The Hollywood Palace
Season 1
Various guest hosts present a musical variety show.
Where to Watch Season 1
24 Episodes
- Host: Bing CrosbyE1
Host: Bing CrosbyHost: Bing Crosby Scheduled guests: --Gary Crosby --Bob Newhart (comedian) --Mickey Rooney and Bobby Van - ""If We Felt Any Better"" --Nancy Wilson (singer) --The Young Americans (singing group) - ""Green, Green,"" ""Saturday Night"" and ""If I Had A Hammer"" --Silvan (illusionist) --The Andre Tahon puppets --The Hardy Family (acrobats) --Les Salvadori (musical clowns) - Host: Ernest BorgnineE4
Host: Ernest BorgnineHost: Ernest Borgnine Other guests: --Carl Ballantine (comedian, from ""McHale's Navy"") --Joe Flynn (comedian, from ""McHale's Navy"") --Tony Bennett --Eleanor Powell (dancer) --Vikki Carr (singer) --Miriam Makeba (South African folksinger) --Pepper Davis and Tony Reese (comedians) --The Levee singers --The Norbu novelty gorilla act - Host: Donald O'ConnorE5
Host: Donald O'ConnorHost: Donald O'Connor --Donald O'Connor dances with the Louis DaPron dancers --Don Knotts (comedian) - appears, in a comedy sketch, as a bashful after-dinner speaker --Buddy Greco (singer-pianist) --The Wellingtons (singing group) - perform with Donald O'Connor --Mary Costa (Metropolitan Opera soprano, formerly a TV pitchwoman) --Jack Olvin and Yvonne Wilder (comedians, spoofing ""Hamlet) --The Pompoff Thedy musical clowns (Vaudeville comedians) --Francis Brunn (juggler) Note: Buddy Hackett was originally scheduled to appear on this episode. - Host: Gig YoungE6
Host: Gig YoungHost: Gig Young Other guests: --Yma Sumac (singer) --The Mills Brothers (vocal group) --Buddy Hackett (comedian, whose appearance was postponed last week) --Dorothy Collins (singer) --Michael Bentine (British comedian, joins Gig Young in a sketch on British commuters) --The Andre Tahon puppets (in a parody of the Beatles) --The Berosinis (acrobats, teeterboard act from Czechoslovakia) - Host: Dale RobertsonE7
Host: Dale RobertsonHost: Dale Robertson --Red Buttons (comedian) --The Smothers Brothers (comedy folk singers) --Vic Damone (singer) - ""On the Street Where You Live"" & ""You and the Night and the Music"" --Jane Morgan (singer) - ""Stay Out of Paris"" --Dale Robertson and Jane Morgan - ""Turkey in the Straw"" --The Four Amigos (singing quartet) - ""Volare"" --Russ Lewis (ventriloquist) --The Harris Nelson Family (musical novelty act, correct name might be ""Harrison Family"") Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Zony and Claire (adagio dancers) --The Half Brothers (comic acrobats) --The Old Grey Mare (performing horse) - Host: Gene KellyE8
Host: Gene Kelly--Gene Kelly opens the show by singing a few lines from ""Singin' in the Rain"" --Gene Kelly (and two other dancers, Dick Humphries and Alex Plaschheart) do a tribute to precision dancers ""King, King and King."" --Della Reese (singer) --Joey Heatherton (actress, sings and dances with Gene Kelly) --Bill Dana (comedian) --Ford and Hines (comedians) --The Women Folk (folksingers) --The Tangier Brothers (Moroccan tumblers) --Anden's poodles - Host: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.E9
Host: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Host: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. --Louis Quinn (appeared with Zimbalist on ""77 Sunset Strip"") --Kate Smith --Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger and the Sons of the Pioneers --Corbett Monica (comedian) --Lewis and Christy (comedians) --The Great Wallendas (high-wire act) --Albert Rix and his trained Russian bears --Szony and Claire (Adaigo dancers) - Host: Groucho MarxE11
