The Garry Moore Show
CBS (ended 1967)
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Season 6
- Ep 34June 16, 19646/16/64
For Garry's final program of the series, his troupe returns for a final curtain call, included are Carol Burnett, Allen Funt, Marion Lorne, Alan King and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Carol Burnett, Alan King, Allen Funt and Marion Lome join Garry for his swan song. Clowns, secretaries and "Candid Camera" sequences are the subjects the troupe reminisce about in this final hour.moreless - Ep 33May 26, 19645/26/64
Garry's guests are Rosemary Clooney, Don Knotts and Roy Castle. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''The gang opens with "Let's Get the Banjo Out of the Attic".''Don is a billionaire in a skit and a fire insurance salesman in another.''Don Knotts performs "Ol' Hoot".''Roy performs a specialty dance.''A snappy needling of the presidential contenders.''Rosemary Clooney sings "Miss Otis Regrets" and "Baby the Ball is Over".moreless - Ep 32May 19, 19645/19/64
Garry's guests are Eileen Farrell, Dom DeLuise and Ruth Buzzi. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Eileen Farrell sings "Vissi d'Arte" from Tosca.''Eileen also sings "I Hate Men".''Dom DeLuise performs magic tricks.''Dorothy sings "No New Tunes".''Dorothy and Durward are in a sketch about a Hollywood script girl.''A skit with the gang lampooning interviewing celebrities at a Broadway opening.moreless - Ep 31May 12, 19645/12/64
Garry's guests are Eydie Gorme and Bernie West. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Eydie Gorme sings "The Friendliest Thing" and "Baubles, Bangles and Beads".''Bernie West and Dorothy Loudon appear in two skits with Garry.''Bernie as a lawyer drawing up Garry's will whil his wife eavesdrops.''Dorothy narrates a TV inspired fashion show.''Eydie closes with "I Wish You Love".moreless - Ep 30May 5, 19645/5/64
Garry's guests are Nancy Walker and Shani Wallis. Also with regulars Alan King and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''A few sharp topical digs filed away in a time capsule sketch.''Alan King does a routine about his wife's telephone calls.''Alan and Nancy duet with "I Remember It Well".''Nancy's nutty wife of a thrifty senator.''Shani sings "I'm Just Wild About Harry".moreless - Ep 29April 28, 19644/28/64
Garry's guests are Terry-Thomas, Steve Lawrence, Shani Wallis and Allen and Rossi. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Steve Lawrence sings two songs from his hit Broadway musical, "What Makes Sammy Run?".''Shani Wallis performs an African jazz dance.''Steve is Napoleon in a broad take-off of "What's My Line?"''Terry-Thomas in an appropriately dopey sketch kidding Scotland Yard.''Allen and Rossi and their "Hello Dere" routine.''The finale is Terry-Thomas narrating a mad children's ballad, "Seymour and the Moose".moreless - Ep 28April 21, 19644/21/64
Garry's guest is Boris Karloff. Also with regulars Alan King, Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Dorothy Loudon's "We'll Be Ready" routine as a World's Fair hostess and her medley of flirtation songs.''Alan King talks about women and their organizations in his usual satircal way.''Boris Karloff's version of a TV kiddie show and his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips".moreless - Ep 27April 14, 19644/14/64
Garry's guests are Jazz pianist Erroll Garner, comedian Norm Crosby and dancer Gwen Verdon. With regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Erroll Garner performs "Fly Me to the Moon" and "I Get a Kick Out of You".''Gwen Verdon does a song-and-dance to "I'm Old Fashioned".''Dorothy sings "My Crazy Sister Rose".''A sketch on buying a toaster in a discount store.''Sketches include a cheap European vacations, and a take-off of "Huntley-Brinkley Report" interviewing the President.''And songs by Victor Herbert round out the program.''moreless - Ep 26March 31, 19643/31/64
Garry's guests are Chita Rivera and Roy Castle. Also with regulars Alan King and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1943.''The entire cast does a medley from "Oklahoma".''Alan King does a routine on the cost of an evening out on the town.''Chita Rivera sings "That Great Come and Get It Day".''Roy Castle performs "Spring Is Here".''Garry as Walter Crankcase with a "Camera on America" visit to Count Dracula's castle with Chita as Countess Dracula.moreless - Ep 25March 24, 19643/24/64
Garry's guests are Allan Sherman, Vicki Carr, Steve DePass, Miriam Makeba, The Hi-Los and bandleader Si Zentner. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Garry and his troupe off an "Easter Parade" medley.''Miriam sings "Lakutshn, Fiane" (Lovely Lies) and "The Click Song".''All join in for a special Hoagy Carmichael medley instead of "That Wonderful Year" segment.moreless - Ep 24March 17, 19643/17/64
Garry's guests are Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Harris, Bob Dishy and Roy Castle. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1962.''A St. Patrick's Day celebration opening with the Kerry Dancers.''Garry reads lost and found ads.''Rosemary Clooney sings "All Alone".''Barbara Harris and Bob Dishy of "From the Second City" fame, do a satirical sketch about a roadside diner at 4 am.''Roy Castle does an orchestral song-and-dance routine.''Garry as "Buster Keaton" pantomimes on the woeful life of a litterbug.''Rosemary sings "Moon River".''Roy Castle closes the finale with "Danny Boy".moreless - Ep 23March 3, 19643/3/64
Garry's guests are Dorothy Provine, Charlotte Rae, Norm Crosby and Randy Hall. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Charlotte Rae and Durward Kirby (as her husband) lampoon an average day in the homelife of a gangster.''Garry and Dorothy play a married couple whose children spend too much time watching television commercials.''Charlotte and Dorothy sings "Hole in the Bucket" during a down-on-the-farm segment.''Norm Crosby does a Christopher Columbus routine.''Garry reads the mail criticizing his spoof of "The Beatles". ''Randy Hall plays the tin whistle.''Dorothy Provine is featured in a song-and-dance number assisted by four male dancers.moreless - Ep 22February 25, 19642/25/64
Garry's guests are Caterina Valente, Nancy Walker and comedians Grecco and Willard (Vic Grecco and Fred Willard). Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Nancy Walker plays a policewoman desperate to make a masher arrest to an overage beatnik (Durward).''Caterina sings "There Will Never Be Another You", "Cherokee" and "Flamenco Malaga".moreless - Ep 21February 18, 19642/18/64
Garry's guests are Nat King Cole, George Gobel, Michael Bentine and Karen Morrow. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 19.''Nat King Cole sings "My True Carrie Love", "That Sunday, That Summer" and "Get Happy".''George Gobel as Mr. Average Man in a consumer research skit.''A sketch about NATO members keeping the peace among themselves.''All join in for the finale with "Accentuate the Positive".moreless - Ep 20February 11, 19642/11/64
Garry's guests are Chita Rivera, Nancy Walker, Magician Mark Wilson and Bernie West. Also with regulars Alan King and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 19?.''Alan King's wedding anniversary routine as he celebrates his 17th tomorrow.''Garry, Alan, Durward and Nancy do a take-off on "The Beatles" called "The Cockroaches".''Bernie and Nancy in a sketch about a missile launching general in a count-down search of a missing bolt.''Magician Mark Wilson known by youngsters from "The Magic Land of Allakazam".''An old fashioned saloon-song medley.''Nancy, Alan and Durward do a pantomime to the old classic "Father Dear Father, Come Home With Me Now".moreless - Ep 19February 4, 19642/4/64
