DON RICKLES SPECIAL, THE: ALIVE AND KICKING (TV)
Summary
A comedy special featuring the master of insults, Don Rickles. In this special, Johnny Carson does the introduction and Rickles goes into the crowd, offering his unique mix of put-downs and one-liners. While parading through the throng, Rickles comes upon Tim Conway and McLean Stevenson taking in the show. A series of sketches follow. The first, set on a couple's Hawaiian honeymoon, features Anne Meara as a new bride who only wants love, with Rickles as the husband who can only think of his mother. The next sketch is a take-off of an awards ceremony, where the honors go to people in the medical profession. Carroll O'Connor, Don Adams, and Bob Newhart make special appearances during this skit. The third sketch takes place at the United Nations building, on a night many delegates from different countries are attending a conference. Rickles plays a security officer with a hot temper, with Harvey Korman as his somewhat sympathetic boss. The final sketch finds the newleyweds again, this time in Las Vegas, attending a show starring Don Rickles. The insults go out to both of them. Throughout the special, music and dance numbers are performed, including the following: Juliet Prowse sings "Honky Cat," joined by The Tom Hansen Dancers; Prowse and Rickles sing and dance to "One Day We Dance" and "Love Is the Reason"; and the entire cast sings and dances to "Bye, Bye Blues" and "Alive and Kicking." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 12, 1972 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:51:27
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:37196
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1972
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Joe Scandore … Executive Producer
- Arnie Rosen … Producer, Writer
- George Sunga … Associate Producer
- Hy Averback … Director
- Dick McDonough … Director
- Arthur Julian … Writer
- Elias Davis … Writer
- David Pollock … Writer
- Tom Hansen … Music by, Choreographer
- Peter Matz … Conductor
- Tom Hansen Dancers, The … Dance Company
- Don Rickles … Host
- Johnny Carson … Announcer
- Don Adams … Guest
- Bob Newhart … Guest
- Carroll O'Connor … Guest
- Juliet Prowse … Cast
- Anne Meara … Cast
- Harvey Korman … Cast
- Steve Landesberg … Cast
- McLean Stevenson
- Tim Conway