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1953-08-31, WNBT, 40 min.
July 27, 1953- September 24, 1954 Prior to Steve Allen hosting The Tonight Show (Sept. 27, 1954-Jan. 25,1957...originally titled Tonight!) on network T.V. he hosted a similar late night show locally in New York City called The Steve Allen Show Presented by Knickerbocker Beer. It was seen in only three states, New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut (11:20pm-midnight). These Monday through Friday 40 minute telecasts included regulars, Steve Lawrence, Helene Dixon and Bobby Bryne and his orchestra. Sponsor was Knickerbocker beer on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday only. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Beer (on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday only) on NBC Local, it was seen in only three states: New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut from 11:20pm to Midnight, Monday to Friday, 40 minutes long, broadcast from July 27, 1953 to September 24, 1954. "The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer" on NBC Local was the forerunner of the NBC National broadcast of "Tonight Starring Steve Allen" which began its official debut on September 27, 1954. Broadcast theme song, "Stay Just A Little While With Me," opens the show. This is the oldest known broadcast record of Steve Allen's 14 month local Pre-Tonight Show run, prior to National Tonight! broadcasts which premiered September 27, 1954. NOTE: Five Steve Allen Knickerbocker COMPLETE TV broadcasts (August 31, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 1953) were originally discovered (NBC 16" ORTHACOUSSIC NBC RADIO-RECORDING DIVISION discs) in 2008. They were for sale in a Burlington County New Jersey store that sold old Gramophones, Victrola's and Edison Cylinder machines. A rare discovery for only two kinescopes are known, by this author, Phil Gries, to survive, archived at the NBC Archives (December 30, 1953, and August 31. 1954).
1953-09-01, WNBT, 40 min.
July 27, 1953- September 24, 1954 Prior to Steve Allen hosting The Tonight Show (Sept. 27, 1954-Jan. 25,1957) on network T.V. he hosted a similar late night show locally in New York City called the The Steve Allen Show Presented by Knickerbocker Beer (11:20pm-midnight). These Monday through Friday 40 minute telecasts included regulars, Steve Lawrence, Helene Dixon and Bobby Bryne and his orchestra. Sponsor was Knickerbocker beer on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday, only. This is the 27th broadcast in the series. Broadcast theme song, "Stay Just A Little While With Me," opens the show. Steve Allen, at the piano, sings "Cecilia." Jim Moran, who appears every Tuesday on the broadcast discusses with Allen "Oysters," as the Oyster season begins. Author James Michener joins in and also discusses his latest movie adaptation screenplay for the film "Return To Paradise," about to open in theaters nation wide. This was the first theatrical contribution for Michener in his literary career. Incredible relaxed late night television from a bygone era as Steve offers a beer to Mitchener in-between anecdotes. Steve Lawrence, who just turned 18 years of age, sings "C'est si bon." Bobby Byrne & his orchestra plays "Lover." Sign off, as Steve reminds viewers that this new late night series is on the air every weekday night for 40 minutes, 11:20pm to Midnight. Cast sings theme song "Stay Just A Little While With Me." Sponsored by Knickerbocker Beer (on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday only) on NBC Local, it was seen in only three states: New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut from 11:20pm to Midnight, Monday to Friday, 40 minutes long, broadcast from July 27, 1953 to September 24, 1954. "The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer" on NBC Local was the forerunner of the NBC National broadcast of "Tonight Starring Steve Allen" which began its official debut on September 27, 1954. Broadcast theme song, "Stay Just A Little While With Me," opens the show. NOTE: Five Steve Allen Knickerbocker COMPLETE TV broadcasts (August 31, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 1953) were originally discovered (NBC 16" ORTHACOUSSIC NBC RADIO-RECORDING DIVISION discs) in 2008. They were for sale in a Burlington County New Jersey store that sold old Gramophones, Victrola's and Edison Cylinder machines. A rare discovery for only two kinescopes are known, by this author, Phil Gries, to survive, archived at the NBC Archives (December 30, 1953, and August 31. 1954).
1953-09-02, WNBT, 40 min.