Host: Groucho MarxGuests: --Groucho Marx (host) --Morey Amsterdam & Rose Marie (comedians, from ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"") --Jose Greco (flamenco dancer with his dance troupe) --Jennie Smith (singer) - ""You and the Night and the Music"" --Gilbert Becaud (French pop singer) - ""More"" & ""What Now My Love"" --Lee Allen (roller-skating comedian) - performs a comedy routine about drunks --The Andre Tahon Puppets - sing ""I Feel Pretty"" in a mouse version of ""West Side Story"" --Bertha the Elephant (dancing, balancing elephant) Comedy sketch: --A society matron, played by Dee Hartford, isn't convinced that ""Dr. Hackenbush"" (Groucho) is a real doctor. It could be because all his nurses look more like chorus girls. Groucho Marx sings ""I'm Dr. Hackenbush"" in a the sketch. - Host: Nat King ColeE12
Host: Nat King Cole--Nat King Cole - ""My True Carrie Love,"" ""Paper Moon,"" ""Unforgettable"" and ""Day In, Day Out"" --Nat King Cole and the Young Souls - ""Get on Board!"" --Diahann Carroll (singer-actress) - sings a tribute to Ethel Waters. Songs include ""Am I Blue?"" ""Taking a Chance on Love,"" ""Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe,"" ""Dinah,"" ""After you've Gone"" and ""Stormy Weather"" --Paul Winchell (ventriloquist, with his dummy Jerry Mahoney) - do a ""Ben Casey"" spoof. --Allen & Rossi (comedy team) - sing ""Let's Face the Music and Dance"" in their routine. --Ken Murray (narrates his home movies of Hollywood stars) --The Merry Young Souls (singers) --The Amin Brothers (acrobats, foot-jugglers) --The Brunos (sway-pole act) - Bruno balances atop a 90-foot pole in the Palace parking lot. - Host: George BurnsE13
Host: George BurnsHost: George Burns --George Burns - ""Don't Take Me Home"" & ""I'll Buy the Ring"" --Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks --Patti Page - ""Call Me Irresponsible"" & ""Sweetest Sounds"" --George Burns and the Lennon Sisters - ""Ain't Misbehavin'"" --Lennon Sisters - ""Moonglow"" & ""East of the Sun"" --George Burns and Sergio Franchi - ""Some of These Days"" --Sergio Franchi (tenor) - theme from ""Summertime"" --Mac Ronay (comic magician) --The Dunhills (tap-dancers) - Co-hosts: Tony Martin and Cyd CharisseE14
Co-hosts: Tony Martin and Cyd CharisseCo-hosts: Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse --Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse (husband & wife) - ""The Old Soft Shoe"" --Tony Martin - ""The Best Things in Life Are Free,"" ""Wives and Lovers"" and ""More"" Other guests: --Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) --Ferrante and Teicher (pianists) --Corbett Monica (comedian) --Gaylord and Holliday (comedy team) --The Collins Kids (singers) - perform a Dixie medley --The Amandis teeterboard act --The Three Bizzaros Brothers (comedy act) --The Berosini Chimps - Host: Donald O'ConnorE15
Host: Donald O'ConnorHost: Donald O'Connor --Donald O'Connor - ""Tea for Two"" --Donald O'Connor and the Four Little Angels - sing ""Old MacDonald"" --Jack E. Leonard (comedian) --Jarry Van Dyke (comedian) --Rich Little (comedian-impressionist) --Fran Jeffries (singer) - ""It Had Better Be Tonight"" --The Wellingtons (singers) --The Frielanes (unicyclists) --Tarzan and his Eight Lions (circus act?) - Host: Jimmy DuranteE16
Host: Jimmy DuranteHost: Jimmy Durante --Jimmy Durante - ""Words,"" ""I Could Have Danced All Night,"" ""What a Day"" & ""This is All I Ask"" --Jimmy Durante & Liberace - ""When a Real Piano Player Sits down at the Keys"" --Liberace - ""Stardust"" --Jack Carter (comedian) --Piccola Pupa (singer) - ""Bonga Cha-Cha-Cha"" --The Sylte Sisters (singers) - ""Love Is a Thing"" & ""Them There Eyes"" --Silvio Francesco (dancer-juggler) - ""Anything Goes"" --Colvin and Wilder (comedians) --Otto and Maria (balancing act) --The Hardy Family (acrobats) - Host: Louis JourdanE18