Garry's guests are Nancy Wilson and The Smothers Brothers. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1905.''Garry and Durward Kirby show what happens when old acquaintances fail to recognize each other.''Durward and Dorothy play a couple defeated by a tape recorder.''Nancy Wilson sings "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "Someone To Watch Over Me".''The Smothers Brothers discuss the city of Charleston and our Pilgrim fathers in their own comical way.moreless - Ep 18January 28, 19641/28/64
Garry's guests are Carol Burnett, Jose Ferrer, Shani Wallis, Jackie Mason and Bernie West. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Garry & Durward show Carol a film of her accident-prone past performances.''Carol is "Doris Night" an elderly Doris Day in a spoof.''Shani Wallis sings "Bless 'Em All" and "It's Been a Long Day".''Jackie Mason talks about national and international politics.''Carol & Jose do a sketch about faulty memories.''Garry & Shani Wallis sing with cartoon character Stanley.''Carol & Durward duet on "Forget Me".''All join in for "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers".''And for the finale all join in for a sketch on "The Bach Family" in 'Counterpoint' with Carol playing the mother of Johann's 20 children.moreless - Ep 17January 21, 19641/21/64
Garry's guests are Nancy Walker, Shani Wallis and Allen and Rossi. And with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1940.''When coffee cost 21 cents a pound. A quart of milk was delivered for 12 cents.''Nancy Walker plays a woman on a budget cruise sharing a tiny cabin.''Garry and Durward play a pair of dispassionate newsmen describing an impending disaster by a meteor.''Shani sings "There Goes My Heart" and "The South American Way".''Allen and Rossi stop by to say "Hello Dere!"moreless - Ep 16January 14, 19641/14/64
Garry's guests are Florence Henderson, Bernie West and Bill Cosby. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1956.''Florence and Durward play a couple facing a moment of decision in a bachelor apartment.''Garry plays a man needing a bank loan.''Florence Henderson sings "Here and Now".''Dorothy and Florence duet with "The Power of Love".''Dorothy is a take-off of a bells-are-ringing character.''Bernie and Dorothy in a skit about getting lost in a paperback.''Bill Cosby offers his impression of television commercials.''A lively finale to "Get Me to the Church on Time".moreless - Ep 15January 7, 19641/7/64
Garry's guests are Gwen Verdon and Karen Morrow. Also with regulars Alan King and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1944.''Gwen does a special dance to "I've Got the World on a String".''Karen Morrow sings "I'm Not At All in Love".''Karen, Garry and Durward appear in a sketch about non-tipping diners.''Alan King becomes man's answer to Dr. Joyce Brothers with his own brand of advice to the lovelorn.moreless - Ep 14December 31, 196312/31/63
Garry's guests are Chita Rivera, Roy Castle and Melody Condos (Martha Raye's daughter). Also with regular Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''A joyous New Year's offering from its "Quiet New Year's" opening.''Chita does a special dance number pantomiming a romance with a snowman.''Melodye sings "Cotton Fields".''Dorothy as a child looking for Tinker Bell.''Roy chimes in with an original song and dance arrangement.''Garry and Durward are joined by Dorothy in a comedy sketch about a complusive eater who is put on a diet by her husband.''Chita Rivera's Cleopatra spoof during the "Lazy River" finale.moreless - Ep 13December 24, 196312/24/63
Garry's guests are Eileen Farrell, Dorothy Collins and Norm Crosby. Also with regular Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Garry and Durward do a skit, "The Night They Arrested Santa".''Eileen Farrell sings "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "Silent Night".''A Christmas poem by William Saroyan is read.''Norm Crosby shows his concern for Santa's wife.''Dorothy Collins is caught in a mail order fiasco.moreless - Ep 12December 17, 196312/17/63
Garry's guests are Nancy Walker, Nancy Dussault and Allen and Rossi. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1932.''Garry talks to a little cartoon man in the show's opening.''Nancy Walker as Rapunzel, "Who says blondes have all the fun? she asks, dragging her long blonde hair.''Allen and Rossi do a take-off of "To Tell the Truth".''Also a skit about the Barrymore family.''Nancy Walker, Marty Allen and Steve Rossi help Garry present awards for the year's best television commercials.''Nancy Dussault sings "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee". ''Nancy Walker sings "Shuffle Off to Buffalo". ''All join in for "You Meet the Nicest People". ''''Nancy Walker, Marty Allen and Steve Rossi help Garry present awards for the year's best television commercials.moreless - Ep 11December 10, 196312/10/63
Garry's guests are Nancy Dussault, John Gary, Jackie Mason and Joey Forman. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1946.''"The Day the Script Girl Didn't Show Up" and a far-fetched portrayal of "Monsieur Beaucaire" are given by Garry and his guests Jackie, Nancy and John.''Nancy is in a production number in which she portrays a WAC returning home after the war.''John Gary sings "More", "Half As Much" and "All Through the Day".moreless - Ep 10December 3, 196312/3/63
Garry's guests are Mel Torme and Roy Castle. Also with regulars Alan King, Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1935.''Skits include a look at the days when people are numbers instead of names.''A take-off on "Lives of the Bengal Lancers" with Alan King as tribal chief Ali Ben Casey.''Durward and Dorothy are a man and wife trying to assemble a bicycle''Mel sings "When the World Was Young".''Roy sings "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off".''The finale is "I've Got Plenty of Nothin'".moreless - Ep 9November 26, 196311/26/63
Garry's guests are Rosemary Clooney and comic Bill Cosby. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1956.''Dorothy as a telephone answering service girl who uses accents suitable to her clients' business.''Rosemary, Garry, Dorothy and Durward read letters to and from a department store and how the stor corrects a simple error.''Garry and Durward in a "Buntley-Hinkley" report illustrating the dispassionate attitude of good newsmen.''Rosemary sings "A Good Man is Hard to Find".''Dorothy sings "The Power of Love".''Bill Cosby does a routine on television commercials.''The finale involves Martha and Jenny those two little old ladies who look like Garry and Durward in "Get Me to the Church on Time".moreless - Ep 8November 19, 196311/19/63
Garry's guests are Nancy Dussault, Phil Ford and Mimi Hines. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1934.''Nancy Dussault sings "I'm Old Fashioned".''A skit about a couple in dire need of a maid (Mimi).''A dance to Bach's latest jazz hit "Prelude No. 9" by Johann Sebastian Bach.''Garry and Durward give their interpretation of "Ah, Wilderness!"''Nancy Dussault sings the finale "I Get a Kick Out of You".moreless - Ep 7November 5, 196311/5/63
Garry's guests are Terry-Thomas and Gwen Verdon. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1914.''Dorothy sings "Twelfth Street Rag" in a 1914 Kansas City setting.''Gwen Verdon presents a modern version of "Two Little Maids From School".''Gwen sings and dances to "St. Louis Blues".''All join in a sketch about a harried husband who plans to do away with his wife.moreless - Ep 6October 29, 196310/29/63
Garry's guests are Allan Sherman and Nancy Dussault. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1929.''A pre-Halloween opening production number to "I'm Flying".''Dorothy Loudon's demonstration of the trick with Peter Foy's assistance (he flew Mary Martin in "Peter Pan".)''Allan the folksinger does a medley of his favorite "sons" songs.''Nancy does a soft-shoe routine with Durward and Nancy sings "Singin' in the Rain".''Garry and Dorothy as the wife of a hypochondriac.moreless - Ep 5October 22, 196310/22/63
