AMERICAN TELEVISION APPEARANCES







Compiled by Jim Pierson. Updated by Laurie Parsons Zenobio





THE SEVENTIES

1970

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
(NBC)

1/8/70

Guests: Petula, Peter Graves, Gale Gordon.
Don't Sleep In The Subway, You And I, Sunshine medley with Martin

BE MY GUEST


MISS CLARK IS DELIGHTED TO ATTEND
Enough is enough? No. Fly home to Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 15: collapse in heap. Then: fly to London to rehearse for BBC special Oct. 12-18: tape show Oct. 19: Give concert at London's Albert Hall Oct. 29. Fly to New York for Ed Sullivan Show rehearsals Oct. 31; appear on the show Nov. 2. At that point, she turned her energy on all the way and pulled away from our roving reporter, who was too fagged out to notice in which direction she was heading.
The guest star shortage may be the despair ot bookers and producers of variety and talk shows, but it's great business for the right kind of guest. The "right" kind of guest is one who like singer Petula Clark-not only can stand up to the grind but welcomes the opportunity to appear everywhere. Miss Clark's most recent guest-and- go schedule was something like this . Aug. 27: close night-club act in Lake Tahoe, arrive Los Angeles Aug. 30. Start rehearsing Herb Alpert special (above right) Sept. 1: tape special Sept. 2. Rehearse Andy Williams Show (right) Sept. 3-5. Final taping with Andy: Sept 5--late. Sept. 6-8: catch breath Sept. 9-13: rehearse Dean Martin Show (left). Also on Sept. 9 and 11: two 8 P M to midnight recording sessions. Sept 13: final taping with Dean.


TV GUIDE NOVEMBER 15, 1969

KRAFT MUSIC HALL PRESENTS PETULA CLARK
(NBC)

2/18/70

Petula hosts. Guests: Anthony Newley, Lou Rawls.
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, Three O'Clock In The Morning (with Lou Rawls), (Look At That Face/What Kind Of Fool Am I), duet with Anthony Newley, medley with Newley and Rawls (Mood Indigo/God Bless The Child/Kansas City), Natural Woman, Yesterday, A Sign Of The Times




Kraft Music Hall Presents Petula Clark
(Airdate: February 18, 1970)

      Anyone who could fail to like Petula Clark is a crab. As hostess and star of the Kraft Music Hall, she had the presence to overcome some ineptly chosen material, and to shine when the material was right.
      The hour was well-structured, wisely limiting itself to just three performers (Anthony Newley and Lou Rawls were her guess), each of whom had a solo stand, plus a bit with the others. What was disappointing was the fact that the program was better conceived than executed.
      Petula's opening and closing songs - "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" and "It's a Sign of the Times" - formed stunning parentheses around material that did not make the best use of her talents. Although she projects well, she is not a blues shouter or soul singer, and her version of "Natural Woman," however professional, was pointless.









REVIEW - Unknown Source
      Same time, different station, another distaff dynamo was also delivering superior entertainment. That was Petula Clark, doing a one-woman, six-man show on NBC's Kraft Music Hall, with an "old friend," Anthony Newley, a "new friend," Lou Rawls; and - for a wacky opening - a cavorting quartet of long-handled brush-wielding janitors.
      The hour consisted mostly of songs, solo, duo and trio, including a collection of Newley-minted tunes and a batch of the blues. All three vocalists were in good voice, British, Cockney and American accented.
      Pert Petula and "enormous ego"-confessing Tony reminisced about joint rock -n- roll rendering days and teamed amusingly in an on- and off-stage "love birds" Music Hall sketch more than a little reminiscent of Noel Coward's "Red Peppers."
      Miss Clark climaxed the pleasant proceedings with some solo concertizing that impressively demonstrated why Pet's a pop music pet.


THE DICK CAVETT SHOW
(ABC)

7/2/70

Talk show. Interview. Guests: Petula, Truman Capote.

