PAUL LYNDE'S GUEST APPEARANCES | 1965-1969

1965

THE MUNSTERS

January 28

Cast: Yvonne DeCarlo, Fred Gwynne & Al Lewis. Guest: Paul Lynde as Dr. Dudley

EDDIE’S NICKNAME … “Eddie (Butch Patrick) decides he’d rather quit school than tolerate his nickname”

FARMER’S DAUGHTER

February 19

Cast: Inger Stevens & William Windom. Guest: Paul Lynde as Tony Parish

RICH MAN, POOR MAN … “A millionaire visits the Morley home convinced that Katy wants to marry him.”

BURKE’S LAW

March 3

Guests: Joan Bennett, Edd Byrnes, Arlene Dahl, Bert Parks & Paul Lynde as “Guy Hawthorne.”

WHO KILLED MR. COLBY IN LADIES’ LINGERIE? … “With Burke away, Tim and Les are left to solve the murder of a department-store janitor propped up in a shop window.”

FARMER’S DAUGHTER

September 27

Cast: Inger Stevens & William Windom. Guest: Paul Lynde as Tony Parish

STAG AT BAY … “Glen is upset because Katy is spending too much time on wedding preparations and not enough time with him.”

HOLLYWOOD PALACE

October 2

Host: Fred Astaire. Guests: Margot Fonteyn, Paul Lynde, Jackie Mason, Rudolf Nureyev & Carmen Phillips

Show glitters considerably brighter with Fred Astaire as its bon vivant host and the darlings of the ballet world, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Astaire, the most nimble man of 66 around, dances to "Top Hat," and "The Cat," a new creation by Hermes Pan. The spry background music is provided by Jimmy Smith, the jazz organist. The Royal Ballet stars, Dame Margot and Nureyev, are seen in their passionate interpretation of "The Black Swan" pas de deux.-Also around, and somewhat out of place, are comedian Jackie Mason, Paul Lynde, Carmen Phillips, the acrobatic Sun Family, the We Five Singers, and puppeteer Andre Tahon.

 

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1966

GIDGET

March 10

Cast: Sally Field & Don Porter. Guest: Paul Lynde

TAKE A LESSON … “Russ thinks Gidget was kidnapped when Shirley’s parents take her to find a new car in her pajamas.”

F TROOP

September 8

Cast: Ken Berry, Larry Storch & Forrest Tucker. Guest: Paul Lynde as the Singing Mountie

THE SINGING MOUNTIE … “A singing Mountie is after the burglar of Banff.”

I DREAM OF JEANNIE

September 26

Cast: Bill Daily, Barbara Eden & Larry Hagman. Guest: Paul Lynde as Harry Huggins

MY MASTER THE RICH TYCOON … “Tony must explain to the Internal Revenue how he acquired a house full of famous art, a safe full of money, and a staff of servants.”

BOB HOPE SHOW

September 28

Guests: Lucille Ball, Joan Caulfield, Joan Collins, Arlene Dahl, Phyllis Diller, Rhonda Fleming, Joan Fontaine, Signe Hasso, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Dina Merrill, Vera Miles, Janice Paige and Paul Lynde, Jerry Collano, and Ken Murray

“The network insists that Bob undergo a complete check up before beginning a new season, and the doctor finds that Hope’s trouble is in his mind. Years of playing love scenes have taken their toll on Rapid Robert, who now twitches at the sight of a beautiful girl. Bob’s difficulties multiply when he announces that he plans to star his “favorite leading lady” in a musical version of “Gone With the Wind”—each of his former co-stars is certain he means her”

HOLLYWOOD PALACE

October 1

Host: Elizabeth Montgomery. Guests: Vic Damone, Paul Lynde & Jackie Mason

BOB HOPE CHRYSLER THEATER

November 23

Cast: Joan Blondell, Ernest Borgnine, Barbara Heller, Joyce Jameson, Ann Jillian & Paul Lynde

THE BLUE-EYED HORSE … “A comedy feature by Michael Fessier. Melvin Feebie is having a hard time explaining the disappearance of his wife, a die-hard horse player. Truth is, Mrs. Feebie has been transformed into a horse—but try to tell that to a judge.”