Host: Louis JourdanHost: Louis Jourdan --Anna Maria Alberghetti (singer) - ""Irma La Douce"" --Henny Youngman (comedian) --The King Sisters (singers) - ""Me and My Shadow"" and a medley of old favorites --John Bubbles (tap dancer) - ""Tip and Tap"" --Russ Lewis (ventriloquist) --Lewis and Christy (comedy team) --Muriel and Abe Grossfeld (Olympic athletes) --Armando Vega (Olympic athlete) --Ron Barak (NCAA champion gymnast) --Johnny Broadway (juggler) - Host: Dale Robertson / The WomenfolkE19
Host: Dale Robertson / The WomenfolkHost: Dale Robertson --Betty Hutton - ""It Had To Be You"" --Paul Lynde and Carole Cook perform a dramatic scene. They then do the same scene again...as a comedy. --The Womenfolk (folk singers) --John Gary --Davis and Reese --Dave Parker (juggler) --Varel and Bailly & Les Chanteurs de Paris --Kunio's Horse Fantasy --The Bumpy Spectacular Acrobat Team - Host: Fred MacMurrayE20
Host: Fred MacMurrayHost: Fred MacMurray --George Gobel (comedian) --Dorothy Collins (singer) --Trini Lopez (singer) --Guy Marks (comedian) --Augie and Margo (adagio dancers) Military acts performing a salute to Armed Forces Day: (1) The Army ""Old Guard"" Fife and Drum Corps (2) The Marine Pacific Drum and Bugle Corps (3) The Air Force Flying Rifles drill team (4) The Navy Starflights trampoline act - Host: Victor BorgeE21
Host: Victor BorgeHost: Victor Borge --Victor Borge and Caterina Valente - ""The Girl from Ipanema"" --Caterina Valente - ""Cute"" and ""Hindustan"" --Drummers Louis Bellson, Shelly Manne, Irv Cottler, and ""Philly"" Joe Jones provide percussion support on an original jazz number performed by Caterina Valente. --Dennis Day (tenor) - (1) sings ""Give Them All You've Got"" and ""Charlie Brown."" (2) Dennis Day does impressions of Lawrence Welk, comedian Frank Fontaine and a Japanese Beatle. --Gaylord and Holiday (comedians) --Clifford Guest (ventriloquist from England) --Les Tonellys (Parisian acrobats) --The Andre Tahon Puppets (appear as Russian folk dancers) - Host: Phil HarrisE22
Host: Phil HarrisHost: Phil Harris --Louis Armstrong --Louis Nye (comedian) --Mary Costa (soprano) --Peter Gennaro (dancer-choreographer) --Pete Barbuti (comedian) --The Jubilee Four (instrumental group) --The Peiro Brothers (juggling act) --The Robert Baudy leopard and panther act - Host: Gene Barry / Buster Keaton & Gloria SwansonE23
Host: Gene Barry / Buster Keaton & Gloria SwansonHost: Gene Barry (from ""Burke's Law"") --Gene Barry - sings ""Just In Time,"" ""Day In, Day Out"" & ""Perfect Paris Night"" --Buster Keaton and Gloria Swanson - (1) perform a Mack Sennett silent-comedy version of ""Cleopatra"" (2) join Gene Barry in a dance routine --Juliet Prowse (dancer) - ""C'est Magnifique"" & ""I Love You and Don't You Forget It"" --Jack Carter (comedian-singer) - ""Le Grande Boom-Boom"" --The Swingle Singers - ""Sinfonia"" & Bach's Fugue in D Minor --The Andre Tahon Puppets --The Romano Brothers (jugglers) Scheduled guests: --Wayne Newton --Marilyn Michaels (singer-impressionist) - Host: Dean Martin / The Rolling StonesE24
Host: Dean Martin / The Rolling StonesHost: Dean Martin --Dean Martin - ""Smile,"" ""Take These Chains"" & ""Everybody Loves Somebody"" --The Rolling Stones - ""I Just Wanna Make Love To You"" --Joey Forman (comedian) --The King Sisters & daughters (including Tina Cole) - ""Always,"" ""Don't Take Your Love from Me"" and ""Jersey Bounce"" --SHARE (singing group made up of Hollywood celebrity wives working for charity) --Larry Grizwold (comedy trampoline act) --Bertha the elephant and her daughter Tina