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS SHOW
(ABC)

7/22/70

Beautiful Sounds, Elusive Butterfly

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
(NBC)

9/17/70

Guests: Petula, Orson Wells, Joey Bishop, Kaye Medford. Laurie Ichino.
Call Me (with celebrity cameos), Happiness medley (with Martin), singers spoof (with Martin and guests)

PETULA
(ABC)

12/9/70

Petula's third American Special.
Guests: Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, the Everly Brothers, David Frost.
Beautiful Sounds, duet with Peggy Lee (I'm A Woman/Wedding Bell Blues), Games People Play (with The Everly Brothers), duet medley with 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 (with Lee), Fool On The Hill


Beautiful Sounds

PETULA







December 10, 1970
      Petula Clark, if you like formality; Pet, if you care for the opposite, is a lovely talent. She is gracious, delightful, thoughtful, never pushy, always enjoyable and seen too few times during the course of a TV season. ABC remedied the last fact with an all too brief hour Wednesday evening with Petula, a simple title for a simply wonderful time. The hour, produced by Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion, passed all too quickly. Marvelously directed by Hemion, Petula featured another rare talent, Peggy Lee. The two teamed for "I'm a Woman," "Wedding Bell Blues" and an extremely moving "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," performed as the two women stood dressed in pure white, rooted in mist and behind barbed wire. Hemion's camera set-ups, bleeds and fluidity of shot selection were at its peak at this point. It must have been one of those moments every discerning director waits for; the correct time and setting, three perfectionist cameramen on the floor (uncredited), and two performers of such excellence.
       To make sure the hour remained relaxed there was Dean Martin singing "I Don't Know Why," accompanied on piano by the lovely host in a segment a la Martin's pianist Yarn Lane. From there the two of them mounted a horse helped along by some good gags by writers Herb Sargent and Bob Ellison and what appeared to be some extemporaneous lines from the master of relaxation.
       A David Frost bit with Miss Clark on ecology was fun but a bit static, and the Everly Brothers trioed with Miss Clark on "Games People Play" and did a dragging "Let It Be Me."
       It was most certainly a ladies' hour, though. Miss Clark performed a colorful production number of "Come Together" with choreography by Paddy Stone Her closer was a solo of "Fool on the Hill."
       Watching Peggy Lee lying propped up in a brass bed, rain dropping from the windows and a man sleeping silently beside her as she sings "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" is nothing short of truly beautiful. One doesn't even dare breathe loudly or even sigh. When professionalism like hers is put to use like this it is a joy. Miss Lee is a prime target for a high ranking special of her own.
       Art director Bill McPherson's settings are colorful, mod and mad as in the case of Miss Clark's "Fool on the Hill" number with stylized passageways and a spinning backdrop. This last was too much, coming into competition with the performer instead of adding to the number itself. Fortunately the simplicity of the barbed wire and mist for "Johnny" and the warmth and realism of Miss Lee's solo offset this.
       Jack Parnell and his orchestra well handled the musical numbers with the Les Sammes Singers backing. Les Cocks was associate producer.












December 16, 1970
       The old Jimmie Lunceford specialty, "Tain't What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It" applies perfectly to the classy Petula special hour, packaged by Sir Lew Grade's ATV-ITC, combined as both a special and a series pilot for international singing star Petula Clark. It succeeded admirably on both scores, easily topping ABC's all-special night.
       The London-based production (with only Dean Martin segments shot in Burbank) was a set designer's delight from the opening minute, when the star entered to the strains of "Beautiful Sounds," the only ordinary stanza on the full hour - which the eye-catching set salvaged to a degree. Miss Clark thereupon kicked off her shoes during an appealing monologue and was off to the races. Musically, she was doing everybody else's material but her own, a showmanly concept that worked very well - especially with Peggy Lee, her first guest. Duo was great on Miss Lee's "I'm a Woman" interspersed with "Wedding Bell Blues" for fine uptempo start. Later, the pair contributed a mid-show "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" duet whose striking set, musicality and emotional impact was the hour's high-point, among many.
       Miss Clark's lead-in to the Peggy Lee segment was cannily planned; the same applied to her Everly Brothers intro, which began with her solo on "Games People Play," joined en route by the crooners, who followed with an effective reading of "Let It Be Me." Later on, Dean Martin (with Miss Clark at the piano a la Ken Lane) did a most effective reading of the standard "I Don't Know Why" before joining her (would you believe on horseback?) for a medley of good country and western tunes. Martin's troubles getting on that nag made for a funny, spontaneous piece of horseplay. Otherwise, comedy was entrusted to David Frost, who did Romeo and Juliet (as told to David Frost) with the star, and a tongue-in-cheek ecology lecture with quick comedy flashes from Miss Clark. The singer revealed a good flair for comedy, presumably as part of the showcasing of her versatility, which was obviously part of the overall game plan.




