PAUL LYNDE'S GUEST APPEARANCES | 1952-1959

1952

TOAST OF THE TOWN

November 23

Guests: Christopher Lynch, Irish tenor; Les Paul & Mary Ford; Connie Russell and the Boys; and ventriloquist Clifford Guest. Paul Lynde performs his safari sketch.

 

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1954

COLGATE SUMMER COMEDY HOUR

June 13

Cast: Paul Gilbert, Paul Lynde, Mary McCarty & Bobby Van

“‘LET’S GO PLACES,’ a 60-minute original review, takes us on a musical tour of the world’s leading vacation resorts” … “Tonight’s episode originates in Hollywood”

COLGATE SUMMER COMEDY HOUR

June 27

Guests: Nat King Cole, Paul Lynde, Mary McCarty & Bobby Van.

“AWAY FROM IT ALL” … From the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

COLGATE SUMMER COMEDY HOUR

July 11

Guests: Paul Lynde, Mary McCarty, Gene Sheldon, Martha Stewart & Bobby Van

COLGATE SUMMER COMEDY HOUR

July 25

Guests: Paul Lynde, Jack Prine, Gene Sheldon & Bobby Van

MARTHA RAYE SHOW

September 28

Guests: Wally Cox & Paul Lynde

Comedienne Martha Raye hicks off her fourth season in television with a full hour of buffoonery at 8 p. m. today. The new series will follow the same format that put Martha's shows among the nation's favorites in past years. It will be a comedy- book show with singing and dancing production numbers integrated into the storyline. Wally Cox, the whimsical star of Mr. Peepers, will be the first guest headliner of the new series and Rocky Graziano, ex-middleweight boxing champ, will again be featured as Martha's boyfriend. For this edition, Cox will be cast as a pathological killer who has set out to do away with all girls named Martha. The team of Kaye and Cox should be an unusual and amusing one. The show will doubtless be launched with the bounce that is a trademark of all Martha's productions — which always make for good entertainment.

MARTHA RAYE SHOW

November 23

Guests: Paul Lynde & Cesar Romero

Martha is being sued by 4 million women for damaging the teeth of Caesaroni, a Liberace-ish pianist by by Cesar Romero. Paul Lynde is his dentist.

MARTHA RAYE SHOW

December 21

Guests: Art Carney, Paul Lynde, Jules Munshin & Reginald Owen

“In her first departure from a full-hour storyline comedy vehicle Martha Raye will present three distinct sketches…”

“Art Carney joins Martha Raye Tuesday in a sketch about an old vaude team.”

GARRY MOORE SHOW (1x)

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SATURDAY NIGHT REVUE (1x)

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STEVE ALLEN SHOW (2x)

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1955

IMOGENE COCA SHOW

January 3

Guests: Paul Lynde & Bibi Osterwald

A post holiday hazard – exchanging Christmas gifts at the store where they were purchased – provides the subject for a comedy sketch.

 

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1956

MARTHA RAYE SHOW

January 3

Guests: Bill & Cora Baird, Charles Coburn, Errol Flynn & Paul Lynde

“What happens when Martha Raye, a gal with a yen for a good time, meets Errol Flynn, a scoutmaster whose desires lean more toward folkcraft and woodlore? The answer: there’ll be some changes made - and they’ll be made in the storyline of NBC-TV’s Martha Raye Show tonight at 8 o’clock. Martha and Errol will be supervised in their merry mixup by motion picture star Charles Coburn, who’ll play Flynn’s father, and will be assisted by PAUL LYNDE . A special attraction will be the Bill and Cora Baird marionettes.”

MARTHA RAYE SHOW

January 24

Guests: Bill & Cora Baird, Paul Lynde, Gordon MacRae & Jules Munshin

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME

February 5

Cast: Julie Harris, Paul Lynde, Roddy McDowall, Cyril Ritchard & Walter Slezak

THE GOOD FAIRY … Lu, a romantic usherette, fancies herself a “good fairy” destined to make everyone’s life brighter and happier. She persuades a wealthy suitor to aid an impoverished lawyer who’s name she has picked from the telephone book. But just when it looks as if her plan will succeed she runs off with a head waiter (Paul Lynde).

FRANKIE LAINE SHOW

August 29

Guests: Eydie Gorme, Paul Lynde & Los Chaveles

“Frankie’s on a ‘river’ beat tonight – opening with ‘Roll On, Mississippi’ and later chanting ‘The River Saint Marie.” Eydie Gorme ranges from impersonating Al Jolson to repeating her bright record click ‘Too Close for Comfort,’ and a winning troupe, Los Chavales, sing up a multilingual storm. Paul Lynde’s daffy ‘Explorer’ routine is guaranteed for chuckles; and Frankie polishes the hour off with his latest waxing: ‘The Road to Mandalay.’ Good Fun.”

 

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1957

SATURDAY COLOR CARNIVAL: THE JERRY LEWIS SHOW

January 19

Host: Jerry Lewis. Guests: Paul Lynde, Jan Murray, Judy Scott & Woody Herman & His Band.

Paul Lynde appears as theatrical producer trying to prepare an upcoming show, only to be interrupted by telephone repairman Melvin Fleck

RUGGLES OF RED GAP

February 3

Host: Garry Moore. Cast: Imogene Coca, Joan Hollaway, Peter Lawford, Paul Lynde, Jane Powell, Christopher Snell, Michael Redgrave & David Wayne

“Ruggles” is the story of a starchy English valet who is the stake in a poker game between his master and an American cattleman. The butler becomes a pawn in the game and ends up on a rough western ranch. Score by Jule Styne and Leo Robin; script by David Shaw

WASHINGTON SQUARE

Unknown Date

Ray Bolger variety show

 

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1958

LUX SHOW FEATURING ROSEMARY CLOONEY

January 30

Guests: Ferlin Husky & Paul Lynde, doing his Africa sketch; from Hollywood

STEVE ALLEN PRESENTS STEVE LAWRENCE & EYDIE GORME

August 3

Guests: singer Cathy Crosby, Peter Lawford, Shari Lewis & Paul Lynde

PHIL SILVERS SHOW

November 7

Cast: Paul Ford, Harvey Lembeck & Phil Silvers. Guest: Paul Lynde

BILKO’S BIG WOMAN HUNT … “Bilko heading for matrimony? It seems that way when he falls for a dancing teacher (Hildy Parks)”

 

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1959  

GEORGE GOBEL SHOW

March 10

Guests: Johnny Cash, Paul Lynde & Patrice Munsel

“George portrays a bellboy who attempts to dissuade Lynde from jumping out a window”

PHIL SILVERS SHOW

June 5

Cast: Paul Ford, Harvey Lembeck & Phil Silvers. Guest: Paul Lynde

BILKO IN OUTER SPACE … “Bilko cons Ritzik and Grover (Jimmy Little) into taking an endurance test, as a prelude to a fast-fleecing poker game.” Written by Neil Simon & Terry Ryan.

 

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