ABC
Producer Dwight Hemion
Director Mac Hemion (brother of Dwight)
US Late Night Talk Show 1965 174 shows x 90 min (01-Mar-1965 to 12-Nov-1965)
Guest Host: Shelley Berman (01-Mar-1965 to 12-Mar-1965)(2 weeks)
Guest Host: Pat Boone (15-Mar-1965 to 26-Mar-1965)(2 weeks)
Guest Host: Jack Carter (29-Mar-1965 to 09-Apr-1965)(2 weeks)
Guest Host: Allan Sherman (12-Apr-1965 to 16-Apr-1965)(1 week)
Guest Host: Dave Garroway (19-Apr-1965 to 23-Apr-1965)(1 week)
Guest Host: Bill Cullen (26-Apr-1965 to 30-Apr-1965)(1 week)
Guest Host: William B. Williams (03-May-1965 to 07-May-1965)(1 week)
Guest Host: Eddy Arnold (10-May-1965 to 14-May-1965)(1 week)
Guest Host: Dale Robertson (17-May-1965 to 21-May-1965)(1 week)
Guest Hosts: Dick Shawn and William B. Williams (24-May-1965 to 28-May-1965)(1week)
Guest Hosts: Louis Nye and William B. Williams (31-May-1965 to 11-Jun-1965)(2 weeks)
Guest Hosts: Jan Murray and William B. Williams (14-Jun-1965 to 18-Jun-1965)(1 week)
Guest Host: William B. Williams (21-Jun-1965 to 25-Jun-1965)(1 week)
Guest Host: Les Crane (28-Jun-1965 to 29-Oct-1965)(18 weeks)
Best of ABC's Nightlife - Repeats (01-Nov-1965 to 12-Nov-1965)(2 weeks)
plus regulars
William B. Williams
and The Donn Trenner Orchestra
*Note: Following "The Les Crane Show" departure the show sports a new title "ABC's Nightlife"
and a series of guest hosts.
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ABC Mon-Fri late night (01-Mar-1965 to 12-Nov-1965)
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Guest Host: Shelley Berman (01-Mar-1965 to 12-Mar-1965)(2 weeks)
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[01] ABC's Nightlife [Premiere]
01Mar1965
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
Hugh O'Brian
Julie Newmar
Jim Backus and his wife Henny
and folksinger Joan Baez.
[02] ABC's Nightlife
02Mar1965
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
Dana Andrews
Jill St. John
and Della Reese.
[03] ABC's Nightlife
03Mar1965
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
Glynis Johns
singer Bill Mercer
and Sarah Berman.
[04] ABC's Nightlife
04Mar1965
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
Jack Albertson
Tammy Grimes
and Dorothy Kirsten.
[05] ABC's Nightlife
05Mar1965
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
Thelma Ritter
and William B. Williams.
[06] ABC's Nightlife
08Mar1965
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
folksinger Odetta
[07] ABC's Nightlife
09Mar1965
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
Thelma Ritter
[08] ABC's Nightlife
10Mar1965 [Cedar Rapids Gazette]
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
Robert Horton
and Dave Garroway.
[09] ABC's Nightlife
11Mar1965 [Cedar Rapids Gazette]
Guest Host Shelley Berman
Guests
Candice Bergen
[10] ABC's Nightlife
12Mar1965 [Oneonta Star]
Guest Host Shelley Berman closes his two week hosting stint.
Guests
Monique van Vooren
comedian Bobby Ramsen
and Italian singer Billy De Shara.
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Guest Host: Pat Boone (15-Mar-1965 to 26-Mar-1965)(2 weeks)
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[11] ABC's Nightlife
15Mar1965 [Lumberton Robesonian]
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Buddy Hackett
Constance Towers
Jean-Pierre Aumont
and Dick Gregory.
[12] ABC's Nightlife
16Mar1965 [Lumberton Robesonian]
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Arthur Godfrey
comedians Al Kelly
and Allen Bruce
and singer Jennie Smith.
[13] ABC's Nightlife
17Mar1965 [Lumberton Robesonian]
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Vic Damone
Dick Shawn
Rev. David Wilkerson author of "The Cross and The Switchblade" talks about juvenile delinquency
and Radio personality Barry Gray.
