Here are two versions of Nat Cole playing (not singing) ‘Tea For Two’ from his groundbreaking 1957 TV show. I have no idea if the idea of having him do ‘a Chico’ (1:24 on the first version) was his or the networks but my showbiz intuition tells me that someone nervous in power made sure to get the message to Nat to ‘have some fun…do something silly…you know, like Chico Marx used to do?’ Meanwhile this little video serves as a reminder of what a superb pianist Cole was, without even the lovely vocals getting in the way.