July 27, 1953- September 24, 1954 Prior to Steve Allen hosting The Tonight Show (Sept. 27, 1954-Jan. 25,1957) on network T.V. he hosted a similar late night show locally in New York City called the The Steve Allen Show Presented by Knickerbocker Beer (11:20pm-midnight). These Monday through Friday 40 minute telecasts included regulars, Steve Lawrence, Helene Dixon and Bobby Bryne and his orchestra. Sponsor was Knickerbocker beer on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday only. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Beer (on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday only) on NBC Local, it was seen in only three states: New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut from 11:20pm to Midnight, Monday to Friday, 40 minutes long, broadcast from July 27, 1953 to September 24, 1954. "The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer" on NBC Local was the forerunner of the NBC National broadcast of "Tonight Starring Steve Allen" which began its official debut on September 27, 1954. Broadcast theme song, "Stay Just A Little While With Me," opens the show. NOTE: Five Steve Allen Knickerbocker COMPLETE TV broadcasts (August 31, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 1953) were originally discovered (NBC 16" ORTHACOUSSIC NBC RADIO-RECORDING DIVISION discs) in 2008. They were for sale in a Burlington County New Jersey store that sold old Gramophones, Victrola's and Edison Cylinder machines. A rare discovery for only two kinescopes are known, by this author, Phil Gries, to survive, archived at the NBC Archives (December 30, 1953, and August 31. 1954).
1953-09-03, WNBT, 40 min.
July 27, 1953- September 24, 1954 Prior to Steve Allen hosting The Tonight Show (Sept. 27, 1954-Jan. 25,1957) on network T.V. he hosted a similar late night show locally in New York City called The Steve Allen Show Presented by Knickerbocker Beer. (11:20pm-midnight). These Monday through Friday 40 minute telecasts included regulars, Steve Lawrence, Helene Dixon and Bobby Bryne and his orchestra. Sponsor was Knickerbocker beer on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. NOTE: Five Steve Allen Knickerbocker COMPLETE TV broadcasts (August 31, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 1953) were originally discovered (NBC 16" ORTHACOUSSIC NBC RADIO-RECORDING DIVISION discs) in 2008. They were for sale in a Burlington County New Jersey store that sold old Gramophones, Victrola's and Edison Cylinder machines. A rare discovery for only two kinescopes are known, by this author, Phil Gries, to survive, archived at the NBC Archives (December 30, 1953, and August 31. 1954). Sponsored by Knickerbocker Beer (on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday only) on NBC Local, it was seen in only three states: New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut from 11:20pm to Midnight, Monday to Friday, 40 minutes long, broadcast from July 27, 1953 to September 24, 1954. "The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer" on NBC Local was the forerunner of the NBC National broadcast of "Tonight Starring Steve Allen" which began its official debut on September 27, 1954. Broadcast theme song, "Stay Just A Little While With Me," opens the show.
1953-09-04, WNBT, 40 min.
July 27, 1953- September 24, 1954 Steve starts the show singing, "Tea For Two." Guest is Lyle Fitzsimmons, "Queen of The Coney Island Mardi Gras." The cast does, "Were Your There?" the landing of the Mayflower. Steve and Helene sing a duet to, "Side By Side." Prior to Steve Allen hosting The Tonight Show (Sept. 27, 1954-Jan. 25,1957) on network T.V. he hosted a similar late night show locally in New York City called The Steve Allen Show Presented by Knickerbocker Beer. (11:20pm-midnight). These Monday through Friday 40 minute telecasts included regulars, Steve Lawrence, Helene Dixon and Bobby Bryne and his orchestra. Sponsor was Knickerbocker beer on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Note: SOME VARIATIONS IN SOUND QUALITY. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Beer (on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday only) on NBC Local, it was seen in only three states: New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut from 11:20pm to Midnight, Monday to Friday, 40 minutes long, broadcast from July 27, 1953 to September 24, 1954. "The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer" on NBC Local was the forerunner of the NBC National broadcast of "Tonight Starring Steve Allen" which began its official debut on September 27, 1954. Broadcast theme song, "Stay Just A Little While With Me," opens the show. NOTE: Five Steve Allen Knickerbocker COMPLETE TV broadcasts (August 31, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 1953) were originally discovered (NBC 16" ORTHACOUSSIC NBC RADIO-RECORDING DIVISION discs) in 2008. They were for sale in a Burlington County New Jersey store that sold old Gramophones, Victrola's and Edison Cylinder machines. A rare discovery for only two kinescopes are known, by this author, Phil Gries, to survive, archived at the NBC Archives (December 30, 1953, and August 31. 1954).
