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.
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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.
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Sat, Feb 5, 1966
Vincent Edwards is the weeks host and begins the show by singing, "A Fellow Needs a Girl", "Lulu's Back in Town" and "Maria" solo. Then, the Rogge Sisters perform an acrobatic routine by walking around on top of giant rubber balls, while the audience tries to decide if this even qualifies as a routine. A young Joan Rivers then does a stand-up comedy act. And, Liza Minnelli performs "Where Did You Learn to Dance?" and "There Is a Time", immediately followed by, Vincent Edwards and Liza Minnelli dueting, "Everything I've Got Belongs to You". Next up, is Bertha and Tina, a trained elephant act, followed by, Bette Davis doing a dramatic reading of a Dorothy Parker poem. The show ends with Vincent Edwards doing a solo of, "Ida".
Sat, Apr 30, 1966
This is one of the best Palace shows with the emphasis on music and dance. And that should be no surprise since the host is the great Fred Astaire. Fred opens with "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" and "Steppin' Out with My Baby," and then talks about what's 'in' and what's 'out,' Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass play "Lonely Bull" and "What Now My Love," Louis Nye does a comedy routine about school pageants, Kermit the Frog and the Muppets perform, Helen O'Connell sings a medley of her hits - "All of Me," "Yours," "Embraceable You," "Amapola," "Green Eyes," and "Tangerine," Bela Kremo does a juggling act, Barrie Chase stops the show dancing to the Brass' "Spanish Flea" and "Love Potion #9," Herb Alpert plays "A Taste of Honey," followed by the lion taming act of John Zerbini, Astaire & Chase talk about 5 upcoming TV shows Chase will do in Italy in the summer of '66, and then they close the show dancing to "Boom Boom" and "C.C. Ryder."