In the fall of 1964, legendary crooner and film star Bing Crosby made a failed attempt to be part of the television sitcom landscape. The series was titled, The Bing Crosby Show.

As Bing Crosby noted in January 1965 about his then ... and Howard Hughes Gave Her a Cadillac and a Swimming Pool He agreed to do the series only if he could do so, "leisurely,” he said.