VANESSA WILLIAMS & FRIENDS: CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK (TV)
Summary
This musical Christmas special, held in New York's Shubert Theatre, is hosted by singer and actress Vanessa Williams. The program features performances of holiday songs with special guests Babyface, the Boys Choir of Harlem, Phil Collins, Savion Glover, Rosie OÕDonnell, Shania Twain, and Luther Vandross. The program begins with the song, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" performed by Williams, Twain, Vandross, and the Boys Choir of Harlem. Other musical highlights include: "Angels We Have Heard on High," sung by Williams and Twain with the accompaniment of Glover's tap dancing; "White Christmas," sung by Rosie OÕDonnell and Elmo from Sesame Street; Williams and Babyface in a duet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside"; "With a Christmas Heart" by Vandross; Williams performing her song, "Star Bright"; and "The Same Moon" by Collins. The program concludes with "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," performed by Williams, Vandross, and the Boys Choir of Harlem. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements. Commercials include Dennis Rodman for Kodak; public service announcements include Christian Spencer and Dennis Franz for Children First.
Cataloging of this program has been made possible by Senator Roy M. Goodman, 1998/1999.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: December 1, 1996 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:36
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:46854
- GENRE: Specials; Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Christmas - Songs and music; Music, popular (songs, etc.); Specials; African-American Collection - Music
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1996
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "The Preacher's Wife" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - Betty Crocker frosting
- TV - Commercials - Blockbuster Video stores and "Toy Story" (home video)
- TV - Commercials - Burger King fast food
- TV - Commercials - Children's Tylenol Cold medicine
- TV - Commercials - Discover credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Energizer batteries
- TV - Commercials - Fruit of the Loom briefs
- TV - Commercials - Hillshire Farms prepared foods
- TV - Commercials - JCPenney stores
- TV - Commercials - Kodak Advantix cameras
- TV - Commercials - Maxwell House coffee
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's fast food and "101 Dalmatians" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - Oldsmobile automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Pepcid AC antacid
- TV - Commercials - Target stores
- TV - Commercials - True Value hardware stores
- TV - Commercials - Tylenol Cold medicine
- TV - PSA - Air Force
- TV - PSA - Children First
- TV - PSA - Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children
- TV - PSA - Special Olympics
- TV - PSA - US General Services Administration
- TV - PSA - US Postal Service
- TV - Promos - "Dangerous Minds"
- TV - Promos - "Ellen"
- TV - Promos - "Grace Under Fire"
- TV - Promos - "Home Improvement"
- TV - Promos - "Life's Work"
- TV - Promos - "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"TV - Promos - "Murder One: The Verdict"
- TV - Promos - "Roseanne"
- TV - Promos - "Spin City"
- TV - Promos - "Suddenly"
- TV - Promos - "The Drew Carey Show"
- TV - Promos - "Townies"
CREDITS
- Ken Ehrlich … Executive Producer
- John Dukakis … Executive Producer
- Qadree El-Amin … Executive Producer
- Renato Basile … Associate Producer
- Angela Fairhurst … Line Producer
- Louis J. Horritz … Director
- Jeff Kievit … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director
- Vanessa Williams … Host, Singer
- Boys Choir of Harlem, The … Choir
- Babyface (See also: Edmonds, Kenny) … Singer
- Phil Collins … Singer
- Rosie OÕDonnell … Singer
- Shania Twain … Singer
- Luther Vandross … Singer
- Savion Glover … Dancer
- Kevin Clash … Cast, Elmo, Puppeteer, Voice