Bob Booker scripts and record albums, ca. 1960-ca. 1990, bulk, 1962-1979, 1988-1990
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Bob Booker papers
Collection number: 1934
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.5 linear ft.
(7 boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1960s-ca. 1990s
Date (bulk): (bulk 1962-1979),
Date (bulk): and (bulk 1988-1990)
Abstract: Bob Booker is a writer, producer, and director of television. He has also written and produced comedy albums. The collection
consists of photocopies of television scripts such as
NBC Follies and
Out of This World. Additionally there are a small number of commercially released comedy albums including the Grammy-winning
The First Family.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
Booker, Bob, 1931-
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Bob Booker.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bob Booker scripts and record albums (Collection 1934). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Bob Booker is best known as a writer, producer, and director of television. In 1966, he began working on
The Garry Moore Show during it last season. He went into feature films for a few years, returning to television in 1972 working on the series
The David Steinberg Show. That same year, he did a television pilot for
The NBC Follies, which culminated into a 13 episode series. In the mid-1970s, he partnered with Burt Reynolds and produced two network pilot
specials:
Cotton Club '75 and
The Wayne Newton Special. During this time, he also worked on a Monte Hall special,
Monte Hall at Seaworld as well as the specials
Opryland USA, and
Charo. Over the next several years, Booker continued to create pilots and specials that included
Saturday Celebration,
The Clifton Davis Show, and
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special. Later, in 1977, Paramount hired him to create television specials that would promote their feature film releases. In the
late 1970s and early 1980s, he did a series of television specials that included
The Unbroken Circle: A Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter. In 1984, Booker returned to creating television series, starting with
Foul-Ups, Bleeps, & Blunders. In 1987, his pilot for
Out of This World was bought by NBC, and the series aired for four years. He has also written and produced comedy albums such as
The First Family, which won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1962.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photocopies of scripts and commercially released record albums related to the career of writer,
producer and director Bob Booker. Included are writings for television series and variety programs including
NBC Follies and
Out of This World among others. Many of the variety shows and television specials include production information. The collection also includes
14 commercially released comedy record albums including the Grammy-winning
The First Family and the Grammy-nominated
You Don't Have to be Jewish.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by project titles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Booker, Bob, 1931--Archives.
Television producers and directors--Archival resources.
Box 7
Al Tijuana and His Jewish Brass - record album.
(1966).
Box 1, Folder 1
Charo - final draft script.
(1975 Oct 28).
Box 1, Folder 2
Clifton Davis Special (The) - first draft script.
(1976 Feb).
Box 7
Command Performance - record album.
(1973).
Box 1, Folder 3
Cotton Club, '75 - script.
(1974 July).
Box 7
First Family (The) - record album.
(1962).
Box 7
First Family (The) volume two - record album.
(1963).
Box 3, Folder 9
Grease Day, U.S.A. (A Celebration of the World Premiere of "GREASE") - script.
(1978).
Box 7
Handwriting on the Wall (The), the Sounds of Graffiti - record album.
(1968).
Box 7
Jewish American Princess (The) - record album.
(1971).
Box 1, Folder 4
Monty Hall at Seaworld - second draft script.
(1974 Feb 22).
Box 2, Folder 2
NBC Follies (The) - pilot script.
(1972 Dec 14).
General note
From binder labeled volume 1 of 4.
Box 2, Folder 3
NBC Follies (The) - production # 1.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 1 of 4.
Box 2, Folder 4
NBC Follies (The) - production # 2 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 1 of 4.
Box 2, Folder 5
NBC Follies (The) - production # 3 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 1 of 4.
Box 2, Folder 6
NBC Follies (The) - production # 4 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 2 of 4.
Box 2, Folder 7
NBC Follies (The) - production # 5 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 2 of 4.
Box 2, Folder 8
NBC Follies (The) - production # 6 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 2 of 4.
Box 2, Folder 9
NBC Follies (The) - production # 7 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 2 of 4.
Box 2, Folder 10
NBC Follies (The) - production # 8 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 3 of 4.
Box 3, Folder 1
NBC Follies (The) - production # 9 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 3 of 4.
Box 3, Folder 2
NBC Follies (The) - production #10 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder labeled volume 3 of 4.
Box 3, Folder 3
NBC Follies (The) - production #11 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder that appears to be volume 4 of 4.
Box 3, Folder 4
NBC Follies (The) - production #12 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder that appears to be volume 4 of 4.
Box 3, Folder 5
NBC Follies (The) - production #13 script.
(1973).
General note
From binder that appears to be volume 4 of 4.
Box 7
New First Family, 1968 (The), A Futuristic Fairy Tale - record album.
(1966).
Box 2, Folder 1
Original Classic Burlesque and Vaudeville Sketches - scripts.
(1973).
General note
Related to Ben Blue and Herbie Faye
Box 7
Out of the Closet - record album.
(1977).
Box 4, Folder 4
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Too Many Evies. From binder labeled book 1.
Box 4, Folder 5
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Queens for a Day. From binder labeled book 1.
Box 4, Folder 6
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Futile Attraction. From binder labeled book 2.
Box 4, Folder 2
Out of This World - final draft script.
(1988 Aug 11).
General note
Evie's Birthday Wish. From binder labeled Book 1.
Box 4, Folder 8
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Evie Goes to Hollywood. From binder labeled book 2.
Box 4, Folder 9
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Amazing Evie. From binder labeled book 2.
Box 4, Folder 11
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Star Dog. From binder labeled book 2.
