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The Best Episodes of The Hollywood Palace

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The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a

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    The Hollywood Palace Season 7 Episode 14 - Hosts: Bobbie Gentry, J. Hartford & Roy Clark / Brooklyn Bridge
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    #1 - Hosts: Bobbie Gentry, J. Hartford & Roy Clark / Brooklyn Bridge

    S7:E14

    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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  2. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 1 - Host: Bing Crosby
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    #2 - Host: Bing Crosby

    S1:E1

    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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  3. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 2 - Host: Bob Cummings / Rosemary Clooney
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    #3 - Host: Bob Cummings / Rosemary Clooney

    S1:E2

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

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  4. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 3 - Host: Hugh O'Brian
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    #4 - Host: Hugh O'Brian

    S1:E3

    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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  5. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 4 - Host: Ernest Borgnine
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    #5 - Host: Ernest Borgnine

    S1:E4

    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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  6. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 5 - Host: Donald O'Connor
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    #6 - Host: Donald O'Connor

    S1:E5

    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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  7. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 6 - Host: Gig Young
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    #7 - Host: Gig Young

    S1:E6

    Host: Gig Young Other guests: --Yma Sumac (singer) --The Mills Brothers (vocal group) --Buddy Hackett (comedian, whose appearance was postponed last week) --Dorothy Collins (singer) --Michael Bentine (British comedian, joins Gig Young in a sketch on British commuters) --The Andre Tahon puppets (in a parody of the Beatles) --The Berosinis (acrobats, teeterboard act from Czechoslovakia)

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  8. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 7 - Host: Dale Robertson
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    #8 - Host: Dale Robertson

    S1:E7

    Host: Dale Robertson --Red Buttons (comedian) --The Smothers Brothers (comedy folk singers) --Vic Damone (singer) - ""On the Street Where You Live"" & ""You and the Night and the Music"" --Jane Morgan (singer) - ""Stay Out of Paris"" --Dale Robertson and Jane Morgan - ""Turkey in the Straw"" --The Four Amigos (singing quartet) - ""Volare"" --Russ Lewis (ventriloquist) --The Harris Nelson Family (musical novelty act, correct name might be ""Harrison Family"") Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Zony and Claire (adagio dancers) --The Half Brothers (comic acrobats) --The Old Grey Mare (performing horse)

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  9. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 8 - Host: Gene Kelly
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    #9 - Host: Gene Kelly

    S1:E8

    --Gene Kelly opens the show by singing a few lines from ""Singin' in the Rain"" --Gene Kelly (and two other dancers, Dick Humphries and Alex Plaschheart) do a tribute to precision dancers ""King, King and King."" --Della Reese (singer) --Joey Heatherton (actress, sings and dances with Gene Kelly) --Bill Dana (comedian) --Ford and Hines (comedians) --The Women Folk (folksingers) --The Tangier Brothers (Moroccan tumblers) --Anden's poodles

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  10. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 9 - Host: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
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    #10 - Host: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

    S1:E9

    Host: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. --Louis Quinn (appeared with Zimbalist on ""77 Sunset Strip"") --Kate Smith --Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger and the Sons of the Pioneers --Corbett Monica (comedian) --Lewis and Christy (comedians) --The Great Wallendas (high-wire act) --Albert Rix and his trained Russian bears --Szony and Claire (Adaigo dancers)

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  11. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 10 - Host: Dean Martin
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    #11 - Host: Dean Martin

    S1:E10

    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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  12. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 11 - Host: Groucho Marx
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    #12 - Host: Groucho Marx

    S1:E11

    Guests: --Groucho Marx (host) --Morey Amsterdam & Rose Marie (comedians, from ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"") --Jose Greco (flamenco dancer with his dance troupe) --Jennie Smith (singer) - ""You and the Night and the Music"" --Gilbert Becaud (French pop singer) - ""More"" & ""What Now My Love"" --Lee Allen (roller-skating comedian) - performs a comedy routine about drunks --The Andre Tahon Puppets - sing ""I Feel Pretty"" in a mouse version of ""West Side Story"" --Bertha the Elephant (dancing, balancing elephant) Comedy sketch: --A society matron, played by Dee Hartford, isn't convinced that ""Dr. Hackenbush"" (Groucho) is a real doctor. It could be because all his nurses look more like chorus girls. Groucho Marx sings ""I'm Dr. Hackenbush"" in a the sketch.

