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Ken Welch

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The Star Wars Holiday Special
3.4

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!

The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978
Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center
10.0

Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center is a 1971 concert featuring Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett, their second out of three specials after Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall and before Julie & Carol: Together Again. Staged in the Philharmonic Hall, the special was produced by Joe Hamilton, and written by Bob Ellison, Marty Farrell, and Mitzi Welch, who reused the template from the first show. The special was broadcast on CBS on December 7, 1971.

Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center

1971
Movers & Shakers
3.9

Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment. Unable to figure out how to turn the nonfiction book into a narrative movie, Mulholland enlists the services of Herb Dorman, a screenwriter of popular romantic films with a bad marriage, and volatile director Sid Spokane to help him create a movie.

Movers & Shakers

1985
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
8.0

Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall is an American musical comedy television showcase starring Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett, broadcast on CBS on June 11, 1962. The special was produced by Bob Banner and directed by Joe Hamilton. Banner came up with the idea in the Fall of 1961. Burnett was then a regular on The Garry Moore Show and Andrews had appeared as a guest twice, performing the song "Big D" from the musical The Most Happy Fella in the first appearance; and in the show's 1961 Christmas special, she did a number with Burnett and fellow guest Gwen Verdon plus an early performance of "My Favorite Things" (three years before she performed it as Maria while filming The Sound of Music). Mike Nichols wrote the script and co-wrote the song "You're So London" with Ken Welch. Writing began in February 1962 and the stars rehearsed for two weeks before the March 5 taping

Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall

1962
Men, Movies & Carol
7.0

A special with Carol Burnett satirizing movies: Double Indemnity with Scott Bakula and Remains of the Day with Barry Bostwick. Plus a melodious tribute to MGM musicals.

Men, Movies & Carol

1994
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
N/A

Various entertainers and artists look at how Walt Disney influenced these areas through his work in a variety of fields.

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

1981
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
N/A

The story of the Cosgrove family on Christmas Eve in a New England town in the late 1890s.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

1977
Linda in Wonderland
N/A

“Linda In Wonderland” is Linda Lavin’s variety television special that aired on Thanksgiving Day, 1980. Special guests include; Lynn Redgrave, Anthony Newley and Ron Leibman. Her characters of “Alice Hyatt” and “Sam Butler” from her television show “Alice” also make appearances as Ms. Lavin plays dual roles for both. Ms. Lavin and her guests perform Broadway and other musical numbers in various settings and medleys, mixed in with solo performances and Linda giving us a little background about herself growing up, along with some humor and pizzazz.

Linda in Wonderland

1980
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
N/A

The NBC All Star Hour (1985) was a one-hour primetime television special that brought together stars from NBC’s biggest shows of the mid-1980s, blending comedy, music, and variety performances into a network showcase.

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

1985
Dolly and Carol in Nashville
10.0

Dolly & Carol in Nashville is a television special starring Dolly Parton and Carol Burnett that was shot at The Grand Ole Opry and broadcast on CBS on Valentine's Day in 1979. It was part of a promotional campaign for Parton's recent album, Heartbreaker.

Dolly and Carol in Nashville

1979
Sills and Burnett at the Met
N/A

Carol Burnett joins opera diva Beverly Sills for an hour of music and song from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Sills and Burnett at the Met

1976
Burnett Discovers Domingo
N/A

Funny woman Carol Burnett teams with tenor Placido Domingo in this musical comedy special.

Burnett Discovers Domingo

1984