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Kraft Music Hall

Season 12

1969
40 Episodes
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Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.

Episode 1 : ‎ Alan King: A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to September

--Alan King (host) --Alan King and Browning Bryant - ""The Straight Life"" --Browning Bryant (teenage singer) - ""Shenandoah"" --Carol Lawrence - ""Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie"" --Carol Lawrence and Alan King - medley: ""Summertime,"" ""Blue Skies"" and ""Up a Lazy River"" --Marian Mercer (actress, from Broadway's ""Promises, Promises"") --Carl Ballantine (comedian)
60 Mins
17-09-1969

Episode 2 : ‎ Kraft Presents Eddy Arnold

--Eddy Arnold (host) - ""That's How Much I Love You,"" ""I'll Hold You in My Heart"" & ""Make the World Go Away"" --Bobbie Gentry - ""Peaceful"" --Bernadette Peters --Phil Harris --Browning Bryant (teenage singer) - ""Patches"" --Phil Harris, Eddy Arnold and Bobbie Gentry - ""Muskrat Ramble"" --All guests - Country medley: ""By the Time I Get to Phoenix,"" ""Wichita Lineman,"" ""J...
60 Mins
24-09-1969

Episode 3 : ‎ The Friars Roast Milton Berle

""The Friars Roast Milton Berle"" with Alan King as the ""Roastmaster"" Guests: --Jack Benny --Red Buttons --Don Drysdale (former Dodger's pitcher) --Steve Lawrence --Jan Murray --Bishop Fulton J. Sheen --Henny Youngman
60 Mins
01-10-1969

Episode 4 : ‎ Kraft Presents Wayne Newton

--Wayne Newton (host) - ""Hello, My Baby,"" ""What Kind of Fool Am I?"" ""The Lord Must Be in New York City"" & ""Blowin' in the Wind"" --Michele Lee (singer-actress) - ""Runnin' Wild"" --Terry-Thomas (British comedian) - does a monologue on doors. --Hines, Hines & Dad (dancers) - ""Sweet Georgia Brown"" --Wayne Newton and Hines, Hines & Dad - ""Walkin' on New Grass"" Comedy sketches:...
60 Mins
08-10-1969

Episode 5 : ‎ 3rd Annual Country Music Association Awards

Country Music Association Awards (broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville) --hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford Scheduled performers: --Glen Campbell - ""Galveston"" --Johnny Cash - ""A Boy Named Sue"" & ""Daddy Sang Bass"" --Charley Pride - ""All I Have to Offer You Is Me"" --Freddy Weller - ""Games People Play"" Other guests/presenters (scheduled): --Chet Atkins --Gene A...
60 Mins
15-10-1969

Episode 6 : ‎ Alan King Stops The Press

""Alan King Stops the Press"" - a satrical look at newspapers Comedy: --Alan King (host) - does a monologue on editorials, horoscopes and cheesecake photos. --A husband (Alan King) gets a low score when his wife (Barbara Feldon) takes a ""rate your mate"" quiz. --Paul Lynde plays (1) a newspaper food critic (2) a sportswriter interviewing skinny rookie U.T. Thompson, played by Charlie Call...
60 Mins
22-10-1969

Episode 7 : ‎ Kraft Presents Eddy Arnold

--Eddy Arnold (host) - ""Morning of My Mind,"" ""Jean,"" ""Since December"" and medley (""Margie, Margie,"" ""Sweet Sue,"" ""Ida,"" ""My Name Is Sue"" and ""Molly Darlin'."") --The Lettermen - ""Shangri-La"" --Eddy Arnold and the Lettermen - medley: ""Smile (Though Your Heart Is Breaking),"" ""When I Fall In Love,"" ""A Summer Place,"" ""Love Is Blue,"" ""Our Day Will Come,"" ""Goin' Out of My...
60 Mins
05-11-1969

Episode 8 : ‎ The Sound of Burt Bacharach

""The Sound of Bacharach"" - features the music of Bacharach, plus a tribute to Harold Arlen. --Lena Horne, Tony Bennett and Burt Bacharach perform a medley of Bacharach tunes. --Edward Villella (New York City ballet star) with partner - dance to ""This Guy's in Love with You"" and ""Promises, Promises."" Tribute to Harold Arlen --Lena Horne - ""Stormy Weather"" (Harold Arlen song original...
60 Mins
19-11-1969

