Jeff Margolis

Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers.

Ringo Starr, bored and disillusioned with fame, meets a doppelgänger in Hollywood named Ognir Rrats who sells maps to the stars' homes and lives with an abusive, thieving father. Longing for a more average lifestyle, Ringo invites Ognir into the studio and suggests the two trade places for a few hours.

Mr. T, with the help of a host of friends and special guest performers, attempts to instill good values in children via a series of comedic and musical vignettes, taking place on the beach, at the park and on city streets.

Richard Pryor delivers monologues on race, sex, family and his favorite target—himself, live at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California.

A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.

Mother's Day special in which celebrities appear with their mothers to relate incidents from their pasts, inspired by the book "Star Mothers" by Georgia Holt, Cher's mom.

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

Leslie Nielsen hosts this comedy special featuring satirical sketches and a debate between G. Gordon Liddy and Moon Unit Zappa.

Dick Clark reviews popular music of the '50s and '60s.

It's the season for pure Christmas magic in the Canadian Rockies as Tony Bennett, 98 Degrees, and CeCe Winans join Amy Grant for a very special holiday program.

High-tech magician Rudy Coby aka (Labman) and his sidekick Atom serve up a strange brand of Magical science, as they cut off their limbs with a chain saw, shrink themselves, and fix their robot girl.

60 minute preview for NBC's Saturday morning cartoon line up presented as a mock awards show. Hosted by Ricky Schroder and Dwight Schultz.

The Beatrice Arthur Special was a prime time U.S. television special broadcast on CBS on January 19, 1980. The production centered around Bea Arthur, who was joined by guest stars Rock Hudson, Melba Moore and ventriloquist Wayland Flowers with his puppet Madame in a series of musical numbers and comedy sketches.

The composer-arranger-producer is honored in a tribute taped in 1997.

In this variety special, Olivia shares the evening with Andy Gibb, Elton John, Ted Knight, Gene Kelly and Toni Tennille. The special included songs from Grease and the Totally Hot album as well as some other artists' covers : the Eagles, Bob Seger, Elton John and Buddy Holly. Olivia also performed a parody of the jazz/blues classic Makin' Whoopee with Gene Kelly, changing the lyrics to Makin' Movies and dealing with Olivia's dream of producing a musical. The show was aired internationally and did very well in the ratings, as did her two previous US television specials on the same network. It is to be noted that Tina Turner's appearance on Olivia's special helped her sign a contract with then Olivia's manager Roger Davies, who ultimately helped her to go back into the spotlight.

Highlights from Oscar ceremonies between 1971 and 1991.

Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews join forces for their third TV Special. Following the format of their first two specials, Julie and Carol: Together Again is an entertaining hour of comedy, song, and dance, featuring clips from their first performances together, an extended medley of 70s and 80s hit songs and even riotous a rap number!

Comedy special starring Charlie Callas, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bobby Vinton, and many other young comedians.

President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton discuss life in the White House as they lead a tour of the residence. Also: the arrival of the Blue Room Christmas tree, and a Presidential message of thanks.

This televised Christmas special, filmed in Quebec, features the music of Perry Como and a number of guests.

Perry Como takes the Big Apple for Christmas.

In this Christmas special from England, Perry Como and guests perform holiday songs throughout the country.

"Presenting Susan Anton" is a variety hour that spotlights the music and comedy talents of Susan Anton and helped catapult the beautiful blonde bombshell into the limelight.

Contestants compete by lip syncing the words to popular songs, creating the illusion that they are the artist or group performing live.