[14] ABC's Nightlife
18Mar1965
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Harlem Globetrotter star Marques Haynes
and Leonid Hambro
[15] ABC's Nightlife
19Mar1965
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
playwright Neil Simon
Elizabeth Allen
TV personality John Zacherle
and The Charlie Mingus Quintet.
[16] ABC's Nightlife
22Mar1965
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Phil Foster
singer Mabel Mercer
actresses Kathleen Nolan
and Ruta Lee.
[17] ABC's Nightlife
23Mar1965
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Mezzo soprano Shirley Verrett
singer Jennie Smith
and Bob Melvin.
[18] ABC's Nightlife
24Mar1965
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Classical guitarist Carlos Montoya
comedian Mort Sahl
and singer Joan Baez.
[19] ABC's Nightlife
25Mar1965
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Eileen Farrell
Homer and Jethro.
[20] ABC's Nightlife
26Mar1965 [News Journal]
Guest Host Pat Boone
Guests
Jimmy Dean
Soupy Sales
Jackie Mason
and French rock 'n roll Sylvie Vartan.
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Guest Host: Jack Carter (29-Mar-1965 to 09-Apr-1965)(2 weeks)
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[21] ABC's Nightlife
29Mar1965 [Lumberton Robesonian]
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
Otto Preminger
Sheila MacRae
and showgirl Suzanne Leroy.
[22] ABC's Nightlife
30Mar1965
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
Wally Cox
Dick Shawn
and the Cy Coleman Trio.
[23] ABC's Nightlife
31Mar1965
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
actor-opera singer Salvatore Baccaloni
the jazz singing duo Jackie Cain and Roy Kral
and dance team Brascia and Tybee.
[24] ABC's Nightlife
01Apr1965
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
Karen Morrow
[25] ABC's Nightlife
02Apr1965 [Oneonta Star]
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
Jack's wife Paula Stewart
Buddy Hackett
Cy Coleman
and trick-golfer Paul Hahn.
*Note: Jack Carter's wife Paula Stewart, surprised him with a 4th wedding anniversary party on the "Nightlife"
tv show and surprise guest Buddy Hackett gave him a falsie mat as a gift.
But ABC censors deleted it from the show.
[Lima News April 5, 1965]
[--] ABC's Nightlife
05Apr1965
pre-empted for the Oscars Award Ceremony.
[26] ABC's Nightlife
06Apr1965
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
Shepherd Mead author of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
and sculptor-architect Louis Sanguino.
[27] ABC's Nightlife
07Apr1965
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
Joe E. Lewis
and The Four Lads.
[28] ABC's Nightlife
08Apr1965
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
Abe Burrows
and Pete Barbutti.
[29] ABC's Nightlife
09Apr1965
Guest Host Jack Carter
Guests
Karen Morrow
and Emmett Kelly.
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Guest Host: Allan Sherman (12-Apr-1965 to 16-Apr-1965)(1 week)
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[30] ABC's Nightlife
12Apr1965 [Lumberton Robesonian]
Guest Host Allan Sherman
Guests
Country star Eddy Arnold
actress - model "Baby Jane" Holzer
singer Marvin Gaye
and impressionist Marilyn Michaels.
[31] ABC's Nightlife
13Apr1965
Guest Host Allan Sherman
Guests
actress Pamela Tiffin
actor-comedian Dick Shawn
and singer Bobby Vinton.
[32] ABC's Nightlife
14Apr1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Host Allan Sherman
Guests
folksinger Jackie Washington
and the producer, director and star of James Baldwin's upcoming play, "The Amen Corner",
Mrs. Nat King Cole, Frank Silvera and Beah Richards, respectively.
[33] ABC's Nightlife
15Apr1965
Guest Host Allan Sherman
Guests
singer Johnny Tillotson
comic actor Jack Gilford
pianist Leonid Hambro
and comedian Roger Price.
[34] ABC's Nightlife
16Apr1965 [Galveston News Tribune]
Guest Host Allan Sherman
Guests
Phil Foster
Mort Sahl
Leo Durocher
and singer Rod Perry.
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Guest Host: Dave Garroway (19-Apr-1965 to 23-Apr-1965)(1 week)
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[35] ABC's Nightlife
19Apr1965 [Waterloo Daily Courier]
Guest Host Dave Garroway
Guests
Dizzy Gillespie
theramin player Clara Rockmore
[36] ABC's Nightlife
20Apr1965
Guest Host Dave Garroway
Guests
Arthur Godfrey
and Morey Amsterdam
[37] ABC's Nightlife
21Apr1965
Guest Host Dave Garroway
Guests
singer Ethel Ennis
Robert C.W. Ettinger
and UFO research.