#10448: BEST OF BROADWAY, THE
Order1955-01-05, CBS, 60 min.
September 15th, 1954-May 4th, 1955 (CBS) Series of specials, every fourth Wednesday for one season, replacing the Pabst Blue Ribbon boxing matches. Martin Manulis was the producer. This episode: "Arsenic And Old Lace" starring Helen Hayes and Billie Burke.
#5918: MERRY WIDOW, THE
Order1955-04-09, WCBS, 75 min.
Presented on "MAX LIEBMAN PRESENTS." Television adaptation of the 1907 Franz Lehar operetta. No open or close recorded.1955-12-12, WNBC, 47 min.
- Tex McCrary
- Mary Martin
- Sid Caesar
- Helen Hayes
- Marilyn Monroe
- Tennessee Williams
- Jinx Falkenburg
- Hal Wallis
- Marlon Brando
- Daniel Mann
- Anna Magnani
- James Wong Howe
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY: April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm. In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. NOTE:: The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. Tex and Jinx speak with Sid Caesar, Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams, Hal Wallis, and Marilyn Monroe before the New York City premiere of the movie "The Rose Tattoo." Also interviewed by Jinx Falkenburg is director of "The Rose Tattoo," Daniel Mann. He speaks admirably working with Ann Magnani as does Marlon Brando who also praised James Wong Howe's cinematography. Brando and Marilyn Monroe have words for one another, as well as Sid Caesar who is in awe sitting next to Monroe. Marilyn talks about the Actor's Studio and there are some very funny moments recorded of Brando asking Monroe to do an improvisation. Tex McCrary interviews Helen Hayes. A gem of a broadcast archived originally by Archival Television Audio, Inc. MORE complete than any of the bootlegged unauthorized versions posted to you tube that came from me originally. This version reflects the original master 16" ET transferred to 1/4" audio tape in 1960. NOTE: JOHN McCRARY 9/10/2001 Dear Phil, [Letter in response to receiving a requested audio air check by Jinx Falkenburg ("Tex & Jinx" live radio broadcast) with guests Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando and Sid Caesar] "Thank you again for the cassette. As I mentioned on the phone, my mother, Jinx (Falkenburg), has always said that that interview with Marilyn (Monroe) - Dec. 12, 1955 - was her most difficult interview ever." Sincerely, John McCrary
#10436: VOICE OF FIRESTONE,THE
Order1956-03-19, WABC, 60 min.
September 5, 1949-June 7, 1954 (NBC); June 14, 1954-June 16, 1963 (ABC). This was the final broadcast of the season. "Voice of Firestone," which began on radio in 1928, was a Monday-night perennial for more than two decades before coming to television in 1949; for the next five years it was simulcast on NBC radio and television, until a dispute between the sponsor and the network over the Monday time slot led Firestone to shift the program to ABC. The half-hour musical series presented all kinds of music, but emphasized classical and semiclassical selections. Each week a guest celebrity was featured, and for many years the principal guests came from the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Firestone Orchestra was conducted by Howard Barlow, and the show was hosted by John Daly during its years on ABC; Hugh James was the announcer. "Voice of Firestone" was seen as a series of specials from 1959 until 1962; it returned as a weekly series in the fall of 1962 for a final season (September 30, 1962-June 16, 1963). Theme: "Springtime USA" Guest: Helen Hayes.
1956-03-25, NBC, 45 min.
- Art Linkletter
- Tony Randall
- Bert Lahr
- Janet Blair
- Helen Gallagher
- Nancy Walker
- Tammy Grimes
- Don Pardo
- Connie Russell
- Robert Carroll
- Patricia Hammerlee
Series of monthly specials featuring musical and comedy revues. Story centers around the hard-working women of the garment industry. Garment workers boss portrayed by Bert Lahr with Tony Randall as program host and salesman in the presentation. Only the musical numbers are heard in this 45-minute special. Musical Highlights: "Make A Miracle"- Janet Blair Working Woman's Fantasy- Helen Gallagher "Breakfast In Bed"- Tammy Grimes "Ten Cents A Dance"- Connie Russell "Poor Young Girl"- Bert Lahr "Ladies Who Sing With A Band"- Female cast members. Fats Waller rendition. This program was telecast in color. Announcer: Don Pardo.
