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Six episodes of the variety show hosted by American actor, singer and comedian Danny Kaye. Highlights include Danny performing with a whole host of stars including Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Belafonte, Liza Minnelli and Gene Kelly. ——— Disc 1, in black and white, features guest stars Jackie Cooper, Jack Benny (in a brief cameo), a very young Michele Lee, Gene Kelly, Art Carney, The Clinger Sisters, Lovelady Powell, Joe & Eddie, and others. Disc 2, in color, features Harry Belafonte, a young Liza Minnelli, Nana Mouskouri, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Greco, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, Alan Young (Mister Ed), and more. The last episode, with Ella, Greco, and Brasil '66, is the best one of the six.
Opens with the pseudo-Egyptian and Roman "Cleopatra's procession" dance ensemble, including a surprise appearance by Jack Benny. Featured parody sketches on how three Broadway composers might have written music on Baseball: "My Fair Umpire,"a sports satire of Lerner & Loewe's 'My Fair Lady' in which Higgins (Kaye) and Eliza (Powell) sing songs such as "The aim of the game is mainly to complain;" "Horsehide Story," a choreographed parody of Leonard Bernstein's 'West Side Story' set on the baseball diamond; and "Baseball Man," set to the tune of Meredith Wilson's 'Music Man.' Also, sketch "The Victim" about a first-time airline passenger(Kaye & Cooper). "The Bandstand" sketch about a cheap clup trio (Kaye, Cooper and Sam D'Andrea) trying to perform as well as impersonating another act on a revolving bandstand. Musical numbers: Danny Kaye - Consider Yourself / Take Me Out to the Ballgame / (Russian song) May Ther
Features a musical revue that might have resulted had Shakespeare written Hamlet for television, including song & dance numbers by Hamlet (Ferrer) and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern (Kaye). Also, Tony Charmoli Dancers in a jazz number to march music with a swing influence. ""Gemini"" sketch about two astronauts in space and ""The German Officer"" sketch about a private being asked to impersonate a German general captured by British Intelligence (both sketches with Kaye, Ferrer and Henry Beckman). Musical numbers: Kaye - Brotherhood of Man Kaye & Ferrer - To Be or Not To Be (in Hamlet sketch) Norvo & Quintet - Devil and the Deep (Blue Sea?) Kaye, Norvo Quintet & Mann Singers - Three Blind Mice
""Dancing Pagodas"" sketch about an Indian trio (Kaye, Knotts & Lawrence) who let their fingers 'do the talking'. ""The Diner"" sketch - a dramatic triangle between a meek diner owner (Knotts), his sultry and unsatisfied wife (Lawrence) and black leather trucker (Kaye) who is willing to murder to win her. ""Toothache"" sketch on a suffering dental patient whose rest is interrupted (Kaye & Knotts). Musical numbers: Kaye - Together Wherever We Go / Turn Around (dedicated to his daughter) Lawrence - Fools Rush In (song & ballet) Joe & Eddie - They Call the Wind Maria Kaye, Joe & Eddie - I Laid Around
Parodies of three TV domestic comedies set in the U.S. - ""Father Knows Nothing,"" France - ""Father Knows Plenty"" and Japan - ""Osaka Hillbillies."" [also appearing Harvey Korman, Dino Natali] Musical numbers: Kaye - S'posin' (song/soft shoe dance) / song medley bemoaning the switch from telephone exchanges to area codes, such as ""As I Walked Out on the Streets of 512"" Moore - Hard-Hearted Hannah (song/dance) Foy - Delightful is the Word (song/dance) Kaye, Moore & Foy - When the Song and Dance Man Came to Town (vaudeville song/dance)
Features Kaye and Kelly in a song & dance tribute to Kelly's dancing career on Broadway and in the movies, including Kelly's tap dance to Kaye's linguini recipe and closing with both dancers' versions of "Ballin' the Jack." Other dance numbers are Charmoli's legs-only choreography to "Days of Wine and Roses" and a quartet of girls engaging Kaye in playground-style dance while he sings "You Make Me Feel So Young." "Business Lunch" sketch about a distracting restaurant fashion show at an important business meeting (Kaye, Harvey Korman, Henry Beckman). "Beauty Expert" sketch about a visit with Viennese beauty entrepreneur Miss Schmeckenvasser on the fictional TV show 'Wonderful World of Women' (Kaye, Korman, Jackie Joseph, Myrna Ross). Musical numbers: Lee - I Could Write a Book / By Myself Kaye & Lee - You'll Never Get Away Kaye & Clinger Sisters - Side By Side
""Cowboys of the World"" sketches parody Westerns - including the stereotypical villain, hero, sidekick and woman in need of rescue - set in the U.S. ""My Son the Gunslinger;"" Scotland ""Restless Kilts"" and Russia ""Frontier Cossack"" (with Kaye, Morris, Prowse, Korman and Jamie Farr). Also ""Dr. Yes"" parody of the James Bond film (Kaye, Prowse, Morris, Korman). Kaye discusses his memories of Scottish entertainer Sir Harry Lauder. Musical numbers: Kaye - Breezin' Along with the Breeze / Will Ye No Come Back Again? Prowse - Love Makes the World Go 'round (with male dancers) Levee Singers - I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' Kaye & Levee Singers - Everybody Clap Your Hands
[also appearing - Harvey Korman, Jamie Farr] Musical numbers: Kaye - South Rampart Street Parade Sommers - Where Are You? / When Your Lover Has Gone Kaye & Sommers - Romeo and Juliet Kaye & Clinger Sisters - The Story of Alice
Features Kaye, Jourdan & Dancers in two numbers - the song & dance ""Walk Right In"" and an opera parody that presents a game of football as a dance. Also Carl Ballantine's comedy magic act as 'The Great Ballantine.' Trio of sketches on the theme of jealosy as it might appear in movies from the U.S. - ""Dial J for Jealosy,"" Italy - ""Jealousy, Italian-style"" and Turkey - ""Quick Bernice, My Burnoose"" (with Kaye, Jourdan and Talbot). Musical numbers: Kaye - Gypsy in My Soul Farrell - Danny Boy Kaye & Farrell - Birth of the Blues Kaye & Jourdan - Walk Right In Jourdan - Honey