[38] ABC's Nightlife
22Apr1965
Guest Host Dave Garroway
Guests
locksmith Sal Schillizzi
singer Carol Sloane
and a film and models of space rockets U.S. style are on the agenda.
*Note: The space models and films wsd scheduled for Mondays show but was postponed for tonight.
[39] ABC's Nightlife
23Apr1965 [Galveston News Tribune]
Guest Host Dave Garroway
Guests
Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard)
singer Carol Sloane
comic Dick Capri
a scene from the electronvision "Harlow" starring Carol Lynley
and the only known lady goldminer Pamela Painter.
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Guest Host: Bill Cullen (26-Apr-1965 to 30-Apr-1965)(1 week)
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[40] ABC's Nightlife
26Apr1965 [Phoenix Gazette]
Guest Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Tammy Grimes
Eliana Pittman
and Bruce Scott
[41] ABC's Nightlife
27Apr1965 [Bridgeport Post]
Guest Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Donna Loren
Herschel Bernardi
and singer Al Hibbler.
[42] ABC's Nightlife
28Apr1965
Guest Host Bill Cullen
Guests
actor Roger Smith
and singer Gale Garnett.
[43] ABC's Nightlife
29Apr1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Host Bill Cullen
Guests
actress Nancy Dussault
comic Phil Foster
singer Leon Bibb
and Gerry Mulligan's jazz quartet.
Plus, a debate on capital punishment.
[44] ABC's Nightlife
30Apr1965 [News Journal]
Guest Host Bill Cullen
Guests
producer Norman Baer
Country singer Kitty Wells
and Flatt & Scruggs.
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Guest Host: William B. Williams (03-May-1965 to 07-May-1965)(1 week)
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[45] ABC's Nightlife
03May1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Host William B. Williams, the show's regular second banana,
takes over as number one host-of-the-week duties.
Guests
Buddy Hackett
Phyllis Kirk
and Enzo Stuarti.
[46] ABC's Nightlife
04May1965
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
Sammy Davis Jr.
Edie Adams
and Lou Rawls.
[47] ABC's Nightlife
05May1965
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
Morgana King
Johnny Rivers
and Gale Garnett.
[48] ABC's Nightlife
06May1965 [Phoenix Arizona Republic]
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
Kim Novak
Eartha Kitt
Dick Shawn
and Dr. Robert Baird who works with narcotic addicts in Harlem.
[49] ABC's Nightlife
07May1965 [Oneonta Star]
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
Jimmy Breslin
Buddy Hackett
and Sam Huff of the Washington Redskins.
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Guest Host: Eddy Arnold (10-May-1965 to 14-May-1965)(1 week)
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[50] ABC's Nightlife
10May1965 [Charleston Gazette]
Guest Host Eddy Arnold
Guests
Nick Adams
Elizabeth Allen
Linda Lavin
and Homer & Jethro.
[51] ABC's Nightlife
11May1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Host Eddy Arnold
Guests
Marc Connelly
Jack Albertson
Mary Ann Mobley
and singer Carmel Quinn.
[52] ABC's Nightlife
12May1965
Guest Host Eddy Arnold
Guests
Minnie Pearl
tenor sax Boots Randolph
folksingers Joe and Eddie
Robert Q. Lewis
and Monique van Vooren.
[53] ABC's Nightlife
13May1965
Guest Host Eddy Arnold
Guests
Grandpa Jones
Barbara Nichols
Johnny Tillotson
and dance team Tanya and Timmy Everett.
[54] ABC's Nightlife
14May1965 [Oneonta Star]
Guest Host Eddy Arnold
Guests
Sally Ann Howes
Rocky Marciano
and comic Harvey Stone.
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Guest Host: Dale Robertson (17-May-1965 to 21-May-1965)(1 week)
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[55] ABC's Nightlife
17May1965 [Lumberton Robesonian]
Guest Host Dale Robertson
Guests
singer Mark Murphy
Joyce Jillson
Kentucky Derby winner jockey Willie Shoemaker
and horsetrainer Jimmy Jones.
[56] ABC's Nightlife
18May1965 [Lumberton Robesonian]
Guest Host Dale Robertson
Guests
Gretchen Wyler
singers Mary Whitten
and Stan Worth
comic Ronny Graham
sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski (who worked on the Mount Rushmore monument)
and Judge Roy Hofheinz, president of the Houston Astros.
