In concept, the NBC Follies was a throwback to the days of vaudeville, with a dash of the theatrical glitz of ABC's Hollywood Palace, but lacked the longevity of the latter.
Sammy Davis, Jr., a frequent Palace host who also had a short-lived variety series on NBC in the 60's, served as host, with venerable Johnny Olson as the announcer. Unfortunately, Follies was one season and done.
This sample episode features the Smothers Brothers, Diahann Carroll (ex-Julia), Mickey Rooney, & Jerry Lewis, and includes a skit that today would be politically incorrect involving Chinese stereotypes.
I've mentioned that Sammy Davis, Jr. was all over the dial during the 70's between this, Sammy & Company, and various guest appearances and TV-movies. The man was B. U. S. Y.
No rating. I think this was past my bedtime back in the day.
No comments:
Post a Comment