#10363: RUSS MORGAN SHOW, THE
Order1956-07-14, CBS, min.
July 7th, 1956- September 1st, 1956 (CBS) Saturday night half-hour musical variety series hosted by bandleader Russ Morgan and featured singer Helen O'Connell. Helen O'Connell sings "How Little We Know."
#10365: RUSS MORGAN SHOW, THE
Order1956-07-21, CBS, min.
July 7th, 1956- September 1st, 1956 (CBS) Saturday night half-hour musical variety series hosted by bandleader Russ Morgan and featured singer Helen O'Connell. Guest: Guy Mitchell.
#10348: RUSS MORGAN SHOW, THE
Order1956-08-04, CBS, min.
July 7th, 1956- September 1st, 1956 (CBS) Saturday night half-hour musical variety series hosted by bandleader Russ Morgan and featured singer Helen O'Connell. A medley of Johnny Mercer songs sung by Johnny Mercer.
#13052A: SPECIAL REPUBLICAN PROGRAM
Order1956-11-03, , 20 min.
Various personalities question members of the Republican party. Personalities include actress Helen Hayes, Admiral Thomas F. Connolly and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.
1957-05-16, CBS, 30 min.
- Polly Bergen
- Helen Morgan
- Hogey Carmichael
- Slyvia Sidney
- Robert Lowery
- Reginald Denny
- Ronnie Burns
- Lili Gentle
- Benay Venuta
- James Westerfield
- Williard Sage
- Paul Lambert
- Glenn Turnbull
- Dan Frazer
- Benny Carter
- Robin Morse
- Al Hopson
- Jimmy Cross
- Sidney Clute
- James Nolan
- Larry Kerr
- Nicky Blair
- Mavis Neal Palmer
- Burt Nelson
- Don Anderson
- William Forest
- Lewis Charles
- Eve McVeagh
- Dana Wynter
- Brandon. Beach
- Paul Bradley
- Morgan Brown
- Donald Chaffin
- Sam Finn
- Kennegh Gibson
- Joe Gilbert
- Richard Joy
- Eddie Kane
- Max Mannes
- William Meader
- Hans Moebus
- Cosmo Sardo
- Bernard Sell
- Al Silvani
October 4th, 1956- May 18th, 1960 (CBS) CBS anthology series considered to be the most ambitious of all the early day TV anthology series with top talent performing. During it's first three seasons, Playhouse '90 presented ninety-minute dramas. It was broadcast as a series of specials during the 1959-60 season. Reruns were aired in 1961. More than 100 plays were presented, many of them live, featuring top ranked directors and excellent scripts. This episode features "The Helen Morgan Story." Helen Morgan is a Broadway legend. Her story told by her mother from her early start in speakeasies to star of top-rated shows and owning her own club. Her fatal descent into alcoholism is also covered. Polly Bergen stars as Helen Morgan.
#7025: CLUB OASIS
Order1958-03-29, NBC, min.
NBC- Sept 28th,1957-Sept 6th, 1958 A bi-weekly variety series set in a night club.Each program hosted by a different guest star. From June 7th, 1958 to final show, Sept 6th, 1958, Spike Jones took over as permanent host. March 29th, 1958, Club Oasis. Spike Jones hosts with guests Helen Grayco, Julie Redding and Joe Besser, who does an Army recruiter sketch with Spike Jones. Announcer Bob Lemond mentions during the credits to tune in in two weeks when Dean Martin will host Club Oasis with his guest Eddie Fisher.
1959-02-23, ABC, 00 min.
September 24th, 1958-March 16th, 1959. Live musical variety show hosted by singer Patti Page.
1959-03-09, WRCA, 48 min.
