Operation: Entertainment
American musical comedy TV series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation: Entertainment was an American musical comedy television program that was directly aimed at past and present veterans of the military.[citation needed]
Operation: Entertainment | |
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Genre | Music Comedy |
Created by | Chuck Barris |
Starring | Various |
Narrated by | Johnny Jacobs |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 31 |
Production | |
Producers | Chuck Barris Bill Carruthers |
Production location | Various |
Running time | 52 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | January 5, 1968 (1968-01-05) ā January 24, 1969 (1969-01-24) |
The show was produced and created by producer and game show host Chuck Barris along with Bill Carruthers.[1][2] It was first televised on ABC on January 5, 1968. Louis Armstrong was a performer on the pilot episode.[3] Each week, the show was filmed at a different military base and had a different host. The show's regulars were Jim Lange, the Terry Gibbs Band, and the Operation: Entertainment girls.[4] (Sivi Alberg, Darien Daniels, Marina Gahne and Eileen O'Neill). The show was announced by Johnny Jacobs.[citation needed]
The series aired a total of 31 episodes, 52 minutes in length each which were broadcast between January 5, 1968 ā January 24, 1969.[5]
The show's pilot music used a Terry Gibb's tune called "Pretty Blue Eyes". During the show's series, the closing theme was a Cole Porter tune called "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", performed live with the Terry Gibbs Dream Band.[6]
Jack Shea was the director, and Ruth Goldberg was the talent coordinator.[7]