GUY LOMBARDO PRESENTS NEW YEAR'S (NBC  December 31, 1955) 
In an earlier time, big band leader Guy Lombardo's name was as synonymous with New Year's Eve as Dick Clark's is today.  We don't have any details about this appearance, nor what Bill's role would have been in this mostly musical program, but we're guessing there was a countdown involved around midnight.  

THE TONIGHT SHOW (NBC 1956) 
We have no specific details about this appearance, but we'll make a pretty good guess.  In the summer of 1956, Tonight host Steve Allen debuted a prime time series and cut back his late night hosting to Wednesdays through Fridays only.  Ernie Kovacs became the permanent Monday-Tuesday host in October, but until then, a number of guest hosts were used.  Our guess is that Bill was one of them.  

According to some vintage newspaper articles, Bill did not enjoy the experience of hosting a talk show.  "They aren't my idea of a good time," he said in a 1971 profile.  "Walking out there with the thought, 'Now I have to be entertaining for the next five minutes.'  Never again -- not even Carson."  In fact, it appears that Bill was scheduled to fill in for Carson for a week in August, 1963 but ultimately didn't take the gig.  It went to Arlene Francis instead.  

BILL CULLEN TAX PARTY (WRCA  March 24, 1956)   
Bill hosted this special seen locally on the NBC flagship station in New York City from 11:15pm until midnight.  According to the TV Guide listing, "Four income-tax experts will answer questions from the studio audience and from people around the city, the latter being picked up by WRCA-TV's mobile unit."  

PERSON TO PERSON (CBS  January 18, 1957)    
Yes, Bill was once profiled on Edward R. Murrow's Friday night interview series.  Bill's interview took up the second half of the thirty-minute program.  (The first half featured baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who had recently retired and taken a job as an executive for Chock Full O' Nuts!)  Bill was at the peak of his professional career at the time of Murrow's interview, with The Price Is Right, I've Got A Secret and his daily New York radio show all going strong.  The Person to Person interviews typically took place in the subjects' homes, with Murrow conducting them from his studio.   

THE AMERICA'S CUP RACE (NBC  September 17, 1962)    
Bill teamed with Cleveland Amory and Everett Morris for this NBC News Special about the upcoming yachting competition between Australia and the United States off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island.  A copy of this obscurity is in the archives of The Museum of Television and Radio in California.   

NIGHTLIFE (1965) 
Nightlife was a failed effort by ABC to challenge Johnny Carson in the late-night field.  The show ran from November, 1964 to November, 1965 and Les Crane was its host for the first four months and the last four months.  Between February and June, a variety of TV personalities served as guest hosts for a week or two at a time.  Bill was one of those personalities.   

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE  (NBC  January 2, 1967) 
Bill teamed with Betty White to provide NBC's coverage of the annual event.  Pat Boone and actor Barry Sullivan were also on hand.  As big a fan of Bill as we are, we probably would have been watching ABC that year.  Elizabeth Montgomery was cuter.     

CAPTAIN KANGAROO (CBS March 8, 1978) 
Yes, Captain Kangaroo.  According to a fan named Randy who signed our guestbook, the puppet character Bunny Rabbit was a contestant on Bill's fictional The Baking Game, showing off his carrot cookies. Later, Bill showed up for a visit at the Captain's Place.  Randy's a little fuzzy on the details (hey, he was only six years old!), but we're grateful to him for filling in the details he had.  Thanks also to Chris Tufts who located the exact date of Bill's appearance in a vintage TV Guide.  
    
DICK CLARK'S LIVE WEDNESDAY (NBC 1978)    
In the late seventies, Dick Clark produced and hosted a series of specials geared to nostalgia for the fifties and sixties.  Those specials led to the live variety show Dick Clark's Live Wednesday, which didn't last very long.  Bill appeared in one of the first few shows of the series.  

TV'S FUNNIEST GAME SHOW MOMENTS  (ABC  May 10, 1984) 
This was the first of two specials hosted by William Shatner which looked back at some classic moments from Goodson-Todman game shows.  Bill was one of several in-studio guests who chatted with Shatner and introduced clips.  Despite the wealth of material to draw from, most of Bill's clips came from the recent series Child's Play.