Long Island Press

Pet's TV Special Rates the Label
by Hank McCann
      Petula is the title for the show, but it is more than just the Clark girl from Epsom, England. Pet has some super guests along with her, but you can see them on their own shows and can most other variety hours.
      The good part about this outing is the production and expert utilization of the people involved. These include Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, David Frost and the Everly Brothers. The props and scenery, lights, camera work - all the little touches bear the stamp of the professional. Quite naturally, the hour revolves around Pet, who is one of the most programmed international songstresses. She performs with Peggy Lee for openers and goes on to song and comedy with Dean, David and the Everly boys. Watch for Peggy and Pet doing "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" as an antiwar song sung by two eternal waiting women.
      One of the funniest routines of the TV season, and perhaps an all time scream, is Pet and Dino singing from the bare back of a horse.
      This is Pet's third U.S. special and she's never done a series here, but she has a carload of credits from BBC and European television. She had a series on BBC and a special of hers won the British equivalent of the Emmy.
      Her fame as a singer and recording artist reaches around the world. Her introduction, of course, was the record of "Downtown," a true goodie. Pet made two big films here, Finian's Rainbow and Goodbye Mr. Chips. Surprisingly, .she has made more than 25 films in England.
      Pet had the courage to have the nation's TV press corps in for a visit to preview the upcoming special. The hardheads and soft sat around in a special room at Caesar's Palace in Vegas and watched the show. Why all of this, Pet?
      "I still feel that people in the U.S. don't know me," she said. "My husband, who is also my manager, has listened to many performing offers...lV series, concert tours and club engagements.
      "In all of this, we still get the idea that the great mass of people aren't too familiar with me. We therefore decided to go all the way with this special and then sit back and make a decision on future direction when all the reaction is available."
      Pet agrees that she likes a live audience most of all, but admits that television is the quickest way to reach the most people and touch every area.
      The most attractive young lady speaks in the smallest of voices as she discusses her work. She lights up when she mentions her two daughters.
      Onstage or performing anywhere, Miss Clark is a contradiction. She belts out a song in a booming voice and glides to the ballad with the smoothest of sound. She is a most engaging performer.
      After her special airs, pet of yours, too.



Arizona Republic

Petula in Delightful Variety Hour
by Phil Strassberg
      Tune in tonight at eight for a delightful musical variety hour with Petula. A special it is.
      Assisting in the scintillating 60 minutes are the greatest swinger of them all, Dean Martin; one of the greatest singers, Peggy Lee; and that great verbal stinger, David Frost. Petula fairly jumps out of the tube into the viewer's presence.
      It is an interesting example of a good performer, Petula Clark, becoming a great star because of extensive care in enhancing production values, special emphasis on script, songs and the best possible camera angles.
      I would not be at all surprised if, as the rumors persist, this pilot becomes the launching pad for a weekly Petula Clark show next fall.
     There are too few female performers of an un-comedic bent around with star-power enough to sustain in the TV medium. Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball essentially are clowning comediennes. Marlo Thomas, after a successful five-year run in That Girl, is clever enough not to push her luck and she will quit after this season.
      Doris Day and Diahann Carroll, originally singers, head up shows which are situation comedies, occasionally dramatic. But no femme singer is around to head up a variety series. So the market is ripe for a super song and variety format with a frail out front. That frail ought to be Miss Clark.
      She brings much meaning to lyrics, as she does tonight in the intriguing production opener, "Beautiful Sounds." She wrote the lyrics herself. Psychedelic swirls of light and color bathe it in added beauty.
      Following on the heels of it is Peggy Lee, who dazzles, especially in a somber, poignant antiwar duet, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Their vocal sparks on this one are chilling.
      David Frost's monologue on ecology, with Pet demonstrating pollution's ills, is a highlight of his appearance. Writers Herb Sargent and Bob Ellison wrote some smart lines here as well as in the sequence where he gets cagey being interviewed by Miss Clark.
      Of course, Dean Martin is irascible and lovable as ever as he and Pet duet atop a horse. Petula's big production number, "Come Together," is another dazzler with the Paddy Stone Dancers and the Mike Sammes Singers adding zest to it.
      The one detracting feature of the program is the Everly Brothers, whose "Let It Be Me" rendition is lackluster.
     Petula looks like a name which may very well be a household one for TV watchers next season.

Phoenix Gazette

Petula Winning in Her Special
by Larry Rummel
      It's no secret that the ABC special with Petula Clark which aired last night was really a pilot for a proposed series. If the special is any indication, the idea is a sound one.
      For some reason or another, television has never taken kindly to having a variety series hosted by a lady. It seems to follow the thinking that it is all right to have a lady as a guest, but you wouldn't want one hosting the show.
      Miss Clark should dispel such an attitude. She seemed perfectly at home in her role as host last evening. And even though she had some very talented people on the program as guests, there was never any doubt that Petula was as talented as anyone.
      She did a marvelous duet with Peggy Lee, easily showed that she could do comedy in a biting ecology sequence with David Frost, and participated in some good-natured nonsense with Dean Martin.
      Everything considered, it was an agreeable special, spotlighting the charming presence of one of the major talents in show business. This writer, for one, would welcome a regular series with Petula Clark.
     