Garry's guests are Nancy Walker, Shani Wallis and Roy Castle. Also with regulars Alan King and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 19?.''The opening song is politically charged with elections two weeks away "As Long As You Vote".''Alan King does a routine about his wife and politics.''Roy and garry duet with "Little Tin Box" from "Fiorello".''Nancy Walker in a sketch with Garry and Durward titled "The Devil and Senator Morfit".''Shani Wallis sings "I Just Voted".''Roy and Shani duet with "Let's Not Sing About Politics".''Nancy Walker does a take-off of Mme. Nhu''The "Mayor Quagmire" sketch comes across as overdone and in poor taste.moreless - Ep 4October 15, 196310/15/63
Garry's guests are Brock Peters and Roy Castle. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1927.''Brock Peters sings "The Eagle and Me" and "Ol' Man River".''Dorothy and Durward join Garry in a sketch about a husband going to college while his wife works.''Dorothy Loudon's take-off od Helen Morgan singing "Bill".''Roy Castle's "Flight of the Bumble Bee".''A bit about courtesy on the subway Tokyo style.moreless - Ep 3October 8, 196310/8/63
Garry's guests are Steve Lawrence and Roy Castle. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1920.''Steve Lawrence in a bit about a pizza pie investigation in Washington and a take-off on an old German film.''Roy Castle's marionette dance singing "Get Married" with Garry, Steve and Durward as he introduces his wife Fiona.''Dorothy appears as silent screen star Elsie Teardrop.''Steve sings "Night and Day", "Without a Song" and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home".''Dorothy as Snow White in a fairytale version of "Eleventh Hour".''All join in for the finale on "Look For the Silver Lining".moreless - Ep 2October 1, 196310/1/63
Garry's guests are Eydie Gorme and The Smothers Brothers. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1937.''The Smothers Brothers do a take-off on TV medical dramas.''Eydie Gorme sings "I Don't Care" and "After You've Gone".''The folk-singing Smothers Brothers perform "Git Along Little Doggie" and a thing called "Cabbage".''Dorothy does a skit about the influence of quiz shows as a TV addict.''Dorothy and Eydie duet with "The Lady is a Tramp".moreless - Ep 1September 24, 19639/24/63
Garry's guest is Eileen Farrell.''with regulars Dorothy Loudon, Alan King and Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Eileen sings "My Man's Gone Now" from Porgy and Bess.''A skit about a quiet day on an expanded news report.''A medley of songs on "Manhattan".''A slapstick bit about a holdout householder in an airport.
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Season 5
- Ep 34June 4, 19636/4/63
Garry's guests for his last new show of the season are Eileen Farrell, Don Knotts and Roy Castle. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1923.''Dorothy plays the cheeky wife of an astronaut (Don Knotts).''Roy Castle sings "If You Were Here".''Don plays a man faced with a problem trying to contact a doctor on New Year's Eve.''Eileen Farrell sings "Un Bel Di" an aria from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly".''Eileen and Dorothy duet with a jazz song "You've Got to See Mamma Ev'ry Night".moreless - Ep 33May 28, 19635/28/63
Garry's guests are Carol Lawrence, Nancy Walker, Roy Castle and The Smothers Brothers. Also with regular Durwood Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1956.''Garry and Durward read from children's books aimed at city kids vs. country kids.''Carol Lawrence sings "I Could Go On Singing".''The Smothers Brothers offer one of their patented lunacy routines.''Roy Castle gives Garry a very thin glass loving cup, then reprises "The Clown".''Nancy Walker appears as a bored wife on safari as Cliche Pictures presents "Lawrence of Nairobi", Durward is the great white hunter and Garry is Nancy's dull husband known as "Bwana Drip".''Carol Lawrence performs her dance number to "Poor People of Paris".''Nancy and Roy team up for the finale with "Show Me".moreless - Ep 32May 21, 19635/21/63
Garry's guests are Gwen Verdon and Melody Condos (Martha Raye's daughter). Also with regulars Alan King, Dorothy Loudon and Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1936.''When Republicans wore sunflower campaign buttons in support of Alf Landon and FDR carried every state in the nation except Maine and Vermont. It was also the year that Edward VIII gave up the British throne for the "woman he loved".''Alan King gives his version of a father's involvement with a suburban small-fry baseball league.''Dorothy and Garry are in a comedy sketch about a travel agency whose advertising convinces Garry he's better off staying at home.''Durward Kirby as "Mother Benson" runs an insurance company from which Garry tries to collect $200 for injuries.''Gwen Verdon sings "Love" and does an old-fashioned soft-shoe.''Jim Tusher, one of the show's regular choral singers, has a specially written solo, "In All My Life".''All join in for the finale of "Haven't Got a Nickel".moreless - Ep 31May 7, 19635/7/63
Alan King steps in to host for the vacationing Garry. Guest is singer Mel Torme. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1926.''Mel Torme sings "Someone To Watch Over Me".''Dorothy plays Alan's wife in a comedy skit about a wife who insists on watching her husband shave in the morning.''A mock trial is set-up "The Trial of Alan King" as the females are out to get him for his anti-female cracks.''A spoof on a toothpaste commercial.moreless - Ep 30April 30, 19634/30/63
Garry's guests are George Gobel, Rosemary Clooney and Nancy Walker. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1931.''A comedy take-off on Thorne Smith's "Night Life of the Gods" with Garry as Eros, George as Bacchus and Durward as Apollo.''Durward and Rosemary play newleyweds haunted by their former spouses played by Garry and Nancy.''Rosemary Clooney sings "The Prisoner's Song".''Nancy is in a take-off skit on "Twilight Zone" that calls Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" briefly to mind.''Composer Arthur Schwartz chats with Garry about those wonderful 1931 songs.''Rosemary performs the finale with "Dancing in the Dark".moreless - Ep 29April 23, 19634/23/63
Garry's guests are Steve Lawrence and Bob Melvin. Also with regulars Dorothy Loudon and Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1915.''The show opens with blackouts involving girdles, Gunsmoke, Jackie Gleason and gorillas.''Dorothy sings "My Crazy Sister Rose".''Bob Melvin does a comedy routine about kids at the beach and camp.''Steve Lawrence sings "Wagon Wheels".''Garry and Dorothy are a pair of unsuccessful students attending a class reunion.''A movie spoof about a Great Profile, a World War I drama of tangled romance.''Steve sings "They Didn't Believe Me".''Dorothy sings the finale "I Love a Piano".moreless - Ep 28April 16, 19634/16/63
Garry's guests are Eydie Gorme, Allen and Rossi and Dorothy Loudon. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1949.''Dorothy performs "The Intellectuals Rag".''Allen and Rossi do a mind-reading routine.''Eydie duets with Garry on "Blame It on the Bossa Nova".''Eydie performs the finale to "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair".moreless - Ep 27April 9, 19634/9/63
Garry's guests for his Easter Show are Vic Damone, Nancy Walker and Alan King. Also regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1935.''A take-off on "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" with Nancy as the genie enpowered to grant Garry's wildest dreams also in the sketch are Durward and Alan.''Vic Damone sings "Begin the Beguine" Nancy Walker sings "On the Good Ship Lollipop".''All join in for the finale to "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance".''
