The Hollywood Palace: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
Host: Bing Crosby / The Mamas & the Papas
Sep 17, 1966
Host: Bing Crosby --The Mamas & the Papas - ""Dancing Bear"" & ""Dancing in the Street"" --Bing Crosby - ""Strike Up the Band"" (with dancers) --George Burns - ""Pack Up You
Host: Phil Silvers / Lovin' Spoonful
Sep 24, 1966
Host: Phil Silvers --Mr. and Mrs. Bob Top (roller skating couple) - perform stunts atop a 60-foot-high platform outside the theater --Polly Bergen - sings ""It's Today"" & ""
Host: Elizabeth Montgomery
Oct 1, 1966
Host: Elizabeth Montgomery --Elizabeth Montgomery - ""Bewitched"" theme. --Elizabeth Montgomery and Vic Damone - ""Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered"" duet --Vic Damone (si
Host: Adam West / Ray Charles
Oct 8, 1966
Host: Adam West --Adam West (from ""Batman"") - sings ""The Orange Colored Sky"" & ""The Summer Wind"" --Ray Charles with the Raelettes - ""Crying Time,"" ""Tell the World Abou
Host: Phillis Diller / Herman's Hermits
Oct 22, 1966
Host: Phyllis Diller --Herman's Hermits - ""Listen People"" & ""Dandy"" --Bob Newhart (comedian) - does a monologue about a policeman talking to a man who's threatening to co
Host: Herb Alpert / The Supremes
Oct 29, 1966
--Herb Alpert (host) and the Tijuana Brass - ""Tijuana Taxi"" --Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - ""Mame,"" medley of hits and ""Zorba the Greek"" --The Supremes - ""You Ke
Host: Dale Robertson / The Stoneman Family
Nov 5, 1966
Host: Dale Robertson --Dale Robertson (from the ""Iron Horse"" TV series) - ""Gotta Travel On"" & ""I've Been Working on the Railroad"" --Barrie Chase (dancer-singer) - ""Poss
Host: Phil Harris
Nov 12, 1966
--Phil Harris (guest host, singer) --The Flying Artons with David Nelson (trapeze act) --Szony and Claire (dance team) --George Jessel (comedian / actor) --Elizabeth and Co
Host: Vince Edwards / The Standells
Nov 19, 1966
Host: Vince Edwards (from ""Ben Casey"") --Opening number: Vince Edwards sings while women in ""mod"" clothing dance around him. --Rowan & Martin appear with Vince during the op
Host: Bing Crosby / Dorothy Lamour
Nov 26, 1966
Guests: --Bing Crosby (host) - ""Mame"" & ""Sunrise, Sunset"" --Vikki Carr - ""Bye, Bye, Blackbird"" & ""Cuando Caliente El Sol"" --Bill Dana (comedian) - appears in a sketch
Host: Victor Borge / Petula Clark
Dec 3, 1966
Host: Victor Borge --Petula Clark - ""Strangers In The Night"" & ""Without A Song"" --Allen & Rossi (comedy team) - routine about a Japanese baseball star --Steve Rossi - ""T
Host: Jimmy Durante / The Turtles
Dec 10, 1966
--Jimmy Durante (host) - ""One of Those Songs"" & ""A One-Room Home"" --The Turtles - ""Can I Get To Know You Better"" --George Carlin (comedian) - spoofs rock 'n' roll DJs
Host: Eddie Fisher
Dec 17, 1966
--Eddie Fisher - ""Games that Lovers Play"" and ""Mame"" --Eddie Fisher and the Young Americans - ""Hava Nagila"" --The Young Americans - ""Climp Every Mountain"" and ""Gonna B
Host: Bing Crosby & family (1966 Christmas Show)
Dec 24, 1966
1966 Christmas Show hosted by Bing and Kathryn Crosby, with their children Harry, Mary Francis and Nathaniel. --Bing Crosby - ""Happy Holliday,"" ""Christmas Waltz"" and ""White C
Host: Bing Crosby / The Mills Brothers
Dec 31, 1966
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""Auld Lang Syne"" & ""Cabaret"" --Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers - ""Paper Doll"" --The Mills Brothers - ""Don't Blame Me"" --Doro
Host: Ray Bolger / Paul Revere & the Raiders
Jan 7, 1967
Host: Ray Bolger --Paul Revere and the Raiders - ""Great Airplane Strike of 1966"" --Ray Bolger - ""There Are Smiles"" & ""The Old Soft Shoe"" --Ray Bolger & the King Family
Host: Bing Crosby / Edie Adams
Jan 14, 1967
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""Put On a Happy Face"" & ""This Is a Great Country"" --Jimmy Durante - ""Nobody Wants My Money"" & ""Eagle Rock"" --Tim Conway (comedian)
Host: Donald O'Connor / Don Ho
Jan 21, 1967
Host: Donald O'Connor --Donald O'Connor - ""Walking Happy"" --Sid Caesar (comedian) --Shari Lewis (singer-ventriloquist) and Lambchop - sings ""Fred Astaire"" --Don Ho
Host: Jack Benny / Petula Clark / Johnny Mathis
Feb 4, 1967
Host: Jack Benny --Jack Benny appears with Gloria Chappell, his musical teacher, for a violin duet. --Petula Clark - ""Winchester Cathedral"" & ""This Is My Song"" --Johnny
Host: Sammy Davis Jr.
