ""Ol' Man River"" and ""Choreography"" --James Brown Revue - ""I'm Black & I'm Proud,"" ""I Got The Feeling,"" ""Give It Up Or Turn It Loose"" & ""Please Please Please"" --Sammy Davis and James Brown - ""I Feel Good"" --Peggy Lipton (from the ""Mod Squad,"" making her singing debut) - ""Just A Little Lovin'"" --Peggy Lipton and Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Little Green Apples"" --Charo (singer, married to Xavier Cugat) - Latin medley --Charo and Sammy Davis Jr. - ""I-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi Like You Very Much"" --Nipsey Russell (comedian, does verses on a variety of topics) --Dave Madden (comedian from ""Laugh-In,"" commenting on trite sayings)

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Host: David Janssen --David Janssen (from ""The Fugitive"") --Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (comedians) - give advice on filing income tax returns. --Edie Adams (singer) - ""Love,"" ""I'm Glad There Is You"" and ""The Man That Got Away"" --Tim Conway (comedian, of ""McHale's Navy"") --Vic Damone (singer) - ""Fascinatin' Rhythm,"" ""But Not for Me"" and ""They Can't Take That Away from Me"" --The Harlem Globetrotters - ""Sweet Georgia Brown."" After their song, the Globetrotters play the Hollywood Palace Dribblers: Janssen, Reiner, Brooks, Damone and Conway. --Les Surfs (singing group from Madagascar) - ""Pretty Please"" and ""Pour la Rose"" --The Zeros (knife-throwing act) --The Princess Tajana trapeze act ABC repeted this show on June 19, 1965.

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Host: Bing Crosby (1965 Christmas Show) --Bing Crosby - ""White World of Winter"" --Bob Crane, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Collins - ""We Wish You the Merriest"" --Bing Crosby and Dorothy Collins - ""Glow Worm"" --Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians - ""Twelve Days of Christmas"" --Robert Clary - ""French Christmas Song"" --Werner Klemperer and John Banner - ""Stille Nacht"" (""Silent Night"" in German) --Andre Tahon (puppeteer) --Bob Williams and Louie the Dog (humorous animal act) - overly enthusiastic man tries to get his dog to do tricks. The cast of ""Hogan's Heroes"" (Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, Richard Dawson, John Banner, Robert Clary, Larry Hovis and Ivan Dixon) joins Bing in a sketch.

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--Diana Ross & the Supremes (Mary Wilson & Cindy Birdsong) - Where Do I Go?"" ""Good Morning, Starshine,"" ""Can't Take My Eyes Off of you"" and ""Someday We'll Be Together"" --The Jackson 5 - ""I Want You Back"" and ""Sing a Simple Song"" --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""You've Made Me So Very Happy"" --Diana Ross and Sammy Davis Jr. - do a song-and-dance routine reminiscent of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' musicals. --Diana Ross, Sammy Davis Jr. and the Jackson Five - ""There Was a Time"" and ""One More Time"" --Alan Sues (comedian) - sings ""Good Times Are Here to Stay"" (with female dancers) and appears in a ""Dames at Sea"" production number. --Willie Tyler (ventriloquist)

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Co-hosts: Bobbie Gentry, John Hartford & Roy Clark --Brooklyn Bridge - ""He's Not a Happy Man --Bobbie Gentry - ""The Rainmaker"" & ""Raindrops Keep Falln' on My Head"" --John Hartford - ""Natural to Be Gone"" --Roy Clark - ""Then She's A Lover"" --Bobbie Gentry, Frankie Laine, Roy Clark and John Hartford - medley: ""Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show,"" ""When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder"" & ""Bye and Bye"" --Frankie Laine (singer) --Louis Nye (comedian) --Jackie Gayle (comedian) --Szony and Agnese (dancers)

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Host: Dean Martin Other guests: --Jackie Mason (comedian) --Barrie Chase (dancer) --Vikki Carr (singer) --Piccola Pupa (12-year-old singer from Italy) --Leonard Barr (acrobatic dancer) --Rola and Rolan (acrobats) --The Berosini Chimps

