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The Bell Telephone Hour Season 8 Episodes

16 Episodes 1965 - 1966

Episode 1

Salute to Jerome Kern

Sun, Sep 26, 196560 mins

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Episode 2

Music in Manhattan

Sun, Oct 10, 196560 mins

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Episode 3

Borge & Company

Sun, Oct 24, 196560 mins

Victor Borge serves as host and welcomes guests: opera singer Joan Sutherland, Benny Goodman, dancers Allegra Kent and Jacques D'Amboise, and singer Patti Page.

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Episode 4

Salute to Veteran's Day

Sun, Nov 7, 196560 mins

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Episode 5

A Family Thanksgiving

Sun, Nov 21, 196560 mins

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Episode 6

The Music of Harold Arlen

Sun, Dec 5, 196560 mins

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Episode 7

An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Sun, Dec 19, 196560 mins

Martha Scott, opens with a tableau set in a small town in 1909. Townspeople gradually leave their still-frame poses, coming to life to sing holiday tunes. Melissa Hayden, as the Snow Queen, and Jacques D'Amboise, as the Prince, perform the "Snow" pas de deux from "The Nutcracker," with music by Tchaikovsky. The ensemble of singers perform carols in "Grandma's house," followed by a Christmas message from Frederick R. Kappel. A church scene with the Columbus Boychoir singing "Adeste Fideles," "The First Noel," and "Carol of the Bells". Martha Scott reads a biblical passage from Luke. Gianna d'Angelo and the Boychoir close singing "O Holy Night" and "Silent Night".

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Episode 8

The Music of the West

Sun, Jan 2, 196660 mins

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Episode 9

The Song and the Dance Man

Sun, Jan 16, 196660 mins

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Episode 10

Gershwin, a Portrait

Sun, Jan 30, 196660 mins

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Episode 11

Valentine's Day

Sun, Feb 13, 196660 mins

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Episode 12

The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner

Sun, Feb 27, 196660 mins

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Episode 13

Music of the Movies

Sun, Mar 13, 196660 mins

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Episode 14

Masterpieces and Music

Sun, Mar 27, 196660 mins

Episode deals with the relationship between art and music. During the show, many pieces of art are shown, including works by Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse and Dohanos.

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Episode 15

Songs of Spring

Sun, Apr 10, 196660 mins

This "salute to spring" stars actors John Forsythe, Nancy Ames, Johnny Desmond, Richard Tucker, Gabriella Tucci, the Serendipity Singers, pianist James Mathis, the Sholom Secunda Chorale, The Buster Davis Singers. Announcer: Mel Brandt.

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Episode 16

Music That Mirrors the Times

Sun, Apr 24, 196660 mins

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