''"That Wonderful Year" - 1935moreless - Ep 26April 2, 19634/2/63
Garry's guests are Jane Powell, Jack E. Leonard, Roy Castle and Dorothy Loudon. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1929.''Roy Castle performs "The Man Who Wallabys".''Jack E. Leonard does a routine about his federal agent in a bootlegger skit.''Jane sings "St. Louis Blues".''Dorothy plays a docile understudy to Jane's diva before showtime.''Durward as a baseball star who is more interested in his commercial endorsements than in the game.''Dorothy as a manicurist and Durward as the barber who breaks up the happy home of his boss (Garry).''Jane Powell sings the finale "Singing in the Rain".moreless - Ep 25March 26, 19633/26/63
Garry's guests are Barbara McNair, Jonathan Winters, Dorothy Loudon and Roy Castle. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1927.''Salutes the musical "Good News" with Kirby as a football hero, Garry as the College Dean, Dorothy as a flapperish coed and Barbara singing "When I Was Very Small".''Jonathan does a routine about a movie director hiring stunt men and Indians.''Barbara sings "On the Other Side of the Tracks".''Roy Castle does a song-and-dance number.''Jonathan as Gaylord Grim, Tree Surgeon and Dorothy as his nurse.moreless - Ep 24March 19, 19633/19/63
From Lake Tahoe, Garry's guests are Carol Burnett, Alan King and Roy Castle. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''Carol plays a wife who takes to gambling while on vacation, while her husband (Garry) stares in disbelief at the gaming tables while Alan King chops the chips. ''Roy Castle performs to Gershwin's "I Was Doing All Right".''Carol sings "Meantime".''Garry and Durward don old ladies frock to play two philosophical biddies.''Carol as an opera star in the finale with "Mimi Pizzeria".moreless - Ep 23March 12, 19633/12/63
Garry's guests are Keely Smith, Allen and Rossi, Roy Castle and Dorothy Loudon. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1908.''Durward Kirby plays the man who wrote "Mother".''Garry plays the first G-man applicant.''A skit showing what could happen if television commercials went wrong - with Garry as that certain washing machine repair man.''Roy Castle is a guy who drops into a rented car.''Marty Allen is a drunken wine sipper.''Allen and Rossi do a golf routine.''Honoring the year 1908 the entire troupe joins in for "Shine On, Harvest Moon".moreless - Ep 22March 5, 19633/5/63
Garry's guests are Rosemary Clooney, Roy Castle and Dorothy Loudon. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''In place of "That Wonderful Year" segment a medley of songs taken from the Fred Astaire - Irving Berlin movies is performed.''All join in for the opening with "California Here We Come".''A spoof on "The Beverly Hillbillies" with Dorothy Loudon as the fashion commentator describing the Hillbillies' wardrobe.''Roy Castle performs with "Things Are Swinging".''A spoof on "Naked City" in which Dorothy is a telephone operator whose efficiency stymies an attempt at getting an execution stopped.moreless - Ep 21February 19, 19632/19/63
Garry's guests are Carol Lawrence, Jonathan Winters, Dorothy Loudon, plus former regular Marion Lorne. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1954.''Carol Lawrence sings and dances to "Days of Wine and Roses".''Jonathan Winters as a resident of a home for old hipsters.''Dorothy sings "The Good Peacut".''Jonathan Winters as a grandmother in a take-off on "The Old Man and the Sea".''Corrina Manetto steps out of the chorus to sing "The Man That Got Away".''Carol Lawrence sings "Baubles, Bangles and Beads".moreless - Ep 20February 12, 19632/12/63
Garry's guests are Jane Powell, Roy Castle and Joey Forman. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1936.''Jane Powell sings "Nobody's Fool".''Roy Castle performs a song-dance-trick routine to "I Won't Dance"''Comic Joey Forman does an offstage glad-hander who freezes as a contestant on a TV show.''Durward Kirby imitates Rudy Vallee to Roy Castle's Jack Benny.''Garry does a take-off of his own "I've Got a Secret" show.''Jane Powell sings "Loads of Lovely Love".moreless - Ep 19February 5, 19632/5/63
Garry's guests are Dorothy Loudon, singer Keely Smith and Jerry Van Dyke. Also with regular Durwood Kirby. ''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1920.''A courtroom trial set to music, the swing spiritual "Gonna Build a Mountain".''Jerry Van Dyke does a routine as the Lone Ranger's first meeting with Tonto.''Dorothy Loudon sings "New Hampshire Southern Belle".''Keely Smith performs "Going Through the Motions" and "To Each His Own".''A skit on living in Florida on retirement insurance is a fun piece of satire.moreless - Ep 18January 29, 19631/29/63
Garry's guests are Carol Burnett, Steve Lawrence and Allen and Rossi. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1930.''Carol plays the gunslinging Belle Starr invading "Kitty's Saloon" in Dodge City.''Steve sings "Go Away Little Girl".''Durward Kirby plays the father to Carol's tomboy who would rather wrestle than romance until young Garry comes along.''Steve and Allen and Rossi are grand in a bit about a reporter interviewing a World War I German Air Ace.''Carol belts out the finale with an Ethel Merman verve with "I've Got Rhythm".moreless - Ep 17January 22, 19631/22/63
Garry's guests are Nancy Walker, Dorothy Collins and the British comedy team of Blackburn and Reeves. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1946.''In a spoof on the sexy-night-club bunnies, Nancy generates a ton of laughs as Durward and Garry drop the club.''Dorothy Collins sings "Who Will Buy", one of the hit songs from the Broadway musical "Oliver!"''Nancy and Durward appear in a take-off on "The Postman Always Rings Twice".''Garry and Nancy played a murder-minded pair of lovers.''Dorothy sings "Five Minutes More".''All join in for the finale with "Chiquita Banana".moreless - Ep 16January 15, 19631/15/63
Garry's guests are Tammy Grimes, Dorothy Loudon and ''Alan King. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1911.''Tammy sings "Gonna Build a Mountain" from 'Stop the World'. ''Tammy is a snooty wealthy honeymooner in a sketch with Durward as her husband.''Dorothy is in a skit "Love the bank approach" as Mona Lisa.''Alan King does his impression of Harry Lauder.''Dorothy sings "My Melancholy Baby".''Alan King does a routine on physical fitness.''Tammy Grimes has the finale with "If You Talk in Your Sleep".moreless - Ep 15January 8, 19631/8/63
Garry's guests are Eydie Gorme, Allan Sherman and Dorothy Loudon. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1924.''Dorothy and Allen duet on "Sarah Jackman".''Eydie sings "Some of These Days".''Dorothy is in a skit about a woman who lavishes more attention on her dog than her husband.''Garry Moore does his "Buster Keaton" routine and Durward Kirby does his "Carl Sandburg".''Eydie sings "All Alone".moreless - Ep 14January 1, 19631/1/63