Gwen Verdon & Dancers in a trio of dances set to nursery rhymes - ""Pop! Goes the Weasel,"" jazz version of ""Three Blind Mice"" and lullaby ballet. ""Comedy Tonight"" sketch about the attempts - through jestering and square, flamenco, ballet & vaudeville dance - of a band of strolling players who must help the Prince of a mythical kingdom remember how to laugh (Kaye, Verdon, Korman). ""The Drive-in"" sketch about a couple celebrating their anniversary with a newlywed couple at a drive-in restaurant (Kaye, Verdon, Don Penny, Zeme North, Joyce Jameson). Musical numbers: Kaye - Alouette Kaye & Verdon - Two of a Kind / What Is a Woman (spoken by Kaye, danced by Verdon) Clinger Sisters - High Hopes Kaye & Clinger Sisters - I Get So Lonely
Features Nancy Walker and Kaye in three musical sketches: the comparison of a possible Old Globe Theatre production with the contemporary ""angry young man"" British theatrical approach, both on the subject of love (""Love - Then and Now""); a 'Cliché Light Opera Company' production with the last-minute substitution of chorus girl Walker for the star (""Magnolia Blossoms of 1932""); and a Svengali spoof where the great vocal teacher and hypnotist discovers his maid can sing - but only with her mop in hand (also appearing - Harvey Korman, Sig Rumann, Marni Nixon, Dodo Denney). Musical Numbers: Kaye - When My Sugar Walks Down the Street / Gypsy in My Soul Jackson - Deep River / Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Danny welcomes his guests Glynis Johns, Jo Stafford and folk trio 'The Big 3' (Cass Elliott, Tim Rose and Jim Hendricks). Stafford performs several solo numbers and a duet with Danny. The Big 3 perform a song of their first album, "Rider". Danny performs a song-and-dance number with British actress Johns.
Danny stars with guest star Howard Morris in a spoof about Robin Hood and His Merry Men. He, Julie Newmar and the Tony Charmoli Dancers dance to "Simon Says".
In this Christmas-themed show, Danny welcomes as his guests Andy Williams, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Danny and Dick are featured in a song-and-dance number, "Putin' on the Ritz." The featured comedy skit has Van Dyke portraying a tough as nails prosecutor locking horns with a seedy defense attorney during a murder trail where both lawyers play to television cameras in the courtroom.
Danny welcomes guests Nat 'King' Cole, Mary Tyler Moore and the singing Clinger Sisters. Sketches include a parody of "The Student Prince" and another featuring Danny and Mary playing wealthy socialites.
Esquivel and His Mexican Group (Juan Garcia Esquivel) Highlights: Esquivel and His Mexican Group perform a big "Lawrence of Arabia dance number. Other songs include "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails", "Granada" and "Jalousie". Jack West and Nita Talbot team up for a sketch as a barber and a manicurits in a lovers' quarrel. Danny portrays Mme. Schmeckenvasser, a school teacher who conducts a Dingle Dangle TV School for kiddies.
Highlights: Marilyn, Danny and Terry-Thomas perform "Tea For Two". Terry-Thomas plays a stuffy Captain of an English liner and has served notice to a bumbling novice waiter played by Danny. Danny and Terry-Thomas team up for a sketch, a satire on escapes from prisoner-of-war camps with the craziest escape plan ever invented. *NOTE: This was the first American appearance of the Maori Dancers, 136 of them from New Zealand with authentic tribal garb and dances.
Danny is joined by singers Dorothy Collins, Marilyn Lovell and the Clinger Sisters, as well as actor Jackie Cooper. Danny and Jackie review a famous movie actor's career in one skit and Danny plays a marriage counselor whose assistance is hindered by the thick accent with which he gives it. The star's is featured in his song-and-dance number, "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane".
Rod Serling, Art Carney and folk duo Joe and Eddie join Danny's show this week. Danny is planning a surprise birthday party, but gets nothing but interference from an electrician played by Art. The featured skit is a parody of "The Twilight Zone" with Rod Serling providing the narration to the strange tale of a man who parachutes into a country ruled by a 400-year-old man.
In a sketch Danny plays an excited new father seeing his infant son for the first time in the maternity ward, Diahann plays the nurse who shows him his new heir. And in "I'll Cry Tamale" Danny plays the part of a Mexican hero. Diahann sings "Johnny One Note" and "In Love, In Vain". Diahann and Danny duet on some nonsense songs. Danny does a solo dance pantomime illustrating the problem of a tipsy man paying his bill and leaving a saloon. Harvey Korman and Danny appear in a comedy version of a late-night television show "The Hundred Dollar Movie". *NOTE: Diahann Carroll was in the Broadway musical "No Strings".
Imogene & Danny do a comedy sketch based on a family game "Monopoly". The dancers present a "Can Can" number. Imogene & Danny team up for a song and dance impression of great show business combinations of the past. Joe & Eddie sing "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine". Harvey joins Danny & Imogene in the closing sketch titled "Der Fledermountie", another presentation of the Kaye light opera company. The story concerns the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a bearskin thief and a pretty Indian maiden.
Peter Falk Clarinestist Pete Fountain Michele Lee Highlights: Peter Falk plays Danny's paranoid roommate in a hospital in one skit. In another skit Peter as Sheik Ben Khasee gives British secret agent Kaye a bad time. Jazzman Pete Fountain and Danny Kaye do a rousing version of "When the Saints Go Marching In". Michele Lee sings some Broadway tunes.