- Jack Paar
- Hugh Downs
- Cliff Arquette
- Rose Marie
- Jose Melis
- Bing Crosby
- Helen Traubel
- Joyce Jameson
- Philip Crosby
- Earl Grant
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. Rose Marie performs. Philip Crosby son of Bing Crosby is the guest on the segment, "It's All Relative." 11:15 - 11:30pm local segment pre-empted for coverage of the Broadway play opening, "JUNO." Host Carl Reiner interviews 16 celebrities attending this premiere. This segment is archived in the ATA collection but not posted as of this date. *Most of this series does not survive in any broadcast form. Kinescopes were discarded, burned, decomposed...whereabouts unknown. 2" Quadruplex Video Tape was expensive ($300 for a one hour reel), weighting 26 pounds, requiring great storage space. Video Tape could easily be erased and was used for new program recordings...retained briefly for a re-run and then erased or discarded. Legend has it that even Jack Paar himself hired a junk man to come to his home garage and paid to have JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW recordings discarded (reels of kinescopes and video tapes) that were now cluttering up his space. During this era in television history archiving television programming was not a primary concern or vision, and considered an arcane pursuit. ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO, INC. retains over 70 complete and excerpt JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW air checks (34 hours), including the complete Jack Paar's first anniversary telecast which was broadcast live from Havana Cuba (June 28, 1958). These originally recorded off the air pristine sound direct line 1/4" reel to reel audio tracks, recorded at the time of the original broadcasts, represent the only broadcast record of a "lost" visual telecast. ATA is the largest single repository (one collection), in the United Sates of Jack Paar Tonight Shows recordings. The combined archives of The Library of Congress, Paley Center for Media, and UCLA Film & Television retain a composite total of 13 hours of representative JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts excerpts...none complete. For four years and eight months Jack Paar reigned supreme as host of the TONIGHT SHOW with a crew of regulars, but only two stayed with him for the entire run; announcer Hugh Downs and band leader Jose Melis, a former army buddy. Familiar faces who appeared many times with Jack included Dody Goodman, Betty Johnson, Elsa Maxwell, Alexander King, Genevieve, Jack Douglas; and wife Reiko, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hans Conreid, Peggy Cass, Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, and Jonathan Winters. Hugh Downs substituted for Jack Paar 79 times, more than any other substitute host. There were 20 different substitute hosts for Paar over the period of the series run. Joey Bishop substituted for Paar 31 times. Arlene Francis, 30 times, Jonathan Winters, 26 times, Orson Bean, 21 times and Johnny Carson 15 times. All together there were 243 broadcasts which had substitute hosts filling in for Paar during Jack Paar's TONIGHT SHOW tenure. The title of the late night broadcast changed to THE JACK PAAR SHOW which took effect on February 3, 1958. The first video-taped broadcast aired on January 5, 1959. "Best of Paar " Re-runs began on July 10,1959. Beginning July 20, 1959 Jack Paar began taking off Monday nights & guest hosts would substitute for him (approximately on alternate Mondays). The first color broadcast aired on September 19, 1960. Theme music, "Everything is Coming Up Roses" was first used beginning in the Fall of 1959. Location broadcast telecasts of the program telecast away from the Hudson Theater in New York City occurred 14 times during this series run. Jan. 13-17, 1958 Miami Beach, Florida July 28, 1958 Havana,Cuba Nov. 3-21, 1958 Hollywood, California March 2-20, 1959 Hollywood, California Nov. 10-12, 1959 Nassau, Bahamas (Video Tape) Nov. 30- Dec. 10, 1959 Hollywood, California March 28-April 1, 1960 London, England (Video Tape) Nov.9-11, 1960 Hawaii (Video Tape) - b&w Nov.14-24, 1960 Hollywood, California March 21-24, 1961 London, England (Video Tape) Sept. 12-14, 1961 West Berlin (Video Tape) Nov. 14-17, 1961 Hollywood, California (Tape) Nov. 21-24, 1961 Hollywood, California (Tape) March 13-16, 1962 London, England (Video Tape)
1960-03-08, NBC, 60 min.