[57] ABC's Nightlife
19May1965
Guest Host Dale Robertson
Guests
Jess White
singers Johnny Mercer
and Pat Kirby
and horse raiser Rex Cobble.
[58] ABC's Nightlife
20May1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Host Dale Robertson
Guests
Governor Frank Morrison of Nebraska talks about the new Buffalo Bill museum in North Platte
barbershop quartet The Townsmen
actor James Stacy
actress Ronnie Claire Edwards
and singer Ethel Ennis.
[59] ABC's Nightlife
21May1965
Guest Host Dale Robertson
Guests
concert pianist Dick Randall
opera star Vivienne Della Chiesa
Old West author Ramon Adams
and singer Timi Yuro.
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Guest Hosts: Dick Shawn and William B. Williams (24-May-1965 to 28-May-1965)
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[60] ABC's Nightlife
24May1965
Guest Hosts Dick Shawn and William B. Williams
Guests
singer-actress Carol Lawrence
Nancy Ames
and Enzo Stuarti.
Plus, the first in a series of humorous film shorts on the streets of New York.
[61] ABC's Nightlife
25May1965 [Ohio Mansfield News]
Guest Hosts Dick Shawn and William B. Williams
Guests
producer Alexander Cohen
actor Marc Connelly
musical comedy star Michele Lee
and comic actor Severn Darden.
[62] ABC's Nightlife
26May1965
Guest Hosts Dick Shawn and William B. Williams
Guests
wrestler Antonio Rocca
singer John Raitt
Gale Garnett
and Chris Connor.
[63] ABC's Nightlife
27May1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Hosts Dick Shawn and William B. Williams
Guests
actress Elizabeth Allen
TV critic Judith Crist
singer Johnny Tillotson
song stylist Gloria Lynn
and Radio personality Gene Klavan.
Plus, Professor Hans Morganthau of the University of Chicago
and Latin America authority Adolf Berle discussing the Dominican Republic crisis.
[64] ABC's Nightlife
28May1965 [Ohio Mansfield News]
Guest Hosts Dick Shawn and William B. Williams
Guests
radio's Bob Elliott
and Ray Goulding
singer Helen Gallagher
actress Linda Lavin
and the director of New Hampshire's Lottery Commission, Edward L. Powers.
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Guest Hosts: Louis Nye and William B. Williams (31-May-1965 to 11-Jun-1965)(2 weeks)
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[65] ABC's Nightlife
31May1965
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
guitarist Charlie Byrd
Herb Ellis
comedian Jan Murray
and singer Joe Williams.
Plus, a film on "Signs".
[66] ABC's Nightlife
01Jun1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
Nancy Dussault
anthropologist Ashley Montague\
Edith De Rham author of "The Love Fraud."
[67] ABC's Nightlife
02Jun1965
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
Shirley Knight
jazz pianist Billy Taylor
singer Enzo Stuarti
and vocal coach Carlo Menotti.
[68] ABC's Nightlife
03Jun1965
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
Gloria DeHaven
Orson Bean
Bel Kaufman author of "Up the Down Staircase"
Australian comedian Digby Wolfe
singers Johnny Tillotson
and Virginia Wing.
[69] ABC's Nightlife
04Jun1965 [Oneonta Star]
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
Pat Kirby
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
comic actor Tom Poston
and phyiscal fitness expert Debbie Drake.
Plus, a kookie film of Louis Nye at the World's Fair.
[70] ABC's Nightlife
07Jun1965
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
Chita Rivera
Willie Ruff Jazz Trio
and singer Gary Le Mel.
[71] ABC's Nightlife
08Jun1965 [Phoenix Gazette]
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
playwright-actor Marc Connelly
singer Bobby Vinton
Bernice Massi
comedian Digby Wolfe
and bathing beauty "Miss Sunny 10" at station WLBW-TV in Miami, Florida.
[72] ABC's Nightlife
09Jun1965
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
Michele Lee
and comedian Pat Henry
[73] ABC's Nightlife
10Jun1965
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
comedian Adam Keefe
and the singing DeJong Sisters.
[74] ABC's Nightlife
11Jun1965 [Syracuse Herald]
Guest Hosts Louis Nye and William B. Williams
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
fashion designer Mr. Blackwell
and Greek singer Fleury D'Antonakis.