 

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1967

PRUITTS OF SOUTHAMPTON

January 3

Cast: Phyllis Diller, Reginald Gardiner & Gypsy Rose Lee. Guest: Paul Lynde as Harvey

MY BROTHER HARVEY … “Phyllis takes a fast flyer into show biz to get a hillbilly show on the road. The mountaineers are coming out of the Pruitt woodwork, thanks to Phyllis’s talent-scouting brother Harvey” (Paul Lynde)

THAT GIRL

January 12

Cast: Ted Bessell & Marlo Thomas. Guest: Paul Lynde

THESE BOOTS WEREN’T MADE FOR WALKING … “Ann discovers that the shoes she sold to Don will fall apart at first wearing, and hurries to save him from a terrible fate: He’s covering an important event at the U.N., wearing his brand new pair of shoddy shoes…”

HEY LANDLORD

March 12

Cast: Sandy Barron, Michael Constantine, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Will Hutchins, Pamela Rodgers. Guests: Sally Field & Paul Lynde

A LITTLE OFF THE TOP … “The boys get the full treatment when they check up on the men’s grooming salon where Bonnie works. Her barber-beautician course is conducted by an obnoxious egotist called Mr. Gregory Woody”

STEVE ALLEN SHOW

July 5

Guests: Dayton Allen, Fifth Dimension, David Frye & Paul Lynde

“Comedy sketches: ‘The Putting Down of the Shrew,’ a Shakespearean play, hipster style, with Steve, Jayne Meadows, Louis Nye, Paul Lynde (on electric mandolin) and Dayton Allen…”

MALIBU U

July 21

Host: Rick Nelson. Guests: Four Seasons, Don Ho, Paul Lynde, Robie Porter & Dionne Warwick

BEVERLY HILLBILLIES

September 6

Cast: Max Baer, Jr., Donna Douglas, Buddy Ebsen & Irene Ryan. Guest: Paul Lynde

JED INHERITS A CASTLE … “The Clampetts plan to go to England and live in the castle they just inherited”

I DREAM OF JEANNIE

October 31

Cast: Bill Daily, Barbara Eden & Larry Hagman. Guest:Paul Lynde as Allan Kerr

EVERYBODY’S A MOVIE STAR … “Roger thinks he has been chosen for stardom by a famous movie director”

HOLLYWOOD PALACE

October 31

Host: Bing Crosby. Guests: Victor Borge, Paul Lynde, Gail Martin & Roger Miller

BOB HOPE SHOW

November 8

Don Adams, Steve Allen, Raymond Burr, Philip Carey, Jack Carter, Wally Cox, Bill Dana, Richard Deacon, James Drury, Buddy Hackett, Jack Kelly, Paul Lynde, Doug McClure, Cameron Mitchell, Ken Murray, Jack Palance, Don Rickles, Dale Robertson, Rowan & Martin, Larry Storch, Danny Thomas, Forrest Tucker & Bobby Gentry

SHOOT-IN AT NBC … “‘High Noon’ meets high camp” … With the help of an enormous guest list on his color special, ‘Shoot-In at NBC,’ tonight at 9, Bob Hope stages a war between the comics and the cowboys over who will ride the TV range. Bob plays the spy who sneaks into the camp and reports back to his laugh crew, and there’s a surprise peacemaker who handles the climax. Bobbie Gentry sings ‘Lazy Willie’; and [there’s] a parody on ‘High Noon’, while Danny Thomas, Steve Allen, Bill Dana, Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, Jack Carter and Paul Lynde sneer at cowboys James Drury, Jack Palance, Doug McClure, Dale Roberfson, Forrest Tucker and others.

BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

December 14

Guests: Don Adams, Ernest Borgnine, Wally Cox, Phil Silvers & Paul Lynde as Santa’s prison psychiatrist

MIRACLE ON THE FREEWAY … ‘Professor’ Jerry Collona makes his first TV appearance since he suffered a major stroke in August 1966 when he plays the role of a zany judge. Theme of the special will concern the Yuletide season, with Santa Claus (Bob Hope) running into a terrible traffic jam on one of the California’s Freeways and ending up in jail for talking out of turn.

