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PLAYBOY AFTER DARK {SID CAESAR, THE GRATEFUL DEAD}
PLAYBOY AFTER DARK {SID CAESAR, THE GRATEFUL DEAD}
(TV)
Summary
One in this series of variety programs hosted by Playboy
magazine founder Hugh Hefner in a party setting.
Musical highlights in this program include performances
by the Grateful Dead, who sing "Mountains of the Moon"
and other songs; solos by Irish singer Brendan Hanlon;
and Noel Harrison performing the title song from his new
album "The Great Electric Experiment Is Over." Other
highlights include Sid Caesar with a fake foreign accent
routine, and Elias & Shaw (Mike Elias & Frank Shaw) in a
routine about a pet hippopotomus. Astrologer/author
Sydney Omarr tells Hefner and Caesar their horoscopes,
and Hefner talks with guitarist/vocalist Jerry Garcia of
the Grateful Dead. Commercials deleted.
(This syndicated series aired in 1969.)
Details
- NETWORK: Syndicated
- DATE: November 30, 1968
- RUNNING TIME: 0:48:30
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:24974
- GENRE: Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Music, popular (songs, etc.); Rock music
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- David Sontag … Executive Producer
- Jerry Goldstein … Producer
- Arlyne Rothberg … Associate Producer
- Lee Wolfberg … Associate Producer
- Dean Whitmore … Director
- Sanford Sheldon … Writer
- Jack S. Margolis … Writer
- Ken Shapiro … Writer
- Grateful Dead, The … Music Group
- Tommy Oliver … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director
- Cy Coleman … "Playboy's Theme" composed by
- Byron Gilliam … Dance Supervision by
- Hugh Hefner … Host
- Sid Caesar … Guest
- Elias & Shaw … Guests
- Brendan Hanlon … Guest
- Noel Harrison … Guest
- Sydney Omarr … Guest
- Barbi Benton … Guest
- Mike Elias
- Frank Shaw
- Jerry Garcia