James Brown as Self
Episodes 2
The Supremes / James Brown / 'Shot Of Five' composers
Guests: --The Supremes - ""Love is Like an Itching In My Heart"" & ""More"" --James Brown - medley of hits: ""Papa's Got A Brand New Bag,"" ""I Got You (I Feel Good),"" ""Ain't That A Groove?"" & ""It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World"" and ""Please, Please, Please.""
--Robert Joffrey Ballet (14 dancers) - ""Viva Vivaldi"" --Nancy Ames (singer) - medley of Latin tunes (in Spanish & English): ""Shadow of Your Smile"" & ""Besame Mucho"" --London Lee (stand-up, jokes: love, dating) --Billy Baxter (British comedian with Ed as straight man)
--Les Mortales (acrobats from Poland doing pyramids and tumbling) - start as 5 men, finish as 4 men --Mark Reed Jr. (fast draw and quick shooting gun tricks) Shot Of Five segment (composers at five pianos) --Burton Lane - composer plays bits of his popular songs including ""How About You"" & ""What Did I Have That I Don't Have"" --Jimmy McHugh - excerpt from ""On The Sunny Side Of The Street"" --Ray Henderson - excerpts from ""Button Up Your Overcoat"" & ""
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--James Brown - medley of hits: ""I Got You (I Feel Good),"" ""Papa's Got A Brand New Bag,"" ""Prisoner of Love,"" ""Please, Please, Please"" & ""Night Train"" --Nancy Sinatra - ""Strangers in the Night"" & Sugar Town"" Other guests: --Stan Freberg (satirist) comedy routine: A ""Father Of The Year"" award is presented to the father of the H-Bomb & Freberg sings a folk song about men & women having same hair length. --Judith Anderson & Donald Davis (actors) - perform a scene from the play ""Elizabeth, the Queen"" --Rich Little (comedian, does impressions of Walter Brennan, Jack Benny, John Wayne, Art Carney, Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, etc.)
--Arthur Haynes (comedian) - Barbershop sketch - barber is rude to a customer who only wants a shave.
--Mrs. Miller - medley: ""Downtown,"" ""How Gentle is the Rain,"" ""Second Hand Rose"" & ""Bill Bailey"" --U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Team - do precision tricks with rifles
Audience bows: Mrs. Frank Sinatra, MGM Head Bob Whiteman
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