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Pilot[]

Taped Celebrities
March 13, 1964 Howard Keel, Orson Bean, Peggy Cass, Phyllis Newman

Series[]

Week Episodes Taped/Aired Celebrities
#01[1] #001-#005 Taped: 1964
Aired: March 30-April 03, 1964
Betty White, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, Abe Burrows
#02 #006-#010 Taped: 1964
Aired: April 06-10, 1964
Bess Myerson, Florence Henderson, Chester Morris, Robert Q. Lewis
#03 #011-#015 Taped: 1964
Aired: April 13-17, 1964
Dorothy Kilgallen, Paula Prentiss, Joel Grey, Barry Nelson
#04 #016-#020 Taped: 1964
Aired: April 20-24, 1964
Selma Diamond, Julia Meade, Walter Slezak, Tom Poston
#05 #021-#025 Taped: 1964
Aired: April 27-May 01, 1964
Arlene Francis, Joan Fontaine, Sandy Baron, Dick Shawn
#06[2] #026-#030 Taped: 1964
Aired: May 04-08, 1964
Ann Sothern, Nancy Dussault, Abe Burrows, Darryl Hickman
#07 #031-#035 Taped: 1964
Aired: May 11-15, 1964
Selma Diamond, Monique van Vooren, Chester Morris, Dick Clark
#08 #036-#040 Taped: 1964
Aired: May 18-22, 1964
Florence Henderson, Georgia Brown, Larry Blyden, Robert Q. Lewis
#09 #041-#045 Taped: 1964
Aired: May 25-29, 1964
Peggy Cass, Constance Ford, Roddy McDowall, Martin Gabel
#10 #046-#050 Taped: 1964
Aired: June 01-05, 1964
Betty White, Julia Meade, Bennett Cerf, Marty Ingels
#11 #051-#055 Taped: 1964
Aired: June 08-12, 1964
Dorothy Kilgallen, Joan Fontaine, Darryl Hickman, Larry Blyden
#12 #056-#060 Taped: 1964
Aired: June 15-19, 1964
Selma Diamond, Carmel Quinn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jack Douglas
#13 #061-#065 Taped: 1964
Aired: June 22-26, 1964
Lauren Bacall, Carol Lawrence, Robert Horton, Stephen Sondheim
#14 #066-#070 Taped: 1964
Aired: June 29-July 03, 1964
Gretchen Wyler, Betty Furness, Wally Cox, Sydney Chaplin
#15 #071-#075 Taped: 1964
Aired: July 06-10, 1964
Kitty Carlisle, Georgia Brown, Jack Cassidy, Hy Gardner
#16 #076-#079 Taped: 1964
Aired: July 14-17, 1964
Joan Fontaine, Jan Sterling, Orson Bean, William Warfield
#17 #080-#084 Taped: 1964
Aired: July 20-24, 1964
Lauren Bacall, Ann Sheridan, Roddy McDowall, Wally Cox
#18 #085-#089 Taped: 1964
Aired: July 27-31, 1964
Dorothy Kilgallen, Carol Lawrence, Jack E. Leonard, Darryl Hickman
#19 #090-#094 Taped: 1964
Aired: August 03-07, 1964
Constance Ford, Marjorie Lord, Marty Allen, Steve Rossi
#20 #095-#099 Taped: 1964
Aired: August 10-14, 1964
Phyllis Diller, Betty Furness, Martin Gabel, Marty Ingels
#21 #100-#104 Taped: 1964
Aired: August 17-21, 1964
Joan Fontaine, Diane Baker, Mel Tormé, Godfrey Cambridge
#22 #105-#109 Taped: 1964
Aired: August 24-28, 1964
Constance Bennett, Fran Jeffries, Darryl Hickman, Wally Cox
#23 #110-#114 Taped: 1964
Aired: August 31-September 04, 1964
Betty White, Carol Lawrence, Stephen Sondheim, Chester Morris
#24 #115-#119 Taped: 1964
Aired: September 07-11, 1964
Selma Diamond, Shari Lewis, Hal March, Roger Smith
#25 #120-#124 Taped: 1964
Aired: September 14-18, 1964
Pat Carroll, Mary Ann Mobley, Peter Donald, Abe Burrows
#26[3] #125-#129 Taped: 1964
Aired: September 21-25, 1964
Betty White, Florence Henderson, Robert Walker, Orson Bean
#27[4] #130-#134 Taped: 1964
Aired: September 28-October 02, 1964
Georgia Brown, Betty Furness, Bennett Cerf, Godfrey Cambridge
#28 #135-#139 Taped: 1964
Aired: October 05-09, 1964
Lauren Bacall, Eileen Farrell, Tom Poston, Marty Ingels
#29 #140-#144 Taped: 1964
Aired: October 12-16, 1964
Peggy Cass, Jan Sterling, Robert Walker, Henry Morgan
#30 #145-#149 Taped: 1964
Aired: October 19-23, 1964
Gretchen Wyler, Sylvia Sidney, John Henry Faulk, Chester Morris
#31 #150-#154 Taped: 1964
Aired: October 26-30, 1964
Betty White, Hermione Gingold, Marty Allen, Steve Rossi
#32 #155-#159 Taped: 1964
Aired: November 02-06, 1964
Kaye Ballard, Eileen Farrell, Allan Sherman, Joel Grey
#33 #160-#164 Taped: 1964
Aired: November 09-13, 1964
Julia Meade, Georgia Brown, Frank Buxton, Mitch Miller
#34 #165-#169 Taped: 1964
Aired: November 16-20, 1964
Jayne Mansfield, Selma Diamond, Tom Ewell, Orson Bean
#35 #170-#174 Taped: 1964
Aired: November 23-27, 1964
Peggy Cass, Joan Fontaine, Jack Cassidy, Henry Morgan
#36 #175-#179 Taped: 1964
Aired: November 30-December 04, 1964
Constance Ford, Dorothy Kilgallen, Peter Donald, Tom Ewell
#37 #180-#184 Taped: 1964
Aired: December 07-11, 1964
Gretchen Wyler, Hermione Gingold, Jack Douglas, Roddy McDowall
#38 #185-#189 Taped: 1964
Aired: December 14-18, 1964
Lauren Bacall, Kaye Ballard, Marty Allen, Steve Rossi
#39[5] #190-#194 Taped: 1964
Aired: December 21-25, 1964
Barbara Cook, Arlene Francis, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Marty Ingels

Notes[]

  1. The show began its 9-month run on ABC at 11:00 a.m., replacing The Object Is, and sandwiched between Goodson-Todman's The Price Is Right (formerly on NBC) and Goodson-Todman's Missing Links (also formerly on NBC).
  2. One episode from this week exists.
  3. Frank Buxton's last week as host. Buxton left because of his grueling work schedule with the ABC News program Discovery.
  4. First week with new host Robert Q. Lewis.
  5. Final week. For Christmas Day, Joan Fontaine, Julia Meade, Mitch Miller, and Orson Bean joined.