Hollywood Palace 6-06 Sammy Davis Jr. (host), Aretha Franklin, Spanky and Our Gang

Originally aired Nov 2, 1968. This program features:
- Sammy Davis Jr. (host): "If My Friends Could See Me Now" (with special lyrics about being the Hollywood Palace host).
Sammy Davis Jr.: "MacArthur Park", "I Gotta Be Me" and "Peace Brother Peace"
- Aretha Franklin: "I Say A Little Prayer" and "Come Back Baby"
- Aretha Franklin and Sammy Davis Jr.: medley "What Is Soul?" (correct title?), "Think", "Respect" and "What'd I Say?"
- Spanky & Our Gang: "Give A Damn" & "Yesterday's Rain"
- Johnny Whitaker (child actor, from "Family Affair"): sings "Every Boy Can Be President"
- Corbett Monica (comedian)
- John Bassett (singer-guitarist, appeared in "Golden Boy" with Sammy) sings a song dedicated to his own son.

[@robertrothberg8678]

You can never get enough of Sammy davis jr.he was the world's greatest entertainer.

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

I love '60's Aretha!! Her interpretations of songs were so great!! :-)

[@user-ug3qq4py3i]

Such great talents together. We are missing something in the world today. All of us who lived during this time truley have some wonderful memories.

[@wesgriffin6081]

My my my. Sammy Davis Jr. was crazy kool. His mannerisms were like poetry in motion.

[@Drummed]

The mold was broken when fellows like Sammy Davis Jr. + a gathering of other Americans made sense & we listened, rather than dismissing many rehashed tired values (Wanna Be Blow Hards) try to put over on today's cramped & confused deaf eared society.

[@dbrew2u]

From an age when TV was actually entertaining .

[@4eyeswalker]

Spotted David Birney and Blythe Danner in the Polaroid commercial

[@freespirit21newyork]

Love spanky and our gang nice late 1960s sounds 🌸💛🌸💛🌸💛🌸💛🌸💛🌸💛🌸

[@MrMartybearass]

we gathered round the tv to be entertained!!!

[@freespirit21newyork]

I love these old gold shows, they're terrific 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟look at those footlights 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 so classy, wonder what that place looks like today

[@2dasimmons]

THANKS FOR UPLOADING THESE HOLLYWOOD PALACE SHOWS HOLIDAY PALACE.

[@MrMartybearass]

WOW NO AUTO TUNE!!!! imagine anybody today singing this way!!!!!!

[@memeexclusive]

Wow, Sammy was really in rare form that night, he must've really been happy to be back in the States.

[@2dasimmons]

Wow. Sammy Davis Jr. and the comedian were both under 5'6" tall. James Brown I think was just 5'6" and just superbly talented. The guitarist with the "chubby cheeks" really played a heavy song. Bless him! LIFE isn't easy BUT it's beautiful with FAITH. Shalom.

[@AngelsTakeMe2Heaven]

love the old school TV commercials in there

[@syneathiabell1350]

This was AWESOME...We should have Peace. 💕💞💗💓

[@joancarlestomas]

The final part is spectacular. Sammy Davis Jr. was a genius.

[@AngelsTakeMe2Heaven]

What made Sammy the greatest is when you think about what he had to overcome to get where he was as a black man

[@manospetridis1935]

+AngelsTakeMe2Heaven Once he became Frank Sinatra's buddy he didn't have much to fear except within himself.

[@superbrighteye]

The cards of life may have dealt him a 3 for body/looks but Aces for musical talent and Perseverance for staying in the game in those difficult years .

[@2dasimmons]

Wow. Wow. I remember Family Affair with Brian Keith and how wholesome it was. I MISS television with decent standards. What is the hell we have today in 2014?!!

[@wesgriffin6081]

Yes, I remember Family Affair too as a kid. Seems like I read somewhere that that little boy died in childhood and his tv twin sister died at a young age.

[@AustriaGermany]

spanky our gang beautiful !!!

[@laurenalacroix5114]

please! keep it coming!

[@CoCotheTurtle]

Wow, that opening 1-2 punch of commercials for denture glue and wrinkle cream shows that the producers knew their audience! Sammy's last number seems to be his attempt at Elvis' last number from his 1968 Comeback Special.

[@schoolnyc]

Great TV, great talent. Sammy is a legend, this proofs the huge impact of African Americans in our society, from way back to current. Did not have it easy then, but never have. The fact is Americans recognizes talent.

[@d820m]

It was Anissa Jones who died at 18....Johnny Whittaker is still living

[@beatlesss9592]

Please re-post the Hollywood Palace episode 6-14, that was removed by the copyright, and I would very much like to be able to watch it! Thank you!

[@Mochab001]

43:00

[@tomservo56954]

"Aretha Franklin's wigs provided by Wig City of New York"--I wonder if that was the weirdest promo Tufel ever read?

[@cynthialyman2636]

LOL!!! I needed that.😄

[@tyronejoihnson7046]

Sammy told everyone "I want you to perform your worst, most unmemorable material".

[@williamcole2348]

26:46 Sammy got that prediction wrong!

[@o.b.v.i.u.s]

Wow... Seeing this in the midst of the George Lloyd protests, over 50 years later... (sigh)

[@jonshecket3010]

That clock in the corner was that GMT?

[@fareshajjar1208]

Imagine a white host making 60 jokes and references to white skin and culture? Strange obsession... Aretha was amazing!

[@randyinghram7681]

Spanky & Our Gang....Malcolm Hale....man on far right actually died 3 days before this was aired....:(

[@randyinghram7681]

Carbon Monoxide poisoning due to a faulty heating system.

[@robin2012ism]

wow.

[@BroccoliBeefed]

Pop music used to be so much better. Now we have to put up with all these posers and AutoTune freaks

[@1stringbroke]

Actually, Malcolm is not at far right, he is 2nd from far right... wearing purple trousers.

[@gymnastix]

+Randy Inghram That was the same cause of the death of Walt Disney's mother, Flora Call Disney, a carbon monoxide leak in a new home in North Hollywood Walt and his brother Roy purchased for their parents after the success of their film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Fortunately, today there are carbon monoxide detectors available the same as smoke alarms for homes, both required by law for multi-unit dwellings in many states.

[@tomservo56954]

Why would the Governor of Hawaii need to be selling houses--or cigarettes?

[@tomservo56954]

I wonder if two of those boys could have imagined what would happen in a few decades...now on to the kid in pigtails.

[@BroccoliBeefed]

Funny how times change. I guess the Hollywood Palace used to be a venue for elite entertainment. Now it's just anyone's night club

[@robin2012ism]

Hollywood Palace wasn't LIVE?

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

No, it wasn't live.

[@robin2012ism]

oh, thanks for the confirmation. Too bad.

[@hollywoodpalace3308]

robin2012ism When Margaret Dumont made her final public appearance on the show with Groucho, she also died before the show actually aired!

[@robin2012ism]

Good old maggie. I saw that Spanky and the Gang had an similar incident.

[@jonshecket3010]

30:10 the black kid takes a knee lol