Danny backed by the show's dancers perform "Shine on Your Shoes". Hayley joins Danny in an opening sketch in which Danny gives a hilarious portrayal of a father suddenly realizing his daughter is growing into maturity. John Mills and Danny take the spotlight with a clever "Mutiny on the Bounty" satire. Danny, John and Hayley team up for a sketch about a French customs inspector. Joe and Eddie sing "The Ox Driver's Song".
Buddy and Danny do a light-hearted song-and-dance to "I Caught A Big Bear". Back in character Buddy plays a hillbilly Pa (Jed Clunk) with two sons - Danny (as Jud, who went get a wife and came back with a ba'r instead) and Howard Morris (as Spud) with Harvey Korman as the folk song researcher who wants to preserve their rendition of "Mountain Stew". Danny, Buddy and Howard perform "Marching Together". Another skit has Danny as a party host, Harry Wittner and Howard Morris as the obnoxious guest he tries to get rid of by such devices as putting a turkey in a piano. Danny sings "Hey, Look Me Over". Marilyn & Danny duet with "Mommy, I Wanna Drink of Water".
Art returns for his third guest appearance the Maori Dancers make their second appearance on the show. In the opening sketch, Art portrays a prospective son-in-law who makes his marriage pitch to the girl's father, (Danny). Art portrays Big Mike, a tough con planning a prison break, Harvey Korman plays the Prison Warden and Danny the prisoner who's been in solitary for 11 years. Danny & Art team up for a song-and-dance number.
Diahann Carroll returns for her second visit. Danny starts off the show with a modernized "Old MacDonald". Danny & Diahann duet on "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah". Danny & Diahann, cast members and the Tony Charmoli dancers pay tribute to the clocks in our everyday lives in a comedy-song production number titled "The Clock". Danny plays an interpreter at a banquet translating the French and English of two men who get along until they start comparing grandson pictures. A little boy's first haircut is another comedy sketch..
Danny & Nancy play a poor London couple (Rudy & Agnes) in a sketch. Joe and Eddie perform "The Surfers". The Kinderspiel Light Opera Company presents "Sheiks in Toyland" with Danny playing a terrible sheik and Nancy a French captive woman. Stiller and Meara play a bickering couple recovering from the after effects of a party.
Tony sings "When Joanna Loved Me" and "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie". Danny & Tony duet with a Blues medley. Tony Charmoli's dancers and Earl Brown's singers are featured in a production number titled "The Music Stopped". Danny and Howard cut up in two sketches. There's a British spy case, a take-off on James Bond, Danny plays James Blonde to Howard's Dr. Yes. In an Italian village postman Vittorio Scampi (Howard) reads a letter to an old tailor, Giovanni (Danny) who cannot read the letter from his son in America, giving him a chance to put his idea of Italian on display.
Danny sings "Gigi". Danny portrays the part of a wallflower whose friend persuades him to attend a lonely hearts dance. Danny plays a skillful matador in a sketch. Danny & Laurie perform "Change Partners".
Danny Kaye and Bea Benaderet do a comedy sketch set in the Deep South titled "The Long, Hot Supper". Jim Nabors plays the weak son of Fat Daddy (Kaye), a ruthless tyrant. Bea plays Fat Daddy's wife, a 'genteel' woman who lives in the past. Andy makes a brief appearance in the sketch. Jim Nabors sings "I Ain't Down Yet". All join in a song for the finale.
Mary plays Queen of the Jungle in one sketch with Danny Mary plays an Irish colleen whose pub-owner father (Harvey Korman) feels that no man in Ireland is good enough for his daughter, even wandering folk singer Danny who is unlucky enough to capture her heart.
Shari and her puppet Lambchop sing a French favorite with Danny. In a skit Vincent, an art collector and critic explains art to Danny who has stopped into the gallery only to get out of the rain. Danny, Howard & Vincent do a sketch about a fancy restaurant with Vincent playing the snotty Maitre'd and Danny as the pain-in-the-neck customer. *NOTE: Danny Kaye had badly burned his foot last week and did not appear in a few of the skits.
For the season finale, Danny has comedienne Pat Carroll and pianists Ferrante and Teicher as guests. In three short skits, Pat and Danny demonstrate the different reactions anticipated if a wife wrecks the family car in France, Germany and Italy. Danny and Pat do another sketch where Danny plays a male nurse to Pat's wealthy hypochondriac patient in a hospital. Ferrante and Teicher perform "Brazil". *NOTE: Pat Carroll, musical/comedy actress, including a memorable appearance as one of the wicked stepsisters in the Lesley Ann Warren version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Cinderella” TV special in 1964. She is now a respected dramatic stage actress, winning raves for her one-woman show about Gertrude Stein.
A spoof on bashful bachelors. Gwen Verdon sings and dances to "Downtown".
Danny and Phil do a skit recalling the old days of the burlesque theater. Barbara sings "When the Sun Comes Out" and "I Feel a Song Comin' On". Danny closes his show with a five-minute film of his visit to the Olympic site in Tokyo and a discussion with Japanese children.
