Roberta Peters / Odetta / Alfred Drake / Robert Shaw Chorale Toast of the Town : Season 14 Episode 12
TV-G CBS 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: December 25th, 1960 @ 8:00 PM EST on CBS
Guests: --Roberta Peters & Alfred Drake - ""Winter Wonderland"" duet --Roberta Peters - ""Swiss Echo Song"" (Roberta dressed in traditional Swiss costume)--Alfred Drake - ""I Wonder As I Wander"" --Odetta - ""Shout For Joy"" & ""Poor Little Jesus"" (singing Gospel style & playing folk guitar) --Sound of Music girls (Broadway cast?) - sing ""Little Snowman"" --Baird Puppets - Sketch where an elf puppet kidnaps Ed. Ed becomes a puppet introducing acts for Baird. --Gali Gali (magician doing tricks, assisted by Desi Arnaz and Steven Marx, Groucho's grandson) Note: might be Desi Jr. --Robert Shaw Chorale (shown caroling through Rockefeller Center) - ""Joy To The World,"" ""God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"" & ""The First Noel"" --Ed Sullivan & Shaw Chorale - Ed reads ""The Stranger,"" a poem about Jesus while the Shaw Chorale hums ""Silent Night."" --Robert Shaw Chorale (at end of show) - European medley --Night scenes of NYC: RCA skyscraper lit at night & 65 Foot Christmas tree at Rockefeller