4.8 /10 1 Votes
Genre Music
Comedy Starring Various Country of origin United States First episode date 5 January 1968 Number of seasons 1 Program creator Chuck Barris | 4.7/10 TV Created by Chuck Barris Narrated by Johnny Jacobs Original language(s) English Final episode date 24 January 1969 Number of episodes 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network American Broadcasting Company Similar Kraft Music Hall, The Joey Bishop Show, Treasure Hunt, The Dinah Shore Chevy Sh, The Dating Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operation: Entertainment was an American musical comedy program that was directly aimed at past and present veterans of the military.
The show was produced and created by producer and game show host Chuck Barris along with Bill Carruthers. They premiered the show on ABC on January 5, 1968. Louis Armstrong was a performer on the pilot episode. Each week, the show was filmed at a different military base and had a different host. The show's regulars were several musical groups and four performers; Sivi Alberg, Darien Daniels, Marina Gahne and Eileen O'Neill, known as the Operation: Entertainment Girls. The show was announced by Johnny Jacobs.
The series aired a total of 31 episodes, 52 minutes in length each which were broadcast between January 5, 1968–January 24, 1969.
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.