Imogene and Danny do a skit about a man buying a birthday gift for his wife. Joe and Eddie sing "Lonesome Road". The Kinderspiel Light Opera Company also makes an appearance. [
Mary Tyler Moore - Singer Danny Cox (making his TV debut) Danny and Mary portray a married couple in a comedy sketch faced with the question "To Watch or Not to Watch TV". In another sketch, Mary plays Candy Doll, whose papa is Fat Daddy (Danny) and whose prospective husband is Gaylord Siss (Harvey Korman) an Old Southern family fop. Danny Cox (a burly ex-football player who signed with Columbia Records) sings both folk and pop tunes. Mary also appears in a dance routine titled "Ten Cents a Dance". Danny closes the show with a group of young dance students who improvise a dance to illustrate a story. [
Angela, Danny and John appear in an amusing spoof of Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana". Angela is Anna the Piranha who has devoted her life to crushing men. Danny & Angela do a song-and-dance routine witg h "A Ruddy by the Name of You". John sings "This Is All I Ask" and "Danny Boy". [
In the opening comedy sketch, Kaye and Ferrer are applicants for the same post' tion with • paper clip company. Joyce Van Patten Is seen as the receptionist. Later In the show, in the setting of the famous British criminal court, the Old Bailey, Kaye and Ferrer are antagonists In a murder trial drama. Kaye is barrister for the defense, and Ferrer Is prosecutor for the crown. Harvey Korman Is th- judge. Miss Collins sings, and Joint Kaye aad the rest of the company In a musical presentation of "Rockla' Red Riding Hood." Jose Ferrer is the perfect foil for Danny playing Sir Percival Fopp in a courtroom sketch "Murder on the Mary Tyler Moors", Danny plays Sir Chauncy Burroughs. Dorothy joins Danny in a Beatle-like extravaganza musical called "Rocking' Red Riding Hood".
Miss Ball and Danny run amuck as two actors in a road company who had to play six parts. They also play a married couple with maid trouble n a sit-down bit, and later hop about during a balloon dance. _ NOTE: It may take a while for Lucille Ball to catch her breath. Her performance on Tuesday night's "Danny Kaye Show" (9 p. m., CBS-TV), taped a week ago in Hollywood, required the stamina of an Olympic track star and the dogged determination of a combat-ready Marine. In the interest of her art, Miss Ball was punched, pummeled, hurled through the air and sat upon during a long day of rehearsals and the final taping. In return, she elbowed Kaye in the ribs, stepped on his toes and strangled him. The last time such a performance was staged for television, Gorgeous George bested Killer Kowalski, two falls out of three.
Danny and Howard portray Italian street singers. Sketch with Shari as a ballerina and Lamb Chop hamming it up. And in spoof of James Bond, Danny is secret James Pond and Howard as Dr. Yes.
Don plays a shy shoe salesman, a research assistant and a prince in a square light opera.
Danny & Gwen are a husband and wife battling at breakfast. Gwen, Danny and Harvey do a parody in the movie musical style titled "The Elopement". Gwen sings "I've Got Rhythm".
Danny opens the show with little Laurie Ichino dancing to "If This Isn't Love". Art plays a loud, rude character who drives the car in a two-man car pool and Danny is his meek passenger. Art plays Big Joe Carrats in a three-part movie titled "Murder, Maestro, Murder". Danny is song 'n dance man Peter Piper. Pearl Bailey makes her debut with Danny singing two songs. Pearl sings "Who Cares?" and "Personality". Danny & Pearl duet on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Danny closes the show with the Earl Brown singers in "Mother Goose Jumps".
Imogene makes a return visit and she brings her ballet slippers for the production number of "Swan Lake" with Danny. In a Kinderspiel Light Opera Company called "The Fleder-Mikado", Danny plays a handsome U.S. Naval Lieutenant and Miss Coca is his Japanese love. In a Christmas sketch Danny plays a cockney Englishman who has been fired from his job as a department store Santa, Imogene plays his wife. Tony Bennett sings three songs.
Skits include a show lampooning television documentaries with Pat Carroll interviews a German and English war hero in a TV sketch. Danny plays a shy bachelor who goes to dinner at a girlfriend's house and is badgered about marriage by her parents. The trio do a hillbilly number and Joe & Eddie sing folk songs.
Gwen & Danny open with a Christmas Waltz. Danny & Gwen portray rejected dolls in a fantasy dance that takes place in a child's room. Gwen sings "There's a Lull in My Life" and "The Song Is Ended". Jo sings a medley of Christmas songs. Danny & Jo duet with ""Jingle Journey" and "It's Almost Like Being in Love". Danny recreates a character from last season as Giovanni the old Italian expecting a call from his son in America. Danny, Harvey and Gwen appear in an espionage and counter-espionage comedy sketch titled "The Spy Who Got a Cold".
Danny & Buddy do a dance number to "Bidin' My Time". Pat appears an a trouble-making department store shopper skit with Danny and Howard. Buddy & Danny do a Western skit involving an Indian scout.
Peter Falk returns for a "Mr. Novak" takeoff with Danny. Danny plays a shabby teacher who works in at an ESSO gas station at night and Peter plays the father who wonders why his son is failing. Dorothy Collins and Danny relive the old Hit Parade days. Peter joins Danny for a bandit movie bit as El Producto to Danny's El Ringle.
Danny does a dentist sketch with Vincent Price as the Dentist. Diahann sings. Danny, Vincent and Harvey do a costume spoof about Viennese Prince Rudolf (Danny) and a handyman looalike with Vincent as the Prime Minister and Harvey as the General.
Imogene and Danny play a couple of circus acrobats in on sketch. Imogene plays a wife who brings home an expensive wig. Danny illustrates how the Russians might do "Cinderella". Nancy Wilson sings. Four-year-old Victoria Page Meyerink appears in a sitdown with Danny at the end. News article Jan20/64. "Appleface" was comedian Danny Kaye and the object of his affection was four-year-old Victoria Meyerink who if she likes you will nickname you after her favorite fruits and vegetables. They met shortly before her first appearance on December 31, 1963 when she starred with Danny and dancer Gwen Verdon in a Christmas sketch on the show. The response was so favorable to the child's performance that Danny brought her back to share his final "sit-down spot" on two succeeding shows. She appears for her fourth time on this episode.
Irene Ryan as Granny goes avisitin' with Danny as Grandpa the oldest couple in West Virginia. Irene also does a medicine sketch about hillbillies and blackouts about mothers and sons with Danny.