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Guest Hosts: Jan Murray and William B. Williams (14-Jun-1965 to 18-Jun-1965)(1 week)
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[75] ABC's Nightlife
14Jun1965
Guest Hosts Jan Murray and William B. Williams
Guests
Chita Rivera
Joe Williams
and comedy writer Harry Morton.
[76] ABC's Nightlife
15Jun1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Hosts Jan Murray and William B. Williams
Guests
Maureen Stapleton
Red Buttons
Bobby Vinton
Marc Connelly
and vocalist Angeline Butler.
[77] ABC's Nightlife
16Jun1965 [Syracuse Post Standard]
Guest Hosts Jan Murray and William B. Williams
Guests
Dizzy Gillespie
Michele Lee
Julius LaRosa
and Dr. Morris Chafetz author of "Liquor: Servant of Man".
[78] ABC's Nightlife
17Jun1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Guest Hosts Jan Murray and William B. Williams
Guests
Billy Rose
novelist Rona Jaffe
singer Bobby Vinton
comic Harry Morton
and Sheila Sullivan understudy to Paula Wayne in "Golden Boy".
[79] ABC's Nightlife
18Jun1965 [Syracuse Post Standard]
Guest Hosts Jan Murray and William B. Williams
Guests
satirist Max Shulman
the singing DeJohn Sisters
comedian Phil Foster
and Victor Lasky author of "The Ugly Russian"
Plus, Jan Murray in a nonsense film abou the comedians' golf tournament.
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Guest Host: William B. Williams (21-Jun-1965 to 25-Jun-1965)(1 week)
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[80] ABC's Nightlife
21Jun1965
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
Jack Cassidy
Italian actress Rafaella Carra
and the singing DeJohn Sisters.
[81] ABC's Nightlife
22Jun1965
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
Dick Shawn
Alan Schackner who will demonstrate the art of the Harmonica.
[82] ABC's Nightlife
23Jun1965
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
Michele Lee
Jazz pianist Billy Taylor
and comic Bob King.
[83] ABC's Nightlife
24Jun1965
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
Elizabeth Allen
comic Pat Henry
Sherry Britton
and Spanish dancers Los Flamencos.
[84] ABC's Nightlife
25Jun1965
Guest Host William B. Williams
Guests
John Raitt
the singing DeJohn Sisters.
Plus, a special spot by show regular bandleader Donn Trenner.
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Guest Host: Les Crane (28-Jun-1965 to 29-Oct-1965)(18 weeks)
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[85] ABC's Nightlife
28Jun1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Muhammad Ali
Susan Barrett
Sonny Liston
and Barbara Nichols.
[86] ABC's Nightlife
29Jun1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
[87] ABC's Nightlife
30Jun1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Zsa Zsa Gabor
[88] ABC's Nightlife
01Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Muhammad Ali (as Cassius Clay)
Soupy Sales
and Duke Ellington.
[89] ABC's Nightlife
02Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Eydie Gorme
Rocky Graziano
and Corbett Monica.
[90] ABC's Nightlife
05Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Jordan Christopher (new husband of Sybil Burton)
and The Wild Ones.
[91] ABC's Nightlife
06Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Gilbert Price of "The Roar of the Greasepaint"
and Brazilian bossa nova guitarist Luiz Bonfá.
[92] ABC's Nightlife
07Jul1965 [Syracuse Herald Journal]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Dina Merrill
Patti Chandler star of all those surfing movies
and singer Shirley Harmer.
[93] ABC's Nightlife
08Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Sports columnist Jimmy Cannon
Jack Dempsey who just turned 70
rock 'n roll guitarist Allan Montoya, son of the famous classico guitarist Carlos Montoya
and 36 Miss Universe contestants with Miss USA Sue Downey of Columbus.
[94] ABC's Nightlife
09Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
soprano Lee Venora of "Kismet" at New York's Lincoln Center.
and Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson.
[95] ABC's Nightlife
12Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Benny Goodman
and his daughter Rachael.
*Note: Dave Garroway starts his Monday-Wednesday-Friday stint on the series tonight.
[96] ABC's Nightlife
13Jul1965 [Syracuse Herald Journal]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
A quartet from Fred Allen's memorable Allen's Alley brightens tonights show as
Minerva Pious, Peter Donald, Parker Fennelly and Kenny Delmar recreate
the characters they played during Radio's most distinguished evenings.