Box 4, Folder 10
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Frisky Business. From binder labeled book 2.
Box 5, Folder 9
Out of This World - final draft script.
(1989 Oct 24).
General note
One in a Million. From binder labeled book 5.
Box 4, Folder 12
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Whose House Is It, Anyway? From binder labeled book 2.
Box 4, Folder 7
Out of This World - final draft script.
(no date).
General note
Beano the Kid. From binder labeled book 2.
Box 4, Folder 3
Out of This World - rough draft script.
(1988 Oct 7).
General note
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. From binder labeled Book 1.
Box 5, Folder 14
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Kinder, Gentler Mayor (A). From binder labeled book 5.
Box 5, Folder 13
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
My Mother the Con. From binder labeled book 5.
Box 5, Folder 12
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Garden of Evie (The). From binder labeled book 5.
Box 5, Folder 11
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Yuppie Love. From binder labeled book 5.
Box 5, Folder 10
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Double Trouble. From binder labeled book 5.
Box 6, Folder 13
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Mayor Evie. From binder labeled book 8.
Box 5, Folder 8
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Cowboy Kyle, Man of Granite. From binder labeled book 4.
Box 5, Folder 7
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie Goes for the Gold. From binder labeled book 4.
Box 5, Folder 6
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Four Men and a Baby. From binder labeled book 4.
Box 5, Folder 5
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Rocks That Couldn't Roll (The). From binder labeled book 4.
Box 5, Folder 15
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Diamonds are Evie's Best Friend. From binder labeled book 5.
Box 5, Folder 3
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Magic Touch. From binder labeled book 4.
Box 5, Folder 18
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
New Kid on the Block. From binder labeled book 6.
Box 5, Folder 2
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Bring Me the Head of Donna Garland. From binder labeled book 4.
Box 5, Folder 1
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Sweet Sixteen. From binder labeled book 3.
Box 4, Folder 19
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Eviegeist. From binder labeled book 3.
Box 4, Folder 18
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
It's a Cruel World. From binder labeled book 3.
Box 4, Folder 17
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Driver's License. From binder labeled book 3.
Box 4, Folder 16
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Froggy Day in Marlowe Town (A). From binder labeled book 3.
Box 4, Folder 15
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Around the World in 80 Minutes. From binder labeled book 3.
Box 4, Folder 14
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Secret Admirer. From binder labeled book 3.
Box 4, Folder 13
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Cinderella Evie. From binder labeled book 3.
Box 6, Folder 14
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
All About Evie. From binder labeled book 8.
Box 5, Folder 4
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie/Stevie. From binder labeled book 4.
Box 6, Folder 6
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's High Anxiety. From binder labeled book 7.
Box 5, Folder 20
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's False Alarm. From binder labeled book 6.
Box 6, Folder 16
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Would You Buy a Used Car from this Dude? From binder labeled book 8.
Box 5, Folder 21
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Marlowe Vice. From binder labeled book 6.
Box 6, Folder 1
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
My Little Evie. From binder labeled book 6.
Box 6, Folder 2
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Guardian Angel. From binder labeled book 6.
Box 6, Folder 3
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read (A). From binder labeled book 6.
Box 6, Folder 4
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Come Fly with Evie. From binder labeled book 7.
Box 6, Folder 17
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Educating Kyle. From binder labeled book 8.
Box 6, Folder 18
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Eighteen. From binder labeled book 8.
Box 5, Folder 16
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Goodbye, Mr. Chris. From binder labeled book 5.
Box 6, Folder 5
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Roomies. From binder labeled book 7.
Box 5, Folder 17
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Best Friends. From binder labeled book 6.
Box 6, Folder 7
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Latin Touch. From binder labeled book 7.
Box 6, Folder 8
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
I Want My Evie TV. From binder labeled book 7.
Box 6, Folder 9
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Heck's Angels. From binder labeled book 7.
Box 6, Folder 15
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Three Promises. From binder labeled book 8.
Box 6, Folder 10
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Too Late for Evie. From binder labeled book 7.
Box 6, Folder 11
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
My Mom, and Why I Love Her. From binder labeled book 7.
Box 6, Folder 12
Out of This World - script.
(1990 Nov).
General note
Stump Your Neighbor. From binder labeled book 8.
Box 5, Folder 19
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Forget Your Troubles. From binder labeled book 6.
Box 6, Folder 19
Out of This World - script.
(no date).
General note
Evie's Nightingale. From binder labeled book 8.
Box 7
Pat McCormick / Tells It Like It Is - record album.
(1968).
Box 3, Folder 7
Paul Lynde Halloween Special (The) - final draft script.
(1976 Oct).
Box 1, Folder 5
Saturday Celebration - final draft script.
(1975 July 1).
Box 7
Scream on Someone You Love Today - record album.
(1967).
Box 7
Sullivan Years (The) - record album.
(1973).
Box 4, Folder 1
Thank You Rock 'n Roll - script.
(1978 Mar).
Box 1, Folder 6
Unbroken Circle (The) (Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter) - script.
(1979).
Box 3, Folder 6
Wayne Newton Special (The) - script.
(1974 June).
Box 3, Folder 8
Weekend of Foul Play (A) - script.
(1978).
Box 7
When You're in Love the Whole World is Jewish - record album.
(1966).
Box 7
Yiddish Are Coming! The Yiddish Are Coming! (The) - record album.
(1967).
Box 7
You Don't Have to be Jewish - record album.
(c. 1965).