Fred plays a slipping Broadway stage director who tells a shy Danny how to act. A wild nightcourt sketch with Danny, Fred and Joyce Van Patten over a restaurant brawl.
Danny presents a three-act comedy entitled "Top Hat, White Tie and Green Socks". Harve, Gwen and Danny do a sketch about a temperamental musical comedy star who looks for a leading man to star in her next stage show and decides on an accident-prone delivery boy (Danny). Gwen and Danny do a sketch about a couple discussing the husband's quest for a raise at the office.
Danny opens with little Laurie Ichino. Elke & Danny duet with some folk songs. In a sketch Elke plays an actress with Danny as the shy shoe salesman. Pat Carroll plays a variety of mothers-in-law all of them pushy. NOTE: This was Elke Sommers television debut.
In a comedy sketch Danny portrays British secret service agent James Blonde who is assigned to stop the evil racketeer Ringfinger (Paul Ford). Shirley belts out "The Lady is a Tramp". Danny & Shirley do a duet. Paul Ford plays a sour father who can't stand his son-in-law (Danny).
Danny and Imogene take on a sketch about a poker game. They also present a series of commercials as they might have been written by William Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams. [RF]
Danny Kaye is joined by singer/comic actor Jim Nabors and jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his combo. In one sketch Jim plays a Marine to Danny's pesky drill-sergeant. And a Western sketch titled "Labanza" with Danny as Fat Daddy and Jim his clumsy son. Danny does a soft show and dance. Jim as his famous "Gomer Pyle" character takes on a "Roosian Spy". Danny plays Maestro Bruno Walnut, a Viennses symphony conductor, in a ribbing of Leonard Bernstein's concerts for young people. The Oscar Peterson Jazz Trio perform.
Danny celebrates St. Patrick's Day. "The Irish Traveler" is a sketch about a leprechaun and an unladylike Irish girl. Enzo Stuarti sings "Irish Rose". Imogene plays a health faddist.
Danny & Jason portray two expectant fathers waiting in a bar for the births of their heirs. Lauren & Jason join Danny for a medley of songs. Lauren plays a movie star on a quiz show paired with timid amateur Danny Kaye.
Danny plays Giovanni the tailor and Howard Morris plays an irate Italian father arguing about their children's wedding plans. Kit Smythe sings "Some People" and "The Party's Over". Harvey & Danny do a sketch about an old lawyer and a reformed crook. Danny, Howard and Kit close the show with "Pleasure".
For the opener of the series' third season Danny welcomes singer Harry Belafonte and Greek singer Nana Mouskouri. Harry teaches Danny how to sing with an ethic flavor and the two men sing a calypso song. Danny and Harry perform four sketches portraying what baseball pitchers and catchers might discuss during conferences on the mound in American, England, Germany and Japan. Belafonte sings several tunes and Nana sings "Telalis".
Danny plays an Olympic runner being interviewed by a TV Sports reporter played by Richard. Nana Mouskouri returns from last week's show and sings Greek songs. Richard, Danny and Harvey are in a sketch about jaunty RAF wing commanders in World War II ribbing of 12 O'Clock High called "Thirty Seconds Over Schnitzel". Herman's Hermits perform "Henry the Eighth".
Danny's guests are Shirley Jones and The Righteous Brothers. Plus regular Harvey Korman. Highlights: Shirley and Danny consider the man-woman conflict in song-and-dance production title "Man versus Woman". In a sketch, Danny and Shirley play Adam and Eve. Danny & Shirley duet on "The Begat" and "Love Walked In". Shirley sings "Blame It on Love". The Righteous Brothers sing "You've Lost That Loving Feelin'".
Danny's guests are Buddy Ebsen, Clint Eastwood, Fess Parker and Charo. Plus regulars Joyce Van Patten and Harvey Korman. Highlights: Danny is taught how to order a drink by Rawhide star Clint Eastwood as Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen put in their two cents worth in the Saloon sketch. Another Western sketch with Clint and Fess as a pair of brothers just out of jail who are out to get the Sheriff (Danny) who put them there. Harvey Korman plays the station agent. Danny and Fess do a song-and-dance routine to "Doodlin'". Charo sings "La Cucaracha" and "La Bamba".
Danny welcomes as his guests jazz clarinetist Benny 'The King of Swing' Goodman and singer Caterina Valente for a evening full of music. Danny, series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Pattern, as well as Caterina, perform in a series of sketches set in the 1920s, the 1930s and the 1940s. Benny and his quartet of sidemen play a number of hot jazz numbers.
Danny is joined by singer Dinah Shore and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass for an evening of musical entertainment. Dinah sings a solo number and joins Danny for several duets, then Danny, Dinah and the Earl Brown Singers join forces for "The Winds of Barcelona". Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass perform their hit "A Taste of Honey".
Danny welcomes actress Carolyn Jones and singer Pat Boone to the program along with series regular Harvey Korman. In one sketch Harvey players a television reporter interviewing Christopher Columbus (played by Danny). In another, titled "Samson and Delilah", Danny and Carolyn play the title characters, who work for a British music business.
Danny's guests are Marguerite Piazza and Freddie and the Dreamers, with Harvey Korman, Joyce Van Patten and The Tony Charmoli Dancers filling out the cast. Danny is featured as TV doctor Ben Casey who feels he needs to enter a confidence building school. In another segment, Danny narrates "The Three Little Pigs" using a German accent.
Actor Ray Walston and singer Vikki Carr are Danny guests, with semi-regulars Harvey Korman and Laurie Ichiro rounding out the cast. In one skit spoofing the James Bond movie "Goldfinger", Ray plays a secret agent tracking a master criminal played by Danny. Later Vikki plays a wife heading out for a night with her girlfriends leaving Danny and his friend, Ray, to take care of a baby.