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  13. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 12 - Host: Nat King Cole
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    #13 - Host: Nat King Cole

    S1:E12

    --Nat King Cole - ""My True Carrie Love,"" ""Paper Moon,"" ""Unforgettable"" and ""Day In, Day Out"" --Nat King Cole and the Young Souls - ""Get on Board!"" --Diahann Carroll (singer-actress) - sings a tribute to Ethel Waters. Songs include ""Am I Blue?"" ""Taking a Chance on Love,"" ""Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe,"" ""Dinah,"" ""After you've Gone"" and ""Stormy Weather"" --Paul Winchell (ventriloquist, with his dummy Jerry Mahoney) - do a ""Ben Casey"" spoof. --Allen & Rossi (comedy team) - sing ""Let's Face the Music and Dance"" in their routine. --Ken Murray (narrates his home movies of Hollywood stars) --The Merry Young Souls (singers) --The Amin Brothers (acrobats, foot-jugglers) --The Brunos (sway-pole act) - Bruno balances atop a 90-foot pole in the Palace parking lot.

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  14. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 13 - Host: George Burns
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    #14 - Host: George Burns

    S1:E13

    Host: George Burns --George Burns - ""Don't Take Me Home"" & ""I'll Buy the Ring"" --Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks --Patti Page - ""Call Me Irresponsible"" & ""Sweetest Sounds"" --George Burns and the Lennon Sisters - ""Ain't Misbehavin'"" --Lennon Sisters - ""Moonglow"" & ""East of the Sun"" --George Burns and Sergio Franchi - ""Some of These Days"" --Sergio Franchi (tenor) - theme from ""Summertime"" --Mac Ronay (comic magician) --The Dunhills (tap-dancers)

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  15. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 14 - Co-hosts: Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse
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    #15 - Co-hosts: Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse

    S1:E14

    Co-hosts: Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse --Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse (husband & wife) - ""The Old Soft Shoe"" --Tony Martin - ""The Best Things in Life Are Free,"" ""Wives and Lovers"" and ""More"" Other guests: --Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) --Ferrante and Teicher (pianists) --Corbett Monica (comedian) --Gaylord and Holliday (comedy team) --The Collins Kids (singers) - perform a Dixie medley --The Amandis teeterboard act --The Three Bizzaros Brothers (comedy act) --The Berosini Chimps

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  16. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 15 - Host: Donald O'Connor
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    #16 - Host: Donald O'Connor

    S1:E15

    Host: Donald O'Connor --Donald O'Connor - ""Tea for Two"" --Donald O'Connor and the Four Little Angels - sing ""Old MacDonald"" --Jack E. Leonard (comedian) --Jarry Van Dyke (comedian) --Rich Little (comedian-impressionist) --Fran Jeffries (singer) - ""It Had Better Be Tonight"" --The Wellingtons (singers) --The Frielanes (unicyclists) --Tarzan and his Eight Lions (circus act?)

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  17. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 16 - Host: Jimmy Durante
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    #17 - Host: Jimmy Durante

    S1:E16

    Host: Jimmy Durante --Jimmy Durante - ""Words,"" ""I Could Have Danced All Night,"" ""What a Day"" & ""This is All I Ask"" --Jimmy Durante & Liberace - ""When a Real Piano Player Sits down at the Keys"" --Liberace - ""Stardust"" --Jack Carter (comedian) --Piccola Pupa (singer) - ""Bonga Cha-Cha-Cha"" --The Sylte Sisters (singers) - ""Love Is a Thing"" & ""Them There Eyes"" --Silvio Francesco (dancer-juggler) - ""Anything Goes"" --Colvin and Wilder (comedians) --Otto and Maria (balancing act) --The Hardy Family (acrobats)

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  18. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 17 - Host: Ken Murray / Chad and Jeremy
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    #18 - Host: Ken Murray / Chad and Jeremy

    S1:E17

    Host: Ken Murray --Ken Murray (shows some of his Hollywood home movies) --Chad & Jeremy --Rowan and Martin (comedy team) --Eddie Albert --The Step Brothers (tap dancers) --Charlie Callas (comedian) --Jane Morgan (singer)

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  19. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 18 - Host: Louis Jourdan
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    #19 - Host: Louis Jourdan

