Cavalcade of Stars – Season 2
Episodes
Vivian Blaine, Bert Wheeler
Jackie's guests are actress/singer Vivian Blaine and comic Bert Wheeler. Jackie stands behind Burt whispering the words of a song just before he has to sing them; the pair appear in a jungle safari sketch. Blaine sings "Orange Colored Sky." Gleason is Prince Ali Ben Shisk-Ka-Bob arriving at a Monte Carlo casino. "The Bachelor" does his laundry.
Connie Haines
Gene Barry, Eddie Fisher
Jan Peerce, Eugenie Baird
Joey Bishop, Lucille Norman
Dick Haymes
Eddie Fisher, Betty & Jane Kean
In sketches, a bachelor with a throbbing headache struggles to make breakfast. A new prisoner is coerced by cellmates to attempt several ridiculous escape schemes. One plan finally works, they escape, and he gets caught by the guard.
Earl Wrightson, Beverly Tyler
Johnny Coy, Thomas L. Thomas
Jane Pickens, Milt Douglas, Roger Price
Jackie Gleason hosts with guests singer Jane Pickens, comedian Roger Price, singer Milton Douglas, plus regulars the June Taylor Dancers. Gleason celebrates 15 years in show business this week. In sketches, Jackie plays a bachelor decorating for his birthday party, and a bank clerk stealing money right in front of his boss who can't see without glasses. Pickens sings "Figeuner" and Blue Tail Fly". Douglas performs "That Lucky Old Sun" and "Begin the Beguine" with the June Taylor Dancers.