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#10429: SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY
Order1953-01-17, NBC, min.
June 7th, 1952-August 30th, 1952 (NBC) Jerry Lester, former host of Broadway Open House, emceed this variety hour, a summer replacement for Sid Caesar's "Your Show Of Shows."
#13649: PM EAST WITH MIKE WALLACE
Order1962-04-25, WNEW, 24 min.
1961-1962, Syndicated A ninety-minute nightly syndicated talk show with Mike Wallace and his co-host Joyce Davidson. Wallace and Davidson hosted the first hour from New York with Terrence O'Flaherty hosting the last half-hour from San Francisco. It was created to compete with the Jack Paar Show on NBC. Mike Wallace explains yesterday's walkout by guest Burt Lancaster. He speaks to his television and studio audience for 15 minutes detailing last night's walk-off by guest Burt Lancaster. Wallace mentions that this was the first time in 16 years someone walked off when interviewing him/her. Mike states that he likes to do an interview devoid of "fluff" and ask pointed and relevant questions. Usually there is a pre-screening of questions by the staff and guest but not on this occasion. Mike mentions he met Burt ten minutes before going on TV in the men's room. Mike Wallace mentions that on last night's telecast which had Barbara Streisand, Phil Foster, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as guests appearing before Burt Lancaster, he waited till the last 30 minutes to have Lancaster appear. Mike recalls the first three questions posed to Burt, and his taking exception to the question when asked why he has a bad temper, at which time he just got up and walked off. Wallace apologizes to Burt but also reads the 10 other questions he was going to ask Lancaster. Guests Faye Emerson and Jerry Lester discuss with Mike their feelings about the walk off. Faye remembers being interviewed by Wallace on NIGHTBEAT and being asked, "if she thought Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller's marriage would last." NOTE: When Burt Lancaster walked off the show , it was the first time such occurrence would happen in the career of Mike Wallace. Wallace requested the audio air check audio tape of this moment archived in the ATA collection. He set up a meeting with Phil Gries, owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc. at The Paley Center in NYC where Gries gave him a dub of the recording. A week later Phil Gries received a letter from Mike Wallace who stated that when listening to the air check he yelled into the play back machine to "stop talking so much.!" Host: Mike Wallace.
1962-11-03, SYN, 29 min.
October 27, 1962 - January 19, 1963 THE JERRY LESTER SHOW premiere episode broadcast in Los Angeles California a week after its debut show aired in New York City. This "lost" 60-minute weekly broadcast lasted for only 13 weeks. It aired in New York on WOR Channel 9, Saturday Night from 10pm to 11pm. Jerry Lester from "Broadway Open House" fame was the host and resident comedian. Guest performers included singers, comedians, dancers and actors. Regulars on the show included the Society Six (an instrumental group led by Richard Wess. Announcer is Jerry Leighton. Opening of the show is heard and opening monologue by Jerry Lester who introduces each member of the orchestra. Guest Bobby Darin chats with Jerry Lester and mentions movies he has done ("If a Man Answers," "State Fair," and his current dramatic role in the film "Pressure Point." Darin and Lester go into the audience where they interview a number of people including Miss Miller who became famous attending thousands of Jack Paar and Merv Griffin shows. In a separate bit, Jerry Lester and Bobby Darin parody Richard Rodgers lyrics. NOTE: ALL OF THE 13 JERRY LESTER SHOW PROGRAMS ARE LONG GONE...ERASED, DESRTOYED, VANDALIZED. WHEREABOUTS UNKOWN with the exception of this sole surviving archived premiere show excerpt audio track.1976-02-25, WNBC, 60 min.
"The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder is NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE. October 15, 1973-January 28, 1982. This program is a repeat of the show from July 25, 1975. This broadcast featured members of "Broadway Open House." An hour-long talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. Network television's first entry into late-late-night programming on weeknights Monday thru Thursday, usually broadcasting on tape 1 AM to 2 AM. "Tomorrow" was expanded to 90 minutes on September 16, 1980.