Petula Clark on a horse singing with Dean Martin—1970 TV was unhinged.
In a staggering example of lacking imagination, Petula Clark's third US TV Special was given the exact same name as her first. Unbelievably, a third special also had that exact same title a few years later! Guests: Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, the Everly Brothers, David Frost. Songs: Beautiful Sounds, duet w/ Peggy Lee (I'm A Woman/Wedding Bell Blues), Games People Play (w/ The Everly Brothers), duet medley w/ Dean Martin on a horse (Hey Good Lookin'/Detour/Things/I Walk The Line/Just A Little Lovin'), medley (Come Together/Great Come And Get It Day), When Johnny Comes Marching Home (w/ Lee), Fool On The Hill.
Acting
Dean Martin's barely-trying charisma is its own art form.
Production
That horse. Someone approved a horse.
Director
Dwight Hemion
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Three separate Petula Clark specials bore this exact title, suggesting NBC's title department had given up entirely by 1970.
This aired months before The Beatles broke up, capturing variety television's last gasp before rock-dominated programming took over.
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