PROMENADE

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 5/22/55 (Live)
NETWORK: NBC
RUNNING TIME: 90 Minutes

The Cast
Judy Holliday
Tyrone Power (host)
Janet Blair
Kay Starr
Rod Alexander & Bambi Linn
George Irving
Jack Russell
Barbara Baxley
Bil & Cora Baird and their Marionettes
Herb Shriner
Zachary A. Charles
Don Pardo (announcer)

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Show Format

SEGMENT #1: Show opens with the cast taking part in a song and dance number called "It's a Great, Great Feeling."

SEGMENT #2: Tyrone Power introduces a skit based on the Humphrey Bogart film "The Desperate Hours." Judy Holliday stars as an intrusive neighbor who is oblivious to the fact that her neighbors are being held hostage in their own home by escaped criminals. Also features George Irving and Janet Blair.

SEGMENT #3: Tyrone Power introduces a skit in which Judy Holliday sings a comic song in a variety of styles (opera, South American, pop, etc.)

SEGMENT #4: Tyrone Power introduces a skit featuring The Bairds & their Marionettes. It's a take-off on the Edward R. Murrow program "Person to Person" called "Puppet to Puppet." A cigarette-smoking dog named "Edward R. Bow Wow" interviews a family of squirrels living on the grounds of The White House.

SEGMENT #5: Tyrone Power introduces a musical skit about a jingle writing contest winner. Janet Blair plays the lucky winner who entertains the board of directors of "Mother's Marmalade" with the song "I Love to Rhyme." Also features George Irving.

SEGMENT #6: Tyrone Power introduces Kay Starr. Starr sings "Side by Side," "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)," "Love Ain't Right," "Where, What or When?" and a shortened version of "Wheel of Fortune."

SEGMENT #7: Tyrone Power introduces a skit about baseball called "Take Me Out of the Ball Game." Judy Holliday, Janet Blair and Barbara Baxley star as a trio of disgruntled wives commiserating about their lives while watching their husbands play baseball.

SEGMENT #8: Tyrone Power introduces the audience to a "country shindig," a dance number performed by Rod Alexander & Bambi Linn. Humorist Herb Shriner sings "What Part of Indiana Do You Come From?" and shows some "home movies" about growing up in Indiana.

SEGMENT #9: Tyrone Power, Kay Starr, Judy Holliday and Janet Blair perform the song and dance number "Chattanooga Choo-Choo."

Show Credits

Written by William Friedberg, Neil Simon, Will Glickman, Fred Sandy and Bill Jacobson

Dances & musical numbers staged by Rod Alexander

Musical Conductor Charles Sanford

Musical adaptation by Clay Warnick and Mel Pahl

Arrangements by Irwin Kostal

Choral Director Clay Warnick

Settings and Art Direction by Frederick Fox

Costumes by Paul Du Pont

Production Stage Manager Sterling Mace

Graphic Art Frank Wilson

Technical Director Heino Ripp

Lighting Director Fred McKinnon

Audio Engineer Fred Christie

Assistant to the Producer Max Siegel

Supervisor for NBC Hal Janis

Associate Producer-Director Bill Hobin

Produced and Directed by Max Liebman