The Bell Telephone Hour Season 7 Episodes

Episode 1

Host: Burl Ives; with Bing Crosby, The McGuire Sisters, The Buddy Cole Trio, Grant Johannsen

Tue, Oct 6, 196460 mins

The Bell Telephone Hour begins its seventh TV season with an all-star cast: Bing Crosby, the McGuire Sisters, actor-balladeer Burl Ives and concert pianist Grant Johannesen. Donald Voorhees conducts the orchestra.

Episode 2

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein

Tue, Nov 10, 196460 mins

Henry Fonda hosts a tribute to the late Oscar Hammerstein II.

Episode 3

Thanksgiving Celebration

Tue, Nov 24, 196460 mins

Actor Robert Young is host for this Thanksgiving show with composer-pianist Andre Previn, singers Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt, the folk singing group The Brothers Four, and dancers Edward Villella and Patricia McBride of the New York City Ballet.

Episode 4

Host: Maurice Chevalier; with Stanley Holloway, Pete Fountain, Teresa Berganza, and Les Poupees de Paris

Tue, Dec 8, 196460 mins

Maurice Chevalier hosts and reminisces about the songs and performers he has known. Musical-comedy star Stanley Holloway offers a medley of British music-hall tunes and Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza sings "Nacqui all'affanno al Pianto" from Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola." ClJazz clarinetist Pete Fountain and the puppet cast of "Les Poupees de Paris" are also guests.

Episode 5

Christmas Celebration

Tue, Dec 22, 196460 mins

Maureen O'Hara narrates the story of the Nativity as told in the Gospel according to St. Luke. Sonia Arova and Edmund Novak perform a Pas De Deux from the toy shop scene of the ballet "Coppelia". Phyllis Curtin and the Columbus Boys' Choir sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing?", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Now We Come A-Wassailing". Other songs include, "White Christmas", "Be A Santa" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

Episode 6

Love Makes the World Go Round

Tue, Jan 5, 196560 mins

Host Cook performs "Love Makes the World Go" from Carnival with The Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, and later, does a spoof on American love songs. Cassidy and Gray sing a medley of Gershwin love songs "Of Thee I Sing", "Somebody Loves Me", "They All Laughed", "Love Walked in" and "Love is Sweeping the Country". Ellington and his Orchestra play a medley of his love songs "Satin Doll", "Sophisticated Lady", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light". Ennis sings "Almost Like Being in Love" and "Here's That Rainy Day" and joins Ellington for "Love You Madly". The Ellington Orchestra plays "Mood Indigo". Tucker performs excerpts from Leoncavallo's tragic opera, "I Pagliacci". Ellington returns and plays a piano solo of "Dancers In Love". Closing the show, Cook, Cassidy and Gray perform a short medley including "Buffalo Gals", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "In My Merry Oldsmobile", "Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine", "My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon"", "If I Had a Talking Picture of You", "Pettin' in the Park", "By a Waterfall", "Shuffle off to Buffalo" and "Indian Love Call".

Episode 7

The Sound of Music

Tue, Jan 19, 196560 mins

Episode 8

The American Song

Tue, Feb 2, 196560 mins

Episode 9

The Masques of Music

Tue, Feb 16, 196560 mins

Episode 10

The American Girl

Tue, Mar 2, 196560 mins

Episode 11

Wayfarer on the Mississippi

Tue, Mar 16, 196560 mins

Episode 12

Festival of Spring

Tue, Apr 13, 196560 mins

Episode 13

Great Moments

Tue, Apr 27, 196560 mins

A twenty-fifth anniversary show hosted by Mel Brandt and features some of the greatest moments from past shows. Excerpts include: Maurice Chevalier; Rudolf Nureyev and Maria Tallchief; Robert Preston; Joan Sutherland; Clifford Curzon; and Harry Belafonte.

Episode 14

A Musical Tour of Tin Pan Alley

Tue, May 11, 196560 mins

Episode 15

The Many Facets of Cole Porter

Tue, May 25, 196560 mins