http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fvnNWjSDL._AA240_.jpgJohn Wayne's Tribute to America
was first broadcast back in 1970 on NBC. This will be distrubited on DVD on July 31, 2007 for $17.99 at Amazon.com. I don't remember this but I sure want to get it. This is a little about the DVD below.


An All-Star Spectacular with Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Dan Blocker, Roscoe Lee Brown, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Bing Crosby, Phyllis Diller, Lorne Greene, Celeste Holm, Bob Hope, Michael Landon, Ann-Margret, Dean Martin, Ross Martin, Greg Morris, Rick & David Nelson, Hugh O'Brien, Rowan & Martin, William Shatner, Red Skelton, Tom Smothers and Leslie Uggams and Dennis Weaver.

AMERICA'S ALL-TIME GREATEST MOVIE HERO PRESENTS AN HISTORICAL CELEBRATION WITH OVER TWO-DOZEN LEGENDARY GUEST STARS

John Wayne's first television special, originally aired as Swing Out, Sweet Land on NBC-TV in 1970, is a patriotic and poignant journey through American history -- with music, comedy and many famous friends.

As host and narrator, Wayne walks through pivotal moments in America's past. His guests include Jack Benny as a citizen asking George Washington (Lorne Greene) about that dollar he supposedly threw across the Potomac River; Bob Hope and Ann-Margret entertaining the troops at Valley Forge; printer Red Skelton discussing dissent with apprentice Tom Smothers; Lucille Ball as Miss Liberty; and Bing Crosby as Mark Twain, philosophizing with freed slave Frederick Douglass (Roscoe Lee Brown).

Also: Dean Martin as inventor Eli Whitney; Michael Landon as Peter Minuit, buying Manhattan Island from an Indian (Bonanza co-star Dan Blocker); brothers Rick and David Nelson fighting on opposite sides in the Civil War; Phyllis Diller as a 19th-century Presidential candidate; Dan Rowan and Dick Martin as the Wright brothers; Celeste Holm and Dennis Weaver as the parents of young Abraham Lincoln; Greg Morris as Crispus Attucks, a Negro who died in the Boston Massacre.

Musical highlights include Ribbon Of Steel by Johnny Cash, This Is A Great Country by Glen Campbell, Oh, Susannah by Roy Clark, Clementine by Leslie Uggams and God Bless America by the cast.

JOHN WAYNE'S TRIBUTE TO AMERICA is a lavish and thoughtful timepiece of 20th-century television entertainment, presenting a parade of legendary stars in a humorous and hopeful celebration.




DVD Bonuses: *Original Sponsor Commercials with John Wayne & Ed McMahon
*John Wayne on What's My Line?


You can go to Amazon.com: John Wayne's Tribute to America: John Wayne: Movies & TV (http://www.amazon.com/John-Waynes-Tribute-America-Wayne/dp/B000OZ2CQQ/ref=pd_rhf_p_2/002-7554514-4729640) for the site.

Cheers :cool:

Can't wait to get that one. Thanks for the info.

I've got this on order... I think it's not being re-released until August 2007.

Thanks for the heads-up on this, Hondo. I know I'm gonna get that :thumbs_up: I love seeing things I havn't seen before involving Duke.

I often thought that someone should put out a collection of rare Duke appearances over the years on variety shows (Laugh in and such) and talk shows (Merv Griffin and Michael Douglas and so forth) and his commercials and political spots. You know what I mean? A compilation of little seen footage would be awesome. People are always looking for clips of this or that. I think something like that would sell like hot cakes. Just a thought :teeth_smile:

Mark

I think the appearances on Laugh In or Dean Martin Show would sell better than this.

Duke only hosts or narrates this and I would say it has dated pretty badily in the years since it was made.


Mike

Mike,

Could you explain what you mean by "dated pretty badily in the years since it was made."

Cheers :cool: Mike a.k.a. Hondo

Thanks Hondo, We'll be ordering this one

Chester :newyear:

Hi Mike,
Thanks for information. the show seems to be pretty interesting.
Regards,
Senta:hyper:

This looks like fun!

Thanks!

Thanks for this. Sounds like a great show to see. I will almost bet that when it was originally aired on TV, that my parents watched it. Since I would be only about four at the time, no telling what I might have seen.

I wonder if Deep Discount Dvd will be carrying this?

John Wayne hosting and Johnny Cash performing? How can I lose! Johnny Cash is one of my favourite singers of all time, so this is a definite buy!

I have the original Swing Out Sweet Land, and I highly recommend it for Duke fans. Yeah, it's kinda dated, in that the entertainment is good, clean, and wholesome, but hey, isn't that one of the things that Duke was known for?
Best,
Colorado Bob

Yeah, it's kinda dated, in that the entertainment is good, clean, and wholesome . . .
Then I guess I like dated entertainment :wink_smile:.

Chester :newyear: