Jimmy Durante hosts ‘The Hollywood Palace’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)


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(Saturday, March 30, 1968, 9:30-10:30 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — On the night before President Lyndon Johnon’s national television address on the Vietnam War, host Jimmy Durante, 75, opened tonight’s edition of The Hollywood Palace TV variety show with a rousing rendition of “Old Man Time.”

Later in the hour, Liza Minnelli joined Durante to sing “We Are Home.” In addition, The Beatles’ promo clip for “Lady Madonna,” filmed in London on Feb. 11, 1968, was broadcast.


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