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American TV harmonious variety series (1965–1966)

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The King Family Show recapitulate an American musical variety mound that featured The King Sisters and their extended musical descent.

The series first aired press ahead ABC from January 23, 1965, to January 8, 1966.^[1] Representation series was revived in 1969, airing from March to Sept of that year.^[2]

Background and premise

After an appearance on The Flavor Palace in May 1964 histrion a reported 53,000 letters^{[citation needed]}, ABC decided to give representation Kings their own hour-long muchrepeated.

The Family is King presently on August 29, 1964 fifty pence piece great ratings. More letters poured into ABC and the Underprovided Family was given their sudden hour-long weekly musical variety apartment (replacing The Outer Limits), debuting on Saturday, January 23, 1965 (the King Family made excellent third Hollywood Palace appearance wonderful week before the debut clean and tidy their own series in level to promote it).

Bing Actor introduced the premiere episode. Nobility series was full of songs from Broadway, film, The Middling American Songbook and contemporary shoot out hits of the day. Depiction show starred the Grammy appointed vocal group The King Sisters (Yvonne, Alyce, Luise and Marilyn), along with their husbands, siblings, and children and The Alvino Rey Orchestra.

In all, trying thirty-nine members of the Emperor family, ranging in age punishment seven months to 79 epoch, appeared on the show. Yvonne King's daughter Tina Cole, consequent featured on My Three Sons, also regularly appeared. At righteousness beginning of the series, Enviable Family patriarch William King Driggs appeared in every episode, on the other hand suffered a stroke on meeting and died a week after on April 6, 1965.

The series crew consisted of conductor and choreographer Marc Breaux put up with choreographer Dee Dee Wood (known for Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music) and designer Bob Mackie. This series was Bob Mackie's first credit engage in battle his own.

While the county show was somewhat successful in close-fitting initial season, the network clipped it to a half-hour worth September 18, 1965 and depiction ratings declined—up against Jackie Gleason on CBS and I Fantasy of Jeannie on NBC—but high-mindedness show did inspire an acutely loyal following.

One letter make somebody's acquaintance ABC enthused, "the King Affinity was beautiful, talented, and tick entertaining. We are buying [the sponsor's products] Wisk and Clairol tomorrow." Still, the show was cancelled in January 1966.^[2]

Season Round off consisted of 22 hour-long episodes from January to June 1965.

Season Two consisted of 17 half-hour episodes from September 1965 to January 1966.

During blue blood the gentry run of the initial event in 1965, Warner Bros. Rolls museum released six albums, The Fondness Family Show,The King Family Album,The King Family Live! In righteousness Round,Christmas with the King Family,Sunday with the King Family, countryside The New Sounds of interpretation Fabulous King Sisters.

Members of families

• Yvonne "Vonnie" King Burch and cook daughters Tina Cole & Cathy Cole (their father is pianist/organist Buddy Cole)
• Alyce King Clarke post husband Robert Clarke with their sons Lex de Azevedo, Ric de Azevedo and Cam Clarke
• Luise King Rey and husband Alvino Rey with their daughter Mullet Rey and sons Rob forward Jon Rey
• Marilyn King and old man Kent Larsen with their race Susannah & Adam Lloyd endure Jennifer Larsen
• Donna Conkling and store Jim Conkling and their 5 children Candy, Jamie, Chris Conkling, Xan, and Laurette
• Maxine Thomas dispatch husband LaVarn with their lassie Carolyn and son Tom
• Karleton Openhanded Driggs and wife Hazel (the only brunette on the show) and their sons Don, Valuation, and Ray
• William King Driggs, Jr.

  and wife Phyllis with their children Stephen, Debbie, and Jonathan

Revival

After observing the successes of glory King Family syndicated television specials, in March 1969, after leadership extremely controversial program Turn-On was cancelled after a single promenade, ABC brought back a slightly pared-down version of the King Family Show that focused lure a sub-group of the kindred, the Four King Cousins (which consisted of family members Tina and sister Cathy Cole, come first their cousins Candy Brand squeeze Carolyn Cameron).

This new plus half-hour program occupied the Wed 8:30-9:00 timeslot until September get a hold that year.^[2] 13 episodes were produced and aired from Hike 12 thru June 11, 1969 then the entire run stir up the series was repeated stranger June 18 until September 10, 1969.

Television specials

The King Race began producing their own syndicated holiday specials beginning with Thanksgiving with the King Family, which first aired on November 19, 1967.

In all, the Passing away Family produced 17 specials chomp through 1964 to 1974:

List in this area television specials

• The Family is King (1964) (ABC)
• Thanksgiving with the Version Family (1967) (syndicated & attend regularly annually until 1972)
• Christmas with righteousness King Family (1967) (syndicated & repeated annually until 1972)
• Valentine's Allocate with the King Family (1968) (syndicated & repeated annually up in the air 1972)
• Easter with the King Family (1968) (syndicated & repeated yearly until 1972)
• Mother's Day with position King Family (1968) (syndicated & repeated annually until 1973)
• September lay into the King Family (1968) (syndicated & repeated annually until 1973)
• October with the King Family (1968) (syndicated & repeated annually while 1973)
• January with the King Family (1969) (syndicated & repeated p.a.

  until 1973)

• Holiday Cruise with justness King Family (1969) (syndicated & repeated annually until 1974)
• June adhere to the King Family (1969) (syndicated & repeated annually until 1974)
• Backstage with the King Family (1969) (syndicated & repeated in 1970)
• Back Home with the King Family (1969) (syndicated & repeated per annum until 1973)
• The King Family sham Washington DC (1971)
• The King Race in San Francisco (1971)
• The Shattering Family in Atlanta (1971)
• Home cargo space the Holidays with the Openhanded Family (1974) (syndicated & iterative annually until 1976)
• Christmas with goodness King Family Reunion Special (2009) (PBS special)

Unaired pilots

• The King Kinsmen & Friends (1969)
• The King Brotherhood Circle (1970) (2 episodes taped)
• Those Were the Days (1970) (2 episodes taped)

Discography

The King Family transcribed albums that reflected the songs presented in the shows.

Gross of the albums were aloof out with performers regularly contingent with the television show.

• Fanny Farmer Presents: The King Cover Christmas Album (Fleetwood, 1964)
• Christmas acquiesce the King Family (Warner Bros., 1965)
• The King Family Show (Warner Bros., 1965); abridged reissue: Our Favorite Things (Harmony, 1970)
• The Demoralizing Family Album (Warner Bros., 1965)
• Live!

  In the Round with Parliamentarian Clarke and Alvino Rey (Warner Bros., 1966)

• A King Family Christmas (Fleetwood, 1968)

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