1971

THE ANDY WILLIAM SHOW
(NBC)

1/2/71

Duet with Williams (Our House, Home On The Range), Goin' Out Of My Head, Happy Heart, I Believe In Music (with Williams and cast.)
Repeated 5/8/71

THIS IS TOM JONES
(ABC)

1/15/71

Petula is sole guest in a themed show about relationships.
Watch What Happens, I Think I Love You (duet with Jones), You And I, The Song Of My Life, Why Can't I Cry, My Funny Valentine, This Guy's In Love With You, Our Love Is Here To Stay(latter two with Jones)

THE BOB HOPE SPECIAL
(NBC)

2/15/71

The Song Of My Life, Tea For Two (with Hope)

Tea for Two



THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
(NBC)

3/11/71

Guests: Petula, Eubie Blake, Orson Welles, Leonard Barr
The Song Is Love, Love song medley (with Martin)



The Philadelphia Inquirer
TV Week

March 7, 1971
Astraddle with Dean Martin (above) or safe in song (below) Petula Clark sparkles. She'll be the special singing guest on the Dean Martin Show Thursday 10 PM.

They're Just Horsing Around

     PETULA and Dean Martin get together again when the popular British songstress makes a guest appearance on Dean's show, Thursday 10 P.M. When Dean was Pet's guest on her first special for American television last December, they straddled a horse together. On Thursday's show she'll sing "The Song is Love" and will join Dean in a medley of love songs and in a comedy sketch-- but there'll be no horsing around.
      The youngish looking (she's 37) rock 'n roll singer was fairly unknown in the United States until her upbeat recording of "Downtown" hit the jukeboxes. From that time on, it was strictly uptown for Petula.
      Born in England, Petula was a major child movie star before she was 12. She was called "the Shirley Temple of England." a pert 5 feet, 100 pounds soaking wet, Pet packs a wallop into her songs.

ROYAL GALA
(NBC)

4/7/71

Charity event in aid of World Wildlife Fund, Royal Family in attendance. Recorded 19/11/71.
Guests: Petula, Glen Campbell, Rex Harrison, Bob Hope, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, George Kirby, Millicent Martin, Rudolph Nureyev, Antoinette Sibley.







with Glen Campbell

Greeting Queen Elizabeth

THE 43RD ACADEMY AWARDS
(NBCC)

4/15/71

For All We Know, Thank You Very Much (with Ricardo Montalban, Burt Lancaster, Sally Kellerman)

VHS

Thank You Very Much


THE VAL DOONICAN SHOW
(ABC)

6/5/71

I Don't Know How To Love Him, Melodie d'Amour (latter with Doonican)

THE DEAN MARTIN COMEDY HOUR
(NBC)

9/16/71

Guests: Petula, Art Carney, Liberace, Johnny Carson
For Once In My Life, We've Only Just Begun, Dream medley (with Martin), disc jockey routine (with Martin and guests)

THE GLEN CAMPBELL SHOW
(NBC)

11/16/71

Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In (with Campbell), Beautiful, Burt Bacharach/Hal David medley with Campbell (Do You Know The Way To San Jose/Alfie/This Guy's In Love With You/The Look Of Love/I'll Never Fall In Love Again/What The World Needs Now Is Love), English medley w/ Campbell and Arte Johnson (Downtown/Call Me/My Love/Who Can I Turn To/Can't Buy Me Love/Eleanor Rigby/Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da)

THE FLIP WILSON SHOW
(NBC)

12/16/71

Emmy winning show. Guests: Petula, Roy Clark, Redd Foxx.
I Don't Know How To Love Him, I Know What Love Is About, Let's Do It (latter with Wilson, Clark, & Foxx)

Petula and a "very nice ice cream man."

LAUGH-IN
(NBC)

12/20/71

Non-singing cameo

THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW
(CBS)

1971

1972

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
(CBS)

1/13/72

(NBC) Guests: Petula, Billy Baxter, Jeannine Burnier
Put a Little Love in Your Heart/When You're Smiling Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (medley with Dean.) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head/For the Good Times/Joy to the World (medley with Dean.)