 

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1968

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (1)

January 31

Host: Alan King. Guests: Edie Adams & Paul Lynde

VACATION A LA KING … Paul Lynde appears as the travel agent who persuades a husband (Alan) to take his wife (Edie) to Europe; a boorish American tourist; and a bustling cruise director.”

I DREAM OF JEANNIE

February 13

Cast: Bill Daily, Barbara Eden & Larry Hagman. Guest: Paul Lynde as Commander Porter

PLEASE DON’T FEED THE ASTRONAUTS … “Jeannie helps Tony & Roger pass a wilderness survival test complete with giant chickens and harem girls”

OPERATION: ENTERTAINMENT

February 16

“Host Tim Conway entertains at George Air Force Base, Victorville, Cal. Guests: singers Florence Henderson and Gloria Loring; Paul Lynde, reprising his comic African vacation routine from ‘New Faces of 1952’; Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66; and Martha and the Vandellas”

BOB HOPE SHOW

March 20

Guests: Anne Bancroft, Paul Lynde, Arnold Palmer, Lou Rawls, Jill St. John & Les Brown & His Band of Renown

‘Guess who’s coming to supper...Dr. Toolittle’ … “Comedy sketches based on widely publicized films and news events from the daily papers are among the highlights when Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Show, in color, on NBC and WHIZ-TV this evening at 9 … Musical Highlights include Lou Rawls’ rendition of ‘A Whole Lot of Woman’ and ‘Autumn Leaves’, backed by Les Brown and his group.”

MOTHERS-IN-LAW

September 22

Cast: Eve Arden & Kaye Ballard. Paul Lynde plays Logan.

THE MATCH GAME … “The mothers-in-law move to save Jerry’s job at a computer-dating service. Business is bad, and the ladies hope to improve it—by posing as spinsters in search of beaus”

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (2)

October 9

Host: Alan King; guests: Will Jordan, Janet Leigh & Paul Lynde

ALAN KING AT THE MOVIES … “Alan King ribs the movie industry with Janet Leigh, comic Paul Lynde, and impressionist Will Jordan”

FLYING NUN

October 17

Cast: Sally Field, Marge Redmond & Alejandro Rey. Guest: Paul Lynde as Father Lundigan

THE RETURN OF FATHER LUNDIGAN … “Under hypnosis, Sister Bertrille and the Reverend Mother switch personalities”

THAT’S LIFE

October 22

Cast: Robert Morse & E.J. Peaker. Guests: Sid Caesar, Paul Lynde & Betty White

BUYING A HOUSE … “Everybody knows about the housing shortage in New York City, except the newlyweds Robert and Gloria (Robert Morse & E. J. Peaker). Tonight they find out just how bad it can be as they learn how to decipher classified ads from a man in the park (Lee Tully); discover the secrets of an ‘Enchanted Cottage’ owned by an incredible couple (Sid Caesar & Betty White); and cope with a glad-handing real-estate agent (PL)”

JERRY LEWIS SHOW (1)

October 29

Guests: Bobby Darin, Paul Lynde & Moby Grape

“Lynde and Lewis spoof a famous newscasting team; and Ralph Rotten involves Darin and Lynde in a scheme to turn people into animals”

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (1)

November 13

Guests: Julie London, Paul Lynde & the Young Saints, a 20-member musical group

“Winters plays...prize rube Elwood P. Suggins, who matches wits with a fast-talking used-car salesman” (PL)

DEAN MARTIN SHOW (1)

November 21

Guests: Abbe Lane, Paul Lynde, Gordon MacRae & Bob Newhart

PAUL LYNDE plays a nervous soda jerk & sings “The Game” with Dean & Gordon

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (2)

November 27

Guests: Cliff Arquette, the Cowsills, Alice Ghostley, Paul Lynde & Kate Smith

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (3)

December 4

Host: Alan King. Guests: Angie Dickinson, David Frye, Guinella Knutson & Paul Lynde

