This Is Tom Jones
| This Is Tom Jones | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Variety |
| Directed by | Jon Scoffield |
| Starring | Tom Jones |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ATV Midlands (UK), ABC (USA) |
| Picture format | NTSC (USA), PAL(UK) |
| Original release | 7 February 1969 – 15 January 1971 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Tom Jones (TV series) |
This Is Tom Jones was an ATV variety series starring Tom Jones. The series was exported to the United States by ITC Entertainment and was networked there by ABC.
The series ran between 1969 and 1971 to total 65 color episodes. Jones was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Actor In a Television Series - Musical or Comedy" in 1969.
The show also featured comedy sketches by the Ace Trucking Company improvisational group, featuring Fred Willard and Patti Deutsch, among others.
The show featured guest appearances by many top actors, comedians and singers of the time, including Nancy Sinatra, Mary Hopkin, Peter Sellers, Liza Minnelli, Janis Joplin, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Sérgio Mendes, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, The 5th Dimension, and Bob Hope.
In recent years, distribution rights to the show have been the subject of litigation, in relation to the original license holder, C/F International. For example, as of December, 2004, C/F International was a secured judgement creditor of Classic World Productions and it principal, Darryl Payne, for approximately one million dollars, and was the principal secured creditor at the time of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by the company, six months later. C/F International's action against Classic World Productions and owner Darryl Payne was based on unpaid royalties in relation to "This Is Tom Jones", and related recordings. The 1969-1971 "This Is Tom Jones" television shows are currently sold by Time-Life, rather than by Classic World Productions or C/F International.
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