The Hollywood Palace: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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
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Host: Bing Crosby / The Association
Sep 5, 1967
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""When We All Get Together"" --The Association - ""Never My Love"" --Ravi Shankar - ""Raga"" --Milton Berle, Jimmy Durante and Bing Cro
Host: Phyllis Diller / Fifth Dimension
Sep 12, 1967
--Phyllis Diller (host) --The 5th Dimension - ""Up - Up, and Away"" and ""California, My Way"" --Frankie Avalon - ""Sand and Sea"" --Annette Funicello - ""Promise Me Anythi
Host: Milton Berle / Lena Horne / Spanky & Our Gang
Sep 19, 1967
Host: Milton Berle --Spanky & Our Gang - ""Making Every Minute Count"" --Lena Horne --Neile Adams --David Hedison
Host: Sammy Davis Jr. / Diana Ross & Supremes
Sep 26, 1967
--Sammy Davis Jr. (host) - ""That Old Black Magic,"" ""After Today"" & ""At the Crossroads"" --Diana Ross and the Supremes - ""Reflections"" and ""The Lady Is A Tramp"" --Raqu
Host: Victor Borge / Adam West
Oct 3, 1967
Expo '67 Salute Host: Victor Borge --Adam West --Don Ho --Hendra & Ullett --Mircille Mathieu
Host: Milton Berle (All-Comedy Show)
Oct 10, 1967
All-Comedy Show --Milton Berle (host) --Kaye Ballard --Joe Besser --Irving Benson --Prof. Irwin Corey --The Bottoms Up (comedy troupe)
Host: Petula Clark / Lynn Redgrave
Oct 17, 1967
Guests (All-British performers): --Petula Clark (host) - ""This Is My Song,"" ""Don't Sleep in the Subway,"" ""Imagine"" & ""Just Say Good-Bye"" --Lynn Redgrave, Petula Clark
Host: Bing Crosby / Roger Miller
Oct 31, 1967
--Bing Crosby (host) --Bing Crosby and the United Nations Children's Choir - ""Small World"" --Bing Crosby and Roger Miller - Hobo medley --Roger Miller - ""You Can't Roller
Host: Sid Caesar / Marlo Thomas
Nov 7, 1967
--Sid Caesar (host) - plays an orchestra drummer during Tchaikovsky's ""1812 Overture."" Later in show, Sid sings ""A Real Live Girl."" --Marlo Thomas (actress) - narrates a fashio
Co-hosts: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
Nov 14, 1967
Co-hosts: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme --Steve and Eydie - ""I Believe in You"" and a medley of Broadway songs (""Without You I'm Nothing,"" ""Where Would You Be Without Me?""
Host: Milton Berle / Nanette Fabray
Nov 28, 1967
Host: Milton Berle --Milton Berle - ""Comedy Tonight"" --Nanette Fabray - ""Toot, Toot, Tootsie"" --Buddy Greco (singer-pianist) - ""Is It All That Bright and Beautiful?""