THE DAVID FROST SHOW
(Syndicated)

1/27/72

Sole guest.
Downtown (in English & French) ~ Don't Sleep in the Subway ~ You and I ~ Goin' Out of My Head ~ Penny Lane (incorporating Eleanor Rigby/All You Need is Love) ~ I Don't Know How to Love Him ~ Brief versions of Mighty Lak a Rose/G.I. Jive/The Little Shoemaker/With All My Heart

David Frost Show

1972





THE BOB HOPE SPECIAL
(NBC)

2/17/72

Guests: Petula, Sammy Davis Jr., Carol Lawrence, Juliet Prowse.
Penny Lane/Eleanor Rigby/All You Need is Love

THE TONIGHT SHOW
Starring Johnny Carson (NBC)

5/8/72

Petula performed My Guy

HERE'S LUCY
(CBS)

10/30/72

Guest stars: Petula & Claude.
People Get Ready ~ Goin' Out of My Head (with Lucille Ball)















Petula Clark's
next goal--
have a son



By NANCY ANDERSON
Copley News Service



HOLLYWOOD--An official biography of Petula Clark distributed by her publicist of that moment a few years ago cited as her greatest ambition: "To have a son."
      In September Petula may realize her dream, because that's when she and her husband-manager, Claude Wolff, are expecting their third child.
      The baby's citizenship will be French, because Wolff is a Frenchmen; the birthplace will be Geneva, because Pet and Claude now live there; and the sex, Pet hopes, will be male.
      "If it's a boy," she said, "we may close up shop after this one. If not. . .
      "To your question, do I think the baby will be a boy, I say, 'I won't even think about it.'
      "But, of course, we'd love a girl too. We're very thrilled about having another baby; though it's throwing my career into confusion."
      Petula (called Pet since, as an adorable moppet in wartime Britain, she became a movie, radio and recording star) was doing a guest spot on "The Lucy Show" when I ran into her at Universal Studios while at the same time, her husband was making his acting debut playing, of all things, Petula Clark's husband.
      Wolff, a publicist before he took charge of his wife's career, wasn't taking to acting like a duck takes to water.
      Miss Ball, a formidable talent, is also a formidable star who, on her own set, is a director without portfolio. From her own great sense of comedy timing and consummate knowledge of her business, she was giving Wolff emphatic directions as to how he should come through a door and deliver his lines. A lesser man might have been terrified. He, however, was merely discouraged.
      "I don't like acting," he told his wife as we left the sound stage for lunch. "I don't think I want to do it again."
      Pet smiled understandingly, because she's not wild about acting herself, despite her starring roles in Finian's Rainbow" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips." Singing is more her bag. As a recording artist she has sold more records worldwide than any other female singer.
      The Wolff's daughters are Barbara Michele, 10, and Catherine Natalie, 9, called Bara and Katie respectively.
      When Bara was born, Pet experienced what she calls "a moment of madness or a moment of truth" so terrifying that it changed her life and might have prevented her form further child bearing. However, to the contrary, it encouraged her to bear another child as quickly as possible to erase, hopefully, the trauma induced by her first labor.
      "I was supposed to have my first baby by the natural method, without
drugs or anesthetics," Petula said. "But, after I'd been in labor for 16 hours, I as too exhausted to go on, so I was given gas.
      "I had something like `a bad trip'. It was horrifying! Perfectly awful. And its memory still affects me.
      "I'd joined the Anglo-Catholic Church when I was 24 after giving it much thought. I was very serious about my religion, and it was a great help to me. "But, while I was under the influence of gas - I don't know whether it was for seconds or hours - I had a horrible vision. A voice kept saying to me, `There's no such thing as God. There's no such thing as love. It's all a trick.'
      When I came to. my doctor, a sweet woman, was smiling at me, and I was terrified. I thought her smile was a deception. That's how my vision had affected me.
      or a time after that, every show of affection was suspicious so far as I was concerned.
      "I loved my baby, but I even wondered whether mother love was real. I thought perhaps I'd been conditioned to feel an emotion which didn't exist.
      "I was miserably unhappy, and everyone around me was too."
      As a result of her descent into terror, Petula drew back from her church and has never regained full confidence in its teachings. She has studied a number of religions, but none has comforted her in the way the Anglican communion once did.
      On the other hand, she's no longer suspicious of every loving gesture.
      "I had another baby right away," she continued, "because I wanted very much to have a child naturally. I had no drugs when Katie was born, and it was a marvelous experience."
      After finishing her role in "The Lucy Show," Petula will retire except for recording until after the birth of her third child.
      She, her husband and daughters will spend much of the intervening time in a summer home they're building on a small island just off Corsica.
      "Paul Anka told me I was pregnant this time before I know it myself,'' Petula said. "He was in France working with me in a televised tribute to Maurice Chevalier and, after telling me that I looked wonderful, said, `You're expecting a baby.'
      "I told him that, if I were, I didn't know it.
      "Later, when I was obviously pregnant, I saw Paul at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
      "He said, `I told you that you were expecting a baby. Now I'll tell you it's going to be a boy!'

