The Bell Telephone Hour The Mikado (Season 2, Episode 13)
TV Episode | 53 min | Music

The Bell Telephone Hour

The Mikado (Season 2, Episode 13)

TV Episode | 53 min | Music

In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a strolling minstrel who loves the beautiful Yum-Yum. ...See moreIn a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a strolling minstrel who loves the beautiful Yum-Yum. But Yum-Yum is also loved by Ko-Ko, and Nanki-Poo, seeing no hope for his love, considers suicide. Ko-Ko offers to solve both their problems by executing Nanki-Poo, and an agreement is reached whereby Ko-Ko will allow Nanki-Poo to marry Yum-Yum for one month, at the end of which Nanki-Poo will be executed, in time for the arrival of the Mikado. But what Ko-Ko doesn't know is that Nanki-Poo is the son of the Mikado and has run away to avoid a betrothal to an old harridan named Katisha. The arrival of the Mikado brings all the threads of the tale together. Written by Jim Beaver See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Martyn Green Self / Host Self / Host See fewer	Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
Groucho Marx Koko Koko See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
Robert Rounseville Nanki Poo Nanki Poo See fewer	Carousel (1956)
Stanley Holloway Pooh Bah Pooh Bah See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Barbara Meister Yum-Yum Yum-Yum See fewer	Camera Three (1954)
Melinda Marx Peep Bo Peep Bo See fewer	The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
Sharon Randall Pitti Sing Pitti Sing See fewer	The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
Dennis King Mikado Mikado See fewer	The Vagabond King (1930)
Helen Traubel Katisha Katisha See fewer	The Ladies Man (1961)
The Bell Telephone Orchestra Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
The Norman Luboff Choir Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Founder (2016)