The Hollywood Palace: Season 3
Season 3 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 2.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Host: Bing Crosby
Sep 18, 1965
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""The Hollywood Palace Song"" --Caterina Valente (singer) - ""Meditation"" --Bing Crosby and Caterina Valente - ""Slow Boat to China,"" "
Host: Bing Crosby / Louis Armstrong
Sep 25, 1965
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""My Blue Heaven"" --Louis Armstrong - ""Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"" --Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong - ""Dardanella"" --Phil Harris (comedi
Host: Fred Astaire / We Five
Oct 2, 1965
Host: Fred Astaire --Fred Astaire - ""Top Hat"" & ""The Time Has Come"" --We Five - ""You Were on My Mind"" --Jimmy Smith (jazz organist) - ""The Organ Grinder's Swing""
Host: Joan Crawford / Jack Jones
Oct 9, 1965
Host: Joan Crawford --Joan Crawford reads ""A Prayer for Little Children"" --Jack Jones - ""Just Yesterday"" & ""More"" --Jack Jones & Joanie Sommers - ""Call Me"" --Joa
Host: Frank Sinatra / Count Basie
Oct 16, 1965
Host: Frank Sinatra --Frank Sinatra - ""I've Got the World on a String"" --Frank Sinatra and Count Basie - ""Fly Me to the Moon,"" ""Everybody Has a Right to be Wrong,"" ""Pl
Host: Milton Berle / Sonny & Cher
Oct 23, 1965
Host: Milton Berle --Sonny and Cher - ""Baby, Don't Go"" & ""Where Do You Go?"" --Sonny and Cher with Milton Berle - in a skit, perform a version of ""But You're Mine"" title
Host: Ray Bolger
Nov 6, 1965
--Ray Bolger (host) - ""Put on a Happy Face,"" ""Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries,"" ""Ida,"" ""Rosie O'Grady,"" ""Once in Love with Amy"" and ""Who?"" --Kay Starr - ""Never Dream
Host: Judy Garland / Vic Damone
Nov 13, 1965
Host: Judy Garland --Judy Garland sings ""Once in a While,"" I Loved Him"" and ""We're a Couple of Swells"" --Judy Garland sings ""Play the Palace"" then performs songs made f
Host: Bing Crosby
Nov 20, 1965
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby (host) - ""Them There Eyes"" --Diahann Carroll (singer) - ""It's Not Unusual"" and ""If I Ruled the World"" --John Bubbles (song-and-dance m
Host: Janet Leigh
Nov 27, 1965
Host: Janet Leigh --Janet Leigh and Allan Sherman - ""Sarah Jackman"" --Allan Sherman (comedy singer) - ""Peyton Place"" --Rowan & Martin (comedy team) --Andy Russell (
Host: Milton Berle
Dec 4, 1965
Host: Milton Berle --Milton Berle and Liberace - ""My Kind of Town"" --Liberace - ""More,"" ""Alley Cat"" and the theme from ""Exodus"" --Cesar Romero (actor) --Joey He
Host: Caterina Valente / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Dec 11, 1965
Host: Caterina Valente --Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - ""Whipped Cream"" & ""The Lonely Bull"" --Caterina Valente - sings ""Danke Schön,"" ""Don't Rain on My Parade,""
Host: Bing Crosby (1965 Christmas Show)
Dec 25, 1965
Host: Bing Crosby (1965 Christmas Show) --Bing Crosby - ""White World of Winter"" --Bob Crane, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Collins - ""We Wish You the Merriest"" --Bing Crosby
Host: Bing Crosby / Sonny and Cher
Jan 1, 1966
Second Anniversary show Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""Let's Start the New Year Right"" and ""This Could be the Start of Something Big"" --Sonny and Cher with Bing Cros
Host: Kate Smith
Jan 8, 1966
Host: Kate Smith --Kate Smith - ""Fine and Dandy,"" ""When the Moon Comes over the Mountain,"" ""Who Cares?"" and ""Love Is a Many Splendored Thing"" --Juliet Prowse (dancer,
Host: Phil Harris
Jan 15, 1966
Host: Phil Harris --Alice Faye --Tim Conway --Georgie Kaye --Sergio Franchi --The Kim Sisters
Host: Fred Astaire / Petula Clark
Jan 22, 1966