1973

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
(NBC)

1/25/73

Guests: Petula, Joey Bishop, Dom Deluise, Nipsey Russell.
Exactly Like You (with Martin) ~ Baby I'm Yours ~ Togetherness medley ~ Annie Get Your Gun routine (with Martin)
In Love

THE BOBBY DARIN SHOW
(NBC)

2/2/73

Guests: Petula & Flip Wilson.
My Guy ~ (All I Have to Do is) Dream duet with Bobby Darin ~ Salute to New York duet with Darin.







[Contains Dream duet]
BUY DVD - USA

THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW
(CBS)

2/10/73

Guests: Petula, John Byner.
I Can't Remember (How it Was Before) ~ Turn Around/God Bless the Child duet with Carol Burnett.



God Bless the Child



[Contains God Bless the Child
BUY DVD - USA

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
(NBC)

10/5/73

Guests: Petula, Bob Newhart, William Conrad.
Top of the World/The Good Times/It's a Good Day ~ Little Bit Country routine (with Martin)



Hollywood legends: Sonny & Cher





Hollywood legends: Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor

OPRYLAND USA
The American Music Scene(NBC)

10/22/73

Hosts: Petula and Tennesse Ernie Ford
Guests: Wayne Newton, Melba Moore, Carol Lawrence.
Walking Happy (with cast) Sing (with Ford) ~ I Can See Clearly Now ~ Lazy Afternoon/Your Cheatin' Heart/Take Me Home, Country Road medley (with cast.) ~ I Don't Know How to Love Him ~ The Battle Hymn of the Republic (with cast.)



Cast album









THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW
(CBS)

11/19/73

Silver Spoon ~ Yesterday Once More (with Burnett).
Skit: As the Stomach Turns.

SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM
(Syndicated)

11/73

I Couldn't Live Without Your Love ~ Silver Spoon ~ Killing Me Softly ~ What the World Needs Now is Love

THE NBC FOLLIES
(NBC)

12/27/73

Host: Sammy Davis Jr. Guests: Petula, Peter Lawford.
You Are the Sunshine of My Life ~ It's Men Like You ~ London medley (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

1974

Burlington Advertisments

9/18/74

Petula's ads for Burlington begin to air.





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THE TONIGHT SHOW
(NBC)

11/19/74

Guests: Petula & Ray Charles.
Don't Sleep in the Subway ~ Loving Arms.

DINAH!
(Syndicated)

11/20/74

Afternoon chat show hosted by Dinah Shore.
Guests: Petula, the Smothers Brothers, Pat Paulsen.
Loving Arms ~ You and I ~ God Bless the Child (with Dinah.)

1975

THE TONIGHT SHOW
(NBC)

2/18/75

Guests: Petula, Jack Jones, William Demarest.
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love ~ I Want to Hold Your Hand ~ Brief impersonations of Marlene Dietrich (Falling in Love Again) and Ethel Merman (There's No Business Like Show Business.)

DINAH!
(Syndicated)

7/30/75

Guests: Petula, Rich Little, Dan Rowan, Richard Castellano, Vincent Gardenia.
What I Did for Love ~ As Long As He Needs Me (with Dinah Shore.)

THE TONIGHT SHOW
(NBC)

8/5/75

Guest host Bob Newhart.
Guests: Petula, Suzanne Pleshette, Dick Martin.
Super Loving Lady ~ Ease on Down the Road (with Friends.)

THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
(NBC)

10/13/75-10/17/75

Game show guest, along with Anthony Newley, Rose Marie, Robert Fuller, Marty Allen, Paul Lynde, Petula Clark, Mclean Stevenson, Eva Gabor, George Gobel.

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

10/20/75

Co-hosts: Martin Landau & Barbara Bain. Guests: Petula, Shari Lewis, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau.
A Song for You ~ Don't Give Up (with Douglas)

DINAH!

