The Lively Ones

Vic Damone pictured here in 1959 hosted The Lively Ones which aired on NBC in the summers of 1962 and 1963.

The Lively Ones is a forgotten NBC television summer replacement series for Shirley Booth's situation comedy. Hazel. With eight episodes per season, the series ran on Thursday evenings in the summers of 1962 and 1963. Vic Damone (1928-2018) had the top billing as the host. Like Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town, the program aired from different locations across the United States.

Among the musicians who appeared at least once on the series were:

• Count Basie (1904-1984)
• Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
• Pete Fountain (1930-2016)
• Dizzie Gillespie (1917-1993)
• Benny Goodman ( 1909-1986)
• Buddy Greco (1926-2017)
• Woody Herman (1913-1987)
• Al Hirt (1922-1999)
• Jack Jones (born 1938)
• Gene Krupa (1909-1973)
• Julie London (1926-2000)
• Jaye P. Morgan (born 1931)
• André Previn (1929-2019)
• Della Reese (1931-2017)
• Mel Tormé (1915-1999)