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Kraft Music Hall: Season 13

37 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1970 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on Kraft Music Hall

Season 13 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Kraft Music Hall Season 12.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 13 Episodes

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Season 13: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S13·E1 Mytharc

Alan King Looks At Women's Rights & Wrongs

Sep 16, 1970 · 60 min

Season Premiere: ""Women's Liberation"" theme Sketches: --Eva Gabor plays a female baseball player giving an interview. --A newly liberated woman (Eva Gabor) and her husband

S13·E2 Core

Mr. Anthony Quinn and Miss Peggy Lee

Sep 23, 1970 · 60 min

Music: --Anthony Quinn and Peggy Lee - ""What Is a Woman?"" & ""Love Story."" --Peggy Lee - ""He's Got the Whole World in His Hands,"" ""Lost in the Stars,"" ""Don't Explain""

S13·E3 Core

The Friars Roast Don Rickles

Sep 30, 1970 · 60 min

Friars roast Don Rickles --Johnny Carson (Roastmaster) --Milton Berle --George C. Scott --Alan King --Henny Youngman --Dick Cavett --Chet Huntley

S13·E4 Core

Alan King - Things Ain't What They Used to Be

Oct 7, 1970 · 60 min

""Things Ain't What They Used to Be"" - a comedic look at modern life with Alan King, Lena Horne, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Comedy: --Jerry Stiller

S13·E5 Core

4th Annual Country Music Association Awards

Oct 14, 1970 · 60 min

4th Annual Country Music Association Awards (broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville) --hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford Scheduled performers: --Tennessee Ernie Ford

S13·E8 Core

The Kopy Kats

Nov 11, 1970 · 60 min

""The Kopycats"" with Edie Adams, David Frye, Frank Gorshin, Will Jordan, George Kirby and Rich Little doing celebrity impressions. Impersonations (comedy sketches): --David Brin

S13·E9 Core

Don Adams Investigates The Detectives

Nov 18, 1970 · 60 min

""Don Adams Investigates The Detectives"" Sketches: --""Sam Spade and the Maltese Parakeet"" with Don Adams (imitating Bogart), Raymond Burr, Will Jordan and Elisha Cook. --D

S13·E10 Core

Kraft Presents Robert Young

Dec 2, 1970 · 60 min

--Robert Young & Jane Wyatt --Lucie & Desi Arnaz Jr. --The Young Americans

S13·E11 Mytharc

Love & Marriage, Part 1

Dec 9, 1970 · 60 min

""Love & Marriage"" part 1: --Alan King --Michele Lee --James Coco --Stiller & Meara --Nancy Walker

S13·E12 Mytharc

Love & Marriage, Part 2

Dec 16, 1970 · 60 min

""Love & Marriage, Part 2"" Comedy: --Alan King as Skakespeare and Michele Lee as his wife, who gives him his inspiration. --Alan King and Nancy Walker are parents who see

S13·E13 Core

The Eve Before Christmas Eve

Dec 23, 1970 · 60 min

""The Eve Before Christmas Eve"" (a Christmas musicale) --Eddy Arnold --Brenda Lee --Charley Pride --The Klowns

S13·E14 Core

On Stage: Miss America

Jan 6, 1971 · 60 min

""On Stage: Miss America"" - Variety hour with 5 Miss America winners & 5 talent winners. --Hosted by Bert Parks Five current and past Miss America winners: --Phyllis Georg

S13·E15 Core

Alan King Plays The Games People Play

Jan 13, 1971 · 60 min

""Alan King Plays the Games People Play"" Sketches --James Coco and Anne Meara are a married couple trying not to have a fight. --Alan King plays the star of his son's cinema

S13·E16 Core

The Kopy Kats Kopy TV

Jan 20, 1971 · 60 min

""The Kopy Kats Kopy TV"" --The cast does impressions of actors and TV stars. This includes parodies of (1) classic movies shown on the late show (2) the ""Honeymooners"" series,