11/3/75

Guests: Petula, Lucie Arnaz, Rick Nelson, Robert Blake, Cleveland Armory.
Downtown ~ Beatles medley with her singer/dancers Friends (With a Little Help from my Friends/When I'm 64/Yesterday)

DINAH!
(Syndicated)

11/12/75

Gimme a Smile

THE TONIGHT SHOW
(NBC)

11/14/75

Host: Johnny Carson
Guests: PETULA, George Peppard, Joan Embry, Madeline Rue.
A Foggy Day, How Sweet it Is (with Friends)

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

12/8/75

Co-host: Petula.
Guests: John Davidson, Anne Meara.
Typically English (with Douglas) ~ Downtown ~ What I Did for Love

Royal Reception
Mike Douglas and Petula Clark get all dresssed up to begin her co-host week on The Mike Douglas Show, starting Monday, December 8. With various other British kings and queens "looking on" (including George III, against whom the colonies revolted in 1776, at right,) Mike wears the outfit of William IV (1830-37) and Petula appears as Alexandra (1901-10.) Petula's five-day reign on the show includes a lot of great musical numbers, and guest stars such as John Davidson, Tavares, John Byner, Anne Meara, Andy Griffith, Edgar Winter and many others.

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

12/9/75

Co-host: Petula.
Guests: John Byner, Phyllis George.
I Know a Place ~ Call Me (with Douglas) ~ How Sweet is Is ~ Oh Christmas Tree (in French)

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

12/10/75

Co-host: Petula.
Guests: Andy Griffith, Tavares.
Ease on Down the Road ~ George ~ Something (with Douglas)

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

12/11/75

Co-host: Petula.
Guests: Rod McKuen, the Temptations, Eddie Lawrence.
Winter Wonderland (with Douglas) ~ La Di Da (with Rod McKuen) ~ Silent Night (with choir)

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

12/12/75

Co-host: Petula.
Co-host: Petula. Edgar Winter, Marilyn Michaels, Tamara Simonenko.
Don't Sleep in the Subway ~ I Couldn't Live Without Your Love ~ Fire and Rain ~ Medley: Natural Woman/Honky-Tonk Woman/You Can Do It

* * * * THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW * * * *
* * * * PETULA'S CHRISTMAS PUDDING * * * *

3 cups bread crumbs
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. cup + 2 tbs. light brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup scaled milk
6 eggs well beaten
3/8 lb. beef suet, ground up
1 1/2 cups seeded raisins (could use 2 cups of either)
1/2 cup currants (small raisins)
1/4 cup candied orange peels
1/4 cup candied lemon peels chopped
1/4 cup candied citron
1/4 cup cut up dates
1/2 cup chopped apples
1/4 cup cognac, rum or cider

    1. Mix crumbs, sauces, spices and brown sugar. Add the milk and let it stand until cool.
    2. Add the eggs and suet and mix it up. Add the fruit and cognace and mix with hands. Turn the mixture into a greased 2 quart mold. cover with lids or foil. Stand it on a rack in an inch of water with tight cover and steam it 5 or 6 hours. Add more if necessary.
    4. Serve with sweetened whipped cream.
    5. Flambé it with hot brandy
    6. Serves 12 persons.

THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
(NBC)

12/19/75

Host: Helen Reddy.
Guests: Petula, Peter Frampton.
My Love ~ Super Loving Lady (duet with Helen Reddy)

Helen Reddy and Petula

THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Air date: December 19, 1975
Recorded: November 25, 1975

SAMMY & COMPANY
(Syndicated)

1975

Host: Helen Reddy.
Guests: Petula, Natalie Cole, Tim Thomerson
My Love ~ Super Loving Lady (duet with Helen Reddy)

1976

THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
(NBC/Syndicated)

1/23/76

Game show guests. Petula, Anthony Newley, Eva Gabor, Robert Fuller, McLean Stevenson, Marty Allen, George Gobel, Rose Marie, Paul Lynde

THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
(NBC)

1/23/76

Gimme a Smile ~ Goin' Out of My Head

THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
(Syndicated)

1/24/76

Performers: Petula, Ben Vereen, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Keith Carradine.
How Lucky Can You Get?