Also on the show is singer Amanda Ambrose.
[97] ABC's Nightlife
14Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
comic actor Arnold Stang
an oldtime radio and TV favorite singer Joni James
organist Jimmy Smith
and the comedy team of Fiore and Eldridge.
[98] ABC's Nightlife
15Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Theodore Bikel
Perle Mesta
Sports columnist Jimmy Cannon
comedian Jerry Shane
and singer Peggy King.
[99] ABC's Nightlife
16Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Eli Wallach
and Anne Jackson stars of Broadway's smash comedy hit "Luv"
financial writer Eliott Janeway
singer Linda Bennett
and the comedy team of Stanton and Peddie.
[100] ABC's Nightlife
19Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
author-journalist Tom Wolfe
and comedian Henny Youngman.
[101] ABC's Nightlife
20Jul1965 [Oswego Palladium Times]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
actor Martin Sheen of "The Subject Was Roses"
comedian Georgie Kaye
singer Brook Benton
songstress Julia Rinker
and attorney Melvin Belli and Andre Porumbeanu (Gamble Benedict's ex) talk about divorce laws and alimony.
[102] ABC's Nightlife
21Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
singer Carmen McRae
satirical comedian Vaughn Meader
and The Four Seasons
[103] ABC's Nightlife
22Jul1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Brian Epstein who discovered The Beatles
The Supremes
Professor Irwin Corey
Johnny Desmond (who took over the Sydney Chaplin role in Broadway play "Funny Girl")
and Sports columnist Jimmy Cannon.
[104] ABC's Nightlife
23Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen
attorney Melvin Belli
comic George Hopkins
Nancy Adams
The King Sisters
and Alvino Rey.
[105] ABC's Nightlife
26Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
screenwriter Abby Mann ("Judgment at Nuremburg")
singer Robert Goulet
comic George Hopkins
and vocalist Peggy King.
[106] ABC's Nightlife
27Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
nightclub entertainer Johnny Ray
comedienne Dody Goodman
financial writer Eliot Janeway
singer Enid Mosier
and comedy team The Goofers.
[107] ABC's Nightlife
28Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
singer Barbara McNair
comedian Morty Storm
Ray Anthony and The Bookends.
[108] ABC's Nightlife
29Jul1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Xavier Cugat and Charo
sports columnist Jimmy Cannon
writer A.E. Hotchner
singer Sue Raney
and comic Jerry Collins.
[109] ABC's Nightlife
30Jul1965 [Oneonta Star]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell, Dave Garroway and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
singer Cilla Black
vibes player Lionel Hampton
Murray the K
comic Morty Gunty
Father Norman J. O'Connor who is known in music circles as "The Jazz Priest".
[110] ABC's Nightlife
02Aug1965 [Press Telegram][Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano
singer-writer Gale Garnett
comic Jerry Shane
Damita Jo
and Thomas Wolfe.
[111] ABC's Nightlife
03Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Morris Carnovsky (who's been electrifying the Connecticut Stratford Festival with his performance of "King Lear")
singer Jackie Wilson
Fran Allison of "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"
and Murray the K.
[112] ABC's Nightlife
04Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Ginger Rogers
Enzo Stuarti
vocalist Marilyn Maye.
[113] ABC's Nightlife
05Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
The Four Seasons
sports columnist Jimmy Cannon
and singer Amanda Ambrose.
[114] ABC's Nightlife
06Aug1965 [Syracuse Herald Journal]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
James B. Horan
Peggy Cass
and Jimmy Cannon.
[115] ABC's Nightlife
09Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Henny Youngman
movie producer-director Gottfried Rhinehart
singer Enid Mosier
and golfer Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez.
[116] ABC's Nightlife
10Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
George Gobel
and his long time show regular Peggy King
singer Neil Sedaka
and the comedy team of Fiore and Eldridge.
[117] ABC's Nightlife
11Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Billy Eckstine
singer Pat Kirby
Professor Irwin Corey.
[118] ABC's Nightlife
12Aug1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Gloria Swanson
Gilbert Price
sportswriter Jimmy Cannon
wreatler Antonio Rocca
and the comedy team Bob and Ray.
[119] ABC's Nightlife
13Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Mayor Elliot Roosevelt of Miami Beach
singer Marilyn Maye
and Discotheque Dancers.
