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The Danny Thomas Hour

  • 1967-1968
  • 1 season
  • NBC
  • Music, Comedy, Drama

Thomas starred in the musical-variety and comedy episodes (many drawn from his earlier Make Room for Daddy (1953)) and hosted the more dramatic offerings.

Season 1 Episode Guide

22 Episodes 1967 - 1968

Episode 1

Danny Thomas' Wonderful World of Burlesque: Fourth Edition

Mon, Sep 11, 1967 60 mins

Episode 2

Instant Money

Mon, Sep 18, 1967 60 mins

Episode 3

The Scene

Mon, Sep 25, 1967 60 mins

A straight-laced businessman, visiting San Francisco with his wife in the waxing days of the hippie scene, becomes involved with a free-spirited young woman. They are both changed by the experience.

The Danny Thomas Hour Season 1 The Scene
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Episode 4

It's Greek to Me

Mon, Oct 2, 1967 60 mins

A modern twentieth-century American dreams he is on Mt. Olympus in ancient Greece.

Episode 5

The Demon Under the Bed

Mon, Oct 9, 1967 60 mins

Bing Crosby makes a rare dramatic appearance, and his 8-year-old daughter Mary Frances makes her TV acting debut. Fading film star Charlie Castle is facing a crisis. He may lose his voice--and his career. Fascinated by Castle's predicament, photographer Phil Pearson wants to capture the 'core' of the actor on film. Pearson tags along as Castle makes the rounds, visiting his daughter, his ex-wife, and the stages where he once played starring roles.

Episode 6

Sea World

Mon, Oct 23, 1967 60 mins

Danny is joined by Don Rickles, singer/scuba diver John Gary and the Young Americans. Danny croons "Young and Foolish." John performs "Hawaiian Wedding Song." The Young Americans duet "Big Wide Wonderful World" with Danny.

Episode 7

Fame Is a Four-Letter Word

Mon, Oct 30, 1967 60 mins

A lady press agent battles the blackmailing publisher of a scandal sheet.

Episode 8

Make More Room for Daddy

Mon, Nov 6, 1967 60 mins

Danny and Kathy prepare to welcome the 20-year-old Rusty home from the army. There are several changes that will surprise him but Rusty has a bigger one. He's married but doesn't know how to tell his parents.

Episode 9

The Enemy

Mon, Nov 20, 1967 60 mins

During the Battle of the Bulge, word goes out to watch for German soldiers dressed as GIs. That's when black sergeant Chris Christiansen begins wondering if the GI who befriended him is really a friend--or the enemy.

The Danny Thomas Hour Season 1 The Enemy

Episode 10

The Zero Man

Mon, Nov 27, 1967 60 mins

Small-time gambler Al Risko, heavily in debt to the syndicate, is ordered to collect from another loser. Finding himself a hero to a troubled youngster, Risko makes it tougher on himself by balking at the mob's assignment.

Episode 11

The Royal Follies of 1933

Mon, Dec 11, 1967 60 mins

Spoofing the lavish 30's musicals, Danny is Prince Wolfgang trying to avoid a marriage mad heiress. He takes refuge in a Broadway show threatened by mobsters. Songs include "I'll Take Romance" and "My Lucky Star."

Episode 12

Cricket on the Hearth

Mon, Dec 18, 1967

A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.

Episode 13

Is Charlie Coming?

Mon, Dec 25, 1967 60 mins

The Danny Thomas Hour Season 1 Is Charlie Coming?

Episode 14

America, I Love You

Mon, Jan 8, 1968 60 mins

Danny duets with Polly Bergen "Crawdad Song." Andy Williams performs several numbers including "Holly" and "Lonely Street." Louis and his band do "High Society Blues." Everybody sings "America the Beautiful" and God Bless America."

Episode 15

The Cage

Mon, Jan 15, 1968 60 mins

Four convicts are transferred to a minimum security prison for psychological rehabilitation. While the prison doctor confronts them in intense psychiatric sessions, the four cons do some meditating on the side--planning their escape.

Episode 16

Measure of a Man

Mon, Jan 22, 1968 60 mins

Episode 17

The Last Hunters

Mon, Jan 29, 1968 60 mins

A former British Army officer on the trail of Nazi war criminals arrives in Los Angeles to visit a potential witness--unaware that he is under surveillance by a one-time member of the Third Reich.

Episode 18

One for My Baby

Mon, Feb 5, 1968 60 mins

Police lieutenant Tony Vincent jeopardizes his career to gain time for a murder investigation. Implicated: his former sweetheart, a night-club singer whose manager was found dead in her car.

Episode 19

Fear Is the Chain

Mon, Feb 19, 1968 60 mins

A deserting German officer attempts to reach safety in neutral Switzerland.

Episode 20

Thomas at Tahoe

Mon, Feb 26, 1968 60 mins

Episode 21

My Pal Tony

Mon, Mar 4, 1968 60 mins

Laura Merrill enlists the aid of a criminology professor and his assistant to protect her from a terrifying threat: Someone is trying to kill Laura--and her father as well.

Episode 22

Two for Penny

Mon, Mar 11, 1968 60 mins

Two Greek brothers who run a New York delicatessen also attempt to run their sister's life, which means finding a nice Greek boy for her.

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