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Host: Elizabeth Montgomery --Elizabeth Montgomery - ""Bewitched"" theme. --Elizabeth Montgomery and Vic Damone - ""Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered"" duet --Vic Damone (singer) - ""Falling in Love with Love"" and ""I Cried for You"" --Paul Lynde (comedian) --Jackie Mason (comedian) --Morgana King (singer) --The Baja Marimba Band - ""Portuguese Washerwoman"" & ""Acapulco 1922"" --Paul Anthony's tigers --Sensational Parker (acrobatic act) --The Three Robertes (acrobats)

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--Van Johnson (host) - ""Wilkommen"" --Liza Minnelli - ""Cabaret"" & ""I Will Wait for You"" --Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney and Van Johnson - ""Let's Make A Movie"" --Mickey Rooney - appears in a baseball sketch --George Carlin (comedian) --Chris Noel (actress) - talks about her recent visit to Vietnam. --The Palace Duo (acrobats) --Milo and Roger (comic illusionists) --On film: The Beatles - ""Penny Lane"" & ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" promotional videos

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1968 Christmas Show hosted by Bing and Kathryn Crosby, with their children Harry, Mary Frances and Nathaniel. --Bing Crosby - ""White Christmas,"" ""Silent Night"" and ""This Is That Time of the Year"" --Bing and Kathryn Crosby - ""When the Kids Are Married"" and ""Christmas Is A Birthday"" --Bing, Kathryn and children - ""Do You Hear What I Hear?"" --Harry Crosby - ""Oh, Come Little Children"" --Glen Campbell - ""Wichita Lineman"" --Bing Crosby and Glen Campbell - ""1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero"" --John Byner (comedian) - ""Christmas Is Coming"" --The Lennon Sisters - ""Christmas Waltz"" and ""Christmas Song"" --All (entire cast) - ""We Wish You a Merry Christmas"" --Nicolai Olkovikov (juggler from the Moscow State Circus)

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Host: Burl Ives --Burl Ives (folk singer) - ""Blue Tail Fly,"" ""Wayfarin' Stranger,"" ""Big Rock Candy Mountain,"" ""Foggy Foggy Dew,"" ""Funny Way of Laughing,"" ""Lavender Blue,"" ""Little Bitty Tear,"" ""Pearly Shells"" and ""Chim Chim Cheree"" --Edgar Bergen (with Charlie McCarthy) --Candice Bergen (Edgar Bergen's daughter, then 18-years-old) --Ann Miller (dancer) - ""It Had Better Be Tonight"" --Anna Moffo (operatic soprano) - ""Ach, chacun le sait"" (from Donizetti's ""Daughter of the Regiment."") --Burl Ives and Anna Moffo - ""Turn Around"" --Pat Henry (comedian) --Rih Aruso (bicycle-balancer) --Liana Stanek (trapeze artist from Vienna) (Repeat aired 14Aug65)

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Host: Groucho Marx --Margaret Dumont (comedian, in her last TV appearance) --Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont perform their comedy classic ""Captain Spaulding,"" a number from ""Animal Crackers."" --Melinda Marx (Groucho's daughter) - ""East Side of Town"" --Groucho and Melinda Marx - ""Play a Simple Melody"" --Gordon and Sheila MacRae sing ""I Want to Be with You"" --Sheila MacRae - ""Hello Dolly"" and ""Happy Days Are Here Again"" --Gordon MacRae - ""More"" --Shecky Greene (comedian) --Miriam Makeba (African folk singer) - African Game Song --Lydia Torea (flamenco dancer, with her troupe) - ""Dos en Ritmo"" & ""Un Pinto"" --Don Saunders (comedian from Scotland) --The Four Kents (trick unicyclists from Denmark)

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1967 Christmas Show hosted by Bing Crosby, with wife Kathryn Crosby, and their children Harry, Mary Frances and Nathaniel. --Bing Crosby - ""White Christmas"" --Kathryn Crosby - ""Try to Remember"" --Mary Frances Crosby - ""Where Is Love?"" --Adam West (from ""Batman"") --Adam West, Louis Nye, Bing Crosby and the Crosby children - ""This Old Man"" --The King Family - ""It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"" --Louis Nye (comedian) --The Marquis Chimps

