1960 - NBC - The Steve Allen Plymouth Show IN COLOR !!! (4 / 4)

[musicom67]

9:10 - Now THIS is entertainment. Louis Nye was brilliant - and so thoughtful - ripping out his 'bolt' out of his neck to give affectionately to Tony...... and pay special attention to Les Brown (bandleader) in the background hopping all over the place... Classic.

[slowdream101]

Tony needed to take it down a notch he's too animated here

[Avatar610]

That's future "General Hospital" star Peter Hansen (who played Lee Baldwin from the 60s to circa 2000) doing the Plymouth ads! Strange to see him with dark hair. On the other hand, Tony Bennett is still sounding great in his 80s!

[wildhokum]

I want a 45 player in my car!!!!

[warlaker]

That car record player was WAY before its time...

[KaRidder234]

...and Les Brown's Band Of Renown was backing Tony Bennett. Wonderful!

[ClassicShowbiz]

Now THAT is why Tony Bennett is a STAR while other singers (Jerry Vale et al) faded away. A remarkable performance.

[fromthesidelines]

Leonard Stern, Steve's head writer, just passed away.

R.I.P.

[wileycoyote64]

Thank you for takeing the time to post this

[fromthesidelines]

It didn't, 'jcice'- that's why the turntable was eventually discontinued as an option on subsequent Plymouth models.

[dandydonaldo]

Herb Sargent was also one of the original SNL writers and was the senior writer during the show's early years.

[wmbrown6]

@dandydonaldo - So Steverino's professional pedigree extended to whole different areas in TV comedy.

[wmbrown6]

And Stan Burns later became part of the writing staff of "The Carol Burnett Show" in its first two seasons, part of Season 3, and all of Season 5; Don Hinkley was a Burnett show writer for all of its first five seasons (as was Arnie Rosen who was an early producer of "Get Smart").

[jcice3]

Wow - the 1960 Plymouth had an optional RCA 45 rpm record player? Neat! - I wonder how well that worked on bumpy roads?

[fromthesidelines]

Writers Arne Sultan and Marvin Worth, with Stan Burns, later worked with Leonard Stern on 'GET SMART"...

[fromthesidelines]

"Later, be sure to see 'THE JACK PAAR SHOW', in' Living Color', right after your local news, over most of these NBC stations".