An ABC Network Television "live presentation with an audience," - "The Hollywood Palace" (1964:2nd season.show #17, airing 23 January 1965) - a Saturday night music-variety hour television show, the Producers Nick Vanoff and Bill Harbach asked Kate Smith to host a Saturday night television show after she appeared as a guest soloist-performer. During on-camera-stage blocking rehearsals, where Kate Smith (as host) stood on the left side of the stage's portal-proscenium, Paul, the prop-master, would bring Kate an "un-opened aluminum can" of ice cold soda pop, handing the soft drink to host Kate Smith. Kate wanted "everyone" to see that the can of fizz was the pure thing, unadulterated by alcohol, to prevent any scandalous gossip implying she is alcoholic, or drunk, performing on the stage during the show's rehearsals and show-taping.
The "Hollywood Palace - Host" - (Kate Smith) - always had the show's featured end spot to solo their talent closing out the hour-in-length program. The closing segment featured a voluptuous Raquel Welsh dressed as a Las Vegas variety show-girl carrying a featured yellow colored printed 5" wide by 16" long printed type "bill-board" of the next week's named featured host and guest talent roster. When curvaceous Raquel Welch, dressed in her 'Vegas showgirl costume' entered from off-camera stage left, Kate remarked, "Well, aren't you a pretty young lassie" .....
Remarkably, the only two guest hosts of "The Hollywood Palace" television show's seven year series (1964-1971), Kate Smith and Joan Crawford - were the only two host-stars who "individually" and "personally" hand wrote a "thank-you" note to each individual member of the complete show's crew and cast members' appearing on their hosting of the television "Hollywood Palace" show.
Kate Smith brought with her a small hand-held Kodak 35mm "brownie" color still film box camera. During her on stage, and off stage activities, Kate constantly 'whipped out her little camera' and took a "Kodak Moment" photograph - of each show staff member, including orchestra musicians, stage technical electrical crew members on a ladder adjusting overhead stage lighting, Ed Holland supervising his stage-hands moving sets either on-or-off the stage, prop-men, make-up staff, costume designer and staff, producers Nick Vanoff & Bill Harbach, their staff Rita Scott, Carol Warrian, Elliott Alexander, director Grey Lockwood , technical-video-director Gene Lukowski, orchestra conductor Mitchell Ayres, lighting director Jack Denton, stage manager "Woodie" James Woodruff, production designers Jim Trittipo and Hub Braden, including staff members - involved in the show's production. Each individual crew member received Kate's personal autographed "Thank You" note, their photograph included in the envelope sent to their home address.