MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING TRIBUTE, A: MILTON BERLE: MR. TELEVISION (TV)

Summary

This tribute to Milton Berle includes comments by Bob Hope, Sid Caesar, Danny Thomas, Steve Allen, Alan King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Tom Bosley, Barbara Walters, Robert Merrill, writers Irving Brecher, Buddy Arnold, and Hal Kanter, comedian Robert Klein, actor Arnold Stang, and director Greg Garrison; Ron Simon, television curator for The Museum of Broadcasting; Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, former NBC president; and Jeffrey Fuerst, assistant curator for The Museum of Broadcasting. Also included is footage of an interview with Berle conducted by Robert M. Batscha, president of the Museum, as well as brief clips of Charles Coburn, Martha Raye, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Jack Benny, Laurence Harvey, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, Tallulah Bankhead, Edward G. Robinson, Elvis Presley, Peter Lorre, Carl Sandburg, and Harpo Marx.

Details

• NETWORK: WNYC-TV (New York, NY) / Public TV (AAPB)
• DATE: May 28, 1985 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:58:00
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T85:0650
• GENRE: Talk/Interviews; Variety
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
• SERIES RUN: WNYC (New York, NY) - TV, 1985
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• M. Davis Lacy … Executive Producer
• Mark Duffy … Producer, Writer
• Gary Kaskel … Director
• Lou Sanducci … Executive in charge of production
• Ron Simon … Creative Consultant
• Alan King … Narrator
• Robert M. Batscha … Interviewer
• Milton Berle … Special Guest
• Bob Hope … Guest
• Sid Caesar … Guest
• Danny Thomas … Guest
• Steve Allen … Guest
• Sammy Davis Jr. … Guest
• Tom Bosley … Guest
• Barbara Walters … Guest
• Robert Merrill … Guest
• Irving Brecher … Guest
• Buddy Arnold … Guest
• Hal Kanter … Guest
• Robert Klein … Guest
• Arnold Stang … Guest
• Greg Garrison … Guest
• Weaver, Sylvester L. "Pat," Jr. … Guest
• Jeffrey Fuerst … Guest
• Charles Coburn
• Martha Raye
• Anderson, Eddie "Rochester"
• Jack Benny
• Laurence Harvey
• Cole Porter
• Frank Sinatra
• Nat King Cole
• Jerry Lewis
• Dean Martin
• Tallulah Bankhead
• Edward G. Robinson
• Elvis Presley
• Peter Lorre
• Harpo Marx
• Carl Sandburg