No. 96 18th January 1965 - ‘The Bing Crosby Show’ (ABC)
‘Bugged By The Love Bugs’ - With The Standells. Bing becomes a virtual pariah in his own home - just because he turned down two free tickets to a rock ‘n’ roll concert.
with Bob Hope. In the Pontiac plug, Phil Harris turned up in a screwball golf match with Crosby.”
(‘Variety’ 13th November 1963)
*Kansas City with The Standells
No. 119 20th November 1965 - ‘The Hollywood Palace’ (ABC) (Colour)
With the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Desmond & Marx, Charlie Manna, The Black Theatre of Prague, Willy Mays,
Michael The Waiter, The Kessler Twins, John W. Bubbles, Diahann Carroll and Bob Hope.
“Cute, timely show. A rock ‘n’ roll group known as ‘The Love Bugs’ comes to town and the Collins’ house is thrown into a dither. The girls are heartbroken when they miss the big concert but the group’s manager turns out to be an old friend of Bing’s so everything ends up swinging.”
No. 242 4th September 1975 - ‘The Mike Douglas Show’
Guest appearance. Interviewed together with Kathryn Crosby, David Brenner, Joe Williams, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Preminger and Frank Gifford.
If You Could Read My Mind Liza Minnelli & Marvin Hamlisch (Vocal & Piano)
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Medley Ben Vereen, Joel Grey & Liza Minnelli
*Well, Did You Evah! (b) with Liza Minnelli
Notes:
(a) Also known as ‘Tonight with Bing and Liza’, this special celebrated the 100th anniversary of the telephone.
The programme was peppered with video clips from previous Bell Telephone shows introduced, variously by Bing, Liza Minnelli and Roy Clark.
Among some of the many artistes and personalities featured were the following:
Maurice Chevalier (‘Louise’); Harry Belafonte (‘Jamaica Farewell’); Lena Horne (‘Great Day’); Robert Preston (‘Seventy Six Trombones’); Ethel Merman (‘I Got Rhythm’); Fred Astaire (‘They Can’t Take That Away From Me’); Joel Grey (‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’); Burl Ives (‘The Blue Tail Fly’); The Kingston Trio (‘Early In The Morning’); The New Christy Minstrels (‘This Train’); Johnny Cash (‘De Camptown Races’); Les Paul & Mary Ford (‘The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise’); Louis Armstrong (‘Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child’); Julie Andrews (‘The Fireman’s Ride’); Joan Sutherland (Operatic aria) and Mahalia Jackson (‘How Great Thou Art’).
Erroll Garner (‘It’s All Right With Me’); Benny Goodman (‘I Can’t Give You Anything But Love’); Gene Krupa (Drum solo); Andre Previn (‘I Feel Pretty’) and Andres Segovia (Guitar solo).
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