Make Your Own Kind of Music (TV series)

Make Your Own Kind of Music was an American summer replacement television series starring The Carpenters that aired on NBC from July 20, 1971 to September 7, 1971. They were joined by Al Hirt, Mark Lindsay, the Doodletown Pipers, and comedy team Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses. Guest stars that appeared during the 8 episode series included Herb Alpert, Jose Feliciano, Dusty Springfield, and Helen Reddy.[1]

Make Your Own Kind of Music
The cast sings the theme song to the show
Developed by	Tomka Productions
Starring	The Carpenters Al Hirt Mark Lindsay Patchett & Tarses The Doodletown Pipers
Narrated by	Dick Tufeld
Opening theme	"Make Your Own Kind of Music" by the cast of MYOKOM
Ending theme	"Make Your Own Kind of Music" by the cast of MYOKOM
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	8
Production
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	One hour (with commercials) Approx. 45 minutes (without commercials)
Production companies	Tomka Productions Inc., in association with NBC
Distributor	NBC Universal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	July 20 (1971-07-20) – September 7, 1971 (1971-09-07)

The show's title was taken from the song recorded by Mama Cass, and was sung at the beginning and end of each broadcast by the show regulars.

The key concept of the series was that each show starts off with the letter "A". The first show started off with "A is for Alpert", as Herb Alpert stood next to a big letter "A", and introduced the show. The cast would then go down the alphabet list, and when they got to "Z", the show would end.