‘Hollywood Palace’: The Final Show, Full Episode

Hosted by Bing Crosby, this is a star packed hour of highlights from their seven year run on ABC. FYI, the first two seasons were done in black and white, with RCA TK60s. The show switched to color at the start of its third season. The first color episode was broadcast on September 18, 1965. The “Hollywood Palace” theater became ABC’s first color videotape studio. It was also the home of “The Lawrence Welk Show,” which switched to color in the same month.

You name the star, they are here! Sammy Davis, Jimmy Durante, Judy Garland, out takes, music, variety and animal acts, Joan Crawford, a Gloria Swanson – Buster Keaton skit, Martha Ray, Charlie McCarthy, Tim Conway, Phyllis Diller, 2 Milton Burl’s, Groucho Marks, Jack Benny, George Burns, Don Knots, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Betty Davis and more. Here is a link to the episode guide. Enjoy!

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-hollywood-palace/episodes/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8llfDmnX1ss

Popular, long-running Saturday night variety show of the mid-to-late 1960’s, originating from the Hollywood Palace Theater (formerly the El Capitan) on Holly…

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