- Helen OConnell
- Vaughn Monroe
- Jo Stafford
- Charlie Barnett
- Stan Kenton
- Freddie Martin
- Eddy Howard
- Jimmy Wellington
- Jack Leonard
- Count Basie and Orchestra
- Bob Crosby and Bobcats
October 6th, 1959- May 31st, 1960. (NBC) An anthology series of dramatic and variety shows. "The Swingin, Singin, Years." Guests: Musical performers sing 1940s popular music and songs. Freddie Martin, Jo Stafford, Eddy Howard, Charlie Barnett, Jimmy Wellington, Vaughn Monroe, Stan Kenton. Big band swing music. Duplicate of 10311. Highlights- "Marie"- Jack Leonard "Tangerine"- Helen O'Connell "Big Noise From Winnetka"- Bob Crosby and The Bobcats "One O'Clock Jump"- Count Basie and Orchestra
1960-04-29, WNBC, 52 min.
Groucho Marx stars in the TV adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "The Mikado." Other performers include Helen Traubel, Dennis King, Stanley Holloway and Groucho's daughter Melinda Marx. No opening or closing credits are recorded on this tape, however, the play is complete.#7421: SPIKE JONES SHOW, THE
Order1960-08-01, CBS, min.
January 2nd, 1954-May 8th, 1954-NBC April 2nd, 1957-August 27th, 1957-CBS August 1st, 1960-Sept 19th, 1960-CBS July 17th, 1961-Sept 25th, 1961-CBS Comedy/variety show featuring bandleader Spike Jones and his wife, Helen Grayco.
1960-10-24, NBC, 60 min.
- Claude Rains
- Alice Ghostley
- Helen Gallagher
- Richard Basehart
- Gene Nelson
- Marisa Pavan
- John Abbott
- Christopher Gampel
- James Valentine
Five men, lost in the Himalayas after their plane crashes, discover a paradise on earth. Produced and directed by George Schaefer. Music by Harry Warren.
1961-00-00, WRFM, 54 min.
- Eddie Cantor
- Henry Fonda
- Thomas Alva Edison
- Helen Keller
- George Bernard Shaw
- Martin Bush
- Edwin Booth
- Jimmie Walker
- Rudyard Kipling
- Booker T. Washington
- Bud Greenspan
Host Martin Bush presents some of the greatest moments of the past along with some of the great voices of the past. Henry Fonda narrates "Voices of the Twentieth Century. "Through rare Edison recordings we hear eminent voices going back to the 1890's. Among them are Edwin Booth, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Edison, Jimmy Walker, Eddie Cantor, Rudyard Kipling, Booker T. Washington, Helen Keller and many others. Written and produced by Bud Greenspan.#9469: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1961-06-23, NBC, 6 min.
Judy Garland makes a rare TV interview appearance, one of two she would do on Here's Hollywood. Helen O'Connell interviews Judy Garland who discusses her current role acting in Judgement at Nuremburg, her first acting job in front of the cameras in six years. In addition Judy talks about her relationship with producer/director Stanley Kramer, and acting with Richard Widmark. Garland relates to Helen O'Connel her future plans and other thoughts related to her status as an actress at the current time.
1961-07-07, CBS, 12 min.
Charles Collingwood interviews Spike Jones who is joined by his wife Helen Grayco. Rebroadcast of December 8, 1960.
1961-07-21, WNBC, 10 min.