Feb 11, 1967
Host: Sammy Davis Jr. --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Shake, Shake, Shake,"" ""The Lady Is a Tramp,"" ""What Kind of Fool am I?"" and ""The Birth of the Blues"" --Liberace - ""Malaguena"
Host: Bing Crosby / Ella Fitzgerald
Feb 18, 1967
--Bing Crosby (host) - ""The Good Old Days"" --Ella Fitzgerald - ""Jazz Samba"" and ""How Long Has This Been Going On?"" --Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzerald - ""jazz up"" children
Host: Van Johnson / Liza Minnelli / Mickey Rooney
Feb 25, 1967
--Van Johnson (host) - ""Wilkommen"" --Liza Minnelli - ""Cabaret"" & ""I Will Wait for You"" --Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney and Van Johnson - ""Let's Make A Movie"" --Micke
Host: Steve Lawrence
Mar 4, 1967
--Steve Lawrence (host) - ""She Loves Me,"" ""On a Clear Day"" and ""The Impossible Dream"" --Florence Henderson - ""My Love"" --Steve Lawrence and Florence Henderson - ""Wou
Host: Kate Smith / New Vaudeville Band
Mar 11, 1967
--Kate Smith (host) - ""Somewhere My Love,"" ""Deep Purple,"" ""Don't Take Your Love From Me"" & ""Seems Like Old Times"" --New Vaudeville Band - ""Peek-A-Boo"" & ""Winchester Cat
Host: George Burns / The King Family
Mar 18, 1967
Host: George Burns --George Burns - ""A Well-Known Fact"" --George Burns - sings ""It Was a Very Good Year"" while talking about his early vaudeville career. --Lainie Kazan
Host: Bing Crosby / Louis Armstrong
Apr 1, 1967
--Bing Crosby - ""This Is The Life"" --Bing Crosby with the The Good Time Washboard Three - ""Oh! By Jingo! Oh! By Gee!"" --Nanette Fabray - ""I'm The First Girl In The Secon
Hosts: Cyd Charisse & Tony Martin / Buffalo Springfield
Apr 8, 1967
Guests: --Cyd Charisse & Tony Martin (co-hosts) - ""Walking Happy"" --Danny Sailor (Canadian lumberjack - high-pole acrobat) - balances on top of 80 foot pole outside of thea
Host: Milton Berle
Apr 15, 1967
Music: --Milton Berle (host) - ""That's Entertainment"" --Roy Rogers & Dale Evans - ""What the World Needs Now,"" ""Love Makes the World Go Round,"" ""True Love"" and ""That's
Host: Joan Crawford / The Cyrkle
Apr 22, 1967
--Joan Crawford (host) - performs a dramatic scene titled ""The Dreamer"" about an imaginative little girl. --The Cyrkle - ""Turn Down Day"" (and possibly ""Five-Foot-Two"") --
Host: Gene Barry
May 6, 1967
--Gene Barry (host) - sings ""Charm, Style and ""Sex"" and ""Sunrise, Sunset"" Gene Barry also does a dramatic reading about a father's farewell to his soldier son. --Theodore Bik
Host: Bing Crosby / Don Ameche
May 13, 1967
Guests: --Bing Crosby (host) - ""Cockeyed Optimist"" --Don Ameche --Frances Langford - ""Call Me"" --Louis Nye (comedian) --Barbara McNair - ""You're Gonna Hear From Me