    S1:E18

    Host: Louis Jourdan --Anna Maria Alberghetti (singer) - ""Irma La Douce"" --Henny Youngman (comedian) --The King Sisters (singers) - ""Me and My Shadow"" and a medley of old favorites --John Bubbles (tap dancer) - ""Tip and Tap"" --Russ Lewis (ventriloquist) --Lewis and Christy (comedy team) --Muriel and Abe Grossfeld (Olympic athletes) --Armando Vega (Olympic athlete) --Ron Barak (NCAA champion gymnast) --Johnny Broadway (juggler)

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  20. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 19 - Host: Dale Robertson / The Womenfolk
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    #20 - Host: Dale Robertson / The Womenfolk

    S1:E19

    Host: Dale Robertson --Betty Hutton - ""It Had To Be You"" --Paul Lynde and Carole Cook perform a dramatic scene. They then do the same scene again...as a comedy. --The Womenfolk (folk singers) --John Gary --Davis and Reese --Dave Parker (juggler) --Varel and Bailly & Les Chanteurs de Paris --Kunio's Horse Fantasy --The Bumpy Spectacular Acrobat Team

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  21. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 20 - Host: Fred MacMurray
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    #21 - Host: Fred MacMurray

    S1:E20

    Host: Fred MacMurray --George Gobel (comedian) --Dorothy Collins (singer) --Trini Lopez (singer) --Guy Marks (comedian) --Augie and Margo (adagio dancers) Military acts performing a salute to Armed Forces Day: (1) The Army ""Old Guard"" Fife and Drum Corps (2) The Marine Pacific Drum and Bugle Corps (3) The Air Force Flying Rifles drill team (4) The Navy Starflights trampoline act

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  22. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 21 - Host: Victor Borge
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    #22 - Host: Victor Borge

    S1:E21

    Host: Victor Borge --Victor Borge and Caterina Valente - ""The Girl from Ipanema"" --Caterina Valente - ""Cute"" and ""Hindustan"" --Drummers Louis Bellson, Shelly Manne, Irv Cottler, and ""Philly"" Joe Jones provide percussion support on an original jazz number performed by Caterina Valente. --Dennis Day (tenor) - (1) sings ""Give Them All You've Got"" and ""Charlie Brown."" (2) Dennis Day does impressions of Lawrence Welk, comedian Frank Fontaine and a Japanese Beatle. --Gaylord and Holiday (comedians) --Clifford Guest (ventriloquist from England) --Les Tonellys (Parisian acrobats) --The Andre Tahon Puppets (appear as Russian folk dancers)

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  23. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 22 - Host: Phil Harris
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    #23 - Host: Phil Harris

    S1:E22

    Host: Phil Harris --Louis Armstrong --Louis Nye (comedian) --Mary Costa (soprano) --Peter Gennaro (dancer-choreographer) --Pete Barbuti (comedian) --The Jubilee Four (instrumental group) --The Peiro Brothers (juggling act) --The Robert Baudy leopard and panther act

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  24. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 23 - Host: Gene Barry / Buster Keaton & Gloria Swanson
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    #24 - Host: Gene Barry / Buster Keaton & Gloria Swanson

    S1:E23

    Host: Gene Barry (from ""Burke's Law"") --Gene Barry - sings ""Just In Time,"" ""Day In, Day Out"" & ""Perfect Paris Night"" --Buster Keaton and Gloria Swanson - (1) perform a Mack Sennett silent-comedy version of ""Cleopatra"" (2) join Gene Barry in a dance routine --Juliet Prowse (dancer) - ""C'est Magnifique"" & ""I Love You and Don't You Forget It"" --Jack Carter (comedian-singer) - ""Le Grande Boom-Boom"" --The Swingle Singers - ""Sinfonia"" & Bach's Fugue in D Minor --The Andre Tahon Puppets --The Romano Brothers (jugglers) Scheduled guests: --Wayne Newton --Marilyn Michaels (singer-impressionist)

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  25. The Hollywood Palace Season 1 Episode 24 - Host: Dean Martin / The Rolling Stones
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    #25 - Host: Dean Martin / The Rolling Stones

    S1:E24

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Hosts: Bobbie Gentry, J. Hartford & Roy Clark / Brooklyn Bridge" is the best rated episode of "The Hollywood Palace". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/17/1970. This episode scored 8.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Host: Bing Crosby".