| USA
/ ABC / 1x60 minutes / 1 March 1972
Orchestra: Nick Perito / Executive Producer: Alexander H. Cohen / Producer: Carolyn Raskin / Writer: Sheldon Keller, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent, Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Gene Perrett, John Rappaport , Dan Shapior, Mark Richards / Director: Clark Jones
Variety pilot for a series that never made it. An unsold variety revue based on Olsen and Johnson’s 1938 Broadway hit Hellzapoppin (also a 1941 movie). The program blends vaudeville and burlesque: zany one-liners, slight gags, walk-ons and variety acts.
With:- JACK CASSIDY / RONNIE SCHELL / GUESTS:- LYNN REDGRAVE / THE JACKSON FIVE / REX REED / BOB WILLIAMS AND HIS DOG LOUIE / THE VOLANTES ( unicyclist) and there were cameos from RUTH BUZZI / PETER LUPUS / LYLE WAGGONER
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