Script Notes: Ernie opens the fourth
season of The Ford Show
by taking a little safari with his good buddy, The Life Of Riley's own
William Bendix.
Musical Numbers: Stay A Little Longer: Ernie and The
Top Twenty / Medley: Scots Wha Ha Wi' Wallace Bled/My Heart's In The
Highlands/The Campbell's Are Coming/Blue Bells Of Scotland/Flow Gently, Sweet
Afton/Scotland The Brave/Loch Lomond: Top Twenty / High Hopes: Ernie and William
/ My Task: Ernie and The Top Twenty
Script Notes: One of the movies' most
celebrated actresses visits her Number One Fan for some southern Irish
hospitality, Ford Show-style.
Musical Numbers: Ain't We Got Fun/School Days: Ernie
and The Top Twenty / All Through The Day: Maureen / Come To The
Fair: The Top
Twenty / Same Old Shillelagh: Ernie and Maureen / Eli, Eli: Ernie and The Top
Twenty
Script Notes: For his second (and last)
Ford Show visit,Ron decides to let Ernie have a crack at hosting General Electric
Theater--on one condition, Ron directs!
Musical Numbers: Just Another Polka: Ernie
/ Medley: Indian Summer/Autumn In New York/Tis Autumn/Autumn Serenade/Autumn
Leaves/Indian Summer (reprise): The Top Twenty / The Old Rugged Cross: Ernie and
The Top Twenty
Script Notes: Charlie convinces Ernie to
set him up on a blind date.
Musical Numbers: Seven Little Girls (Sittin'
In The Back Seat): Ernie and The Top Twenty Girls / Medley: Blow The Man
Down/The Keeper Of The Eddystone Light/The Maid Of Amsterdam/Home, Boys Home:
The Top Twenty Men / You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You: Ernie / It's A Man:
Ernie and Cliff (as Mama Weaver)/ Battle Hymn Of The Republic: Ernie and The Top
Twenty
Script Notes: Ernie's been cast in a
school play as Tarzan, and pays a visit to the real thing--TV's Tarzan, Gordon
Scott-- for a few pointers on what it takes to be a real swinger.
Musical Numbers: Caribbean: Ernie and The
Top Twenty / Medley: Isn't It Romantic/It's Dark On Observatory Hill/Down The
Old ox Road/Flirtation Walk/Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi: The Top Twenty / Rock A Bye
Your Baby: Ernie / Just A Closer Walk With Thee: Ernie and The Top Twenty
Script Notes: Ernie signs
on a crew member under "Riverboat" captain Darren McGavin in
this 1959 episode. A classic from stern to bow. Get it...? 'Bow'?
Y' know...stern to...oh, never mind.
Musical Numbers: Primrose Lane: Ernie and
The Top Twenty / Sunny Side Of Heaven: Ernie / Medley: Here Comes The Showboat/Camptown
Races/Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane/Can't You Hear Me Callin',
Caroline/Freckles/Shine On Harvest Moon/Here Comes The Showboat
(reprise)/Showboat Reprise: The Top Twenty / If I Can Help Somebody: Ernie
Ernie's Guest: William Bendix
Ernie's Guest:
Maureen O'Hara
Ernie's Guest: Cliff
Arquette (Charlie Weaver)
Ernie's Guest: Actor
Gordon Scott
Ernie's Guest:
Darren McGavin