Hot Dog Pilot with Woody Allen

Introduction and closing credits for the pilot episode of Hot Dog, which aired as part of a Saturday morning series called the American Rainbow.

Hosted by Woody Allen, Jo Anne Worley, and Tommy Smothers, Hot Dog was a show about "stuff." Each episode featured short films on how certain things (baseballs, bowling balls, and of course, hot dog buns) were made.

The series was picked up and when it premiered in the fall of 1970, Tommy Smothers had been replaced by Jonathan Winters.

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• hot
• dog
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• smothers
• woody
• allen
• jo
• anne
• worley

[143AC]

Actually?

Mr.Tommy Smothers only did the

pilot for "Hot Dog"..but he was replaced

by Woody Allen.

Ms.Worley and Mr.Winters remained with

the show.

[70sKidVid]

Mr. Smothers was replaced by Mr. Winters. As you can see from the opening and closing credits, Woody Allen was on the pilot.

[ldchappell1]

The children in this clip were students of Tam Valley School in Marin County, California. I was a 6th grade student in 1970 when some this show was filmed there. The third kid on this clip is my old buddy Bob McCollough. He was one of my best friends in elementary school.

[HorsepowerHotel]

An educational journey along a line of thought. Many small topics in a rapid-fire succession with music and hippy-trippy animation. Then it would stop and explore a point in the stream, like where all the ingredients of a hamburger come from, or the life of an aluminum can, or a magazine printing plant. 3 or 4 excursions, and then it make sense. I learned mechanical sequences, supply and demand, logistical processes, raw science, all through osmosis. "... which is not to be confused with ..."

[2005dave]

@TServo2049 That is indeed Bill Melendez.

[turnoutjim]

I grew up during this era of television. shows like this one or School House Rock over on ABC really made learning fun. It seems to me that I learned more from these programs than I did in the actual classroom.

[TimelordR]

Never thought i'd see that rare clip from a 70's kid's show. Thanks for preserving the memories of intelligent kids' shows.

[thatmuse76]

A children's show with the Youngbloods and Woody Allen on it? Interesting and quite odd.

[prowresler]

i thought there was tv show where actors would act like dogs it abc only aired 3 espiodes of it

[TServo2049]

I think I can see the late Bill Melendez in the rapid-frame transitions around 1:06. Is that him?