Show
# 17 January 31, 1957
Ernie's
Guest: Actor Aldo Ray
Script Notes: Ernie
finds himself in a foxhole with macho screen man Aldo Ray
Musical
Numbers: Banana Boat / Paddlin' Madeline Home / Take My Hand,
Precious Lord: Ernie and The Voices
Cast:
Ernie Ford, Aldo Ray, The Voices Of Walter Schumann
Show
# 18 February 7, 1957
Ernie's
Guest: Silver screen legend Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Script
Notes: Ernie's plans to make Fairbanks feel at home backfire...
The fourth Ford Show to close without an inspirational number
Musical
Numbers: The Watermelon Song: Ernie and The Voices / Elijah Rock:
The Voices / Rock A Bye Your Baby: Ernie and The Voices
Cast:
Ernie Ford, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., The Voices of Walter Schumann
Show
# l9 February 14, 1957
Ernie's
Guest: Legendary Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper
Script Notes: Arguably
one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, one wrong word in Hedda
Hopper's column could literally make or break someone in the business. As flamboyant
as she was powerful, Hedda became as well known for her love of
outrageous and garish hats as she for her love of the town she wrote about.
Musical
Numbers: Marianne: Ernie and The Voices /
Skip To My Lou:
The Voices / Can I Canoe You Down The River: Ernie and Hedda
/ Because : Ernie
Cast:
Ernie Ford, Hedda Hopper, The Voices of Walter Schumann
Show
#20 February 21,
1957
Ernie's
Guest: Teen-idol-in-the-making, Tommy Sands
Script
Notes: Groomed for teenage stardom along with Molly Bee, by producer
Cliffie Stone (responsible for discovering Ernie) Tommy Sands joins Ernie
for his first Ford Show appearance.
Musical
Numbers: Alabamy Bound: Ernie, Johnny Guarnieri, Dick
Wessler, Ken Remo, Don Kent (from The Voices) / Teen Age Crush: Tommy
/ Don't Go Courtin' In A Hot Rod, Too Much: Ernie and Tommy / Who
At My Door Is Standing: Ernie
Cast:
Ernie Ford, Tommy Sands, The Voices of Walter Schumann
Show
# 2l February 28,
1957
Ernie's
Guest: Singer and actress Jeannie Carson
Script Notes:
Ernie
and the gang recreate a 'bit 'o London' for bubbly
Brit sensation Carson in this 2/28/57 installment.
Musical
Numbers: The Watermelon Song: Ernie and The Voices /
Alexander's
Ragtime Band: The Voices / With A Little Bit Of Luck: Ernie and
Jeannie / He'll Understand And Say Well Done: Ernie
Cast:
Ernie Ford, Jeannie Carson, The Voices of Walter Schumann
Show
#22 March 7, 1957
Ernie's
Guest: Andy Devine
Script Notes:
As America's
Favorite Sidekick, Andy Devine charmed movie audiences and endeared himself
to millions of around the country; riding with the likes of Gene and
Roy, and hosting one of television's earliest, most successful kid's
shows--Andy's Gang ("Plunk Your Magic Twanger, Froggie...!"
--Remember?). Following this March of '57 airing, Andy became one of Ernie's
closest pals, and a perennial Ford Show favorite, coming back for five
visits over the years.
Musical
Numbers: Jubilation T. Cornpone: Ernie and The Voices /
La Danza, O Sole Mio, Italian Street Song, Tourna Sorrento: The
Voices / The Old Chisholm Trail: Ernie and Andy / Noah Found Grace
In The Eyes Of The Lord: Ernie and The Voices
Cast:
Ernie Ford, Andy Devine, The Voices of Walter Schumann
Show # 23 March 14,
1957
Ernie's Guest:
George Gobel
Script Notes: Ambling over
from CBS for a visit to his old pal Ernie, George Gobel makes his first of many
appearances in this Ford Show Classic from March of 1957. In one of the series'
most hilarious sketches, George does the magic act they won't let him do on his
own show, and proceeds to make Ernie disappear --into a 'network twilight zone',
where he reappears over at CBS--on Playhouse 90, The 64,000 Question and,
naturally, The George Gobel Show! Inspired writing (headed up by Norman Lear and
Danny Arnold) ...priceless laughs...a Ford Show Classic from curtain to curtain!
Musical Numbers:
Clancy
Lowered The Boom: Ernie and The Voices / A' Sleepin' At The Foot Of The
Bed:
Ernie and George / Just A Closer Walk With Thee: Ernie and The Voices
Cast: Ernie
Ford, George Gobel,
Johnny Guarnieri, Howard Chitjean and Dick Wessler (From The Voices)
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