The Kraft Music Hall Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

...And All That Brass

Wed, Sep 13, 196760 mins

Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass host this salute to brass with Louis Armstrong; comic Jackie Vernon and his battered trumpet; and singer Robin Wilson.

Episode 2

The Hollywood Musical

Wed, Sep 27, 196760 mins

Rock Hudson's debut as a TV star-host on this combined tribute and satire of Hollywood's early musicals.

Episode 3

Give My Regards to Broadway

Wed, Oct 4, 196760 mins

Bobby Darin portrays entertainer extraordinaire George M. Cohan in this musical tribute with guests Liza Minnelli, Kaye Stevens, Dennis Day, ragtime pianist Max Morath, pantomimist George Carle, and madcap musicians Pompoff, Theddy and Family.

Episode 4

Tin Pan Alley Today

Wed, Oct 11, 196760 mins

George Burns is the host for this journey along the new Tin Pan Alley. Illustrating the current trend in popular songs and singing styles are Dionne Warwick, Nancy Ames, English musical star Tony Tanner, the bossa nova beat of Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, and pop group Harpers Bizarre. Also for a touch of comedy, Dick Cavett performs an up-to-date monologue and joins George in a vaudeville routine.

Episode 5

How the West Was Swung

Wed, Oct 18, 196760 mins

Host Lorne Greene opens a musical scrapbook of the Old West with guests Lou Rawls, Jerry Van Dyke, Barbara Eden, Bobby Van and the Baja Marimba Band.

Episode 6

The Phyllis Diller Happening

Wed, Oct 25, 196760 mins

Host Phyllis Diller presents her comedy with her guests Bob Hope, Sonny and Cher, singer/talk show host Mike Douglas and trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Phyllis offers a wide range of advice to beleaguered housewives and shows off her talent as a harpsichordist. In a sketch set in the year 1997, she and Hope portray the last two hippies on earth.

Episode 7

Fiddler on the Loose with Jack Benny, Henny Youngman, Morey Amsterdam, Liberace

Wed, Nov 1, 196760 mins

Host Jack Benny tries to upstage Liberace with his outfits, than with his musical ability. Renown violinist Rabin is given instruction by Jack and the two are joined by Morey in performing an offbeat version of Beethoven.

Episode 8

Stagedoor Johnny

Wed, Nov 15, 196760 mins

A freewheeling caricature of the world of the Roaring Twenties.Tony Randall stars as Stage-Door Johnny, a fickle and well-heeled heel about town. Cab Calloway, Gilbert Becaud, Michele Lee, Marilyn Maye and Nathaniel Frey portray speak-easy patrons, flapper cuties, honky-tonk performers and a gangland overlord. Walter Winchell, who chronicled the era, appears as himself..

Episode 9

Dinah Shore Presents The Nashville Sound

Wed, Nov 22, 196760 mins

Dinah Shore hosts a tribute to the music of Nashville, with a blend of rock, folk, pop, jazz, and Country and Western. Guests include Ray Charles, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Mercer, the Everly Brothers and the dancing Stoney Mountain Cloggers.

Episode 10

A Taste of Funny

Wed, Dec 13, 196760 mins

Groucho hosts plus reviving two popular characters Captain Spaulding and Professor Quackenbush. Juggling folk duo Times Square Two perform. Soupy becomes the Great Explodo while Burns and Schreiber entertain with their cab driver/passenger routine.

Episode 11

Mitzi Gaynor Christmas Show

Wed, Dec 20, 196760 mins

Mitzi sings and dances through several cute seasonal costumes and sings a variety of classic holiday numbers. A highlight is Santa Claus played by Johnny Carson's Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon, seriously getting into the part, and Cyril Ritchard and Tony Tanner as a lighthearted Ebeneezer Scrooge and Cratchit singing "Where would You Be Without Me?".

Episode 12

Woody Allen Looks at 1967

Wed, Dec 27, 196760 mins

Woody Allen hosts a tongue-in-cheek look back at the year 1967 in skits and musical numbers. Guests include Liza Minnelli, Aretha Franklin, John Byner and William F. Buckley.

Episode 13

Trio for Tonight

Wed, Jan 3, 196860 mins

Episode 14

A Grand Night for Swinging

Wed, Jan 10, 196860 mins

Bobby Van joins host Bobby Darin in a vaudeville routine. George Kirby does an impersonation of Bobby Kennedy. Bobbie Gentry sings "Hurry Tuesday's Child." All the Bobbies perform "Nothing Can Stop Us Now."

Episode 15

Physical Phitness

Wed, Jan 24, 196860 mins

Episode 16

Vacation à la King

Wed, Jan 31, 196860 mins

Episode 17

Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, The Serendipity Singers, Phil Harris, Alice Faye

Wed, Feb 14, 196860 mins

Episode 18

The Class of '68 featuring The Fifth Dimension, John Davidson, Tom Jones, Michele Lee, Flip Wilson, Professor Irwin Corey, Buffy Sainte-Marie

Wed, Feb 21, 196860 mins

Episode 19

The Comedy Survival Kit

Wed, Feb 28, 196860 mins

Episode 20

Mardi Gras 1968 featuring Phil Harris, Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Lana Cantrell

Wed, Mar 6, 196860 mins

Episode 21

Vaudeville '68

Wed, Mar 13, 196860 mins

Episode 22

County Fair #1

Wed, Mar 27, 196860 mins

Episode 23

Two on the Aisle

Wed, Apr 3, 196860 mins

Episode 24

Country Fair #2

Wed, Apr 24, 196860 mins

Episode 25

Country Fair #3

Wed, May 1, 196860 mins

Episode 26

Country Fair #4

Wed, May 15, 196860 mins

Episode 27

County Fair #5

Wed, May 22, 196860 mins

Episode 28

Country Fair #6

Wed, May 29, 196860 mins

Episode 29

County Fair #7

Wed, Jun 5, 196860 mins

Shari Lewis entertains with her puppets and Byner with his impressions. Eddy Arnold solos several times including "Love Finds a Way." The Minstrels perform " Oh Susannah. "

Episode 30

Episode #1.30

Wed, Jun 12, 196860 mins

Episode 31

Episode #1.31

Wed, Jun 19, 196860 mins

Episode 32

Episode #1.32

Wed, Jun 26, 196860 mins

Episode 33

Richard Pryor, Lana Cantrell, Roger Williams & Frankie Valli

Wed, Jul 3, 196860 mins

Episode 34

Episode #1.34

Wed, Jul 10, 196860 mins

Episode 35

Episode #1.35

Wed, Jul 17, 196860 mins

Episode 36

Episode #1.36

Wed, Jul 24, 1968

Episode 37

Episode #1.37

Wed, Jul 31, 196860 mins

Episode 38

Episode #1.38

Wed, Aug 14, 196860 mins

Episode 39

Episode #1.39

Wed, Aug 21, 196860 mins

Episode 40

host: Ed McMahon; guests: Barbara McNair, The Rascals, Charlie Manna, Little Anthony and the Imperials

Wed, Sep 4, 196860 mins