Garry's guests are Gwen Verdon, Carol Burnett and Roy Castle. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1900.''The year of the desperado Dalton Brothers of the Wild West.''Garry and Durwood do a bit on new numeric telephone numbers.''A takeoff on swashbucking adventure stories as Carol a dull girl dreams she's a famous lady pirate, her rival is played by Lucienne Bridou, a famous Broadway showgirl.''Roy's routine is that Garry is a producer who discovers and signs him to a contract.''Gwen Verdon does a dance "Ecstasy".''Carol, Gwen and Roy appear in the finale "My Mother Was a Lady".moreless - Ep 13December 25, 196212/25/62
Garry's guests are George Gobel, Dorothy Loudon and former regular Marion Lorne. ''Also with Durward Kirby. ''''Highlights:''Dorothy Loudon starts off with "Christmas Bauble".''George makes fun of his relatives' gifts.''Marion Lorne reads Henry Van Dyke's "A Christmas Wish".''Dorothy plays a Christmas tree angel who's left alone on her perch.''Garry plays Dorothy's boss in an office secretary sketch.''Garry plays an off-beat street-corner Santa.''George horses around in a spoof of "What's My Line?"''The Bill Brown Choir sings excerpts from Handel's "Messiah".moreless - Ep 12December 18, 196212/18/62
Garry's guests are Carol Channing, Barbara McNair and Alan King. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1949.''Carol Channing plays "Miss Coiffure" a horror movie addict and Durward Kirby is Dracula, Garry plays Carol Channing's husband.''Carol sings "Little Girl from Little Rock".''Barbara McNair sings "Some People" and "Let Me Entertain You".''Alan King does a routine on lawyers.moreless - Ep 11December 11, 196212/11/62
Garry's guests are Nancy Walker, Steve Lawrence and Anita Gillette. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1935.''Nancy and Durward appear in a skit about an abdicated King and his commoner wife, 20 years after.''Nancy plays Ginger Rogers to Garry's Fred Astaire in a comedy spot poking fun at toy commercials on television, then try to sell a game called "Greed".''Steve Lawrence sings "What Kind of Fool Am I?"''Steve Lawrence plays Gov. Thomas Dewey to Nancy Walker in the finale "Lulu's Back in Town".moreless - Ep 10December 4, 196212/4/62
Garry's guests are Shirley Bassey, Dorothy Louden and Rossi and Allen. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1956.''All join in for the opening number is "Little Me".''Garry and Dorothy play a couple at a summer resort looking for romance. (Done before with Carol Burnett)''A parody of "The Jackie Gleason Show".''Shirley Bassey sings "As Long as He Needs Me" and "I Could Have Danced All Night".''A skit with Durward and Dorothy as a married couple having troubles, he is a "day" person and she is a "night" person.''Dorothy performs "I'm Going Back" for the finale.''Allen and Rossi do a take-off on "Marty".''The finale has Dorothy Louden as a switchboard operator in "I Want to Be Treated Like a Human Being".moreless - Ep 9November 27, 196211/27/62
Garry's guests are Eydie Gorme, Peggy Cass and Roy Castle. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1928.''Peggy plays Garry's wife in a skit about a henpecked man buying a suit.''Durward Kirby as Mother Benson, runs a loan company.''Roy Castle is a Buckingham Palace Guard with a mosquito on his nose in one skit.''Peggy does a documentary-style takeoff with Garry and Durward on the hardships of coast-to-coast travel in the year 1928.''Eydie Gorme sings "Granada".''Roy Castle does a song-and-dance routing with "Strike Up the Band".''Eydie Gorme does a flapperish finale with "You Belong to Me".moreless - Ep 8November 20, 196211/20/62
Garry's guests are Nat King Cole, Carol Burnett and Allen Funt. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is ?.''Nat King Cole sings "The Way You Look Tonight", "Dear Lonely Hearts" and "Too Young".''Allen Funt brings along some candid films of Garry talking to 4 and 5 year olds who are very profound in some remarks.''Carol as Snow White and Durward Kirby plays the jealous Wicked Queen and Garry is both narrator and Prince Charming.''Carol is a shoplifter in a skit and sings "Let Me Entertain You".''All join in for a "Tennessee Waltz" finale which spoofs Tennessee Williams.moreless - Ep 7November 13, 196211/13/62
Garry's guests are Eileen Farrell, Roy Castle, Alan King and former regular Marion Lorne. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''Eileen Farrell sings "Andrea Chenier".''Alan King does a monologue about suburban house parties.''Roy Castle sings and dances "Why Not Me?"''Marion Lorne back on the show for the first time this season talks about her new fur coat.''moreless - Ep 6October 30, 196210/30/62
Garry's guests are Carol Burnett, Roy Castle and Allen and Rossi. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1948.''Long-playing records were introduced, the mambo was the dance craze and plastic bubble gum appeared on the American scene. This was also the year Harry Truman bested the pollsters and Jane Wyman and Sir Laurence Olivier won Oscars.''Carol with Garry and Durward sings a song telling how wonderful it is to be free from the weekly television grind.''Carol plays a violinist who is so careful of her hands her right hand has never touched her left hand.''Carol sings "I've Got a Loverly Bunch of Coconuts".''The finale is called "After the Brawl".moreless - Ep 5October 23, 196210/23/62
Garry's guests are Steve Lawrence and Roy Castle. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1938.''Garry and Durward parody TV shows.''Steve portrays an Erich Von Stroheim type, silent film star.''Steve sings "This Can't Be Love" and "The Second Time Around".''Garry, Durward and Steve are married men receiving advice from bachelor Roy via a song, "Get Married".''Roy Castle also does a song-and-dance routine to "I've Got Rhythm".''Steve Lawrence performs that 1938 classic "This Can't Be Love".''Roy Castle performs "Jeepers Creepers" in a harem setting.moreless - Ep 4October 16, 196210/16/62
Garry's guests are Dorothy Collins, Nancy Walker and Alan King.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is ?.''Nancy Walker appears in two sketches, "Pinocchio" and the movie classic "7th Heaven" are the highlights.''Dorothy Collins sings "Blame It On My Youth" and "Running Wild".''Alan King does a monologue about his childhood. - Ep 3October 9, 196210/9/62
Garry's guests are Dennis Weaver, Bob Newhart and Barbara McNair. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1932.''Barbara McNair sings "All About Love".''Garry plans parodies of "The Defenders" and "Mutiny on the Bounty".''Dennis and Durward duet to "We're Not Built to Be Sidekicks".''A spoof of "The Defenders" that makes the grade when Mr. Defenders introduces his son (Dennis Weaver).''Bob Newhart does a routine on a "Friend and his dog".moreless - Ep 2October 2, 196210/2/62
