Alan Young Show (December 1951) With guests Frank Sinatra and Ann Rutherford

The Alan Young Show from December 1951 with special guest Frank Sinatra, who does a comedy bit and sings Night and Day. This is an almost completely undocumented Sinatra performance. In fact, the only note I can find is this rather amusing logline from a newspaper of the day (recall this was pre "From Here to Eternity"):" FRANKIE BOY - The headline guest of the Alan Young show is the husband of luscious Ava Gardner, Frankie Sinatra."
The show aired on the east coast on December 20, 1951, and on the west coast on December 23, 1951.
Source: 16mm kinescope

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Thanks for sharing this. I always enjoyed Alan Young on Mr. Ed. It's great to get to see him on here, in such a different format. He has such a likeable presence and is very good at the physical stuff.

[@dariowiter3078]

When his TV show was on the air from 1950 to 1953, a few critics compared Alan to Chaplin when it came to his physical comedy. 😁😁😁😁😁

[@TheSinatraCollection]

This is some amazing footage! Great job on restoring this as it looks phenomenal.

[@jeffsabu]

Thank you!

[@TheSinatraCollection]

@@jeffsabu Would you mind if I took a sample of this and colorized it and gave you credit for everything else?

[@jeffsabu]

@@TheSinatraCollection I'd really prefer it not be colorized, thanks

[@videox222ify]

great show

[@Neal_R]

Fantastic!!

[@proczach]

people always forget about radio. You can hear Alan Young’s radio program often played on SiriusXM 148 And Sinatra had a rough patch with his career evolving and having to sort of reinvent himself - he was Rocky Fortune (Fortunato) on radio sort of a roaming free lance adventurer always getting into trouble

[@fromthesidelines]

One reason Frank made a guest appearance on Alan's program was to promote his own CBS variety show, which was telecast on Tuesdays at 8pm(et) that season- opposite 'Milton Berle's "TEXACO STAR THEATER" (of course, with *that* kind of competition, it was cancelled in April 1952).

[@fromthesidelines]

As seen on Thursdays at 9pm(et). In the Midwest, Alan was sponsored by Kroger Grocery & Baking, because Standard Oil's Esso wasn't sold across the country. Les White and John Rapp later became two of Bob Hope's comedy writers, through the 1970's.

[@akrenwinkle]

I remember Frank Junior discussing how around 1951 his dad's career had hit rock bottom and he was taking any job he could find. He may have meant this gig, among many others.

[@jeffpiegari4942]

Anymore please

[@maximusdraco2199]

❤

[@hdew77]

WILBUR!!!!

[@dariowiter3078]

Alan was a much better comedian than people give him credit for, as these skits from his first television show attest to, but he needed better material, that's all.

[@kingbolo4579]

No, I found this woeful. I accept that standards and expectations were different 70 years ago, but this is only a curio now. A great comedian will rise above poor material and it doesn't happen here. Good work from Frank, though.

[@alternateunreleasedshellac505]

bruh moment