Playboy After Dark (1969)
Playboy After Dark is an American television show hosted by Hugh Hefner. It aired in syndication through Screen Gems from 1969 to 1970 and was taped at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.
Seasons & Episode
Show #27(taped 22-Oct-69)Guests: --Sid Caesar--Joe Cocker & The Grease Band --Billy Eckstine--Linda Ronstadt - ""Walking Down the Line"" and ""Living Like A Fool""--Mort Sahl Aired 7-Apr-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #28 (taped 23-Oct-69) Guests: --Angeline Butler - ""You Make Me So Very Happy"" and ""Where Are You""--Bill Cosby--Bill Medley - ""Soul Man"" and ""For Once In My Life"" --Scoey Mitchell--Hugh O'Brian (actor, performs magic tricks) --SweetwaterAired 31-Mar-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #29 (taped 05-Nov-69)Guests: --Don Adams--The Amazing Kreskin--The Checkmates - ""Sweet Caroline"" and ""Proud Mary"" --Bill Dana--Biff Rose - ""The Japanese Transistor"" and ""Molly"" --Carla Thomas - ""Where Do I Go,"" ""Abraham, Martin, and John"" and ""Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay"" Aired 10-Mar-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #30 (taped 20-Nov-69)Guests:--Canned Heat - perform 2 songs--Vic Damone (singer)--Dick Shawn (comedian)--Sonny & Cher - ""For Once In My Life"" and ""Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"" --Larry Storch (comedian) Aired 27-Jan-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #31 (taped 20-Nov-69) Guests: --Tony Bennett - ""Because of You,"" ""Blue Velvet"" and ""Rags to Riches""--George Kirby--Moe Koffman--Mitch Miller--Joe Williams - ""The Song Is You"" Aired 10-Feb-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #32 (taped 03-Dec-69) Guests: --Cannonball Adderly Quintet - ""Hamba Nami"" & ""The Country Preacher""--Grand Funk Railroad - ""Mr. Limousine Driver"" and ""Please Don`t Worry"" --Tony Randall (actor)--Lou Rawls - ""Dead End Street,"" ""Make the World Go Away"" & ""My Baby Loves Me""--Art Metrano (comic magician) Aired 24-Feb-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #33 (taped 03-Dec-69) Guests:--Patty Duke (actress)--Doug Kershaw (Cajun fiddler)--Louis Nye - ""Hello, Sam's Delicatessen"" --Rex Reed--Ike & Tina Turner Revue - ""Get Together"" & ""Higher and Higher"" Aired 3-Feb-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #34 (taped 17-Dec-69) Guests:--Steve Allen--The Blossoms - ""You've Lost That Loving Feeling"" --Clair and McMahon (comedians) --O.C. Smith - ""The Learning Tree"" and 1 other song--Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - ""Some of Shelley's Blues"" and 1 other song Aired 3-Mar-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #35 (taped 17-Dec-69) Guests:--Dolores Hall - ""Something"" and ""Just Because Of You""--John Hartford--Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill (comedy team)--Steppenwolf - ""Berry Rides Again,"" ""Monster"" & ""From Here To There Eventually"" --Gig Young Aired 17-Mar-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #36 (taped 07-Jan-70) Guests:--Vicki Anderson (singer)--James Brown - ""Georgia"" and ""By the Time I Get To Phoenix""--The Chambers Brothers--Norm Crosby (comedian) --Jack Jones (singer) Aired 24-Mar-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #37 (taped 8-Jan-70)Guests: --Don Adams--Fleetwood Mac - ""Rattlesnake Shake"" --Lesley Gore - ""Hello Young Lovers"" and ""Didn't We?""--Arte Johnson (comedian)--Tommy Leonetti Aired 17-Feb-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #38 (taped 18-Feb-70) --Milton Berle --Barrie Chase --Muscatel --Tommy Joe White --Jo Anne Worley Aired 14-Apr-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #39 (taped 20-Feb-70) Guests:--Vic Damone (singer)--Noel Harrison (actor-singer)--Lloyd Haynes--Marty Ingels (comedian)--Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - medley of 'sad songs': ""Yesterlove,"" ""My Girl Has Gone,"" ""Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage"" and ""Tracks of My Tears""--Evie Sands (singer) Aired 21-Apr-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #40 (taped 03-Mar-70) Guests: --Marilyn and Alan Bergman--Robert Goulet--Michael Legrand--Shari Lewis--Rich Little--Frankie Randall Aired 5-May-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #41 (taped 18-Mar-70) Guests include: --Johnny Mathis--Modern Jazz Quartet--John Stewart Aired 28-Apr-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #42 (taped 19-Mar-70) --Edie Adams - ""Everybody's Talking"" --Bill Cosby --Robert Clary --The Grass Roots - ""Walkin' Through The Country"" and ""Dancing in the Streets"" (with a few lines from ""Fingertips"" added) --Les McCann Ltd. --Frankie Randall Aired 12-May-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #43 (taped 20-Mar-70) --Jackie Gayle --R.B. Greaves - ""Always Something There To Remind Me"" and ""Danny Boy"" --The Jet Bunnies --Trini Lopez - ""Get Together,"" ""Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"" and ""Let The Sunshine In"" --Frankie Randall --Sarah Vaughan Aired 19-May-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #44 (taped 01-Apr-70) --The Dillards - ""Hey Boys"" --John Gary --Carmen McRae Aired 26-May-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #45 (taped April 2, 1970) Guests include: --Sonny Charles
Show #46 (taped 15-Apr-70) --Pete Barbutti --B. B. King - ""So Excited"" and ""The Thrill Is Gone"" --Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill (comedy team) --Barbara McNair --Mel Torme Aired 14-Jul-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #47 (taped 16-Apr-70) Guests include: --Country Joe & the Fish --Linda Ronstadt Plus, Woodstock highlights Aired 9-Jun-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #48 (taped 20-Apr-70) --Sammy Davis Jr. --Moms Mabley --Bill Medley - ""Hold On, I'm Coming"" --Billy Preston - possibly ""Everything Must Rust"" Aired 21-Jul-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #50 -- 1970 (taped 30-Apr-70) --Bossa Rio (a Bossa Nova group) --George Carlin --Lou Rawls - ""You've Made Me So Very Happy"" --Spanky Wilson - ""Alfie"" Aired 25-Aug-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #49 (taped 29-Apr-70) Guests include: --The Buddy Miles Express other guests unknown
Show #51 (taped 14-May-70) --The Cowsills - ""Where Is Love?"" ""Two By Two"" and ""Poor Boy"" (some sources list the last song as ""Ticket To Sunshine"" or ""One Way Ticket to Happy"") --Nanci Roberts appears with her husband Bob Cowsill. Hugh Hefner inverviews her and the Cowsills. Other guests: --Marty Allen (comedian) --Frankie Laine --Sue Raney - ""Games People Play"" and 1 other song Aired 11-Aug-70, KTLA-5, Los Angeles, Tuesday 9:00pm
Show #52 --Al Frazier --Buddy Rich Other guests unknown.
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