Vladmir Zworkin: Recent Episodes
Vladmir Zworkin
From a Tonight Show appearance in the early 1970s, Beverly Sills, a one-time director of the Metropolitan Opera, sings perhaps the loveliest version of Jerome Kern's "Everything You Are"
Danny Kaye plays all three parts in this 1964 TV version of Triplets (originally written for 1953 MGM film "The Band Wagon" with Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan)
Jimmy Durante sings "September Song" (written by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson for the 1938 Broadway show "Knickerbocker Holiday") on a Bob Hope television special from the 1960s.
This song was cut from the original run of Hello Dolly! and reinstated in the 2017 revival with Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce, performed at 71st Tony Awards.
2017 Tonys - a song cut from the original run of Hello Dolly! was reinstated for the 2017 revival with Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce.
Dean and Jerry torture Richard Stabile (likely the brother of their manager Joey Stabile), an accomplished sax player, as he attempts to play "The Man I Love" by the Gershwins. No matter how you feel about Martin & Lewis, you have to admit it takes artistry to pull off this stuff.
a panoply of celebrities help Dean play Santa sending Christmas presents to children's hospitals.
Woody Allen interviews Rev. Billy Graham and takes questions from the audience in this 1969 Woody Allen TV Special.
Nick Lucas sings "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on Liberace's filmed television show in 1958.
Former actress and Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper takes us on a tour of Hollywood and interviews the stars of past and present.
A Paramount Pictures and Talent Associates early videotape co-production; Produced by Michael Abbott; Directed by William Corrigan; Written by Sumner Locke Elliott; Music by Axel Stordahl
Cast: Hedda Hopper, Lucille Ball, Anne Bauchens, Stephen Boyd, Francis X. Bushman, John Cassavetes, Gary Cooper, Ricardo Cortez, Bob Cummings, William Daniels, Marion Davies, Walt Disney, Janet Gaynor, Bob Hope, Hope Lange, Harold Lloyd, Jody McCrea, Liza Minelli, Don Murray, Ramon Novarro, Anthony Perkins, Debbie Reynolds, Teddy Rooney, Venetia Stevenson, James Stewart, Gloria Swanson, King Vidor, Westmore Brothers
Uncle Miltie impresses Garry Moore and the celebrity panel (Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, Henry Morgan and Bess Myerson) with card tricks.
"Will Cara's Success Spoil Frank Bridges?" starring Cara Williams, Frank Aletter, Paul Reed and Jack Sheldon. Cara helps out a friend at a recording session and fantasizes about becoming a big singing star. (CBS-TV 1964-65 season)
The ditsy Miss Miller (a loyal TV audience member) was featured in this late 1960s promo for Merv Griffin's popular talk show.
Can you name the celebrities and politicians featured in this late 60s public service announcement for the National Urban Coalition?
The first television adaptation of the off-Broadway musical-comedy hit by Mary Rogers starring Carol Burnett was aired on June 3, 1964, on CBS. The production was videotaped in black and white in front of a live audience and featured Burnett, Bova, Gilford, and White from the original Broadway cast, as well as new principals Bill Hayes as the Minstrel, Shani Wallis as Lady Larken and Elliott Gould (in his first appearance on any screen) as the Jester. Due to the reduced running time of 90 minutes, several songs and scenes were either cut or shortened
This very weird short promo ran on ABC for the 1963-66 series The Farmer's Daughter starring Inger Stevens, William Windom and Cathleen Nesbitt.
Capitalizing on her successful run in Pete & Gladys (1960-62), The Cara Wiliams Show ran on CBS in the 1964-65 season. It was created by Keefe Brasselle and co-starred Frank Aletter and Paul Reed. Cara was branded the new Lucille Ball, end even Lucy agreed Cara was a major comedy talent.
In 1974 the US Fish and Wildlife Service produced a 26 minute documentary short featuring an interesting interview with the great writer, critic and animal advocate, Cleveland Amory., who has just completed a book entitled "ManKInd?" about how badly wildlife is treated. Amory started The Fund for Animals. For more about him, see "Animal People" on the Vimeo website.
The great Danny Kaye musically introduces himself as Captain Hook in this 1976 "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "Peter Pan" with songs written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
Douglas Fairbanks, Edward G. Robinson, Gloria Swanson and other film stars attend the premiere of "Dirigible" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Sammy Davis, Jr. & Mickey Rooney sing and dance "Two of a Kind" from a Hollywood Palace that originally aired Feb 11, 1967. For the unedited show, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lTJsgx0PeI
George Burns opens his November 1959 NBC special with a song.
DON'T TAKE ME HOME music by Harry Von Tilzer, lyrics by Vincent Bryan
Augustus J McCann Was a hen-pecked married man He'd been fighting with his wife Since his married life began.
One night about half past three While out upon a spree A motor knocked him down and out And nearly broke his knee.
The chauffeur raised Mac's head Wife said "This man is dead" But when he said "We'll take him home" McCann jumped up and said.
"Don't take me home Please don't take me home Tell me what did I do to you Oh, oh, oh, have a little pity."
"I'm a poor married man In search of peace I roam I'm with you in anything you do But don't take me home."