Host: Jimmy Durante / Ethel Merman / Grass Roots
Dec 5, 1967
Host: Jimmy Durante --The Grass Roots - ""Let's Live For Today"" --Jimmy Durante - ""Hellzapoppin'"" & ""Yesterday"" --Larry Bishop and Rob Reiner (comedy team, Joey Bisho
Host: Herb Alpert / Liza Minnelli / Boyce & Hart
Dec 12, 1967
Host: Herb Alpert --Boyce & Hart - medley (""I Wanna Be Free"" & ""Last Train To Clarksville"") and ""I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"" --Liza Minnelli --Burt Bacharach
Host: Bing Crosby (1967 Christmas Show) / Adam West
Dec 19, 1967
1967 Christmas Show hosted by Bing Crosby, with wife Kathryn Crosby, and their children Harry, Mary Frances and Nathaniel. --Bing Crosby - ""White Christmas"" --Kathryn Crosby
Host: Jimmy Durante / Anissa Jones
Dec 26, 1967
Palace Circus Show --Jimmy Durante (host, appearing as the ringmaster) - sings ""Be a Clown,"" ""Buffoons"" and ""When the Circus Leaves Town"" --Anissa Jones (of ""Family Af
Host: Phyllis Diller / Robert Vaughn / Johnnie Ray
Jan 2, 1968
Host: Phyllis Diller --Phyllis Diller - ""Wives and Lovers"" --Phyllis Diller and Shari Lewis - ""It Was a Very Good Year"" & ""When I'm 64"" --Robert Vaughn (from ""The Ma
Host: Bing Crosby / Peggy Lee
Jan 13, 1968
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby - ""Step to the Rear"" (with dancers) --Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee - medley (including ""The Doodling Song"") --Peggy Lee - ""Seems Like Old
Host: Jack Benny / Liza Minnelli
Jan 20, 1968
--Jack Benny (host) --Liza Minnelli --Sammy Davis Jr. - dances to ""You Got Trouble,"" a recording by Robert Preston --Peter and Chris Allen (Australian folk singers) --Bev
Host: Phil Silvers / James Brown Revue
Feb 3, 1968
Host: Phil Silvers --The James Brown Revue - ""I Feel Good,"" ""I Can't Stand It,"" If I Ruled the World,"" ""Cold Sweat"" & ""There Was a Time"" --Connie Stevens - ""Wouldn't
Host: Victor Borge / Dino Desi & Billy
Feb 10, 1968
Host: Victor Borge --Dino, Desi & Billy - ""My What A Shame"" --Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows - do a comedy routine in which they answer questions from the studio audience
Host: Jimmy Durante / The Temptations
Feb 17, 1968
Guests: --Jimmy Durante (host) - ""The Parade"" --The Temptations --Van Johnson - ""Everybody Ought to Have a Maid"" --Jimmy Dean - ""This Old House"" --Vikki Carr -
Host: Milton Berle / Louis Armstrong
Feb 24, 1968
Host: Milton Berle --Louis Armstrong - ""Willkommen"" & ""No Time Is a Good Good-bye Time"" --Phyllis Diller (comedian) --The Lettermen (vocal group) - medley of hits --El
Host: Sammy Davis Jr. / Peter Lawford / Diahann Carroll
Mar 2, 1968
Host: Sammy Davis Jr. --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Tonight,"" ""Once in a Lifetime,"" As Long As She Needs Me,"" ""It Only Takes a Moment,"" ""Let's Keep Swinging"" & ""Sam, by George"
Host: Don Knotts / Merry Go Round
Mar 16, 1968
--The Merry Go Round - ""Live"" (excerpt), ""You're A Very Lovely Woman"" (excerpt) and ""Listen, Listen"" (complete song). --Don Knotts (host) talks with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Host: Phil Harris / The Hollies
Mar 23, 1968
--The Hollies - ""Jennifer Eccles"" --Phil Harris - ""The Bare Necessities"" and ""But I Loved You"" --Abbe Lane (singer) - ""Abanda,"" ""Samba de Orpherus"" and ""It Must Be H
Host: Jimmy Durante / Liza Minnelli
Mar 30, 1968
Jimmy Durante (host) - ""The Lost Chord"" --Liza Minnelli --Tim Conway (comedian) - plays an Olympic coach whose team is losing. --Jerry Shane --Fred and Mickie Finn (hon
Host: Don Adams / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
Apr 6, 1968
Host: Don Adams --Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - ""You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"" --Nancy Sinatra - ""100 Years"" --Kaye Ballard (comedian) - ""Fabulous You"" --Jo
Host: Bing Crosby / Every Mother's Son
Apr 20, 1968
Host: Bing Crosby --Bing Crosby sings ""Simon Says"" to children of the production crew. --Gene Baylos (comedian) - stand up routine with Bing Crosby --The King Sisters (si