Host: Fred Astaire --Barrie Chase (Astaire's dancing partner) --Petula Clark - ""My Love"" & ""My Fair Lady"" medley --Mickey Rooney --Bobby Van --Ray Hastings (comed
Host: Arthur Godfrey / The Mamas & the Papas
Jan 29, 1966
Host: Arthur Godfrey --Arthur Godfrey - ""The Wonderful Thing About Love,"" ""S' Wonderful,"" ""England Swings"" and ""Good Old Days"" --Arthur Godfrey with the Mamas and th
Host: Vincent Edwards
Feb 5, 1966
Guests: --Vincent Edwards (host) - ""A Fellow Needs a Girl"" & medley: ""Lulu's Back in Town,"" ""Maria"" and ""Ida"" --Vincent Edwards and Liza Minnelli - ""Everything I've
Host: Donald O'Connor / Paul Anka
Feb 12, 1966
Host: Donald O'Connor --Donald O'Connor - ""Mother Goose"" --Donald O'Connor and Jane Morgan - ""Look at That Face"" --Edward G. Robinson - reads an excerpt from Aaron Cop
Host: Bing Crosby / Rosemary Clooney
Feb 19, 1966
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""Just the Way You Are"" --Rosemary Clooney - Blues medley --Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney - ""Hear That Band,"" ""New Vienna Woods,""
Host: Liberace
Feb 26, 1966
--Liberace (host) --Bob Newhart (comedian) - does a monologue about a night watchman encountering King Kong. --Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber (comedy team) - do a taxicab routi
Host: Milton Berle / Adam West
Mar 5, 1966
Comedy: A comic book spoof with Milton Berle, Adam West, Henny Youngman, Martha Raye and Abdou Amin. Music: --Adam West (from ""Batman,"" making his TV singing debut) - sing
Host: Fred Astaire / Ethel Merman
Mar 12, 1966
Host: Fred Astaire --Fred Astaire - sings ""Fascinatin' Rhythm"" & ""Lady Be Good."" Astaire also dances to ""Bugle Call Rag."" --Ethel Merman - ""Some People"" --Fred Ast
Host: Robert Goulet / Nancy Sinatra
Mar 19, 1966
--Robert Goulet - ""Moment of Truth"" & ""Soliloguy"" --Nancy Sinatra - ""These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"" & ""As Tears Go By"" --Robert Goulet and Nancy Sinatra - Shoe med
Host: Bing Crosby
Mar 26, 1966
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""Bye, Bye, Blackbird,"" ""Red, Red Robin"" & ""The Men in My Little Girl's Life"" --Bing Crosby and Tammy Grimes - ""Typically English""
Host: Martha Raye / Chad and Jeremy
Apr 2, 1966
Host: Martha Raye --Martha Raye - ""Lover"" & ""Little Girl Blue"" --Chad and Jeremy - ""Distant Shores"" --Martha Raye, Chad and Jeremy - ""The Stately Homes of England""
Host: Gene Barry / The Mamas and the Papas
Apr 9, 1966
Host: Gene Barry --Gene Barry - ""A Real Live Girl,"" ""What Am I?"" and ""All I Need Now Is a Girl"" --The Mamas and the Papas - ""Monday, Monday"" --Wally Cox (comedian)
Hosts: Tony Martin & Cyd Charisse / Cesar Romero
Apr 16, 1966
Hosts: Tony Martin & Cyd Charisse (husband & wife) --Tony Martin (singer) - ""Singing in the Rain,"" ""I'll Only Miss Her,"" ""Who Can I Turn To?"" and ""A Lovely Way to Spend a
Host: Victor Borge / Jane Powell
Apr 23, 1966
Host: Victor Borge --Victor Borge - ""The Viennese Waltz"" and does a routine about phonetic punctuation. --Jane Powell (singer) - ""I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy"" & ""On
Host: Fred Astaire / Barrie Chase / Herb Alpert
Apr 30, 1966
Host: Fred Astaire --Fred Astaire - ""Steppin' Out with My Baby"" & ""I'm Puttin' All My Eggs in One Basket"" --Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase (do modern dance steps to a rock
Host: Judy Garland / Johnny Rivers
May 7, 1966
Host: Judy Garland --Judy Garland - ""What the World Needs Now Is Love"" & ""By Myself Alone"" --Judy Garland & Van Johnson - ""Mr. and Mrs. Clown"" --Van Johnson - ""Guys a
Host: Bing Crosby / Leslie Uggams
May 21, 1966
Guests: --Bing Crosby (host) - ""This Is One Of Those Songs"" --Leslie Uggams - ""What Did I Have?"" & ""Inka-Dinka-Doo"" --Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer - ""From Monday On