Kiss tapes The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

On 19-21, October, 1976, Kiss taped The Paul Lynde Halloween Special at ABC Studios, Hollywood, California.

Oct. 19, 1976 – Kiss rehearse the songs to be performed on the show and run through the skit with Paul Lynde.
Oct. 20, 1976 – “Detroit Rock City” performance is taped.
Oct. 21, 1976 – “Beth”, “King of the Night Time World”, skit with Paul Lynde and final “credit” dance scene are taped.

Kiss – Paul Lynde Halloween Special – 1976. The Paul Lynde Halloween Special is a Halloween-themed television special starring Paul Lynde, broadcast October 29, 1976 on ABC. It featured guest stars, the rock band Kiss, Margaret Hamilton in a reprisal of her role as the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. Also guest starring are Billie Hayes as Witchiepoo from H.R. Pufnstuf, Tim Conway, Roz “Pinky” Kelly, Florence Henderson, rock band Kiss, Billy Barty as Gallows the Butler, Betty White and, in an unbilled surprise appearance, Donny and Marie Osmond. The special aired only once. Kiss Perform Detroit Rock City, Beth and King of the night time world.

Peter Criss:
“With the album completed, we got ready to go back out on the road, naturally. But first we flew out to L.A. to tape Paul Lynde’s Halloween TV special. My mother was thrilled. Paul Lynde was her favorite comedian. My mother loved gay people, and she thought he was the funniest. We were a little out of place on the show, with guests like Margaret Hamilton, Tim Conway, Florence Henderson, Betty White, and Donny and Marie Osmond, but it should have been a wake-up call. We were rapidly leaving the rock ’n’ roll rebel label behind us and winding up as Hollywood pablum.”
– “Makeup to Breakup: My Life in and out of Kiss” by Peter Criss.

“Drum tech Chuck Elias remembers, “Tim Conway was on the show and we pretty much laughed the whole time we were there. I remember talking to John Travolta about KISS as he was doing Welcome Back, Kotter across the lot.”
It wasn’t quite The Ed Sullivan Show, but a rock band appearing on prime time television in 1976 in the United States was still a major event, to say the least. Its impact for KISS would be almost immediate. In fact, many of the fans who would go on to comprise the KISS fan base first became aware of the band on October 29, when ABC-TV broadcast the special. The band recognized the show’s impact very quickly. Paul Stanley, in particular, first began to notice KISS’s audience widening on December 2 in Memphis, Tennessee. He told a reporter the following night, “I saw parents there with four-year-old kids. I think the thing that sets KISS apart from so many other groups is that we appeal to such a wide audience.” Paul was correct. KISS’s audience was expanding in two directions: towards a younger demographic, thanks to the exposure from the Paul Lynde show, and for a brief period, towards an older demographic too, due to the immense crossover success of “Beth.”
– “Kiss Alive Forever” by Jeff Suhs and Curt Gooch.