The Andy Williams Show is an American television variety show hosted by Andy Williams that ran on NBC (and was videotaped in color) from 1962 to 1971 (alternating during the summer of 1970 with Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens). It became a half-hour syndicated series beginning in the fall of 1976.
Series regulars
The Andy Williams Show featured a number of regular performers including: Hungarian acrobat and stuntman Janos Prohaska began appearing in a bear costume, asking for cookies. The bear never got any cookies in the series, but fans began mailing baked goods to Prohaska.
Five years after his second weekly run at NBC had ended, Williams hosted a half-hour syndicated weekly variety show with Wayland Flowers and orchestra leader George Wyle.
Awards and nominations
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| 1963
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| 1963
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series|Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series
|Andy Williams
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Partial list of guest stars
- Judy Garland
- Don Adams
- Jack Benny
- Joey Bishop
- Petula Clark
- Peggy Lee
- Maureen O'Hara