This is one of the very few Steve Allen Shows that still exists on original video tape.
Jack Kerouac ("beat generation" poet) reads from "Visions Of Cody" (with Steve accompanying on piano).
Frankie Laine sings "Marie" and "Lover Come Back To Me".
William Bendix plays same family-at-breakfast sketch in various : wacky sitcom with canned laughter, full of violence, etc.
Pam Garner sings "The Girl With The Long Black Hair".
"Crazy Shots", a series of quick sight gags, opens the show. "The Allen Report to Nation" investigates the common cold with Nye, Knotts, and Dayton Allen. Steve plays "The Answer Man" with beatnik lingo.