ALAN KING’S WONDERFUL WORLD OF AGGRAVATION

THAT’S LIFE

December 17

Cast: Robert Morse & E.J. Peaker. Guests: Paul Lynde, Guy Marks & Liza Minnelli

“Bobby and Gloria are besieged by a host of Christmas problems…the annual gift life, myriad Christmas wrappings, a disgusted store clerk (Paul Lynde singing ‘Bah, Humbug’), an office party where secretary Liza Minnelli defends herself singing ‘A Secretary is Not a Toy,’ and the cajolery of their neighbor Guy Marks”

 

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1969

DEAN MARTIN SHOW (2)

January 23

Guests: Dan Dailey, Gloria Loring, Paul Lynde & Don Rice

Song and dance man Dan Dailey drops in to hoof and display his big grin. Tonight’s main laughs come from Paul Lynde and Dino kidding politics in a musical sketch. Don Rice talking about inflation and inflation and poverty, and a has-been Superman sketch with Lynde and Martin again. Gloria Loring duets with Dino and the finale finds the whole cast involved in blackouts on the Old West.

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (3)

January 30

Guests: Jimmy Borger, Barbara Feldon, Paul Lynde, O.C. Smith & Charley Weaver

Jonathan and Cliff Arquette handle the major laughs of the hour. Winters plays his big game hunter in the interview spot, and then he and Cliff Arquette grow folksy reading letters from Mount Idy. The main sketch concerns a cruise for hot-blooded singles where Jon and Paul Lynde flirt with Barbara Feldon, and the trio performs a series of blackouts on our health, vintage ’69. Musically, The First Edition, O. C. Smith, Hawaii’s Jimmy Borges and The Establishment hold forth.

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (4)

February 6

Guests: James Darren, Alice Ghostley, Paul Lynde, Barbara McNair, Audrey Meadows & Louis Nye

"Oliver Twist" really goes to the Dickens with Jonny as Oliver (that alone is a hilarious idea), Paul Lynde as Fagin, Louis Nye as Bill Sykes and Alice Ghostley as Nancy. Maudie Frickert also makes an appearance, being interviewed by Dick Curtis. Music is provided by Barbara McNair, Jimmy Darren, the Brooklyn Bridge and The Establishment.

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (5)

February 13

Guests: Mickie Finn, Marvin Gaye, Paul Lynde & the Smothers Brothers

Elwood P. Suggins visits a loan shark (Paul Lynde)

JERRY LEWIS SHOW (2)

February 18

Guests: Totie Fields & Paul Lynde

“Comics Paul Lynde and Totie Fields join Jerry for a farcical preview of next season’s TV fare: Paul plays a prison warden… The trio romps in ‘Movie Star,’ a comic production number…”

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (6)

March 6

Guests: Shelley Berman, Alice Ghostley, Lainie Kazan, Paul Lynde & Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.

“Paul, Alice & Shelley join Jonathan in a movie spoof: ‘The Killing of Sister Wilhelm,’ a World War I air-ace adventure”

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (7)

March 13

Guests: Bobbie Gentry, Alice Ghostley, Stu Gilliam & Paul Lynde

There’s a Mission Impossible spoof with Jonny as the head of the “ridiculous missions force,” Paul Lynde plays the Martin Landau role and Alice Ghostley is Nutmeg. Bobbie Gentry is the evening’s musical guest and Stu Gillian adds some comedy. … Paul Lynde plays a master of disguise.

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (8)

March 20

Guests: Cliff Arquette, Alice Ghostley, Paul Lynde, Jane Powell & Mel Torme

“Paul plays a suspicious insurance adjuster visiting accident victim Jonathan and his nagging wife Alice

THAT’S LIFE

March 25

Cast: Robert Morse & E.J. Peaker. Guests: Norm Crosby & Paul Lynde

Titled “Baby’s First Birthday,” the program is mostly preparation for the pint-sized bash. It includes Paul Lynde as the salesman in the Puss and Boot Pet Shop, Norm Crosby rounding up the neighborhood kids and comedian Carl Ballantine as the magician hired to entertain.

