Top-rated
Sat, Feb 6, 1965
David Janssen is a capable host as Edie Adams and Vic Damone sing, Tim Conway, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks present comedy sketches, there's a trapeze act, and the Globetrotters play basketball with Janssen and friends. Raquel Welch surprises Janssen with her showgirl outfit, then talks about her new movie contract for One Million Years BC.
Sat, Apr 17, 1965
Groucho Marx hosts this show that features: The Four Kents (trick unicyclists from Denmark); singer Melinda Marx (Groucho's daughter); comedian Shecky Greene; Flamenco dancer Lydia Torea; folksinger Miriam Makeba; comedian Don Saunders; Gordon and Sheila MacRae; and Margaret Dumont appears with Groucho for the closing.
Sat, May 22, 1965
Highlights include Ann Miller doing an energetic tap number, trained monkeys do a party skit with their trainer, a British music hall troupe does a comedy high dive act in the Palace's parking lot, Jack Carter complains about teen-age dances and rock and roll, and host Ernie Ford sings a duet with Edie Adams.
Sat, Oct 2, 1965
Fred Astaire enters to "Top Hat" surrounded by Go-Go dancers, and then he talks about the new dances, the Suns Family balancing act performs, Paul Lynde and Carmen Phillips appear in Herb Hartig's sketch "Don't," in which Paul attempts to rescue Carmen from a suicide jump, then the Andre Tahon Puppets appear, the We Five sing their hit "You Were On My Mind," Fonteyn and Nureyev dance the Black Swan, Jackie Mason does a monologue about the world situation, Jazz organist Jimmy Smith plays, Fred talks about getting older and then closes the show dancing to "The Cat," accompanied by Smith.
Top-rated
Sat, Dec 25, 1965
Bing is the MC in this special Christmas themed-episode. The highlight is the appearance of the cast of Hogan's Heroes, which was produced by Crosby's own company. The low point is when a duet of faux Nazis Werner Klemperer and John Banner sing "Silent Night" in the original German. Also: a clown does an act where he's broken into three midgets, and a dog act where the dog won't co-operate.