The Hollywood Palace (1964)

Genre

variety show

Country

United States

Length

7 seasons, 194 episodes

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It is an American variety show that aired in the 1960s. Each episode featured a rotating lineup of musical acts, comedy sketches, and other performances. It was hosted by a different celebrity each week.

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What happens

The Hollywood Palace was an hourlong American television variety show broadcast Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it aired on Tuesday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970. Titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace for its first few weeks, it began as a midseason replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show, which lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse (where Lewis's series had originated, temporarily renamed "The Jerry Lewis Theater" from September through December 1963) on Vine Street, which was renamed the Hollywood Palace during its duration and subsequently renamed Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet, Raquel Welch, was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard (similar to that of a vaudeville house). The show's musical theme was a fast-paced instrumental rendition of "Put On a Happy Face" from the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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