On TV variety, only Perry Como matched Mr. Williams' casualness--he hosted several programs in his long-lasting career as a pop singer, the early 60s one on NBC notable for introducing the Osmonds to television and an early 70s stint on NBC for having producers Allan Blye and Chris Bearde surround him with a cast of zanies like Prof. Irwin Corey, Charlie Callas and a talking bear continually asking for cookies, of which the joke was that the bear was the only thing that would make Mr. Williams lose his trademark cool:
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