ABC Stage 67
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.
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- Ep 1
1.The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
14-09-196660mBarney Kempinski, thirtyish and contentedly self-unemployed, leaves his Lower East Side apartment smiling and happy. On this fine sunny day he is to be married - 3 o'clock at City...
2.Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn
21-09-196660mOtto Hoffman, a small time West German manufacturer, is a weakling-mercilessly henpecked by his two spinster cousins who live with him. As a young man, Otto's personality was crus...
- Ep 3
3.Where It's At
28-09-196660mDick Cavett hosts this comedy musical revue. Guests include comedians Ann Elder, Ronnie Schell, Larry Hovis and Pat McCormick. Music is provided by Bob Lind, Thurston Frazier, Delo...
- Ep 4
4.The Kennedy Wit
05-10-196660mPresident Kennedy's speeches were filled with ringing rhetoric-and also with wit and humor that was eloquent and subtle. He had the gift of what comedians call ""good timing,"" an...
- Ep 5
5.Olympus 7-0000
12-10-196660mOriginal musical, songs by Richard Adler, about the world's worst football team, transformed into an unbeatable powerhouse by the miraculous intervention of the Greek gods. Music...
- Ep 6
6.The Confession
19-10-196660mThis drama probes the dilemma of a police officer who goes beyond the letter of the law to find the truth. Young Carl Boyer and his fiancee Bonnie agreed on a suicide pact as a la...
- Ep 7
7.The Canterville Ghost
02-11-196660mOriginal musical version of the Oscar Wilde story with music and lyrics by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. U. S. Ambassador Otis and his family move from America to England to liv...
- Ep 8
8.The People Trap
09-11-196660mStory was about a young couple living in one of those overpopulated futures where you have to have a special permit to have a child. They get a little careless, and the wife gets p...
- Ep 9
9.Evening Primrose
16-11-196660mThis original musical, with songs by Stephen Sondheim, is a story about a poet, Charles Snell, who decides to drop out of society and live, secretly, in a department store. To his...
- Ep 10
10.Noon Wine
7.023-11-196660mRoyal Earle Thompson's small dairy farm in West Texas isn't a thriving enterprise until he takes on Olaf Helton, a moody, hard-working Swede. Because business starts booming, Thomp...
- Ep 11
11.The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
30-11-196660mDocumentary about Marilyn Monroe.
- Ep 12
12.On The Flip Side
07-12-196660mAn original rock musical, with songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, about a washed up teen idol (Nelson) who is coached back onto the charts by a pink-haired angel (Joanie). Son...
- Ep 13
13.The Brave Rifles
14-12-196660mDocumentary about the Battle of the Bulge.
- Ep 14
14.A Christmas Memory
21-12-196660mClassic Capote story set in a small Alabama town where he was sent to live with relatives. The young Capote (Buddy) shared his desperately lonely childhood with his cousin Sook, a...
- Ep 15
15.The Trap of Solid Gold
04-01-196760mBen Weldon is an ambitious businessman on the fast track to success. The company he works for expects him to live the upper class suburban lifestyle on a middle management salary...
- Ep 16
16.Sex in the Sixties
12-01-196760mDocumentary about the changing sexual manners and mores of the 1960's. Participating in the discussion are Drs. William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, authors of Human Sexual...
- Ep 17
17.General Eisenhower on The Military Churchill
26-01-196760mAlistair Cooke spent three days at Eisenhower's farm in Gettyburg, Pennsylvania interviewing the former President about his relationship with and memories of Winston Churchill.
- Ep 18
18.David Frost's Night Out in London
02-02-196760mIn foggy, swinging London, satirist David Frost introduces viewers to the late-life of the most 'in' town in the world. Heading where the action is, David goes to the posh West End...
- Ep 19
19.The Light Fantastic
09-02-196760mLauren Bacall and John Forsythe star in this lighthearted look at dancing in the United States. The show is subtitled ""How to Tell Your Past, Present, and Maybe Even Your Future...
- Ep 20
20.C'est La Vie
23-02-196760mMusical revue taped in Paris. Songs included: What The World Needs Now / Walking Happy / Just In Time / I Love Paris / Some Of These Days.
- Ep 21
21.Rodgers and Hart Today
02-03-196760mSalute to the songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. All music program with no spoken dialogue. Songs include: I Could Write A Book / The Lady Is A Tramp / Little Girl Blue...
- Ep 22
22.The American Boy
09-03-196760mThree short films which tell stories about three completely different adolescent boys: one living in the city; one in the country; and one in the suburbs. 1-Skaterdater (with Mich...
- Ep 23
23.I'm Getting Married
16-03-196760mOriginal musical, with songs by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, about a couple soon to be married and their fears and fantasies about what married life might be like. P...
- Ep 24
24.A Time For Laughter: A Look at Negro Humor in America
06-04-196760mSinger-actor Harry Belafonte produced this showcase of Negro humor, satire and self-parody. Sketches: A suburban couple (Godfrey Cambridge & Diana Sands) irritate their maid (Moms...
- Ep 25
25.The Wide Open Door
20-04-196760mTwins Jane and Jill Marriott are beautiful and criminal. Story concerns their efforts to rob a jewelry store.
- Ep 26
26.The Human Voice
03-05-196760mIngrid Bergman plays a middle-aged woman going through a psychological crisis as a love affair ends. French playwright Jean Cocteau's one-character drama unfolds in the form of an...
- Ep 27
27.Eat The Document
TBA60mDocumentary about Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of Europe. This was the tour where he ""went electric"". Appearing with him are The Hawks, soon to be The Band.
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