Episode 9 : ‎ Alan King...Public Consumer Number One

A Tribute to the ""Mistreated"" Consumer Music: --Alan King - sings ""I Can't Give You Anything but Love"" --Angie Dickinson - ""Daddy"" --Angie Dickinson and Alan King - ""Girl Talk"" --Paul Lynde (comedian) --Marian Mercer (from Broadway's ""Promises, Promises"") Comedy: --A couple, Alan and Angie, have problems (1) collecting fire insurance from a reluctant insurance man, (...
60 Mins
26-11-1969

Episode 10 : ‎ Johnny Cash - American Songbag

""Johnny Cash - American Songbag"" with Special Guest Star - Miss Peggy Lee Songs of the American Heritage (woven around the writings of Carl Sandburg) --Johnny Cash - ""This Land Is Your Land,"" ""Going to Memphis,"" ""Rock Island Line"" and ""Delia's Gone"" --Peggy Lee - ""Is That All There Is?"" --Johnny Cash and Peggy Lee - ""Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"" and a love song medley --Carl ...
60 Mins
10-12-1969

Episode 11 : ‎ Kraft Presents Steve & Eydie

--Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme (co-hosts) - ""Come Back to Me,"" ""Walk On By,"" ""You and I,"" ""The Honeymoon Is Over,"" ""Didn't We?"" and ""Hurry Home for Christmas"" --Sonny & Cher - ""I'm Gonna Hold You Tighter"" --Sonny & Cher, Steve & Eydie - ""The Look of Love,"" ""Go Away, Little Girl"" & ""What the World Needs Now"" --Sid Caesar (comedian) --The Carnival (Brazilian rock group...
60 Mins
17-12-1969

Episode 12 : ‎ Christmas with Wayne Newton

1969 Christmas Show --Wayne Newton (host) - ""Christmas Journey"" --The Cowsills - ""Silver Bells"" and ""Jingle Bell Rock"" --Jack Wild - ""Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" --Julie Budd - ""My Favorite Things"" --Wayne Newton and Julie Budd - ""Winter Wonderland"" --Christopher Hewett (English actor, appearing as Charles Dickens) --The Singing Angels - ""Jingle Bell...
60 Mins
24-12-1969

Episode 13 : ‎ Alan King Rings In The New Year and Wrings Out The Old

--Alan King --Michele Lee --Paul Lynde --David Frye --Gene Baylos
60 Mins
07-01-1970

Episode 14 : ‎ The Friars Roast Jack Benny

""The Friars Roast Jack Benny"" with Johnny Carson (as the Roastmaster) Guests: --Spiro Agnew (Vice-President) --Milton Berle --George Burns --Phil Harris --Dennis Day --Alan King --Ed Sullivan
60 Mins
21-01-1970

Episode 15 : ‎ Kraft Presents Eddy Arnold

--Eddy Arnold (host) - ""Raindrops,"" ""Soul Deep,"" ""A Man's Kind of Woman"" and ""The Tennessee Waltz"" --Florence Henderson - ""People Gotta Be Free"" --Sacha Distel (singer-guitarist from France) - ""Bon Soir, dame"" --Eddy Arnold and Sacha Distel - ""Melodie d'Amour"" --Eddy Arnold, Florance Henderson and Sacha Distel - Richard Rodgers medley Comedy: --Sid Caesar and Florence He...
60 Mins
28-01-1970

Episode 16 : ‎ Kraft Presents Desi Arnaz

--Desi Arnaz (host) - ""Cuban Pete,"" ""Turn Around"" and ""Babalu"" --Vivian Vance --Bernadette Peters - ""Chewi Chewi"" & ""I Didn't Know What Time It Was"" --Desi Arnaz, Desi Arnaz, Jr. and Lucie Arnaz - ""Straw Hat Song"" --Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnaz - ""Under the Bamboo Tree"" Comedy sketches include: --Desi playing an overage band leader at a high school prom.
60 Mins
04-02-1970

Episode 17 : ‎ Kraft Presents Petula Clark

Music: --Petula Clark - ""I Couldn't Live without Your Love,"" ""Sign of the Times"" and ""A Natural Woman"" --Anthony Newley - performs a medley (of songs from his two big shows): ""The Joker,"" ""Look at That Face,"" ""Gonna Build a Mountain,"" ""What Kind of Fool am I"" & ""Just Once in a Lifetime"" --Lou Rawls - ""It Was A Very Good Year"" --Petula Clark and Lou Rawls - ""Three O'C...
60 Mins
18-02-1970

