From 1959 to 1962 Bing made two very popular specials a year for ABC. Of the first of his 1962 outings. Crosby put together an imaginative stanza., hip and quick and he is aided by a very funny Bob Hope, by a charming and swinging Edie Adams and his look-alike offspring Gary Crosby. The centerpiece of the show was the extended Hope-Crosby medley of songs from their Road pictures. Another musical highlight was Bing and Gary on a Jazzy Take of "Play a Simple Melody". The Smothers Brothers rounded out the cast, making one of their earliest television appearances in a show built around the theme of leisure activity.
