The Porter Wagoner Show with guest George Jones (1966) - Footage Offline -8/17/08

The Dean Martin Show with guests Don Adams and Don Rickles 10/25/07 Footage Offline

Don and Don were both stand-up comics and best of friends. Rickles was a regular guest star on Get Smart and Don was a regular at Rickles' gigs. Both played the big rooms in Vegas in the sixties. However, unlike Rickles, Don Adams despised performing in front of a live audience. He continued to do it after the success of Get Smart because the money was suddenly so good. However, as you can read in this piece, he tended to phone his Vegas gigs in - stealing material from other comedians.

RIP JOEY BISHOP 1918-2007

This is the trailer from an interesting movie called Johnny Cool from 1963. Turner Classic Movies has aired it twice this year. Keep your eyes open for it if they show it again. It has an AMAZING (and weird) cast. It's not available on VHS or DVD (or laserdisc or 8Track while we're at it). Joey Bishop plays a used car salesman from Nevada - and when I have the capacity to upload video from my own collection I promise to upload his main scene. Directed by William "Frankie and Annette Movies" Usher, the film stars:

Joey Bishop
Mort Sahl
Jim Backus
Henry Silva
Telly Savalas
Elisha Cook Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
and Ray "The Killer Shrews" Kellogg

The Merv Griffin Show with guests Don Rickles and Nina Hagen

The Steve Allen Show with guest Brenda Lee (1957)

The Steve Allen Show with guest Cassius Clay (1964)

Redd Foxx meets Sammy Davis Jr

Sammy appeared on episodes of All in the Family, Chico and the Man, and here, on Sanford and Son.