Episode 18 : ‎ Eddy Arnold - America in the 70's

""America in the '70's"" - a salute to the new decade --Eddy Arnold - ""Soul Deep,"" ""Blowin' in the Wind"" and ""Tennessee Stud"" --Eddy Arnold and Anita Bryant - ""I'm Little But I'm Loud"" --Anita Bryant - ""New World Coming"" --Browning Bryant (teenage singer, not related to Anita) - ""Turn, Turn, Turn"" Comedy: --Arte Johnson appears in two sketches. He plays (1) an inventor prese...
60 Mins
25-02-1970

Episode 19 : ‎ Alan King's Wonderful World of Aggravation, Part II

""Alan King's Wonderful World of Aggravation, Part II"" Sketches: --Mr. and Mrs. Plotman (Alan King and Anne Meara) find a few surprises when they visit their child's college on parents' day. --Alan King as a hospital patient dealing with a rowdy roomate (Paul Lynde). --Alan, Anne, Paul and Michele play a ""marriage game"" which could result in divorce.
60 Mins
04-03-1970

Episode 20 : ‎ Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme / Peggy Lee

Music: --Steve Lawrence - ""Mama, a Rainbow"" --Eydie Gorme - ""Tonight I'll Say a Prayer"" --Peggy Lee - ""Me and My Shadow"" --Steve, Eydie and Peggy appear together in a concert segment. Comedy: --""It Was a Very Good Year"" - vignettes with Steve and Eydie at ages 17, 21, 35 and 64. --Shecky Green (1) plays an Italian film director, and (2) joins Steve and Eydie in a spoof of old...
60 Mins
11-03-1970

Episode 21 : ‎ Kraft Presents Phil Silvers and Paul Lynde

Guests: --Phil Silvers and Paul Lynde (co-hosts) --Barbara Feldon --Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara - comedy routine: Jerry interviews Anne, a member of the Silent Majority. --Joe Frazier and the Knockabouts (boxer with his rock group) - ""In the Midnight Hour"" --Rocky Graziano (cameo) - appears in a sketch with Silvers and Frazier about 2 shady boxing managers looking for a heavyweight. ...
60 Mins
25-03-1970

Episode 22 : ‎ Kraft Presents Eddy Arnold

--Eddy Arnold - ""In the Middle of the Morning"" --Jackie DeShannon - ""You Keep Me Hangin' On"" & ""Hurt So Bad"" --John Davidson - ""Somewhere"" --Charlie Callas (comedian) - (1) does his own version of Marc Anthony's eulogy of Julius Caesar. (2) appears as a Mexican who possesses the secret of longevity. --Peter Matz orchestra
60 Mins
08-04-1970

Episode 23 : ‎ Phil Harris Presents Bobbie Gentry, Part 1

Guests (First of two Country Music shows): --Phil Harris - ""Mr. Bojangles"" --Bobbie Gentry - ""He Made a Woman Out of Me"" --Bernadette Peters and Bobbie Gentry - ""Save the Country"" --Charley Pride - ""Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?"" --Charley Pride and Phil Harris - ""Cotton Fields Back Home"" --Bernadette Peters - ""Golden Slumbers"" --John Hartford - ""Meanwhile, You Sit...
60 Mins
29-04-1970

Episode 24 : ‎ Phil Harris Presents Bobbie Gentry, Part 2

Guests (second of a two-part Country Music show): --Phil Harris (co-host) --Bobbie Gentry (co-host) - ""Rainmaker"" --Bernadette Peters - ""California Dreamin'"" --Roy Clark - ""I Never Picked Cotton"" --John Hartford - ""Tear-Stained Monologue"" --Jackie Benington (1969 America's Junior Miss) --All guests - medley: ""Brother Love's Salvation Show,"" Walk a Mile in My Shoes,"" "...
60 Mins
06-05-1970

Episode 25 : ‎ Robert Morse / Liberace / Teresa Graves / Elke Sommer

--Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""No One but You,"" ""That's Why I Love Her,"" ""This Guy's in Love with You"" & ""Anytime"" --Robert Morse - ""Lonely Town"" --Liberace - ""San Francisco"" --Teresa Graves (from ""Laugh-In"") - ""I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"" --Elke Sommer - ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" --Jack Douglas (comedy writer) --The MacGregor Brothers (comedians) ...
60 Mins
20-05-1970