Garry's guests are Eydie Gorme, Bob Melvin and Roy Castle. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1951.''Durward Kirby plays Mother Benson, the owner of a roadside antique store in a sketch.''The chorus sings "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", we see a series of Constance Bannister baby pictures illustrating the lyrics.''Eydie Gorme sings "Blues in the Night".''Roy Castle sings "Get Happy".''Garry gets a Cheese Festival Award from "stagehands" and the finale is a Hit Parade Spoof called "Catherine and her Presents".moreless - Ep 1September 25, 19629/25/62
Garry's guests are Keely Smith, Roy Castle and Alan King. Also with regular Durward Kirby.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1918.''Keely opens with a song-and-dance tribute to Garry's miniature tugboat, "Little Toot".''Alan King does a monologue about his recent European jaunt.''Keely sings "What Kind of Fool Am I?" and "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby".''Roy Castle, a British singer-dancer-comedian demonstrates all three of his talents on "Ain't She Sweet?".''Keely sings "After You've Gone".''Roy Castle does an imitation of Leon Erroll and the "Smiles" finale.moreless
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Season 4
- Ep 36June 26, 19626/26/62
Garry's guests for his season finale are Carol Haney and Alan King. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1900.''Carol Haney sings "Mack the Knife".''Carol, Marion and Durward appear in a skit about the emotional reactions to family members when one of them finds a large sum of money.''The two Carols duet with "You Are My Sunshine".''''At the end of the program Garry introduces Jim Backus the host of "Talent Scouts" the summer replacement series for The Garry Moore Show.moreless - Ep 35June 19, 19626/19/62
Garry's guests are Don Knotts, Barbara McNair and Alan King. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1900.''Songs from 1900 include Garry singing "My Wild Irish Rose", Barbara sings "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and Carol sings "I'm Only a Bird in a Guilded Cage".''Garry, Don and Carol do a broad lampoon on advertising executives called "Tranquilizers".''Barbara McNair sings "If You Love Me".''Alan King targets insurance in his comedy routine.''Don plays a man who is madly in love with Carol.moreless - Ep 34June 12, 19626/12/62
Garry's guests are Diahann Carroll and Tim Conway. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1931.''Carol does her "Dr. Sisters" routine''Carol as the legendary wife of Peter Piper, the man who picked a peck of pickled peppers, stands trial in a highly alliterative courtroom comedy, with Garry as the counsel for the Crown, who wrings a startling disclosure from Carol over the objections of her attorney, played by Durward and Marion Lorne is the court stenographer.''Tim and Carol do a spoof of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street"''Diahann and Carol duet with the finale "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries".moreless - Ep 33June 5, 19626/5/62
Garry's guests are Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse and Jack Jones. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1951.''Jack Jones sings "You Make Me Feel So Young" and "Too Late Now".''The year of Senator Kefauver's crime committee investigations.''Garry, Don and Carol appear in a sketch about advertising executives.''Gwen and Bob team up for an original dance production "Dancin' Man".''Carol, Durward and Garry present their wild outlook on the pitfalls of marriage.moreless - Ep 32May 29, 19625/29/62
Garry's guests are Robert Goulet, Barbra Streisand and Allen and Rossi. Also with regulars Durward Kirby and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1929.''Charles Lindbergh married Ann Morrow. Lt. Jimmy Doolittle made the first instrument flight and Ramsay MacDonald was the first British Prime Minister to address Congress. Two other Britishers attracted the attention of the Broadway critics that year, a young comedian named Bob Hope and a chorus boy named Archie Leach who later changed his name to Cary Grant.''The show opens with a production of "Team Work".''Garry sings "Show Me a Rose".''Robert Goulet sings "Lost in the Stars".''A sketch called "Vacation Time 2000 AD" Garry is the owner of "Rent-a-Rocket" outer space travel agency, which is a Pledge commercial with Durward Kirby, blast off with Pledge!''Comedy team of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, Steve sings "With a Song in My Heart".''Barbra Streisand sings "When the Sun Comes Out".''In a comedy sketch, Durward Kirby, Carol Burnett and Garry review the TV season, Durward is Dr. Ben Casey and Carol is his nurse. ''Barbra Streisand sings "Happy Days Are Again".''Steve Rossi sings Al Jolson's "Sonny Boy".''Robert Goulet sings "Ain't Misbehavin'".''Carol Burnett sings "Mean to Me".''Durward Kirby sings a chorus of "Singin' in the Rain".''Garry sings "Honeysuckle Rose".''Barbra sings "Moaning Low".''Marty Allen sings "May I Kiss Your Hand Madam".''The male chorus sings "Springtime in the Rockies".''Steve Rossi sings "Without a Song".''Cole Porter's 1929 play "One Million Frenchmen" production number with the Eiffel Tower and twelve beautiful girls.moreless - Ep 31May 15, 19625/15/62
Garry's guests are Jane Powell and Alan King. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1953.''Jane goes operatic with "Musetta's Waltz" from "La Boheme".''Jane and Alan appear in a "Person to Person" skit with Alan receiving a "Brevity Award".''Alan's monologue takes on a suburbian view of doctors.''Carol is in a skit as a visiting Martian.''Carol does a Dinah Shore takeoff for the finale.moreless - Ep 30May 8, 19625/8/62
Garry's guests are Don Knotts, Denise Lor and Duke Ellington. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1956.''Duke Ellington and his Band perform "Rockin' in Rhythm".''Don is a TV weather man stranded without his weather department report.''Denise Lor sings "Mack the Knife". - Ep 29May 1, 19625/1/62
Garry's guests are Julie Andrews and English comic Roy Castle. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1947.''Songs from "Finian's Rainbow" are performed.''Julie and Roy give Carol a "Cockney lesson" and 'cor blimey' she learns how.''Carol is a "first lady pitcher" in a skit on the New York Mets.moreless - Ep 28April 24, 19624/24/62
Garry's guests are Eileen Farrell and Bob Williams and his dog Louie. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1917.''1917 songs include "Over There", "Oh, Johnny" and "Smiles".''Eileen Farrell sings "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues".''Carol plays a hung-over "Cinderella".''Eileen and Carol duet on the closing suffragette song.moreless - Ep 27April 10, 19624/10/62
Garry's guests are Roberta Peters and Alan King. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1937.''1937 When Joe Louis became world's heavyweight boxing champion.''Alan King discusses income tax in a routine.''Roberta Peters sings two solos. - Ep 26March 27, 19623/27/62