- Peter Lorre
- Helen O'Connell
- Pauline Fredericks
- Humphrey Bogart
- Joe E. Lewis
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Burl Ives
- Sidney Bernstein
September 26, 1960 - December 28, 1962 Helen O'Connell interviews Peter Lorre on location at his Beverly Hills home. Helen remarks that Peter's home reminds her of an old English pub. Peter remarks that he does not scare easily and does not go into such character unless being paid to do so. Topics discussed include why Lorre does not like to do interviews. He says "its against his grain." He remarks that his father was very strict and always told Peter it was not polite to talk about oneself. Peter remarks and shows off what he can do with his ears (wiggle them) and how it cost him two jobs in his young life...once working in bank and once on stage. Peter remembers running away from home to become an actor...first time on stage in Germany as an extra, inventing the word "Kreep," and why acting is no job for a grown up man. However, he does state that is is very proud of his profession which he cannot live without. Peter gives his opinion comparing the actor of decades ago with the contemporary actor of today and the studio's approach of creating publicity for actors. A retrospect by Lorre when he first came to Hollywood and would never go to parties which he considers a bore. His friendship with Humphrey Bogart and the few friends he hangs out with today including Burl Ives and Joe E. Lewis. After a one minute interruption for n NBC Bulletin, Lorre tells Helen O'Connell how Sidney Bernstein introduced him to Alfred Hitchcock who would love to tell stories and Lorre would automatically laugh at then in the right places, putting him in contention to act in Hitchcock's first talking picture, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Lorre's first English movie success. NOTE: There is a brief Pauline Fredericks NBC bulletin from the United Nations, related to conflict between Tunisia and France, interrupting the program for one minute. Here's Hollywood (568 broadcasts) aired as a half-hour interview program, weekday afternoons on NBC at 4:30pm. On October 2, 1961 the show was reduced five minutes giving way to a live news broadcast with Sander Vanocur which aired at 4:55pm. Here's Hollywood was the leading daytime show for two years. It was the first TV broadcast of its kind, using two mobile vans equipped with 2" video tape equipment which traveled to the homes of celebrities...two locations each day, one star in the morning and one in the afternoon. Most of the interviews aired were ten minutes in length. Two different interviews comprised the full length of the half hour program. Occasionally, one subject would be interviewed for the complete program. Occasionally programs were produced outside of the United States...Hawaii, Germany, France. Five color broadcasts were attempted and then the concept abandoned, due to the complexity of 2" quadruplex video tape at the time. Dean Miller conducted interviews from September 26, 1960 to September 29, 1961. He was replaced by Jack Linkletter who conducted interviews from October 2, 1961 to December 28, 1962. Joanne Jordan conducted interviews from September 26, 1960 to June 9, 1961. She was replaced by Helen O'Connell who conducted interviews from June 13, 1961 to December 28, 1962. Note: Only a handful of the 1,100 different interviews survive. Most were erased, discarded, misplaced. NBC Archives have only two surviving kinescopes, one with Joe E. Brown (12-2-61), and one with Linda Darnell (12-4-61). UCLA Film & TV Archive has 46 different subject interview kinescopes on separate negative film and separate optical film. Archival Television Audio has 82 broadcasts on audio tape, originally recorded by Phil Gries at the time the broadcasts first aired. Most of them are complete interviews. These television Audio Air Checks represent the greatest number of known surviving HERE'S HOLLYWOOD broadcast episodes. UCLA FILM & Television Archives retains, in their vaults, the greatest number of individual original HERE'S HOLLYWOOD separate 16mm Kinescopes and coinciding separate optical and magnetic sound tracks, representing approximately four dozen shows. Almost ALL of these broadcasts remain in analog form, and not view-able as composite video and audio.
#106: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1961-07-28, WNBC, 12 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Tony Young (only television interview in his career) now starring in a one-hour mid-season replacement Western series, GUNSLINGER.
#109: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1961-08-02, WNBC, 10 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews William Demarest, and his wife, Lucille Demarest.
#116: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1961-08-10, WNBC, 9 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Bob Denver and wife Maggie Ryan Denver.
#120: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1961-08-21, WNBC, 9 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Robert Culp.#125: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1961-08-31, WNBC, 10 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Jim Davis and his wife, Blanche Davis.#126: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1961-09-01, WNBC, 20 min.