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1966 Christmas Show hosted by Bing and Kathryn Crosby, with their children Harry, Mary Francis and Nathaniel. --Bing Crosby - ""Happy Holliday,"" ""Christmas Waltz"" and ""White Christmas"" --Bing, Kathryn, Harry, Mary and Nathaniel Crosby - ""Silver Bells,"" ""Silent Night,"" ""Do You Hear What I Hear?"" ""The Little Drummer Boy,"" ""12 Days of Christmas"" and ""Never Never Land"" --Kate Smith - ""Christmas Eve in My Home Town"" --Cyd Charrise and Roy Fitzell (dancers) - appear as marionettes Pierette and Pierot. --Bob Newhart (comedian) - monolog about man trying to return a toupee that he got as a gift. --Murillo (tight-rope walker) --The Kuban Cossacks --Excess Baggage (a trained dog act)

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Host: Dean Martin --Dean Martin - ""Smile,"" ""Take These Chains"" & ""Everybody Loves Somebody"" --The Rolling Stones - ""I Just Wanna Make Love To You"" --Joey Forman (comedian) --The King Sisters & daughters (including Tina Cole) - ""Always,"" ""Don't Take Your Love from Me"" and ""Jersey Bounce"" --SHARE (singing group made up of Hollywood celebrity wives working for charity) --Larry Grizwold (comedy trampoline act) --Bertha the elephant and her daughter Tina

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Host: Joan Crawford --Joan Crawford reads ""A Prayer for Little Children"" --Jack Jones - ""Just Yesterday"" & ""More"" --Jack Jones & Joanie Sommers - ""Call Me"" --Joanie Sommers (singer) - ""Till There Was You"" --Allen and Rossi (comedy team) --Steve Rossi - ""Al Di La"" & ""Battle Hymn of the Republic"" --Godfrey Cambridge (comedian) --Lily Yokoi (Japanese bicyclist) --The Rodos (acrobats from West Germany) --Stebbings' Boxers (a comic dog act from England)

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--Joan Crawford (host) - performs a dramatic scene titled ""The Dreamer"" about an imaginative little girl. --The Cyrkle - ""Turn Down Day"" (and possibly ""Five-Foot-Two"") --Tim Conway (comedian) - appears in a sketch as a prison warden. --Nancy Ames - ""Yesterday"" and ""What the World Needs Now"" --Julius LaRosa sings ""Hey, Look Me Over"" and ""As Time Goes By"" --Ralph Adams (illusionist) --The Flying Cavarettas (teenage aerialists) --The Halasis (acrobats)

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Host: Bing Crosby Scheduled guests: --Gary Crosby --Bob Newhart (comedian) --Mickey Rooney and Bobby Van - ""If We Felt Any Better"" --Nancy Wilson (singer) --The Young Americans (singing group) - ""Green, Green,"" ""Saturday Night"" and ""If I Had A Hammer"" --Silvan (illusionist) --The Andre Tahon puppets --The Hardy Family (acrobats) --Les Salvadori (musical clowns)

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Host: Bob Cummings --Rosemary Clooney --Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks (comedians) --Anthony Newley --Dave King

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Host: Hugh O'Brian Scheduled guests: --Johnny Mathis --Ginger Rogers --Marty Ingels (comedian) --Joanie Sommers (singer) --Johnny Puleo (harmonica player) --Les Charlivels (acrobats) --Bertha, the dancing elephant --The Andre Tahon Puppets

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Host: Ernest Borgnine Other guests: --Carl Ballantine (comedian, from ""McHale's Navy"") --Joe Flynn (comedian, from ""McHale's Navy"") --Tony Bennett --Eleanor Powell (dancer) --Vikki Carr (singer) --Miriam Makeba (South African folksinger) --Pepper Davis and Tony Reese (comedians) --The Levee singers --The Norbu novelty gorilla act

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Host: Donald O'Connor --Donald O'Connor dances with the Louis DaPron dancers --Don Knotts (comedian) - appears, in a comedy sketch, as a bashful after-dinner speaker --Buddy Greco (singer-pianist) --The Wellingtons (singing group) - perform with Donald O'Connor --Mary Costa (Metropolitan Opera soprano, formerly a TV pitchwoman) --Jack Olvin and Yvonne Wilder (comedians, spoofing ""Hamlet) --The Pompoff Thedy musical clowns (Vaudeville comedians) --Francis Brunn (juggler) Note: Buddy Hackett was originally scheduled to appear on this episode.

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