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(NBC)(early 1969)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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A series of specials called "David Frost Presents"
until the series proper begins on July 7th, 1969.
[01] David Frost Presents ..... How to Irritate People
23Jan1969 (a Group W special)
Host David Frost
Guests
British comics present sketches on
the art of causing nervous breakdowns;
John Cleese
Connie Booth
and Michael Palin.
[02] David Frost Presents: Noel Coward
26Feb1969
Host David Frost
Guest
Noel Coward sings his songs, reads speeches from his plays
and relates anecdotes collected during his long career in the theater.
[03] David Frost Presents: The London Theatre after the Revolution.
20Mar1969
Host David Frost
A tribute to the late George Devine, founder of the experimental English
Stage Company.
[04] David Frost Presents: Tommy Cooper
25Apr1969
Host David Frost
Guest
Tommy Cooper, whose fumbling tricks of sleight-of-hand and raucuous laugh (at
himself)
have won him success in England similar to that of Sid Caesar and the late Ernie
Kovacs.
[05] David Frost Presents: The London Theater
28May1969
Host David Frost
Guests
Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Alec Guinness,
Nicol Williamson, Lynn Redgrave,
Vanessa Redgrave, Frank Finlay,
Dame Sybil Thorndike, Robert Stephens,
Georgia Brown and John Osborne.
Excerpts from plays which revolutionized the English-speaking theater since
World War II,
starring distinguished actors.
In scenes from "Look Back in Anger", "The Entertainer", "Chips with Everything",
"One Way Pendulum", "The Kitchen", "Exit the King", "Epitaph for George Dillon",
"A Patriot for Me", "Inadmissible Evidence" and "The Lily White Boys".
[06] David Frost Presents: To Ask Why Not: Robert Kennedy.
06Jun1969
Host David Frost
A tribute to the late senator, including the interview Frost had with Senator
Kennedy
during his campaign for President.
[07] David Frost Presents:
16Jul1969 7:30pm
Host David Frost
Guests
English comic Frankie Howerd
who in turn interviews Beatle Paul McCartney
and demonstrates his own comedy techniques;
English comic Ronnie Corbett
actress Judy Cornwell
singers Mary Hopkin
and Denna Webster.
[08] David Frost Presents: Frankie Howerd - Not Just a Sex Symbol
12Aug1969 7:30pm
Host David Frost
Guests
English comic Frankie Howerd
actress Dawn Addams
singer Cilla Black
and the Scaffold Group.
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