The Hollywood Palace - Season 3 (1965)

In her first appearance hosting the show, Joan Crawford introduces "The ballerina on the golden bicycle," Lily Yokoi. Joan Crawford also hosted June 4, 1966, and April 22, 1967.

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Judy Garland is the show's host and her guests are: The Lyons family acrobatics; singer Chita Rivera, comedian Gene Baylos; singer Vic Damone; comedy act of Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber; and The Three Bragazzi (musical clown act from Italy).

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Bing is the MC in this special Christmas themed-episode. The highlight is the appearance of the cast of Hogan's Heroes, which was produced by Crosby's own company. The low point is when a duet of faux Nazis Werner Klemperer and John Banner sing "Silent Night" in the original German. Also: a clown does an act where he's broken into three midgets, and a dog act where the dog won't co-operate.

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Arthur Godfrey is the guest host and welcomes: The Berosonis (Czech acrobats); singer Abbe Lane; Sid Caesar; comedian Corbett Monica; The Mamas and The Papas; and Les Apollos (acrobatic balancing act.

Vincent Edwards is the weeks host and begins the show by singing, "A Fellow Needs a Girl", "Lulu's Back in Town" and "Maria" solo. Then, the Rogge Sisters perform an acrobatic routine by walking around on top of giant rubber balls, while the audience tries to decide if this even qualifies as a routine. A young Joan Rivers then does a stand-up comedy act. And, Liza Minnelli performs "Where Did You Learn to Dance?" and "There Is a Time", immediately followed by, Vincent Edwards and Liza Minnelli dueting, "Everything I've Got Belongs to You". Next up, is Bertha and Tina,...

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This is one of the best Palace shows with the emphasis on music and dance. And that should be no surprise since the host is the great Fred Astaire. Fred opens with "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" and "Steppin' Out with My Baby," and then talks about what's 'in' and what's 'out,' Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass play "Lonely Bull" and "What Now My Love," Louis Nye does a comedy routine about school pageants, Kermit the Frog and the Muppets perform, Helen O'Connell sings a medley of her hits - "All of Me," "Yours," "Embraceable You," "Amapola," "Green Eyes," and ...

Host Judy Garland, Johnny Rivers performs Secret Agent Man live, no lip synching, Van Johnson and Jack Carter.

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