O'Keefe Centre Presents

O'Keefe Centre Presents
Genre	variety
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producers	Drew Crossan Bob Jarvis Paddy Sampson
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	16 October 1967 (1967-10-16) – 24 March 1968 (1968-03-24)

O'Keefe Centre Presents is a series of Canadian variety specials which aired on CBC Television from 1967 to 1968.

Premise

This series of entertainment specials was recorded at Toronto's O'Keefe Centre.

Production

Series producers were Drew Crossan and Bob Jarvis, except the 23 November 1967 episode which was produced by Paddy Sampson.

Scheduling

This hour-long episodes were broadcast at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern) as follows:

1. 16 October 1967 (Noel Harrison host; Chris Beard writer): Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Dionne Warwick, Sérgio Mendes and Brasil 66, Eric Andersen, and Don Thompson with his 25-member band
2. 23 November 1967: Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba
3. 10 December 1967 (Alex Barris writer): Al Hirt, Shirley Bassey, Rich Little
4. 16 January 1968 (Alex Barris writer): George Burns, Mary Lou Collins, The Hansen Sisters (violin), Donna Hossack (harp), Monique Leyrac, Les Miladies (vocal group), Sandra O'Neill (dancer), Teresa Stratas and Martine Van Hamel (National Ballet of Canada)
5. 13 February 1968: musical version of Tom Jones (Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts, composers and lyricists), featuring actors Robin Ward and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
6. 24 March 1968: Johnny Cash

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "O'Keefe Centre Presents". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• O'Keefe Centre Presents at IMDb