George Gobel replaces the vacationing Garry. Guests are Vic Damone and Susan Johnson. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1926.''George does a dopey monologue about his 'family tree'.''George and Carol do a skit about a frustrated son-in-law working in his wealthy father-in-law's business.''Susan Johnson sings "In the Still of the Night" and "Better Luck Next Time".''George and Marion appear in a spoof of Sidney Howard's "The Silver Cord".moreless - Ep 25March 20, 19623/20/62
Garry's guests are Gwen Verdon and Allen and Rossi (Marty Allen and Steve Rossi). Also with Durward Kirby and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1933.''Singer-dancer Gwen Verdon displays her talents in a production number based on the song "Shoo Fly Pie".''Steve Rossi sings "I've Got the World On a String".''Marty does a rock 'n roll teenager bit as well as their "Hello Dere" record bits while Steve sings and Marty dances.''Carol plays a television kiddie show proprietor and instructs the little ones in how to mix martinis.''There also a parody called "Teahouse 90" with a Nipponese version of "Riddle Led Liding Hood" involving Garry, Carol, Marty and Durward.''Carol does her Greta Garbo impersonation.''Steve Rossi sings "Temptation".''Marty is an early singing telegram delivery boy.moreless - Ep 24March 13, 19623/13/62
Garry's guests are Red Skelton, Bob Melvin and Steve Lawrence. Also with Durward Kirby and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1909.''Red as Clem Kadiddlehopper delivers Chinese food to the office of the head of a record company just as Conway Twerp (Durward Kirby) walks out on his contract, he is about to be transformed into the Nation's new singing idol by Garry as Carol appears as the seductive young lady who tries to lure Skelton into signing a contract.''Carol Burnett plays a woman President of the United States in 1990 and Garry is the reporter who discovers some interesting angles in interviewing her.''Steve sings "If Ever I Should Leave You".''All join in for "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now".moreless - Ep 23March 6, 19623/6/62
Garry's guests are Barbara McNair and Alan King. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1921.''In a skit satirizing psychological warfare, Garry and Durward are opposing soldiers engaged in some hand-to-hand combat.''Alan King does a routine about dogs.''Carol is Supergirl in one skit about a girl who can do anything except find true love.''In a sketch called "Strike It Sick" Carol plays a guest with much to complain about.''Barbara sings "Wang Wang Blues".''In a sketch Durward plays a matador, Alan is the husband whose wife (Carol) is fascinated by Rudolph Valentino.moreless - Ep 22February 27, 19622/27/62
Garry's guests are Gwen Verdon and Milt Kamen. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1948.''Gwen sings and dances to "Pretty to Walk With".''All join in for a sketch on "Palace Intrigue" in which Carol plays the reigning Queen over courtly chaos.''Gwen appears as a charm school teacher who transforms Garry from a shy square into a polished man-of-the-world.''Gwen teams up with Carol in the finale of "Be a Clown".moreless - Ep 21February 20, 19622/20/62
Garry's guests are Jo Stafford and Bobby Ramsen. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1955.''Jo Stafford sings "Misty".''Carol plays "Peter Pan" in skit.''Bobby pokes fun at credit cards.''Carol, Durward and Garry spoof the radio sound effects man. - Ep 20February 13, 19622/13/62
Garry's guests are Mel Torme and Cliff Norton. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1930.''Cliff does a monologue on the state of TV today and his football coach routine on tackling a coed team.''Mel sings "Shine on Your Shoes".''Carol sings "I'm Confessin'" and "Ten Cents a Dance".''Two more sketches one titled "Last Woman on Earth" and "Sweepstakes".moreless - Ep 19February 6, 19622/6/62
Garry's guests are Ed Wynn and Shirley Bassey. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1935.''All join in the opening production of "Hang On".''Shirley Bassey sings "Tonight" and "I'm in the Mood for Love".''Carol, Durward and Ed join in a wild fable "The Queen's Train".''Ed and Garry appear in a skit playing a doctor who delivers quintuplets.''Durward and Carol give a burlesque of the stage and screen play "Separate Tables".''Carol portrays "Julie Growse" and her impending marriage to "Frank Clan".moreless - Ep 18January 30, 19621/30/62
Garry's guests are Gwen Verdon and Bob Williams with his trained dog Louie. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1940.''Carol plays Garry's office secretary giving him a birthday present.''Carol and Durward are in a sketch about two dedicated archeologists who find a love potion in an Egyptian tomb.''Gwen sings and dances "Forty-Nine Percent".''Songs from 1940 are "Cabin in the Sky" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".''Gwen and Carol are in the finale to "Let's Be Buddies".''moreless - Ep 17January 23, 19621/23/62
Garry's guests are Paul Ford, Carol Lawrence, Andre Previn and Bea Arthur. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1938.''Paul Ford plays the father of twin Carols in one skit and the husband of Bea Arthur in another set at the time of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" men-from-Mars broadcasts.''Garry reads very funny excerpts from the book, "Kids Letters to President Kennedy".''Carol Lawrence sings "Going to Wear Your Love".''Andre Previn plays "Something's Coming".''Carol and two of the girl singers miming "The Andrew Sisters".''All join in for the finale "At Long Last Love".moreless - Ep 16January 16, 19621/16/62
Garry's guests are Denise Lor and Alan King. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1919.''All join in for "The Beer Barrel Polka".''Denise Lor sings "Moon River".''Durward and Denise appear in a take-off on "The Moon and Sixpence".''Carol and Denise join in for the final production number "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?"''Carol spoofs Dr. Brothers and is a bargain happy shopper.moreless - Ep 15January 9, 19621/9/62
Guest hosts for tonight are Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme. Jack Carter guests. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1955.''While Garry's away (one week only) Durward tries to play congenial host but Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme clear the air right off and host the show tonight.''Durward and Carol appear in a newlywed skit.''Steve & Eydie duet with "A Lot of Livin' To Do" and "Make Someone Happy".''moreless - Ep 14January 2, 19621/2/62
Garry's guests are Johnny Carson and Gisele MacKenzie. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1936.''Carol is in a skit "The Morning After" about housewife madness over trading stamps.''Gisele sings an original romantice song in French and English.''There's a walk-on appearance by Joy Harmon as a stagehand.''Johnny Carson and Carol Burnett are in a spoof of "Gone With the Wind".''Gisele sings "These Foolish Things".''Carol & Gisele duet with "Let Yourself Go".moreless - Ep 13December 26, 196112/26/61