S13·E17 Core

The Friars Roast Jerry Lewis

Jan 27, 1971 · 60 min

Friars roast Jerry Lewis --Johnny Carson (as the Roastmaster) --Milton Berle --Jack Carter --Charlie Callas --Alan King --Rex Reed (the movie critic) --Don Rickl

S13·E18 Core

Locker Room Follies

Feb 3, 1971 · 60 min

""Locker Room Follies"" --Don Rickles --Joe Frazier (heavyweight champion) --Bill Russell (basketball player) --Vic Hadfield (hockey player) --Boog Powell (baseball playe

S13·E19 Core

Kraft Presents Eddy Arnold

Feb 10, 1971 · 60 min

""Eddie Arnold & the Young Americans"" --Loretta Lynn --Marty Robbins

S13·E20 Core

Alan King's Wonderful World of Aggravation...1971

Feb 17, 1971 · 60 min

""Alan King's Wonderful World of Aggravation...1971"" Comedy: --Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara are former sweethearts reminiscing at a high school reunion. --Marriage counselo

S13·E22 Core

Surburbia, U.S.A.

Mar 17, 1971 · 60 min

""Surburbia, U.S.A."" --Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme --Barbara Feldon --Sid Caesar --Anne Meara

S13·E23 Core

Kraft Salutes The Oscars

Mar 31, 1971 · 60 min

""A Salute to the Oscars"" --Bette Davis --Michele Lee --Stiller & Meara --Frank Gorshin

S13·E27 Core

Des O'Connor / Dom DeLuise / Connie Stevens

Jun 23, 1971 · 60 min

From London: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1971 host) - sings ""Everybody's Talkin',"" ""Green Green Grass of Home,"" ""To Be the One You Love,"" ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,""

S13·E28 Core

Des O'Connor / Dom DeLuise / Jack Douglas

Jun 30, 1971 · 60 min

From London: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1971 host) - sings ""Me and My Shadow,"" ""The Song of My Life,"" ""My Cup Runneth Over, ""To Be the One You Love,"" ""Anytime"" & ""When Joa

S13·E29 Core

Des O'Connor / Dom DeLuise / John Le Mesurier

Jul 7, 1971 · 60 min

From London: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1971 host) - sings ""Tennessee Birdwalk,"" ""Dream,"" ""The One I Love,"" ""You'll Never Know,"" ""I Think of You,"" ""Unchained Melody,"" ""

S13·E30 Core

Des O'Connor / Phyllis Diller / Connie Stevens

Jul 14, 1971 · 60 min

Music: --Phyllis Diller, Connie Stevens and Des O'Connor - ""By the Light of the Silvery Moon"" --Connie Stevens - ""Jumpin' Jack Flash"" --Des O'Connor (Summer 1971 host) -

S13·E31 Core

Des O'Connor / Charlie Callas / Connie Stevens

Jul 21, 1971 · 60 min

Music: --Connie Stevens - ""Another Hundred People"" --Des O'Connor (Summer 1971 host) - ""That's Why I Love Her,"" ""To Be the One You Love"" and ""Knock Three Times"" --De

S13·E33 Core

Des O'Connor / Charlie Callas / Connie Stevens

Aug 4, 1971 · 60 min

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1971 host) - ""King of the Road,"" 'Young and Foolish,"" ""Unchain My Heart"" --Des O'Connor - medley: ""In My World of Dreams,"" ""Cuddle Up a

S13·E34 Core

Des O'Connor / Charlie Callas / Connie Stevens

Aug 11, 1971 · 60 min

Music: --Des O'Connor (Summer 1971 host) - ""Let There Be Love"" and medley (""World of Dreams,"" ""But Beautiful"" and ""It's Easy to Remember"") --Connie Stevens - ""The Ban

S13·E37 Mytharc

Des O'Connor / Keith Michell / Terry-Thomas

Sep 1, 1971 · 60 min

Music: --Keith Michell - ""Let's Walk by the Sea"" --Terry-Thomas - ""It Could Have Been So Pleasant"" and ""The Night I Appeared as Macbeth"" --Des O'Connor (Summer 1971 ho

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