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The Lennon Sisters perform "I'm a Brass Band" and "Here's Love". Jimmy Durante sings, "Young At Heart". Jimmy and the Lennon Sisters perform an oldie from vaudeville days with "Yes Sir, That's My Baby". Noel Harrison sings, "The Great Electric Experiment Is Over". Jimmy Dean sings, "Left My Gal in the Mountains" and "South Side of Chicago". Jack, Noel and Peggy perform "Harrison's Hidewaway"
Kansas City is saluted by such numbers as "Kansas City Kitty", "Kansas City Star" and "Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City".
Martha and Jimmy do a skit about an old married couple. Buddy dances on to "Make Mine Country Style". The three of them act in a riverboat comedy sketch and sing "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans." Bobby sings The Straight Life" and "Mighty Mississippi Line".
Jimmy Durante opens proceedings singing "Rock-A-Bye-Baby" in a baby carriage, and the Lennons deliver "Windmills of Your Mind and "Going Out Of My Head." Danny's special number is "Dionne" for his new granddaughter. Jimmie solos to "This Is All I Ask". Danny joins Durante for a skit about explorers Lewis and Clark. Jimmie Rodgers and Dianne Lennon duet on "Today". A tribute to Seattle segment. The Lennon Sisters feature such numbers as "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening". The closing medley is a series o£ "Apple" songs, running the gamut from "Apple Blossom Time" to "Little Green Apples.
Opening with a Lennon Sister reading a composition on Thanksgiving which Jimmy starts to take apart. His version of what really happens is a running story that makes up the program. It features Louis Nye in three different roles from ship's captain to a conniving Indian. Kate Smith as Jimmy's love interest and Rosey Grier, along with the Lennons, as Pilgrims. The program is interspersed with songs like "Pass the Peace Pipe," "Count Your Blessings". Kate Smith closes with "America, the Beautiful".
In a skit Jimmy is Ponce De Leon with Milton Berle looking for the Fountain of Youth. Jo Ann Castle, longtime friends of the Lennon Sisters in her first appearance since leaving the Lawrence Welk Show. Milton Berle asks the quartet to help him recreate one of his early show biz acts, "Milton Berle and His Dancing Dollies," Singer-composer John Stewart is also on hand. Miami is the city being saluted, though with not quite the reverence Gleason gives it.
The Lennon Sisters perform, "In the Still of the Night", "Ain't We Got Fun?", "Love is a Very Light Thing" and "Washington Square Dance". Jimmy and the Lennon Sisters perform, "Doodle-ee-Doo". Al Martino sings, "Jean". Eddie Jackson sings, "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?". Sonny and Jimmy sing, "Hey, Look Me Over" and "I Love Ya, Love Ya". Al Martino and the Lennon Sisters sing, "Try to Remember". Sonny sings, "Ragtime Jimmy". And all join in for "This Is A Great Country".
David Frye impersonates Presidents and other political figures. Ed Ames sings "A Thing Called Love". Ferrante and Teicher play the theme from "Midnight Cowboy" before the duo becomes a trio with Jimmy.
Dinah sings, "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?". The Lennon Sisters perform, "Wonderful, Wonderful Day", "They Say It's Wonderful" and "Where or When". Jimmy Durante and the Watts Community Choir perform, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". Walter and Jimmy duet on "Good Morning, Starshine".
In a comedy skit Jerry directs Jimmy as a Canadian Mountie and Jack as the wanted man. The Lennon Sisters perform, "Give Me the Simple Life" and "This Is a Lovely Way to Spend An Evening". Jack Jones sings, "Golden Slumbers" and "Something". Jimmy sings, "The Father of Girls". Jack Jones and the Lennon Sisters perform, "Coffee Time". Kathy sings, "If He Walked Into My Life".
Perry sings, "Dream Along With Me" and "Little Green Apples". The Lennon Sisters perform "Let's Go", "All of Me" and "Dear Hearts and Gentle People". Jimmy sings, "Make Believe, Not War" and "I'm Making Believe". John Hartford sings "Frustrated Bird".
Jimmy Durante sings a classic "A Piano Is A Delicate Thing". Jo Ann Castle performs "Hello Dolly". A "Finian's Rainbow" medley by the Lennons. A western skit by Rich Little including impressions of Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, James Arness and Gary Cooper.