[120] ABC's Nightlife
16Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
actress Cornelia Otis Skinner
comic actor Marty Ingels
singer Helen O'Connell
flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano
Parisian publisher Maurice Girodias
and new singer Keith Greene.
[121] ABC's Nightlife
17Aug1965 [Scottsdale Progress]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Henry Fonda
singer Helen O'Connell
Martin Gabel
The Everly Brothers
and Andre Tahon.
[122] ABC's Nightlife
18Aug1965 [Press Telegram]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Gloria Swanson
Pat Wilson
composers Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
and The Lydia Torea Spanish Ballet.
[123] ABC's Nightlife
19Aug1965 [Press Telegram]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Robert Horton
singer-guitarist Ronnie Chapman
and Pat Kirby.
[124] ABC's Nightlife
20Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Paul Richards
Dr. Albert Ellis
Saverio Saridis
and Lissa Charell.
[125] ABC's Nightlife
23Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Vic Dana
and the Serendipity Singers.
[126] ABC's Nightlife
24Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Edie Sedgwick
Chubby Checker
Russ Lewis
and Marc Connelly.
[127] ABC's Nightlife
25Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
John Henry Faulk
Neil Sedaka
Adam Keefe
and Judith Crist.
*Note: [Tipton Tribune]
Starting September 13, 1965 "Nightlife" show originates for two weeks from
the poolside at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. After the two weeks the
show will permanently move into a Hollywood location leaving New York behind.
[128] ABC's Nightlife
26Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
singers Jackie and Roy
impersonator Allen Swift
sportswriter Jimmy Cannon
[129] ABC's Nightlife
27Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Alexander King
Oscar Brown Jr.
and Georgie Kaye.
[130] ABC's Nightlife
30Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
[131] ABC's Nightlife
31Aug1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Helen Gurley Brown
and singer Adam Wade.
[132] ABC's Nightlife
01Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
[133] ABC's Nightlife
02Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
[134] ABC's Nightlife
03Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Johnny Ray
and Alexander King.
[135] ABC's Nightlife
06Sep1965 [Phoenix Arizona Republic]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Perle Mesta
Jimmy Cannon
Theodore Bikel
and Peggy King.
[136] ABC's Nightlife
07Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Ginger Rogers
Marty Ingels
Enzo Stuarti
John Cage
and Marilyn Maye.
[137] ABC's Nightlife
08Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Rudy Vallee
David Hedison
Michele Lee
Marty Ingels
and Bob & Ray.
[138] ABC's Nightlife
09Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Bill Veeck
Jim McKay
Darryl Hickman
Charlie Manna
Eliana Pittman
and Lester Del Rey.
[139] ABC's Nightlife
10Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Eve Arden
Phillip Van Renssalaer
Ronnie Chapman
and Bobbi Martin.
[140] ABC's Nightlife
13Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Robert Vaughn
Oscar Levant
Stiller & Meara
Sue Raney
Pierre Salinger
*The show takes place at the Beverly Wiltshire Hotel.
[141] ABC's Nightlife
14Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Louis Nye
[142] ABC's Nightlife
15Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
[143] ABC's Nightlife
16Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Inger Stevens
[144] ABC's Nightlife
17Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
[145] ABC's Nightlife
20Sep1965 [Madison Wisconsin State Journal]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Mickey Rooney
Edie Adams
Jim Backus
and singer Frankie Randall.
[146] ABC's Nightlife
21Sep1965 [East Liverpool Review]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Gene Barry
Carolyn Jones
and Jan Murray.
[147] ABC's Nightlife
22Sep1965 [rerun 01Nov65]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Alex Cord
Gary Lockwood
Bill Dana
Marie Wilson
Israeli singer Hanna Ahroni
and Cmdr. Scott Carpenter (in Sealab ll).
[148] ABC's Nightlife
23Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Dana Wynter
Frank Gorshin
and Margaret Leighton.
[149] ABC's Nightlife
24Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Hugh O'Brian
Roger Smith
and Shani Wallis.
[150] ABC's Nightlife
27Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Art Linkletter
and Oscar Levant.
[151] ABC's Nightlife
28Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Sal Mineo
Pernell Roberts
Wally Cox
and Hell's Angel's members.
[152] ABC's Nightlife
29Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Henny Youngman
[153] ABC's Nightlife
30Sep1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Nina Foch
Mort Sahl
and Richard Register, president of "No War Toys" who discusses the effect of toys on children.
