scheduled: Count Basie; Joe Williams; Chita Rivera

29th May 1960 1 hour Season 13 Episode 35

Scheduled guests: --Count Basie and his Orchestra --Joe Williams (blues singer, performing with Count Basie's band) --Chita Rivera (musical comedy star) --Dennis Day (singer) --Charles Chaplin Jr. (actor-comedian) --Professor Backwards (comedian) --Jean Carroll (comedian) --Guy Marks (comedian) --The Hi-Lads (comedy-vocal quartet) --Ford and Reynolds (comedy team) --The Ducats (five children doing a song-and-dance act)

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Season 13 · Episode 36

Jack Lemon / Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Bert Lahr

Guests: --Audience bows (marking the 15th anniversary of D-Day): Bob Murphy and Bill Petty (D-Day heroes); Connie Ryan (author) --Louis Prima - ""When You're Smiling"" (with Keely Smith, Sam Butera and the Witnesses) --Trombone player from the Witnesses - sings ""Waiting For the Robert E. Lee"" --Cameo: Billy Wilder (film director) --Jack Lemon (actor) - on stage, talks with Ed about Billy Wilder with clips from Wilder's movies: ""Some Like It Hot,"" ""The Apartment,"" ""Witness For The Prosecution,"" etc. --Bill Williams and his combo (R&B style combo, nightclub lounge act from The Latin Quarter) - ""Alright, Okay, You Win"" & ""Shout"" --Shari Lewis (puppeteer with Lambchop) --Paul Lynde & Bert Lahr - comedy routine: Lynde interviews baseball player Lahr. --Louis Prima - ""All Night Long"" (with Keely Smith, Sam Butera and the Witnesses) --Keely Smith - ""Could've Been Censored"" & ""I Wanna Love You All Night Long"" --Sam Butera & the Witnesses - ""When My Baby Smiles

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