Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Chesterfield Sound-Off starring Fred Allen with guests Dave Garroway and Max Asnas (1952)

Here's a terrible, unwatchable program. It ain't Fred Allen's fault. You can't help but feel sorry for him. Hard to believe they even put it on the air. Yeech.

Four Star Revue featuring Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Milton Frome, Fred Allen and Abe Vigoda (1951)

Monday, November 12, 2012

The Merv Griffin Show with guests Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda (1967)

Jimmy Smith in Europe (1965)

The great Jimmy Smith Trio tours Europe with Dizzy Gillespie in this remarkable, black and white, cinema verite style documentary from 1965. As hip as it gets. 

BBC Monitor with guests Peter O'Toole and Orson Welles (1963)