80th Birthday Salute to Irving Berlin with Guests Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Ethel Merman, Harry James, Robert Goulet, Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians, Morecambe & Wise
- Episode aired May 5, 1968
- TV-G
- 1h
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Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Lyndon Johnson)
Eric Morecambe
- Self
- (as Morecambe and Wise)
Diana Ross
- Self
- (as The Supremes)
The Supremes
- Themselves
- (as Diana Ross and the Supremes)
Ernie Wise
- Self
- (as Morecambe and Wise)
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- TriviaDiana Ross & the Supremes with Ethel Merman perform an Irving Berlin medley: "Say It With Music"; "It's A Lovely Day Today"; "Heat Wave" and "Say It Isn't So".
Bing Crosby sings a medley of Irving's songs: "Marie from Sunny Italy"; "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon"; "The International Rag" & "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and sings "White Christmas" (begins as film clip, then live on stage).
Ethel Merman sings an Irving Berlin medley: "Sunshine," "I Got Lost In His Arms"; "Anything You Can Do"; "They Say It's Wonderful".
Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians perform "Give Me Your Tired."
Robert Goulet sings "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)" & "All by Myself."
Robert Goulet and Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians perform "I Used To Play It By Ear."
Peter Gennaro & dance troupe perform "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "This Is The Army" production numbers.
President Lyndon Johnson, on tape, wishes Irving Berlin a Happy 80th birthday.
In the finale Irving Berlin, on stage with boy and girl scouts, sings "God Bless America."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992)
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