Sunday, December 22, 2024

Countdown to Christmas: Andy Williams' last NBC Christmas show (1970)

 Andy Williams had fallen victim to the networks' "rural purge" in the 1970-1 season, with his show cancelled before the season was over, replaced by Emergency!.

The final Christmas show of his 1969-71 run is, as per normal, a family affair, with three generations of the Williams family, including Andy's then-wife, singer-actress Claudine Longet, appearing with Charlie Callas, John Astin (ex-The Addams Family), and Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo). Astin & Keeshan figure into a lengthy fantasy sequence narrated by Longet.

Mind the bar on the left side of the screen, placed there by the poster to block a time stamp.


Rating: B.

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