Episode 26 : ‎ Dusty Springfield / Dyan Cannon / Gene Barry / Terry-Thomas

Guests: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""My Cup Runneth Over,"" ""Butterflies in the Rain"" & ""The Other Man's Grass"" --Dusty Springfield - ""Free Girl"" & ""How Can I Be Sure?"" --Dusty Springfield and Des O'Connor - ""Messing About on the River"" --Dyan Cannon - ""If You Go Away"" --Gene Barry - ""Clouds"" --Terry-Thomas --Jack Douglas --The MacGregor Brothers (comedians...
60 Mins
27-05-1970

Episode 27 : ‎ Dan Blocker / Jo Anne Worley / Mireille Mathieu

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""Something,"" ""This Guy's in Love with You,"" ""One of Those Songs"" & ""Anytime"" --Dan Blocker and Des O'Connor - ""I'll Learn Ya"" --Jo Anne Worley - ""Hungry"" --Mireille Mathieu - ""I Live for You"" & ""When You Return"" --Mireille Mathieu and Des O'Connor - ""Boom,"" ""My Heart Sings,"" The Last Waltz""
60 Mins
03-06-1970

Episode 28 : ‎ Carol Lawrence / Bob Denver / Val Doonican

--Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""With Pen in Hand,"" ""Sign of the Singing Symbol,"" ""Applause"" & ""Anytime"" --Carol Lawrence and Des O'Connor - ""I'll Never Forgive Myself"" --Carol Lawrence - ""What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"" --Bob Denver (actor-comdian) --Val Doonican - ""Agricultural Irish Girl"" --Val Doonican and Des O'Connor - medley: ""I Love Because,"" Welc...
60 Mins
10-06-1970

Episode 29 : ‎ Burt Bacharach / Dionne Warwick / Joel Grey

An Evening with Burt Bacharach --Burt Bacarach and Dionne Warwick - ""Make it Easy on Yourself"" & ""Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets"" --Dionne Warwick - ""What the World Needs Now is Love"" --Burt Bacarach and Joel Grey - ""What's New Pussycat?"" --Joel Grey - ""Anyone Who Had a Heart,"" ""This Guy's In Love With You"" & ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"" --Sacha Distel (Fren...
60 Mins
17-06-1970

Episode 30 : ‎ Martha Raye / Phil Harris / Sandie Shaw

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""Something,"" ""That Old Feeling,"" ""Anytime"" and ""UFOing"" --Martha Raye - ""Watch the Birdie"" --Martha Raye and Phil Harris - ""You Say the Nicest Things"" --Phil Harris - ""Gentle on My Mind"" --Phil Harris and Des O'Connor - ""Chesapeake Bay"" --Sandie Shaw - ""Wight is Wight"" (actual title, not a typo) Comedy: --Haunted hous...
60 Mins
24-06-1970

Episode 31 : ‎ Julie London / Terry-Thomas / Jo Anne Worley

--Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""Mona Lisa,"" ""Didn't We?"" ""Call Me"" ""The Impossible Dream,"" ""Me and My Shadow"" & ""Portrait of My Love"" --Julie London - ""Softly, As I Leave You"" & ""Daddy"" --Terry-Thomas - medley: ""Thank Heaven for Little Girls,"" ""Under the Bridges of Paris,"" ""Wand'rin' Star"" & ""Tip-Toe Through the Tulips"" --Jo Anne Worley (comedian, from ""Laugh-...
60 Mins
01-07-1970

Episode 32 : ‎ Sid Caesar / Edie Adams / Matt Monro

Show taped in London: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""It Had to Be You,"" ""It's Raining in My Heart"" & ""You Are My Lucky Star"" --Sid Caesar (comedian, appears in two sketches) --Edie Adams - ""One Step"" --Edie Adams & Des O'Connor - medley: ""I Feel a Song Coming On,"" ""Without a Song,"" ""Alfie,"" ""These Foolish Things"" & ""I'm in Love with You"" --Matt Monro - ""For On...
60 Mins
08-07-1970