[154] ABC's Nightlife
01Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Hal March
[155] ABC's Nightlife
04Oct1965 [Press Telegram]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Barry Sullivan
Pearl Bailey
Ina Balin
and Jackie Mason.
[156] ABC's Nightlife
05Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Telly Savalas
Barrie Chase
and Steve Paul, owner of "The Scene", a New York discotheque.
*Note: [Emporia Gazette Oct. 22, 1965]
Steve Paul drew more letters than any guest the show has ever had.
Who is Steve Paul? Only the sole owner of The Scene, a murky windowless catacomb
on New York City's West Side, that's who.
Everyone from Liza Minnelli to Huntington Hartford regularly makes The Scene.
What draws them - by motorcycles and Rolls, swathed in Courreges and white Levis - any moment
on a typical night, the discotheque floor may abruptly clear for an impromptu performance by
Sammy Davis Jr., Sal Mineo, Leslie Uggams, Paula Way, Milt Kamen, Billy Daniels or Andy Warhol,
who recently filmed an underground movie of Scene people watching an underground movie.
[157] ABC's Nightlife
06Oct1965 [Lima News]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Steve Allen
Robert Reed
and singer Marilyn Burroughs.
[158] ABC's Nightlife
07Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
pianist Joe Bushkin
Phil Spector
and a discussion of young millionaires.
[159] ABC's Nightlife
08Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Otto Preminger who discusses censorship
[160] ABC's Nightlife
11Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Ben Gazzara
and Della Reese.
[161] ABC's Nightlife
12Oct1965 [Phoenix Arizona Republic]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Maury Wills base-stealing ace of the National League
comic Morey Amsterdam
and four of Hollywood's most menacing actors
Barton MacLane
Elisha Cook
Ted de Corsia
and Jack Lambert discuss the movie "heavy".
[162] ABC's Nightlife
13Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Alan Reed (voice of Fred Flintstone)
Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny and many more)
and Marni Nixon.
[163] ABC's Nightlife
14Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Lola Albright
and Dorothy Malone.
[164] ABC's Nightlife
15Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Willie Mays
and Jimmy Cannon.
[165] ABC's Nightlife
18Oct1965 [Oswego Palladium Times]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Milton Berle
Abbe Lane
Jazz trumpeters Pete and Conte Condoli
and singing duo Jackie and Gayle.
[166] ABC's Nightlife
19Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Rod Serling
Boris Karloff
*Note: Announcement of the cancellation of Nightlife show will be November 12,
with reruns taking up the last two weeks.
[167] ABC's Nightlife
20Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Robert Lansing
Dick Shawn
Linda Bennett
Sammy Jackson
and Harvey Wolf.
[168] ABC's Nightlife
21Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Nina Simone
and painter Walter Keane.
[169] ABC's Nightlife
22Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
[170] ABC's Nightlife
25Oct1965 [Syracuse Herald Journal]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Robert Horton
Dave Astor
and Gene Stridel.
[171] ABC's Nightlife
26Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Roberta Sherwood
and Bobby Van.
[172] ABC's Nightlife
27Oct1965 [Phoenix Arizona Republic]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Johnny Rivers
"Shindig" host Jimmy O'Neill
UPI columnist Vernon Scott
and Oscar Peterson Jazz Trio.
[173] ABC's Nightlife
28Oct1965 [Syracuse Post Standard]
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
Floyd Patterson
Jim Backus
Johnny Tillotson
and Army Archerd.
[174] ABC's Nightlife [Final New Show]
29Oct1965
Host Les Crane
with regulars
Nipsey Russell and Elliott Lawrence and His Orchestra.
Guests
and Bob Linkletter (son of Art Linkletter) makes his singing debut.
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Best of ABC's Nightlife - Repeats (01-Nov-1965 to 12-Nov-1965)(2 weeks)
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[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
01Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
Mickey Rooney
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
02Nov1965 [repeat from 22Sep65]
Guests
Bill Dana, Cmdr. Scott Carpenter (in Sealab ll), Marie Wilson, Gary Lockwood. (repeat)
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
03Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
04Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
Joe Flynn, Jack Jones, Judy Henske, Hal March, Rocky Marciano. (repeat)
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
05Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
Barrie Chase, Telly Savalas, Jack Kruschen, Johnny Rivers. (repeat)
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
08Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
09Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
10Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife
11Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
[--] Best of ABC's Nightlife [Series ends Final Repeat].
12Nov1965 [repeat]
Guests
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