The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.

Created By

Status

Ended

Original Name

The Hollywood Palace

First Air Date

January 4, 1964

Last Air Date

February 7, 1970

Seasons

7

Episodes

194

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

ABC

S07E17

Host: Bing Crosby (Final episode with highlights from past shows)

Host: Bing Crosby (Last show of the series) --Bing introduces ""Hollywood Palace"" highlights. From past shows: Don Adams, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, Fred Astaire, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Ray Bolger, Victor Borge, George Burns, James Brown, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Phyllis Diller, Jimmy Durante, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Eydie Gorme, Buster Keaton, Gene Kelly, Don Knotts, Dean Martin, Groucho Marx, Ethel Merman, ""Mrs. Miller,"" Martha Raye, Debbie Reynolds, Buddy Rich, Don Rickles, Gloria Swanson, Tiny Tim, Ed Wynn, and novelty acts like The Wallendas. --Also, ""Hollywood Palace"" bloopers such as Alan Sherman with his fly unzipped.

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