(short bridge)
McCann became so sore That he ran off to the war That war was like vacation time After all he'd fought before.
He always led the fray But he was shot one day His comrades saw he couldn't walk So they carried him away.
Upon his cart he fell The doctor said "Well, well" "We'll send this man home to his wife" Then Mac began to yell.
"Please don't take me home Don't, don't take me home Tell me what did I do to you Oh, oh, oh, have a little pity."
"I'm a poor married man In search of peace I roam I'm with you in anything you do But don't take me home."
NOTES:
Lyrics as released with Ed Morton July 13 1908 in Camden New Jersey USA under the Victor label.
The music/lyrics for this song are preserved and available for listening at the Library of Congress Packard Campus in Washington DC USA.
(Transcribed by David Story - February 2014)
First half of the January 21, 1959 colorcast of The Kraft Music Hall starring Milton Berle with guests Ed Wynn and Frankie Avalon
Count Basie and his orchestra appear with Milton Berle on The Kraft Music Hall that aired on March 18, 1959
Milton Berle satirizes himself in a 1959 special comparing the old slapstick Berle with his new more sophisticated image in dual appearances that utilizes an early chroma-key process and color videotape. (The song is a parody of vaudevillians Gallagher and Shean theme.) First aired 11-1-59 on NBC.
Hilarious scene from 1963 blockbuster comedy, "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" where Milton Berle and Terry-Thomas discuss the differences between England and America.
Jonny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang in a hilarious guest spot with Milton Berle on The Hollywood Palace 1966
Actor Basil Rathbone, famous playing Sherlock Holmes in the 30s & 40s, hams it up with Uncle Miltie in a comedy skit set on the high seas in this Texaco Star Theater from 1952. Milton Frome and Arnold Stang also appear.
Milton Berle hosts an hour-long look at the classic movie comedians. He is joined by Mort Sahl, Dick Martin and Pat Buttram with film clips of WC Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Abbott and Costello, The Marx Brothers and many others.
Milton Berle's 90th Birthday at Radio City Music Hall is celebrated by Billy Crystal, Whoopie Goldberg and Robin Williams
Bob Hope makes a surprise guest appearance on The Milton Berle Show (9-30-66) making fun of each other's styles and wind up singing a rousing rendition of "Bosom Buddies." (Please excuse the quality of this video, as it was recorded on Sony's first home video recorder in 1966!)
Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson sing a duet from Don Giovanni from the 1947 film "It Happened in Brooklyn."
Jimmy Durante teaches Frank Sinatra how to sing from the 1947 film "It Happened in Brooklyn" -- even in Russian!
In this Gene Kelly TV Special, Donald O'Connor performs a version of his famous "Make 'em Laugh" dance number from 1952's "Singin' in the Rain". The only thing is, it's a different song! (This time called, "Smile, Darn You, Smile"). Also featured is Hal Smith (later "Otis the drunk" from The Andy Griffith Show). First broadcast November 21, 1959.
Metropolitan Opera star Patrice Munsel appears on The Texaco Star Theater starring Milton Berle, broadcast live September 25, 1951. She sings "The Italian Street Song" from the operetta "Naughty Marietta" by Victor Herbert.
Gene Kelly & Donald O'Connor do a "sit-down" dance medley on a Gene Kelly TV special from 1959.
On December 17, 1969, Johnny Carson hosted the marriage of Tiny Tim to Miss Vicky in NYC on The Tonight Show. "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" was the nostalgic hit that launched Tiny Tim's career. It was originally recorded in 1929 by Nick Lucas. Being a big fan of Lucas, Tim asked that Carson invite Lucas on the program, and here he sings "Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses" and "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" backed by that great Tonight Show Band and then talks about his long career and his long marriage.
Bing waxes nostalgic about Vaudeville's mecca, the Palace theater, on the last episode of ABC's The Hollywood Palace series in 1970. (The song is from the 1950s Broadway musical, "Show Girl" starring Carol Channing, music & lyrics by Charles Gaynor.)
Here are the three Richard Hudnut cosmetics commercials from an NBC Milton Berle TV Special aired on October 11, 1959, featuring a glamorous 37-year-old Betty White. (The color video is dubbed from the 2" master tape that still exists and still plays back--thanks to our friends at Research Video in North Hollywood, California.)
Writer Elizabeth Hess wins for outstanding periodical article at the 13th annual Genesis Awards, March 27, 1999 in Beverly Hills, California, for her cover story expose on NYC's Center for Animal Care and Control.
In March 1976, Johnny Carson hosted Bing Crosby, Ray Bolger and Marvin Hamlisch to promote an upcoming TV movie version of "The Entertainer" starring Jack Lemmon and Ray Bolger (Hamlisch wrote the music). Here, Crosby joins Bolger, with Hamlisch at the piano, performing, "The Only Way to Go."
Joe Williams sings "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" backed by the Count Basie Orchestra on The Kraft Music Hall starring Milton Berle broadcast March 18, 1959.
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. sing "90210 Beverly Hills" specially written by veteran songwriters Hal David and Charles Fox for the opening of the Beverly Hills Food and Wine Festival on September 2, 2010 (9.02.10).