
The Lively Ones
The Lively Ones is an American musical variety series hosted by Vic Damone that aired on NBC in the summers of 1962 and 1963.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Jul 26, 1962
- Popularity: 5.553
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- Networks
- (US)
- Production
Ford Motor CompanyNBC (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
2 seaons till Sep 12, 1963
Last episode: Show H
Seasons & episodes
Total 2 seasons, 16 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Show A30 min
The premiere episode features singer Peggy Lee, ""cool jazz"" from Dave Brubeck and his Quartet, bandleader Woody Herman and His New Thundering Herd, and R&B vocalist Damita Jo.
Episode 2Show B30 min
This show features jazz singing from Fitzgerald and Williams, comedy by Brill & McCall, noted drummers Krupa, Bellson and Manne, and Japanese pantomimist Mamoko. Host Vic Damone sings ""Tonight"", Ella Fitzgerald performs ""Body and Soul"" and ""Lady Be Good"", and Joe Williams does ""Every Day I Have the Blues."" The off-beat treatment is given to the drum trio, who perform ""Bases Loaded"" at the Los Angeles Chavez Ravine/Dodger baseball stadium, and to Mamoko who is seen flying a kite on a Pacific beach.
Episode 3Show C30 min
This episode features Stan Kenton and his band, folk vocal group The New Christy Minstrels, folk singing duo Joe and Eddie, ""cool jazz"" trumpeter Shorty Rogers and his Giants and pop pianist Peter Nero. Nero performs ""Something's Coming"" and the Rogers group does ""Not Really the Blues,"" both set at a Nike missile base, while the New Christy Minstrels live it up at a beach party with ""Saint's Train"" (a hybrid of ""When the Saints Come Marching In"" and ""This Train""). Damone is featured with ""Charmaine"" in a studio recording session and Joe and Eddie perform ""Did You Hear About Jerry?"" in a nightclub setting. In director Barry Shear's far-out department, Kenton leads an orchestra of disembodied instruments for ""Malaguena"" and a Mobilux film fuses abstract objects with a jazz background.
Episode 4Show E30 min
This show spotlights impressionist Frank Gorshin, pop singer Jack Jones with his hit ""Lollipops and Roses,"" the Brazilian jazz guitar of Laurindo Almeida on ""Bad and the Beautiful,"" West Coast jazz singer Ruth Olay and lutenist Jack Marshall. Host Vic Damone sings ""Have You Met Miss Jones?""
Episode 5Show F30 min
This program features pop diva Miss Peggy Lee, singer/pianist Buddy Greco, folk pop vocals from The New Christy Minstrels, comedy by Brill & McCall and piano jazz from Oscar Peterson.