BOBBY DARIN SHOW, THE {CAROL LAWRENCE, PAT BUTTRAM, BILL WITHERS} (TV)
Summary
One in this music and variety series hosted by Bobby Darin. Highlights of this program include the following: Darin sings "Get Me to the Church on Time" and a duet of "High Hopes" with Charlene Wong; Carol Lawrence performs "I Feel the Earth Move"; Darin and Lawrence sing a humorous duet called "Hole in the Bucket"; Pat Buttram does a stand-up routine which includes comments on Danish adult movies, ads for spouse-swapping, and the money troubles of his Hollywood friends; Darin appears as the Godmother, an old Italian lady in a black shawl, who offers her renowned financial expertise to talk show viewers; Lawrence, Darin, and Buttram perform a medley of love songs from different eras, which includes "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," "Volare," "It's D'lovely," and others; Darin and Lawrence sing a duet of "Words"; neighborhood stoop-sitters Angie and Carmine make an apperance, with Carmine trying to convince Angie to buy a double burial plot at Bambi Hills, a cemetery sodded with astroturf; Darin sings "Shilo"; Bill Withers performs "Grandma's Hands"; and Darin sings "Guys and Dolls," "Come Rain or Come Shine," and his signature song "Mack the Knife." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: April 20, 1973 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:51:52
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:03229
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety; Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety; Music, popular (songs, etc.)
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1973
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Saul Ilson … Producer, Writer
- Ernest Chambers … Producer, Writer
- Frank Gertz … Associate Producer
- Gordon Wiles … Director
- Charles Isaacs … Writer
- Howard Albrecht … Writer
- Sol Weinstein … Writer
- Jack Hanrahan … Writer
- Don Sherman … Writer
- Sidney Miller … Writer
- Alan Thicke … Writer
- Neal Marshall … Writer
- Bobby Darin … Writer
- Bill Withers … Singer
- Eddie Karam Orchestra, The … Music Group
- Anita Mann … Choreographer
- Bobby Darin … Singer, Host, Cast
- Carol Lawrence … Singer, Cast
- Pat Buttram … Performer, Cast
- Dick Bakalyan … Cast
- Geoff Edwards … Cast
- Charlene Wong … Cast
- Tommy Amato … Cast