Shecky Greene as Self - Comedian
Episodes 4
Esther 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 MoreFred MacMurray / Jane Russell / David Seville / Samuel Goldwyn (on film)
--Chris Barber's Jazz Band - ""Petit Fleur"" (played while Ed announces guests) and ""Diga, Diga Do"" --Schaller Brothers (comedy trampoline act)
--Joe Howard (vaudevillian) and his son Joe Howard Jr. - medley of Vaudeville songs --Fred MacMurray (actor) - appears on stage with dog from ""The Shaggy Dog."" Plus, a clip from the movie. --Dewey ""Pigmeat"" Markham and Shorty (comedy team)
--On film: Samuel Goldwyn and Ed Sullivan present awards to Rajaram Vankudre (Indian filmmaker); Buddy Adler; Maurice Chevalier and David Niven. --Jane Russell and her brother Kevin - sing Gospel medley. --The Martin Brothers (acrobats with flaming clubs) --Jan Murray (comedian)
--David Seville and the Chipmunks (Chipmunks played by puppets) - probably ""Alvin's Harmonica""
--Shecky Greene (comedian) --Audience bows include Claire Ruth (wife of Babe Ruth); Edith Head and Van Heflin.
Read MoreJane Russell / Sid Kroft / Shecky Greene / Toni Arden
Guests: --Jane Russell - ""Say It Isn't So"" --Jane Russell and her brother Kevin - perform an unidentified song (possibly titled ""Dearie"") --Toni Arden (singer) - ""Non Dimenticar""
--Toni Arden and her brother Jan Arden - ""Ain't She Sweet,"" ""Yes Sir, That's My Baby"" & ""Pigalle"" --Sid Kroft and his marionettes --Keefe Brasselle (actor) - plays a song and does impressions of Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor --Shecky Greene (comedian) - comedy routine: jokes with Ed Sullivan (who appears on stage throughout most of routine). Shecky then impersonates a German coed.
--Sabicas (flamenco guitar player) --Helene and Howard (dancers) - add slapstick comedy to their dance routine --The Martin Brothers (flame throwing juggling act) - the team perform their flaming club routine with the lights out. --Miss Mara (trapeze artist) - circus act --Shaller Brothers (jugglers) - trampoline act
Read Morescheduled: Tony Martin; Anna Maria Alberghetti; Shecky Greene
Scheduled guests: --Tony Martin --Anna Maria Alberghetti --Shecky Greene (comedian) --Birgit Nilsson (opera singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --The 1960 All-America Football Team (selected by the American Football Coaches Association)
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