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The program included such events as a showing of '' One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich '', starring Jason Robards (from the Novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn ); '' The Seven Little Foys '', starring Mickey Rooney , Eddie Foy Jr. and the Osmond Brothers ; and ''Think Pretty'', a musical starring Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase .

Bob Hope's performances consisted of his typical joke- and celebrity-filled Blackout Sketch es. These were usually called ''Chrysler Presents a Bob Hope Special''. Every season, Hope traveled to Vietnam for Christmas , to entertain the troops.

Celebrities who appeared in dramatic episodes included Ida Lupino , Sam Peckinpah , Peter Falk , Hugh O'Brian , Shelley Winters , Cliff Robertson , John Cassavetes , Jack Lord , William Shatner , Angie Dickinson , Suzanne Pleshette , Robert Stack , Dina Merrill , Darren McGavin , Broderick Crawford and Stuart Whitman .

Several episodes were rerun from 1968 through 1972 under several different titles: ''NBC Adventure Theatre'', ''NBC Action Playhouse'', ''NBC Comedy Playhouse'' and ''NBC Comedy Theater''. The Hope introductions were replaced by other hosts.