BING CROSBY: THE CHRISTMAS YEARS (TV)
Summary
A television special celebrating Bing Crosby’s various television Christmas specials, hosted by the Crosby family.
Highlights include scenes of a Crosby family reunion interspersed with clips of Bing Crosby’s various Christmas specials on television. Clips include: a 1966 episode of “Hollywood Palace” featuring the assembled Crosby family; a Crosby Christmas special from 1974, featuring Bing Crosby performing “The People vs. Santa Claus”; Bing Crosby and Jackie Gleason dressed as Santa Claus, singing a Christmas version of “Put it There, Pal”; a duet between Bing Crosby and David Bowie of “The Little Drummer Boy”; Crosby and Robert Goulet in a musical number together, the former as a hobo and the latter as a police officer, later accompanied by the Mitchell Singing Boys; Harry and Bing Crosby performing a version of “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”; Mary Frances Crosby performing a ballet to an excerpt from “The Nutcracker Suite”; Mary Frances Crosby singing “Pick Yourself Up” alongside Fred Astaire; a 1973 special featuring Bing and Kathryn Crosby alongside John Byner, Connie Stevens, and Michael Landon; the Crosby family singing “Silver Bells” during the “Hollywood Palace” episode; the Crosby family singing together on a later occasion, performing a medley of Christmas songs; and various clips of Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas” on various television specials. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: N/A
- DATE: November 27, 1978
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:16
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:83406
- GENRE: Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Specials
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Frank Konigsberg … Executive Producer
- Bob Finkel … Producer, Director
- Jack Thompson … Associate Producer
- Buz Kohan … Writer
- George Wyle … Conductor
- Kathryn Crosby (See also: Kathryn Grant) … Guest
- Harry Crosby … Guest
- Mary Frances Crosby … Guest
- Nathaniel Crosby … Guest
- Fred Astaire
- David Bowie
- John Byner
- Bing Crosby
- Jackie Gleason
- Robert Goulet
- Michael Landon
- Mitchell Singing Boys, The
- Connie Stevens