Dean Miller and Helen O'Connell chat with Andy Griffith, Danny Thomas, Joey Bishop and North Carolina Governor Terry Sandford, who hosts a special party honoring Andy Griffith.#160: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-01-23, WNBC, 9 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews comedian Jerry Colonna.#165: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-01-30, WNBC, 9 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Oscar Homolka, who is joined by his wife Joan Tetzlaff.#166: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-02-02, WNBC, 10 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Ray Milland.#166A: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-03-09, WNBC, 18 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Mr. Television, Milton Berle with his wife Ruth Berle form their Beverly Hill home. The initial discussion surrounds itself around the adoption of Bill (Little Billy) whom Milton and Ruth dote over. Milton states that his adopted son's name comes from respect and the Godfather of little Billy, Billy Wilder. Ruth and Milton talk about their nine year marriage and the reasons for adopting a child, late in life. Milton describes how motherhood had changed his and Ruth's way of life.Guest Jean Milinair, 17 years of age and a house guest is introduced. Milton relates anecdotes related to good friend, Buddy Hackett. Berle states to Helen O'connell the reason why he accepted the dramatic role in DOYLE AGAINS THE HOUSE, an Emmy Award winning teleproduction. He remembers how as a 13 year old kid he learned to manipulate playing cards very well. He was also the head of his drama class at school. Ruth mentions her relationship with Milton's mother, whom Milton states was his "rock" and guiding light in life. He talks about his father who passed away in 1938, a paint and varnish salesman, and his love for him. HIs mother Sandra would take Milton on the road from vaudeville house to vaudeville house and during these years Milton admits to not having a childhood of child friends his own age. Milton talks about his NBC Special TV broadcast to air this night with Jack Benny, Lena Horne and others. NOTE: This air check was recorded off the air by Phil Gries in 1962. It was dubbed in 1997 and given to Milton Berle. The master 1/4" inch reel to reel tape was located in 2023 and it had deteriorated to the extent that it did not play back properly...representing a non-playback tape with imperceptible volume. Phil Gries used a FlexArm with Q-Tip and isopropyl alcohol and a constant pressure of the tape redirecting the tape path over the playback head resurrecting the tape audio playback reproduction to a very decent level with additional EQ processing which is now quite acceptable and represented in the ATA collection.
#187: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-04-04, WNBC, 18 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Broderick Crawford who is joined by his wife Joan Tabor.#216: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-06-19, WNBC, 9 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Farley Granger.#225: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-07-12, WNBC, 6 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Billy Gilbert.#230: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-07-27, WNBC, 9 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews the first Western Motion Picture star, Bronco Billy Anderson who reminisces about making "The Great Train Robbery" in 1903.#233: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-08-01, WNBC, 8 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Nehemiah Persoff, who is joined by his wife. This broadcast was televised in progress and without an opening.1962-08-08, WVNJ, 25 min.
George Jessel narrates a capsulated review of Show Business, with excerpts from performers Maurice Chevalier, Charlie King, Helen Kane, Gene Austin, Wendell Hall and others.#244: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-08-13, WNBC, 18 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Mr. and Mrs. Keenan Wynn, who are joined by their son, Ned Wynn.#258: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-09-04, WNBC, 9 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Rory Calhoun and his wife Lita Baron.#259: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-09-05, WNBC, 18 min.
- Anthony Quinn
- Helen O'Connell
- Marilyn Monroe
- Jack Linkletter
- Alan Weiss Snider
- Harry Lipton
- Jane Russell
- Tom Kelly
- Florence Williams
- Christina Quinn
One month after the death of Marilyn Monroe, Jack Linkletter and Helen O'Connell talk to Monroe's make up man, Alan Weiss Snider; her first agent, Harry Lipton; actress Jane Russell; calendar photographer Tom Kelly; Hollywood studio club director Florence Williams; and the daughter of Anthony Quinn, Christina Quinn.#264: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-09-12, WNBC, 6 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Neville Brand, a second time, at his home in Malibu Beach.#288: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-10-18, WNBC, 10 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Harry Guardino.#292: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-10-22, WNBC, 10 min.
- Helen O'Connell
- Harold Lloyd
- Carole Costello
- Lou Costello
- Joan Davis
- Harold Lloyd Jr.
- Barry Ashton
- Beverly Wills
Helen O'Connell interviews Carole Costello (daughter of Lou Costello), Beverly Wills (daughter of Joan Davis), and Harold Lloyd Jr. (son of Harold Lloyd). Also commenting is Barry Ashton.#7078: ED SULLIVAN SHOW
Order1962-10-28, WCBS, 00 min.
- Steve Allen
- Ed Sullivan
- Jackie Mason
- Louis Prima
- Sergio Franchi
- Sam Butera
- Gia Maione
- Helen Shapiro
- Acker Bilk
Dupe Of 296, a 16 minute excerpt.
#297: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD
Order1962-11-01, WNBC, 8 min.
Helen O'Connell interviews Jack Elam.