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PAUL LYNDE'S GUEST APPEARANCES | 1975-1979 |
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1975 SMOTHERS BROTHERS SHOW January 20 Guests: Paul Lynde, Sha Na Na & Kate Smith, with cameos by Chico & the Man (Jack Albertson & Freddie Prinze) Scheduled sketches include … Paul portraying a suicidal houseplant; the entire cast in a production number spoofing country music; and Tom as a customer who comes to Paul’s complaint desk. FIRST ANNUAL COMEDY AWARDS January 29 Hosted by Alan King, the awards ceremonies will originate from the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. The recently formed American Academy of Humor sponsors the event. The program will include live performances by artists of the material that earned them their nominations, clips from nominated tv shows and motion .pictures, and classic comedy sketches. The awards will honor entertainers, writers, programs, and films in 17 categories including films, tv, stage, nightclub, concert and print. Bob Hope will receive the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award, representing a lifetime contribution to humanitarian causes outside of show business. MAC DAVIS SHOW (2) February 27 Guests: Glen Campbell, Paul Lynde & Jimmy Webb The Mac Davis Show has its last outing in this time period, and it’s a good one. Glen Campbell and songwriter Jimmy Webb join in the music, with solos, duets and trios with Mac. Paul Lynde handles the comedy – a spoof on those CBS bicentennial minutes, a skit about a camp counselor and a bit about an inflation fighter, among others. DONNY & MARIE OSMOND SHOW November 16 Guests: Bob Hope, Paul Lynde & Kate Smith Donny and Marie Osmond, who have achieved superstar status through their records and concerts, are the co-hosts and stars of the ABC Television Network’s “Donny and Marie Osmond Show,” a music and comedy special airing tonight at 8 in color. Bob Hope, Paul Lynde, the Osmond Brothers — Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Jimmy — and Kate Smith are guest stars. Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies skaters and world karate champion Chuck Norris are featured. Hollywood magic created through the ingenuity of producers Sid and Marty Krofft produces a crystal ice cave, a kaleidoscopic circus 1990 and a jungle complete with a lake.The grand finale features the entire cast in a rousing celebration of America.
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1976 AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS AWARDS January 11 Jackie Gleason hosts this 90-minute special saluting the top performers in the field of live entertainment – they receive a “Georgie,” a statuette with the likeness of George M. Cohan. Taped last Dec. 21 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, this special features such presenters as Jack Albertson, George Burns, Red Buttons, Jack Haley, Sr., Gabe Kaplan, Telly Savalas, and Jimmie Walker. Winners include Lucille Ball, Shirley Bassey, John Denver, Liberace, Paul Lynde, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Cathy Rigby & Joan Rivers Paul Lynde receives award from Jackie Gleason as Comedian of the Year on CBS special. AGVA had 8,000 members. DON RICKLES ROASTS DEAN MARTIN February 27 Dean Martin, Don Rickles, Orson Welles, Joe Namath, Jimmy Stewart, Gabriel Kaplan, Gene Kelly, Muhammad Ali, Barry Goldwater, Angie Dickinson, Hubert Humphrey, Charlie Callas, John Wayne, Freddie Prinze, Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller, Peter Graves, Dom DeLuise, Monty Hall, Ernest Borgnine, Michael Landon, Jan Murray, Totie Fields, William Conrad, Evel Knieval, Jackie Gleason, Danny Thomas, Art Carney, Joey Bishop, Rich Little, Ruth Buzzi, Tony Orlando, Georgia Engel, Nipsy Russell, Foster Brooks, Howard Cosell, Rowan & Martin & Paul Lynde 2ND ANNUAL COMEDY AWARDS April 10
BICENTENNIAL MINUTE December 3 Narrator: Paul Lynde. Topic: Children were being taught to live with the shortages of war.
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1977 DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST May 2 Guests: Peter Marshall, with Joey Bishop, Ed Bluestone, Foster Brooks, Red Buttons, Jack Carter, Wayland Flowers, Zsa Zsa Garbor, Jackie Gayle, Vincent Price, Rose Marie, Rip Taylor, Karen Valentine, Jimmie Walker, Orson Welles & PL Affable Peter Marshall of “Hollywood Squares” fame takes a pounding from his peers up in Las Vegas, in Dean Martin’s last show of the season. On hand for the ribbing are Paul Lynde, Jimmie Walker, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joey Bishop, Red Buttons, Vincent Price, and Karen Valentine, among others.
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1978 ABC’S SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION February 5 A host of stars and celebrities recall 25 years of television history when the past meets the present as the ABC Television Network looks to the future in ABC’S Silver Anniversary Celebration, a four-hour special saluting the personalities and programs that have led the network to its present leadership position. (7:00-11:00 p.m. EST.): With a production number saluting “Batman.” I LOVE YOU February 14 Valentine’s Day is celebrated with scheduled comedy sketches by Edgar Bergen and Mortimer Snerd, Muppets Big Bird and Oscar, Doc Severinsen, Ed McMahon, Jack Albertson and Gabriel Melgar, Paul Lynde, David Brenner, Don Rickles and Phyllis Diller and reflections on love by celebrities, including Telly Savalas, Angie Dickinson, Will Geer, Ernest Borgnine, John Ritter, Gavin MacLeod, Dan Haggerty, Melissa Gilbert, and Tom and Nancy Seaver AMERICA 2NIGHT April 13 CELEBRITY NIGHT … Steve Allen, Milton Berle, Andy Williams, Peter Frampton, Harvey Korman, Burt Lancaster, Paul Lynde & Melissa Manchester KOMEDY TONITE May 9 Cleavon Little and Paula Kelly head an all-black comedy group, and guest stars Paul Lynde, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Todd Bridges are also featured, as well as a 14- woman black dance troupe. “A revue headlined by a troupe of black performers. Satirical sketches include a spoof of TV evangelists with Cleavon Little and Marilyn Coleman; a look at mismatched couples and mistaken identities with Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Shon Vaughn, Marion Ramsey, and Charles Valentino; and a political sendup with Paul Lynde portraying a bumbling candidate in a black neighborhood”
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1979 OSMOND FAMILY February 11 Guests: Ruth Buzzi, Andy Gibb & Paul Lynde Mother and Father Osmond join their children to sing “When I’m 64” on the Osmonds’ Valentine special Sunday at 7 p.m. The ABC program also spotlights guests Andy Gibb, Ruth Buzzi and Paul Lynde. And the families of the Osmond clan also pay a visit. The three guest stars, along with Donny, Marie, Jimmy and the other performing Osmond Bros., open the show with “Love Is a Good Foundation.” Guest Gibb sings “(Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away” and the Osmond Bros. perform “Emily.” The entire clan, including grandchildren, gather for a period production number which features a rnedley of “Love Makes the World Go Round,” “I’ve Got a Crush on You,” “It Had to Be You,” “Love Is the Reason,” “Peg O’ My Heart,” “Would You Like to Take a Walk?” and “Valentine Waltz.” Perry Rosemond directs … Paul Lynde gives a pep talk to a group of potential Cupids. DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS May 17 Host: Bob Barker. Paul Lynde wins Emmy for Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement as panelist on Hollywood Squares
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