Danny's guests are country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford and singer Lainie Kazan for this Thanksgiving-themed episode. Danny, dressed as an enormous turkey is interviewed by a television reporter played by Harvey Korman. Later, Harvey plays the former king of a small European country trying to make due in a rundown apartment with Danny as his inept servant.
Actor John Astin, Singer/Dancer Gwen Verdon and Singer D'Aldo Romano are Danny's guests for this program, joining series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. John plays an oddball in one sketch and Gwen appears as a liberated woman in another. Gwen performs a Western dance in one musical sequence with D'Aldo belting out "Mexico".
Danny's guests are singer Diahann Carroll and actor/singer George Hamilton. Danny is featured as a lighthouse keeper in one sketch and a high-strung German movie director in another. In the featured sketch, George plays a movie actor named 'Rock Pile'; Danny, a playing the movie's director, continually changes the script to keep his girlfriend, the film's female lead, from appearing in the same scene with the handsome star.
Vincent Price, Vikki Carr and John Gary join Danny and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. Vincent plays Dr. Frankenstein with Danny as his monster in a horror movie spoof sketch. Later, Danny plays a window washer who thinks he has witnessed a murder inside the building where he's working.
For this Christmas-themed show, Danny is joined by actress Jean Simmons, actor Laurence Harvey and singer John Gary. In one sketch Jean and Laurence plot to murder a rich Englishman who proves more difficult to bump off than they planned. Danny plays a shy man trapped by a blizzard at a ski resort who must cuddle with the beautiful Jean Simmons to keep warm.
Singer/actor Eddie Albert and singer Wayne Newton join Danny and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten in this New Year's Eve themed episode. In the opening sketch, Danny plays Father Time awaiting the arrival of the baby representing the New Year. In another sketch Danny and Eddie play two men suffering from hangovers after being over-served and under-supervised at a New Year's Eve Party the night before.
Danny is joined by singer Liza Minnelli, actor Alan Young and singer John Gary. The featured comedy sketch involves a parody of the excitement and dangers of Grand Prix auto racing. In another skit, Danny and Alan appear as husbands who retreat to a laundromat to escape their nagging wives. Liza performs a medley of songs.
Comedian Bill Dana, Singer Caterina Valente and singer D'Aldo Romano join Danny and his regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. In one sketch Bill appears as his English mangling character Jose Jimenez. In the featured skit Bill and Danny compete for the hand of the fair Lady Daphne Hyde-Jekyll who insists that they will only marry the winner of an around-the-world race.
Danny greets guests singer/actress Tammy Grimes and comic actor Bob Crane to the show. Regular cast members Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten also appear. Tammy plays a pampered movie star in one skit. Bob Crane harks back to his days working in radio to interview Beethoven (as played by Danny). Tammy performs "Limehouse Blues".
Actor Robert Vaughn, composer Michel Legrand and 12-year old ballerina Joyce Cuoco join Danny and regulars Joyce Van Patten and Harvey Korman for this week's show. Danny and Robert perform in a skit that spoofs espionage TV series play nattily attired secret agents. Young Joyce stops the show with her dance set to Legrand's "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".
Danny's guest for this week's show are actor Eddie Albert and singer Morgana King. Eddie gives a dramatic reading of Stephen Vincent Benet's poem "Ballad of William Sycamore". Later Eddie and Danny play two husbands who have lied to their wives so they can attend a weekly poker game. Danny forms a barbershop quartet with staff musicians/composers Paul Weston, Earl Brown and Billy Barnes to sing "Indiana".
British actor Cyril Ritchard and country singer Eddy Arnold are Danny's guests for this week's show. Eddy and Danny sing a medley of songs about broken hearts. Cyril plays a frustrated teacher trying to improve Danny's diction and rid him of his pronounced Brooklyn accent. In another skit, Cyril and Danny play British pilots who are forced to ditch their plane in the desert.
Danny's guests are comedian Tim Conway, singer John Gary and Japanese musician Kimio Eto. In one sketch, Danny and Tim play construction workers building a skyscraper. In another skit, Danny and Tim play espionage agents meeting in a restaurant to exchange vital information. Kimio plays several numbers on a traditional Japanese stringed instrument called a koto.
Singer/Actress Inger Stevens, Woody Herman and big band, The Thundering Herd, The Clinger Sisters and Brother Aaron guest star on this episode. Inger sings a folk song and, later, the Clinger Sisters and Brother Aaron, backed by Woody Herman and his musicians perform a number of Swing Era hits. In the primary sketch, Inger plays a school teacher who meets an Italian widower played by Danny.
Singer/Actor Robert Goulet and actress Joanne Woodward join Danny and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. In a parody of the TV series, "The Fugitive", Danny plays its desperate protagonist 'Richard Thimble'. In a spoof of the Western TV series, "Shenandoah", Danny plays a swaggering gunslinger named 'Shenandopey'. To complete the TV series parodies, Danny spoofs "Run for Your Life" playing a man who has only 18 months to live.
Danny welcomes as his guests singers Nancy Wilson and John Gary. Series regular Harvey Korman joins Danny in a spoof of the TV series "Batman" in which Danny plays Chickenman and Harvey his sidekick Parakeet. In another sketch, Danny and Harvey perform a pantomime set in a library. Nancy and John each sing two songs and join forces to sing "Memphis Blues".
Special musical episode where the entire show is devoted to widow Betty Simpson's plot to marry Giovanni, an Italian tailor recently immigrated to the United States and living with his son. Giovanni's best friend Marco tries to assist in the matrimonial proceedings. All the songs in this production were written especially for the program.
For episode featuring music representing cultures throughout the world, Danny's guests are brass combo Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, singer/actress Senta Berger, singer John Gary and singer/actor Chaim Topol with series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten also appearing. Highlights include The Tijuana Brass' version of "Zorba the Greek", "Marry Me Fatima" sung by Senta and Topol and Danny and Topol dancing the Hora.