DEAN MARTIN SHOW (3)

March 27

Guests: Don Cherry, Shecky Greene, Shirley Jones, Paul Lynde & Karen Wyman

Paul Lynde “plays a TV repairman who prefers telling jokes to fixing sets”

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (4)

April 16

Host: Johnny Cash. Guests: Don Ho, Paul Lynde & Kate Smith

ON THE ROAD: Paul Lynde gets “a healthy chunk of time to read some of his ghoulish poetry, and emcee a meeting of those ‘Highway Hellcats,’ on the occasion of ‘Steve McQueen’s birthday.’”

JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (9)

May 7

Guests: Vic Damone, Alice Ghostley, Lynn Kellogg, Paul Lynde & Barbara Minkus

“Jonathan plays…a member of the Bluejay Scouting Patrol (with Paul)”

EMMY AWARDS

June 8

Hosts: Bill Cosby (West Coast) and Merv Griffin (East Coast). Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Leslie Uggams, Hal Holbrook, June Lockhart, Ann-Margret, Roger Smith, Marlo Thomas, Sebastian Cabot, Dan Blocker, Don Knotts, Cliff Robertson, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Ed McMahon, Paul Lynde, Robert Brown, Apollo Astronauts, Joe Namath, others.

JACKIE GLEASON SHOW

September 27

Cast: Art Carney, Jackie Gleason, Jane Kean & Sheila MacRae. Guest: Paul Lynde

PLAY IT AGAIN, NORTON … “Our two willing but not-so-able boobs enter a song contest sponsored by movie star Washington Lansmore (Paul Lynde). The prize: $25,000 and a Hollywood trip. The problem: entrants must be under 18”

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (5)

October 22

Host: Alan King. Guests: Charlie Callas, Barbara Feldon & Paul Lynde

Amusing nonsense with occasional bits of sense nosed in. It all begins with Alan King’s monologue about that American institution, the Sunday paper, or our ‘weekly endurance contest.’ King and company (Barbara Feldon, Paul Lynde and Charlie Callas) spend the rest of the hour busily spoofing recognizable customs and habits of newspaper reporters covering sports, food, advice to the lovelorn, etc. High spots include columnist Paul Lynde’s interview with football rookie Charlie Callas, and his gourmet food editor’s visit to Alan King’s truck driver diner, plus assorted skits and blackouts.” Show was nominated for a Writers Guild award.

DEAN MARTIN SHOW (4)

November 13

Guests: Morty Gundy, Paula Kelly, Peggy Lee, Paul Lynde & Dale Robertson (Closet guest: Gina Lollibrigida)

Paul Lynde plays an overzealous censor who makes Dean hum some lyrics

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (6)

November 26

Host: Alan King. Guests: Angie Dickinson, Paul Lynde & Marian Mercer

ALAN KING - PUBLIC CONSUMER NUMBER ONE … “Alan King returns to The Kraft Music Hall, and with the help of Paul Lynde, Marian Mercer and Angle Dickinson, makes the hour one of total entertainment. It’s titled ‘Alan King - Public Consumer Number One’ and is dedicated to us poor put-upon people suffering the woes of our inflationary society. Lynde is his usual brilliant self, especially as an insurance adjuster reluctant to admit the damage to a fire-wrecked house. Anyone whose ever tried to get satisfaction from a department store’s mistake will appreciate Alan as he tries to explain that he did not order the blue chiffon negligee. Alan and Angle get together musically for a medley that includes ‘I Can’t Give You Anything But Love’ and ‘You Ought To Get The Best of Me.’”

DEAN MARTIN SHOW (5)

December 11

Guests: Barbara Feldon, Jackie Gayle, Van Johnson, Paul Lynde & Irene Ryan (Closet guest: Flip Wilson)

Paul Lynde plays a “fussy interior decorator at work on Dean’s home” & sings “Think Pink” with Dean

GLEN CAMPBELL GOODTIME HOUR (1)

December 21

Guests: Cher, Andy Griffith & Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde plays a depressed Santa

ABC MOVIE OF THE WEEK

December 30

Cast: Robert Cummings, Paul Lynde, Edward Mulhare, Paul Peterson, Karen Valentine

Karen Valentine plays Gidget to Paul Lynde’s “wacky cinephile” Louis B. Latimer.

 

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