The Guy Mitchell Show The Guy Mitchell Show The Guy Mitchell Show is a half-hour television variety program hosted by and starring recording artist Guy Mitchell, which was broadcast from October 7, 1957, to January 13, 1958. The series aired on Monday evenings at 8 p.m. Eastern time on ABC following a half-hour prime time version of "American Bandstand". "The Guy Mitchell Show" faced strong competition from "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", a situation comedy on CBS, and from John Payne's NBC Western, "The Restless Gun". Mitchell’s guest stars, performing songs, dances, or skits, included dancer and pianist Johnny Bach, Jack Carson,
Ralph Pape Ralph Pape Ralph Pape was an American playwright best known for "Say Goodnight, Gracie" (1978), "Soap Opera" (1984) and "Hearts Beating Faster" (1997). "Say Goodnight, Gracie" was produced by Douglas Urbanski and ran off-Broadway for 400 performances in 1978 and was staged in 1979 by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, also produced by Douglas Urbanski with Austin Pendleton directing a cast headed by John Malkovich, Joan Allen and Glenne Headly. The comedy-drama captures a generation at a turning point in 1976. Five members of the first Television Generation plan to attend their high school reunion. In New York, they gather in