PERRY COMO'S HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY
(NBC)

2/22/76

Guests: Petula, Don Ho, George Carlin
Gimme a Smile ~ Hawaiian medley with Como ~ What I Did for Love

Perry Como's Hawaiian Holiday

     Gentle, persuasive look at Island of Hawaii, Kona Coast and Perry Como and friends enjoying same should hype tourist trade as much as NBC ratings. Pleasant diversion, leaning hard on soft sell, shrewdly goes about making its pressureless statement under producer Dick Foster's easygoing direction.
      With Don Ho repping islanders, Petula Clark, George Carlin looking from the outside in, the hour drifts easily by without the tourist-trap feel, yet with enough commercial aspects to make the program attractive. Although Kui Lee tunes tumble out, Clark strolls along a beach singing, oddly enough, "Give Me a Smile" ("What I Did for Love" also misses Polynesian beat.)
      Otherwise, it's Hawaii material, ranging from Ho and Como dueting on "Tiny Bubbles," Clark, Como and Carlin paddling an outrigger to "One Paddle, Two Paddle," and bright underwater number to "Octopus Garden." More traditional Hawaiian pop songs brighten the air under conductor Nick Perito's direction and Como's customary genial style fits the occasion as much as announcer Gary Owen's reassuring baritone.
      Como serves up a solid "Hawaiian Wedding Song," and Tavana's Polynesian Spectacular proves of interest at Kona Surf luau. Carline tries out a couple of n.s.f. routines, but they pass quickly enough.
      Ray Charles contributed choral supervision and special music material for hour written imaginatively by Nick Castle, Jr. Bob Banner was exec producer for Roncom Prods. in association with Bob Banner Associates.






THE BOBBY VINTON SHOW
(Syndicated)

2/26/76

Guests: Petula, Cameos: Vicki Lawrence, George Kennedy, Ed Begley, Jr. Wolfman Jack.
Gimme a Smile ~ All My Lovin' (with Vinton) ~ Ease on Down the Road (with Friends)

WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS
(NBC)

4/8/76

Host: Barbara Walters
Guests: Petula, Fifth Dimension, Kate Smith.
Super Lovin' Lady ~ This Is My Song ~ God Bless the Child ~ God Bless America (with audience & cast)

Betty Ford and Petula Clark

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

5/12/76

Co-host: David Jansen
Guests: Petula, Dick Clark & Betty Rollin.
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love ~ You're My Destiny ~ What'll I Do ~ I'm Glad There is You (with Douglas)

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

8/9/76

Co-host: Danny Thomas
Guests: Petula, Billy Joel.
Your Song ~ Smokey Old Town

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

8/10/76

From Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.
Guests: Petula, Joel Grey, Rodney Dangerfield, Lola Falana, Harry Blackstone, Jr.
Hits Medley

THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
(Syndicated)

8/26/76

You're My Destiny

CAPTAIN KANGAROO
(NBC)

1976

Morning children's show starring Bob Keeshan.
Flowers for Sale

Petula and "the captain", Bob Keeshan.



PETULA CLARK IN CONCERT
(SyndicatedC)

1976-77

2/14/74 concert from London's Royal Albert Hall. Longer version originally aired in two parts on BBC as Live in London.



Songs Performed

PART I
Colour My World/You are the Sunshine of My Life
Don't Sleep in the Subway
Alone Again, Naturally/Get Down
London medley
You and I
The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener
Without You
Music
This is My Song
What the World Needs Now is Love

PART II
I Can See Clearly Now/Killing Me Softly with his Song
I Know a Place
My Funny Valentine
Yesterday Once More/G.I. Jive/Mona Lisa/Your Cheatin' Heart/
The Man That Got Away
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
Une Histoire d'Amour (Love Story)
You've Got a Friend
I Don't Know How to Love Him
My Love/Downtown
ENCORE: A Song For You

1977

THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW
(Syndicated)

4/18/77

I Couldn't Live Without Your Love ~ La Vie en Rose

PERRY COMO'S OLDE ENGLISH CHRISTMAS
(ABC)

12/14/77

Guests: Petula, Leo Sayer, Gemma Craven & Chorus.
Medley with Cast: Good King Wenceslas/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/The Holly & the Ivy/I Saw Three Ships/Joy to the World/We Wish You a Merry Christmas ~ Where Is Love ~ There's a Kind of Hush (with Como) ~ You're My Destiny ~ The Pantomine Tradition ~ Hot Diggity with cast

THE MUPPET SHOW
(Syndicated)

1977

Boy From Ipanema ~ Tomorrow

BONKERS
(Syndicated)

1977

Hosted by Bill Monkhouse and Bill, Brett, & Mark Hudson.
What Am I Doing Here?

1979

THE GREATEST MYSTERY

3/79

Easter special hosted by John Huston.
Starring Petula, Princess Grace, & the Chieftains.
Petula sings Fill the World with Love (with the Chichester Cathedral Choir) from Chichester concert that was broadcast in the UK last Christmas.

CARNIVAL IN RIO
(HBO)

10/26/79

Host: Petula.
Guests: Candice Bergen, Albert Finney, Liza Minnelli & Regine.
Feelings, I Don't Know How to Love Him



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