Danny is joined by singers Vikki Carr and John Gary and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. Danny appears in his character as shy Jerome, a shoe salesman who has difficulty asking for a raise. In another sketch Danny plays a world-famous who is so concerned about the well-being of his hands that he won't allow his wife to touch them, ultimately taking out a million-dollar insurance policy. Danny signs a duet with Vikki and performs a music segment about William Tell and his son and a certain ill-fated apple.
Actor Vincent Price, singer John Gary and pianist Stan Worth join Danny and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. In a silent sequence, Danny plays a drunk. After discussing great movie villains of the past with Vincent, Danny appears in a sketch about a notorious gangster. Musical highlights include John Garry singing, "Once Upon a Time", Danny singing a medley of Gilbert and Sullivan songs and Stan Worth playing two numbers on his piano.
Danny is joined by singer Edie Adams, actor Fred Gwynne and folk singer Glenn Yarbrough, along with series regular Joyce Van Patten. Spoofing Gwynne's role on "The Munsters" and NBC newscasters Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, the cast performs a sketch with Danny as 'David Dracula' and Fred by 'Chet Munster' as the broadcast team behind "The Munster-Dracula Report" with Edie as Fred's neglected wife 'Lily'. Fred and Danny appear in a spoof of "Gilligan's Island" with Fred as the skipper and Danny as his incompetent deckhand.
For the third season finale, Danny has as his guests singer John Gary, Canadian singer Judy Armstrong and regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. Danny and Joyce perform a sketch about a missing English spouse. In another skit, Danny and Joyce demonstrate the different styles of courtship between the British, Eskimos, Italians and Civil-War era Americans. In another sketch Danny plays a husband who returns home after recovering from an eight-year bout with amnesia.
For his fourth season's opener, Danny is joined by actors Andy Griffith, Ronny Howard, and Clint Howard, as well as singers Susan Barrett and Donna Butterworth. Ronny convinces Danny to allow him to host his own variety show, "The Ronny Howard Show" with Danny as his first guest. Ronny and Clint appear in a sketch about toys. Danny stars in an adult spy-spoof which Ronny then apprises with a cast of children.
Danny guests this week are actor Eddie Albert, singer Vikki Carr and the jazz combo Sergio Mendez and Brazil '66 along with series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. Danny song "Let's Get Away from It All" leads directly into the show's primary skit which involves tourists on an airplane flying in the first class compartment.
The Peanuts, Japanese twins who are singers and dancers, along with their chaperone, Isa Watanabe, and singer Frankie Randall are Danny's guests. Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten return playing various roles in sketches. Danny sings a song in Japanese with the youngsters, then plays a Japanese chef on a television cooking show. Danny's character, shy Jerome, visits a doctor's office to have an X-ray taken.
Danny guests this week are singers Ella Fitzgerald and Buddy Greco and musicians Sergio Mendez and Brazil '66. In addition to the many songs that are performed, the cast deals with problems associated with having a quiet picnic at the beach. Danny plays an old man who proposes to a lovely young woman played by Joyce. Later Danny tells the little known fairy tale, "Little Green Riding Hood" whose basket contains plenty of adult beverages.
Comedian Tim Conway, singer Barbara Minkus and The Peanuts - young Japanese twins who sing and dance - join Danny and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. Danny and Barbara perform a duet, singing "We Kiss in a Shadow".
Danny's guests are singer Leslie Uggams and fourteen-year-old gospel singer Steve Sanders with series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten rounding out the cast. Danny plays an aging family servant in one sketch and as Giovanni, the old Italian tailor in another. Steve performs some swinging gospel songs while Danny and Leslie perform a duet.
Guests for this episode are actor Eddie Albert, big band singer Joe Williams and the young Japanese singers/dancers The Peanuts. The program starts out with a big production number called "Bring Back Those Minstrel Days" featuring Danny and Joe. Eddie and Danny appear in the skit about a pair of hunters trapped in a remote cabin with both men believing the other is a killer.
Danny's guests are actor Tony Randall, pianist Stan Worth and singer Vikki Carr. In the first sketch, Danny, in his character as shy Jerome, and Tony attend their college's class reunion. In another segment, Danny plays a telephone operator at an answering service. Later, Danny and Tony appear in a laundry sketch.
Singers Louis Armstrong and Caterina Valente join Danny and series regulars Harvey Korman, Joyce Van Patten and the Earl Brown Singers for an episode crammed with music. The episode's biggest highlight is the musical extravaganza, "A Salute to Louis Armstrong" that features many of the songs that Louis made famous during his lengthy career as an entertainer.
Danny's guests are British singer Petula Clark and British actor Stanley Holloway. In one sketch, Danny and Stanley play a Cockney bank clerk and a coal truck delivery man who find themselves at odds. Later Harvey plays a reporter interviewing Captain Ahab as he is about to embark on the pursuit of a certain white whale. Petula sings a couple of numbers and a duet with Danny. Later Petula, Danny and Stanley team up to sing a medley of hit songs from British music halls.
Danny and series regulars Joyce Van Patten and Harvey Korman are jointed by guest stars Peter Ustinov, Frank Gorshin and Nancy Wilson. Peter and Danny appear in a sketch where a concert violinist and a Western gunfighter are continually at odds with each other. Danny appears in another sketch with Frank playing an obnoxious businessman named Fink.
Danny is joined by guests singer/actress Shirley Jones, Brazilian jazz combo Sergio Mendez and Brazil '66 and young Victoria Meyerink. In a pantomime sketch, Danny plays a inexperienced bellhop who has difficulties dealing with a hotel's revolving door. Danny's character, shy Jerome, asks a friend to meet his fiancée at a department store perfume counter with unfortunate results.