Episode 33 : ‎ Vikki Carr / George Gobel / Mrs. Miller / Roy Hudd

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""When Joanna Loved Me"" ""Didn't We?"" & ""Deed I Do"" --Vikki Carr - ""Singing My Song"" --Vikki Carr and Des O'Connor - ""I'll Never Fall in Love Again"" --Vikki Carr and George Gobel - ""Something to Remember You By"" --George Gobel - ""Indian Summer"" --Mrs. Mills (British comedian) and Des O'Connor - ""You're My Everything"" --Roy Hudd...
60 Mins
15-07-1970

Episode 34 : ‎ Arte Johnson / Clodagh Rogers / George Kirby

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""Getting to Know You,"" ""Rainy Day,"" ""Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"" & ""Green, Green Grass of Home"" --Clodagh Rogers - ""Wolf"" --Clodagh Rogers & Des O'Connor - ""The Bird Walk"" --Des O'Connor, Arte Johnson, George Kirby & Jim Cauton - sing ""There'll Be Some Changes Made"" --Raphael (from Spain) - ""Bueno Amigo"" Comedy: --Arte ...
60 Mins
22-07-1970

Episode 35 : ‎ Burt Bacharach / Juliet Prowse / Dusty Springfield

--Burt Bacharach (with singers and orchestra) - ""Always Something There to Remind Me,"" ""Alfie,"" and a medley of Bacharach's hits. --Burt Bacharach and Dusty Springfield - ""A House is Not a Home"" --Dusty Springfield - ""Knowing When to Leave"" --Juliet Prowse - ""Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"" --Mireille Mathieu (French singer) - ""I'm Coming Home"" --All performers - Beatles m...
60 Mins
29-07-1970

Episode 36 : ‎ Britt Ekland / Bobby Vinton

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""The Nearness of You"" & ""Quiet Night of Quiet Stars"" --Bobby Vinton - ""No Arms Can Ever Hold You"" --Harry Secombe (British actor-comedian) - ""Catari"" --Sacha Distel (French singer-guitarist) - ""It Can Happen to You"" Comedy sketches: --Britt Ekland and Des O'Connor play lovers who keep getting interrupted. --A puppet show sketch...
60 Mins
05-08-1970

Episode 37 : ‎ Jimmie Rodgers / Connie Stevens / Des O'Connor

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""Anytime"" & ""When You're Smiling"" --Jimmie Rodgers - ""Child of Clay"" --Jimmie Rodgers, Connie Stevens and Jimmy Edwards - ""By Myself"" --Connie Stevens - ""Save the Country"" --Des O'Connor and Jimmy Edwards - ""Those Were the Days"" Comedy: --Des O'Connor, Jimmie Rodgers and Connie Stevens perform a ""wacky"" medley of Western t...
60 Mins
12-08-1970

Episode 38 : ‎ Al Martino / Phyllis Diller / Lonnie Donegan

--Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) --Al Martino - ""My Way"" --Al Martino & Des O'Connor - ""Careless Hands"" --Des O'Connor - ""For Once in My Life"" & ""With These Hands"" --Phyllis Diller (comedian, appears in a sketch with Des O'Connor) --Lonnie Donegan and Des O'Connor - ""After Taxes"" --Mireille Mathieu - ""Can Butterflies Cry?"" --Mireille Marhieu & Des O'Connor - ""Lone...
60 Mins
19-08-1970

Episode 39 : ‎ Phil Silvers / Kaye Stevens / New Faces

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""Thinking of You,"" ""World of Dreams"" & ""Honey"" --Kaye Stevens - ""Eli's Coming"" --Phil Silvers, Kaye Stevens and Johnny Vyvyan - ""If I Were Not in TV"" --Phil Silvers, Kaye Stevens and Des O'Connor - ""Everybody Ought to Have a Maid"" --Des O'Connor and New Faces - ""Danny Boy"" --New Faces - ""Summertime"" Comedy: --Phil Sil...
60 Mins
26-08-1970

Episode 40 : ‎ Kaye Ballard / Dana Valery / Roy Castle

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1970 host) - ""It Had to Be You,"" ""The Impossible Dream,"" ""Possibilities,"" ""One of Those Songs"" and ""Anytime"" --Kaye Ballard, Des O'Connor & Dana Valery - ""It Had to Be Me,"" ""I Am My Sunshine"" and ""I'm the Cream in My Coffee"" --Dana Valery - ""I've Never Been This Close to Love Before"" --Val Doonican (British singer) - ""Love of a Gentle Woma...
60 Mins
02-09-1970