''Our Place'' is an American

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that aired on CBS during the summer of 1967. The official "host" was one of Jim Henson's early Muppets, Rowlf the Dog. The show's other regulars were comedians

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and Avery Schreiber and the singing

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, July 1–7, 1967, p A-24

Overview

''Our Place'', a summer replacement for ''

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'', debuted on July 2, 1967.Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle. (1979). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows''. New York: Ballantine Books, p 469 The first episode featured Carol Burnett as guest star. Burnett portrayed an anti-love protest marcher and a singer who couldn't spell, which created problems when she tried to perform ''Oklahoma'' and ''Mother''. Musical numbers included a straight performance of ''Stormy Weather'' by Burnett. The Doodletown Pipers performed " Up, Up and Away", " Hang On Sloopy", "

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", " A Hard Day's Night", "

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", " California Dreamin'" and "Our Place". The last telecast of ''Our Place'' was on September 3, 1967.

Episodes

# Carol Burnett (aired July 2, 1967) #

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(aired July 9, 1967) # Eddie Albert (aired July 16, 1967) # Dick Shawn (aired July 23, 1967) # Nipsey Russell (aired July 30, 1967) # Soupy Sales (aired August 6, 1967) #

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(aired August 13, 1967) #

Shelley Berman Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer. In his comedic career, he was awarded three gold records and he won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy reco ...

(aired August 20, 1967) #

Cyril Ritchard Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard (1 December 1898 – 18 December 1977), known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in ...

(aired August 27, 1967) #

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(aired September 3, 1967)

Production notes

Executive producer of ''Our Place'' was Bob Precht, son-in-law of Ed Sullivan, who produced

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. John Moffitt was the director. Bill Angelos and Buz Kohan wrote and produced the show.

References

External links

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Web site for ''Our Place'' on CBS

''Our Place''
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