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The Hollywood Palace: Season 2

35 episodes Premiered Sep 19, 1964
Previously on The Hollywood Palace

Season 2 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 The Hollywood Palace Season 1.
  • ⚡ 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 2 Episodes

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Host: Debbie Reynolds

Sep 19, 1964

Second season premiere Host: Debbie Reynolds --Buddy Hackett (comedian) --Liberace --Rich Little (comedian-impressionist) --Astrud Gilberto (singer) & Stan Getz --Ni

S2·E2 Core

Host: Ed Wynn / The Rolling Stones

Sep 26, 1964

Host: Ed Wynn --The Rolling Stones - ""Not Fade Away"" --Eydie Gormé (singer, backed by six guitarists and the Trio Los Panchos) --Ed Wynn and Eydie Gormé - ""Tea for Two

S2·E3 Core

Host: Maurice Chevalier

Oct 3, 1964

Host: Maurice Chevalier --Maurice Chevalier sings ""Louise,"" ""J'attendrais"" and ""When You're Smiling"" --Jane Powell (dancer) - ""Come Dance with Me"" --Maurice Cheval

S2·E4 Core

Host: Donald O'Connor

Oct 10, 1964

Host: Donald O'Connor --Donald O'Connor - ""Take a Bow"" --Dorothy Provine (singer-dancer) and Donald O'Connor - ""I Love to Dance"" --Sergio Franchi - ""I Have Dreamed"" an

S2·E5 Core

Host: Betty Grable

Oct 24, 1964

Host: Betty Grable --Harry James and his band --Dan Dailey --The Smothers Brothers --Diahann Carroll --Henny Youngman (comedian)

S2·E6 Core

Host: Buddy Ebsen

Oct 31, 1964

Host: Buddy Ebsen --Buddy Ebsen (from the ""Beverly Hillbillies"") - ""I Was in Vaudeville"" --Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants' center fielder) --Jack Carter (comedian)

S2·E8 Core

Host: Victor Borge

Nov 14, 1964

Host: Victor Borge --Victor Borge (comic pianist) - in a comedy segment, Borge composes by amalgamation, using sheet music, a pair of scissors and a role of cellophane tape. -

S2·E9 Core

Host: Arthur Godfrey

Nov 21, 1964

Host: Arthur Godfrey --Arthur Godfrey - ""Trail of the Lonesome Pine,"" ""I Like Being Here with You,"" ""I'd Give a Million Tomorrows,"" ""My Little Grass Shack,"" ""Too Fat Po

S2·E10 Core

Host: Tony Martin

Nov 28, 1964

Host: Tony Martin --Tony Martin - ""Avalon,"" ""Everybody Loves Somebody"" & ""People"" --Cyd Charisse (dancer, wife of Tony Martin) - ""An Occasional Man"" --Desi, Dino and

S2·E11 Core

Host: Phil Harris / Ginger Rogers

Dec 5, 1964

Host: Phil Harris --Phil Harris - ""This Could be the Start of Something"" --Ginger Rogers - ""These Foolish Things"" --The McGuire Sisters (singing group, doing a medley

S2·E12 Core

Host: Burl Ives

Dec 12, 1964

Host: Burl Ives --Burl Ives (folk singer) - ""Blue Tail Fly,"" ""Wayfarin' Stranger,"" ""Big Rock Candy Mountain,"" ""Foggy Foggy Dew,"" ""Funny Way of Laughing,"" ""Lavender Bl

S2·E13 Core

Host: Donald O'Connor

Dec 19, 1964

Host: Donald O'Connor --Louis Armstrong --Jane Powell (actress-singer) --Cliff ""Charley Weaver"" Arquette --Norm Crosby (comedian) --The Vienna Boys Choir --The Ha

S2·E14 Core

Host: Van Johnson / Betty Grable

Dec 26, 1964

Host: Van Johnson --Van Johnson - ""I'm a Ham,"" ""Let Me Entertain You,"" ""I Want to be Happy"" and ""Lot of Livin' to Do"" --Betty Grable - ""Please, Mr. Brown"" --Jacki

S2·E15 Core

Host: Liberace

Jan 9, 1965

Host: Liberace --Liberace - ""Blue Danube,"" Me and My Shadow"" and ""There'll Be No New Tunes on This Old Piano"" --Edward G. Robinson (actor) - reading Milton Geiger's patri

S2·E16 Core

Host: Bing Crosby

Jan 16, 1965

Host: Bing Crosby --Beverly Garland (from Bing's 1964-65 sitcom) --Frank McHugh (from Bing's 1964-65 sitcom) --Bing Crosby, Beverly Garland and Frank McHugh - ""Top Banana"

S2·E17 Core

Host: Kate Smith / Trini Lopez

Jan 23, 1965

Host: Kate Smith --Kate Smith (singer) - ""Danke Schön,"" ""You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You,"" ""Temptation"" and ""God Bless America"" --Trini Lopez (singer) - ""Michael

S2·E18 Core

Host: Cyd Charisse

Jan 30, 1965

Host: Cyd Charisse --Cyd Charisse - ""Let's Dance"" and ""Ballet Blues"" --Tony Martin (singer, Cyd Charisse's husband) - ""Dear Heart"" and ""Lullaby of Broadway"" --Cyd Ch

S2·E19 Core

Host: David Janssen

Feb 6, 1965

Host: David Janssen --David Janssen (from ""The Fugitive"") --Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (comedians) - give advice on filing income tax returns. --Edie Adams (singer) - ""L

S2·E20 Core

Host: George Burns

Feb 13, 1965

Host: George Burns --George Burns - ""History of the Dance"" & ""Pack Up Your Sins"" --Connie Stevens - ""Married I Can Always Get"" (or "" Married I Can Always Stay"") --

S2·E21 Core

Host: Bette Davis

Feb 20, 1965

Host: Bette Davis --Bette Davis sings ""To Be Single"" (an answer to Richard Burton's recording ""A Married Man"") --Bette Davis and Bert Lahr appear in ""Jealousy,"" a comedy

S2·E22 Core

Hosts: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans / Jan and Dean

Feb 27, 1965

Co-hosts: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans --Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (accompanied by Trigger and the Sons of the Pioneers) --Jan and Dean - ""From All over the World"" (theme from

S2·E23 Core

Host: Eddie Fisher

Mar 6, 1965

Host: Eddie Fisher --Eddie Fisher - ""Let Me Entertain You"" --Connie Stevens - ""It Only Takes a Moment"" --Jack Carter (comedian) --The Arirang Korean ballet troupe

S2·E24 Core

Host: Victor Borge

Mar 13, 1965

Host: Victor Borge --Victor Borge (comic pianist) - demonstrates how great composers stumbled on some of their famous compositions. --Rosemary Clooney - ""Cabin in the Sky,""

S2·E25 Core

Host: Robert Goulet

Mar 20, 1965

Host: Robert Goulet --Robert Goulet (guest host) --Carol Lawrence (singer, wife of Robert Goulet) --Bill Cosby (comedian, does a routine about Noah and the Ark) --Les Su

S2·E26 Core

Host: Tony Randall / Diana Ross & the Supremes

Mar 27, 1965

Host: Tony Randall --Tony Randall - does a sketch about an all-night radio disc jockey --Diana Ross and the Supremes - ""Stop! In The Name Of Love"" --Allan Sherman sings ""C

S2·E27 Core

Host: Dale Robertson

Apr 3, 1965

Host: Dale Robertson --Tim Conway (comedian, from ""McHale's Navy"") - does an obstetrician sketch --George Gobel (comedian) --Barbara McNair (singer) --Lisa Kirk (singe

S2·E28 Core

Host: Groucho Marx / Margaret Dumont

Apr 17, 1965

Host: Groucho Marx --Margaret Dumont (comedian, in her last TV appearance) --Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont perform their comedy classic ""Captain Spaulding,"" a number from

S2·E29 Core

Host: Pat Boone

Apr 24, 1965

Host: Pat Boone --Pat Boone - ""Exodus,"" ""Walk Right In,"" ""Love Letters in the Sand,"" ""Wonderful Time Up There"" and ""April Love"" --Dorothy Collins (singer) - ""Sleepin

S2·E30 Core

Host: Louis Armstrong

May 1, 1965

Host: Louis Armstrong --Louis Armstrong - ""Hello, Dolly!"" ""When the Saints Go Marching In,"" ""Mack the Knife"" and ""Blueberry Hill"" (Also, Armstrong is saluted for his 50 ye

S2·E31 Core

Host: Steve Lawrence

May 8, 1965

Host: Steve Lawrence --Mickey Rooney and Bobby Van - appear in a spoof of the movie ""Bridge on the River Kwai"" --Jean Fenn (operatic soprano) --The Backporch Majority (fol

S2·E32 Core

Host: George Burns

May 15, 1965

Host: George Burns --Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (comedians, do an interview sketch on dieting) --Jack Jones (singer) --Mary Costa (operatic soprano) --The Young Americans

S2·E33 Core

Host: Tennessee Ernie Ford

May 22, 1965

Host: Tennessee Ernie Ford --Ann Miller (singer-dancer) --Edie Adams (singer)--Jack Carter (comedian)--Santos (low-wire acrobat act from Portugal)--The O'Keffe comedy divers (from

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