Garry's guests are Peter Lawford, Janice Rule and Dick Haymes. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1961.''All join in for "Chime In".''In a comedy sketch, Peter marries Carol Burnett and brings her home to the family estate and Durward the butler hates her on sight.''Janice sings "I Won't Dance".''Dick Haymes sings "Second Time Around".''All join in for "Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp?"moreless - Ep 12December 19, 196112/19/61
Garry's guests are Julie Andrews and Gwen Verdon. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1961.''Julie sings "My Favorite Things".''Gwen Verdon and a choir perform an enchanting "The Beautiful Trees of Christmas".''Garry and Durward remind us that in Washington, the Internal Revenue Department takes no time out for merriment, Santa is in trouble for never having filed a return.''Gwen, Julie and Carol perform "Everybody's Doin' It".''Carol does the Henry's famous Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi".moreless - Ep 11December 12, 196112/12/61
Garry's guests are Eydie Gorme and Alan King. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1905.''Garry opens with "Deck the Halls" to set the holiday mood.''Carol Burnett has a comedy version of vaudeville star Eva Tanguay's famous number, "I Don't Care".''Alan King talks about health foods which come in for some spoofing with the help of an encyclopedia.''Eydie sings "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" and "Give My Regards to Broadway".''Carol Burnett is "Mother of the Year" with a brood of 13.''Durward Kirby is Houdini in a blackout bit.''A parody of "Cyrano".moreless - Ep 10December 5, 196112/5/61
Garry's guests are Gretchen Wyler and Jack Carter. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1946.''A sketch about supermarkets and how they photograph customers who want to cash a check.''All join in to poke fun at "High Noon".''A parody of "The Lost Weekend". - Ep 9November 28, 196111/28/61
Garry's guests are George Gobel and Diahann Carroll. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1934.''An elaborate production number based on "Who Can? You Can" from the Broadway musical, "The Gay Life".''Carol Burnett is a slightly soused TV weathergirl to Garry's furious anchorman.''George does a monologue about some hokum about Mitch Miller's home viewing singalong fans.''Diahann Carroll sings "Anything Goes".''George sings "El Rancho Grande" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds".''Carol Burnett and Durward Kirby break up the show, this time with their modernized spoof of Dickens' "Scrooge", with Carol as a happy-go-lucky bank teller jauntily absconding with the banks funds.''All join in for a spoof of "Of Human Bondage" with Carol playing a Cockney waitress.moreless - Ep 8November 21, 196111/21/61
Garry's guests are Carol Lawrence and Jonathan Winters. Also with Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1929.''Garry reads his favorite poem, "Thanksgiving Time at Granny's".''Jonathan Winters does a routine.''Carol Lawrence sings "Singin' in the Rain" and "Great Day".''Carol Burnett and Carol Lawrence duet on "Broadway Melody".''Thanksgiving Show.''moreless - Ep 7November 14, 196111/14/61
Garry's guests are Nat King Cole and Bob Melvin. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1949.''Opening number production is "Comes Once in a Lifetime".''Nat King Cole sings sings "Unforgettable" and "Cappuccina".''Carol Burnett is in the sketch "The Tomboy" with Durward Kirby as her father, who always wanted a son and Garry is her first beau.''Carol sings "Bali Hai", from that wonderful year 1949 when TV was in its swaddling clothes.''Garry and Durward are two old friends who meet up again, but one is a hold-up man.''Nat King Cole and the gang join in for the finale with the "Calypso Blues".''moreless - Ep 6November 7, 196111/7/61
Garry's guests are Mel Torme and Alan King. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1951.''Remembered for the Kefauver hearings, Joe DiMaggio's retirement, the popularity of skin-diving and the poodle haircut.''Mel Torme sings "County Fair".''Alan King does a skit about weekends at home with the family.''Garry & Durward do one of their two little old ladies sitting on the front porch skits.''Carol Burnett appears as a woman just back from Tanganyika, a kind of forerunner of the Peace Corps.''Durward & Carol do a spoof of the play "Gigi".''A rousing finale built around "How Could You Believe Me?"moreless - Ep 5October 31, 196110/31/61
Garry's guests are Gwen Verdon and Jack Carter. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1907.''Gwen Verdon does a song-and-dance version of "Daddy". ''Carol is the Queen of the Balkan country, Concordia with her broken arm in a heavy cast in a skit, whenever she turns around she clobbers somebody.''Marion Lorne is a cardsharp and Garry's odd fan club is on the premise.''Jack Carter is a judge in the first night court.''All join in a 1907 style community sing.moreless - Ep 4October 17, 196110/17/61
Garry's guests are Jo Stafford and George Chakiris. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1912.''With a skit about the Titanic and Garry with his Buster Keaton imitation.''Carol is a judo expert to Durward's inept student taking a judo lesson.''Jo Stafford and Carol duet on "Row Row Row".''Garry as Mr. Speedback interviews Durward as a senator who never guesses right.''Jo sings "It Never Entered My Mind".''George Chakiris sings "It Ain't Necessarily So".''Carol plays a charwoman who is the object of a Hollywood leading man's affection.''The finale is built around "Jimmy Valentine.moreless - Ep 3October 10, 196110/10/61
Garry's guests are Tony Martin and comedian Frank Fontaine. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1921.''Tony Martin sings "April Showers".''The finale is a take-off on the flaming desert epics of the silent screen era, Rudolph Valentino's "The Sheik". - Ep 2October 3, 196110/3/61
Garry's guests are Julie London and Don Adams. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1932.''Carol Burnett plays a femme fatale in a sketch using her wiles on international spy Don Adams.''Julie sings "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues". - Ep 1September 26, 19619/26/61
Garry's guests are Julie Andrews and Alan King. Also with regulars Durward Kirby, Marion Lorne and Carol Burnett.''''Highlights:''"That Wonderful Year" is 1939.''Julie sings "I Am Just a Little Girl", "Inch Worm" and "And the Angels Sing".''Carol & Julie duet on "If I Only Had A Brain".''Durward and Carol play a couple determined to make their marriage normal in a sketch called "The Anniversary".moreless
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