Sammy Davis Jr. Show with The Supremes (1 of 6)

[simon4186]

Man, I know that the cliche has been worn threadbare, but show business just ain't what it used to be. I LOVE MOTOWN!

[fromthesidelines]

Yes, NBC made black and white "kinnies" of this series available to several affiliates for delayed telecasts, 'antoniod'. This edition originally aired on March 4, 1966.

[OldMotownFan]

Really, really top-notch post. Thank you so much.

[antoniod]

This was the way Boston saw this show in 1966-I don't mean on a computer- WBZ in Boston ran the show on a kinescope delay instead of the network's time slot.They once had Bobby Darin of somebody imitating Jimmy Durante, and I thought He WAS Jimmy Durante.

[fromthesidelines]

This was from a very brief variety series Sammy fronted between January and April 1966- the "participating sponsors" for the first half of "tonight's show" includes Consolidated Cigar [El Producto], The Drackett Company [Windex], and American Motors ['66 Rambler], with a Bristol-Myers spot [Bufferin, w/Joseph Cotten, who was its spokesman at the time]. William B. Williams (who later served as Sammy's announcer/sidekick on his syndicated '70s talk show) was his announcer...