ABC Stage 67

- Season 1

(1966)

On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the city of New York.

In West Berlin, a man who lived his whole life under the thumb of his father, must get the coffin with his father's remains across the border. However, he is in for a not so pleasant surprise.

A look at comic humor in an unconventional setting hosted by Dick Cavett with a lineup of comic actors.

Jack Paar hosts this look at the fast-paced humor of the late President John F. Kennedy with film, stills and recordings that display his quick wit.

A musical about an enchanted football team. A Greek God meddles in the fortunes of a feeble college team and its hapless coach to cure the team of its chronic "fumbleitis."

When Carl and his fiancee Bonnie learn that she is pregnant, they agree on a suicide pact as a last resort. But plans go awry in the attempt, and Carl is later interrogated by Lt. Hammond, who's convinced that he's guilty of murder.

An American ambassador moves his family into a haunted English castle.

In 2067, due to a population explosion, couples must obtain a special permit in order to have a child.

A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader's young maid.

Rough dairy farmer Royal Earle Thompson is trapped in a loveless marriage and tries to make amends for a past mistake.

The life of the glamorous movie queen, from her lonely childhood, to her life as a Hollywood sex goddess, to her failed marriages and endless depressions, which led to her suicide at the age of 36.

A spirit and her musical combo are assigned to help a washed-up singer make a comeback.

The story of the Battle of the Bulge, narrated by Arthur Kennedy.

Its the last Christmas together in Depression era Alabama of a sensitive boy and his elderly cousin who was his closest friend. The two raise enough money to buy the ingredients for 30 fruit cakes, sent mostly to strangers like FDR. They spend Christmas day flying the kites the made for each while Capote's voice over explains their separation, followed by their dog's passing, and a few years later her's.

A mid-level company executive is assured by his superiors that he's being groomed for better things, and an upcoming project could assure his future at the company, but in the meantime he and his wife are spending themselves into near-poverty trying to "keep up appearances"--expensive house in the suburbs, pricey dinners in town with his bosses, etc.--in order to impress the higher-ups who hold his future in their hands.

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A documentary commemorating the second anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill.

In foggy, swinging London, satirist David Frost introduces viewers to the late-life of the most "In" town in the world. Comedy sketches, interviews and singing.

A nostalgic look for old timers (anyone over 25) at the dances of past decades. Hosted by Lauren Bacall and John Forsythe.

Maurice Chevalier and Diahann Carroll perform popular songs in this musical program taped in Paris.

Contemporary artists of the day perform the songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

Three short films, acted by non-professionals, which tell the stories of three completely different adolescent boys: one living in the city; one in the country; and one in the suburbs. Narrated by Robert Young.

A musical comedy parodying the fears and fantasies of a young woman on the brink of matrimony.

A look at Negro humor through the years, produced by Harry Belafonte, and hosted by Sidney Poitier.

An American con man and his lookalike, a Scotland Yard inspector who is incapacitated from an accident, must solve a case. They are hindered by an amorous overage secretary and an ex-con.

A one-woman play about a woman's conversation with her former lover, who is leaving her to marry a younger woman. Starring Ingrid Bergman.