1954 Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein: General Foods 25th Annversary Show. The special was hosted by Groucho Marx, Mary Martin, Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan, and Edgar Bergen with his puppet Charlie McCarthy.Tribute to the then-ten-year partnership between composer Richard Rodgers and librettist-lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, presented by General Foods, celebrating its 25th anniversary. Featuring many original cast members, the special featured musical sequences from all of the R&H shows up to that time: Oklahoma! (1943), Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951) and Me and Juliet (1953).
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen, Yul Brynner, Noel Coward (in audience. Image re-sold for back jacket of a biography), Rosemary Clooney, Mary Martin, Tony Martin, Mainbocher (couturier in audience), Enzio Pinza, Groucho Marx, Ed Sullivan, John Raitt.