Summary Steve Allen and Sammy Davis, Jr. perform a card trick with a little help from Orson Welles; Davis joins his uncle Will Mastin and his father Sammy Davis, Sr., for an athletic dance number; Davis performs singing impressions of Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, and others; and the "Allen Report to the Nation" deals with the tranquilizer pill, with Allen interviewing Louis Nye as the head of a pharmaceutical company, Tom Poston as chief of laboratory research, and Don Knotts as a jittery fill-in speaker at a medical convention. Additionally, singer Jill Corey performs "You Made Me Love You"; Peggy Cass appears in a "Man on the Street" segment which poses the question "What makes you laugh?"; Welles returns to perform a scene from "The Merchant of Venice"; and Sammy Davis, Jr. returns to perform a tap dance, backed by the Skitch Henderson Orchestra with Allen on bongos. Steve Allen does onstage commercials for Windex and Polaroid.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Steve Allen Louis Nye Skitch Henderson Gene Rayburn
Genres : Comedy
Release date : May 4, 1957
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies : National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Bellmeadows Enterprises
Summary Steve Allen and Sammy Davis, Jr. perform a card trick with a little help from Orson Welles; Davis joins his uncle Will Mastin and his father Sammy Davis, Sr., for an athletic dance number; Davis performs singing impressions of Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, and others; and the "Allen Report to the Nation" deals with the tranquilizer pill, with Allen interviewing Louis Nye as the head of a pharmaceutical company, Tom Poston as chief of laboratory research, and Don Knotts as a jittery fill-in speaker at a medical convention. Additionally, singer Jill Corey performs "You Made Me Love You"; Peggy Cass appears in a "Man on the Street" segment which poses the question "What makes you laugh?"; Welles returns to perform a scene from "The Merchant of Venice"; and Sammy Davis, Jr. returns to perform a tap dance, backed by the Skitch Henderson Orchestra with Allen on bongos. Steve Allen does onstage commercials for Windex and Polaroid.
Genres : Comedy
Release date : May 4, 1957
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies : National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Bellmeadows Enterprises
