https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZupYOmRsb8

Wind to 2 minutes 30 seconds for Bing Crosby talking about the show.

Below are links to outtakes from the show presented, with tongue in cheek, by the producer Steven Gethers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WTlMqaB61Q Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4xd97JdzVE Part 2

 

I barely remember there was such a series.  I would have been about 12 or 13 when it aired.  Around that time, or not long after, I repaired a broken Victrola and started buying old 78s, soon amassing a collection of Crosby lacquers.  I wish I could have paid better attention, and recalled more clearly now, what Bing was doing on TV in those days.  Of course then, he was still around, with no thought of losing him at the time.

In judging Bing's sitcom, it must be remembered that most sitcoms were pretty bad, even some people still want to see today would be horrible, if not for all the nostalgia they stir up in people.  We have a channel locally that reruns "The Love Boat." My gawwwwwd, what a waste of electrons to broadcast that dreck again!  In reflecting on Bing's TV career, we don't want to forget things like his amazing playing against type in "Dr. Cook's Garden" or his terrific character role in "Stagecoach."  Then, too, besides his Christmas specials and many variety show appearances, we also don't want to forget Bing Crosby Productions and their role in producing shows like "Hogan's Heroes" which I think stands up to viewing again today better than most sitcoms that were ever made.

Last edited by Steve Fay (21/1/2015 4:03 pm)

I Saw one episode several months ago Bing should have left the sitcoms to Dick Van Dyke.

I always liked that sitcom.
 The Bing Crosby Show was always very nice, cute and funny but of course It wasn’t a masterpiece. The cast and specially the children were very good and the guest list was very impressive, although I haven’t seen the episodes with Joan Fontaine and Kathryn Crosby-the most famous guest stars of the TV series.
Still it’s nice that new episodes come to light.

Australians were able to watch The Bing Crosby Show from October 1964. It had been publicised for  months beforehand, one article headlined 'BING CROSBY HAS ANOTHER WIFE'. After the second episode was shown, one newspaper critic wrote described it as  a good, safe vehicle, pleasant and innocuous. That series was scheduled for Friday evenings until April 1965 and repeated on weekday afternoons the following year.