40 years ago, Johnny Cash returned to television with a Christmas special. However, this one wasn't on ABC, which was home to his self-titled variety show (1969-71), but, apparently, on CBS. The all-star lineup included Roy Clark (Hee Haw), the Statler Brothers, and a reunion of the Sun records legends, as Cash joins forces with Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, & Jerry Lee Lewis for "This Train", after the others have performed their classics. A rousing rendition of "Children Go Where I Send Thee", though, appears to have been edited for time.
Additionally, Johnny & June Carter Cash visit Israel in segments mixed into the show.
One YouTube poster falsely claimed that Bing Crosby's last Christmas show aired on CBS the same night. No, it didn't. It aired, as memory serves, on NBC.
The reunion would've been even more complete had Elvis Presley not passed on earlier that year. He started his career at Sun, too, before moving to RCA.
We'll forego a rating this time.
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