Singers Sergio Franchi and Sallie Blair are Danny's guests for this episode. In one sketch Danny, playing Jerome, a shy shoe clerk, gets into hot water when he tries to hide a pretty girl in his apartment's closet. In another, Danny plays Major Nigel Dumwitty in a spoof of the World War II TV series, "The Rat Patrol".
For his Christmas program Danny is joined by singers Peggy Lee and Wayne Newton, the International Children's Choir of Long Beach, California, and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. Danny plays a father who encounters great difficulty assembling a bicycle for his son on Christmas Eve. Later he plays the elderly Italian tailor Giovanni who has moved to America to live with his son and daughter-in-law.
For the last show of 1966, Danny is jointed by singer Caterina Valente, composer Gilbert Becaud, little Victoria Meyerink and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. In one sketch, Harvey interviews Danny playing the Father of the Year who can't remember the number of children he has. Later Danny plays a dishwasher who becomes involved with enemy agents. In another skit Danny plays both a German U-Boat commander and a British destroyer captain engaged in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
For his first show of 1967, Danny has as his special guests Louis Armstrong, the singing/dancing Kessler Twins, Victoria Meyerink and series regulars Joyce Van Patten and Harvey Korman. Danny is featured in a Mexican version of Jack and the Beanstalk and plays a construction worker in another skit. As shy Jerome, Danny encounters trouble at a surprise birthday party.
Pianist Liberace, singer Vikki Carr and young Victoria Meyerink join Danny and series regulars Joyce Van Patten and Harvey Korman. In a James Bond spoof, Danny appears as a British secret agent battling a world menace played by Liberace. Danny also appears as Giovanni, an aging Italian tailor, and, in another sketch, as the manager of an old folks home.
Danny is joined by singer John Gary, actor Godfrey Cambridge and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. Danny tells the Cinderella story with a Russian setting and is featured in a sketch as Giovanni, the old Italian tailor who moves to America to live with his son and daughter-in-law, but discovers that the landlord won't allow his pet dog to stay in their apartment.
For this show, Danny is joined by actor Peter Falk, comedienne Pat Carroll and the singing group The Lettermen. In one skit, Danny is browbeaten by his mother, played by Pat Carroll, into finding a roommate to help pay the bills and winds up taking in a notorious bank robber who is on the lam. Series regular Joyce Van Patten plays a pretty girl who Pat thinks should marry her son.
Danny and series regulars Joyce Van Patten and Harvey Korman welcome singer/actor Burl Ives and actress Barbara Rush to the program. Danny, Barbara and Burl are featured in a sketch that parodies Tennessee Williams play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Later, Danny, playing the shy Jerome Taperman, tries to play cupid and link his best friend with the lovely Barbara.
Danny's guests are actor Fred Gwynne, singer Vikki Carr and the jazz combo the Las Vegas Quintet with regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten filling out the cast. The featured sketch involves a spoof of the swashbuckler film "Cyrano de Bergerac" with Danny playing the long-nosed title character, Fred as the handsome Christian and Joyce as the lovely Roxanne.
Country singer Eddy Arnold and singer Millicent Martin join Danny and regular cast member Joyce Van Patten and Harvey Korman. Danny is featured as shy Jerome who tries a computer dating service and meets a lovely British lass played by Millicent. Danny performs duets with Edddy and Millicent and Eddy performs a couple of his hit songs.
Danny is joined by comedian Tim Conway and Japanese singer Izumi. Tim is featured in one sketch as the host of children's television show fighting a hangover while on the air. Danny acts out an Irish version of "Little Red Riding Hood". In another sketch, Danny and Tim are having difficulty publishing a new dictionary. Later Tim, Danny and series regular Harvey Korman play a plumber, a customer relations man and a window installer who have difficulty working together.
Danny is visited by comedian George Burns and singer Mirelle Mathieu. Danny in his role as shy Jerome seeks advice from George on how to become a big star. George spins tales of his days as a vaudeville performer and together they perform a series of hit songs from bygone days. Later Danny plays a barbershop janitor who tries to cut a customer's hair when the barber leaves the shop for lunch. Teenaged Mirelle sings a couple of French songs.
Actor Roddy McDowall and singer Blossom Dearie join Danny and series regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. In the featured comedy sketch, Danny plays a slave in Rome who challenges Caesar - played by Roddy - to a game of Caesar says in hopes of winning his freedom. Danny and Joyce test their skills at improvisation. Blossom sings several tunes and Roddy plugs his book about photography.
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 perform "The One-Note Samba" and "Night and Day". As shy Jerome, Danny attends a ballet class with his Rhoda (Joyce Van Patten) in a comedy sketch. Danny sings "Lonesome Road" with the Earl Brown Singers. Danny appears in a musical skit title "The Three Little Pigs" in Italian style.
Danny plays shy Jerome Taperman who, while on a cruise shipment, impersonates a commodore to impress his girlfriend, Rhoda (played by Joyce Van Patten). Detectives searching the vessel for a notorious master-of-disguise mistake Jerome for the criminal who is loose on board. Also appearing are Diahann Carroll as the cruise ship's entertainer, and Joyce Jameson, Herbie Faye and Buddy Lewis in support.
Danny is joined by singer Joanie Sommers, and folk singers The Brothers Four and the Tony Charmoli Dancers. Danny is featured playing shy Jerome who has a nightmare about a beautiful Broadway actress. In another sketch, Danny and the cast demonstrate how different cultures deal with romantic triangles. Joanie and The Brothers Four are featured in a series of sketches and songs about teenagers.
Danny is joined by actor Robert Morley, the four-man singing group called The Arbor Quartet and the Earl Brown Singers. Danny appears as shy Jerome Taperman who is trying to overcome his fear of other people by taking public speaking lessons. Later, in a pantomime sketch, Danny plays a hopelessly incompetent army recruit
