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• #19121: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1944-08-18, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Ellery Queen

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Today's topic: Ellery Queen.                         

• #19126B: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1945-00-00, NBC, 15 min.

  • Frank Sinatra
  • Bill Stern

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Frank Sinatra                                                                                            

• #19126A: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1945-04-27, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Henny Youngman

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Henny Youngman                                                                                               

• #19123: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1945-09-14, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Brace Beemer

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Brace Beemer who portrayed The Lone Ranger on radio.                                   

• #19126: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1946-00-00, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Sonja Henie

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Sonja Henie                                                                                    

• #19125: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1946-06-07, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Eddie Anderson

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, Jack Benny Show.                                                                        

• #19130: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1946-06-21, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Orson Welles

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Orson Welles                                                                                                                                     

• #19131: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1946-12-20, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Annual Christmas Show                                                                                                                                            

• #19131A: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1947-10-31, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Frank Leahy

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Frank Leahy                                                                                                                                                     

• #19131B: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1948-06-11, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • James Braddock

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Former heavyweight champion James Braddock.                                                                                                                                                              

• #19124: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1948-07-16, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • William Powell

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: William Powell subbing for Bill Stern.                                                                         

• #19127: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1949-11-18, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Doak Walker

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: Doak Walker (football player)                                                                                                       

• #19128: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1949-11-25, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Four Horsemen

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: The Four Horsemen                                                                                                                  

• #19129: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1950-01-06, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • George Raft

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Guest: George Raft                                                                                                                           

• #19122: COLGATE SHAVE CREAM PRESENTS BILL STERN SHOW, THE

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  1950-01-13, NBC, 15 min.

  • Bill Stern
  • Boris Karloff

  December 5th, 1937-June 22nd, 1956
  
  The Bill Stern Colgate Sports newsreel from Hollywood was a radio show on the NBC radio network, sponsored by Colgate Shave Cream and hosted by sportscaster Bill Stern. A series of fifteen-minute interviews with notable public figures from the sports and entertainment industries. 
  
  Today: Boris Karloff                                       

• #10753: MILTON BERLE SHOW, THE

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  1950-02-28, NBC, min.

  • Milton Berle
  • Rudy Vallee

  September 21st, 1948-June 9th, 1953
  
  Following an uneventful career in radio, Milton Berle came to a young medium called television to host his own show, The Milton Berle Show, also known as The Texaco Star Theater. The show became a huge hit, giving Berle the nickname, "Mr. Television." Berle was also credited for the sale of millions of TV sets during the medium's early days. Although not the permanent host during the show's first season, Berle became a huge TV star once he did become the show's regular host. Other regulars were a young, up and coming star named Carol Burnett and comedian Arnold Stang. 
  
  
  
  Milton's guest is singer Rudy Vallee.                                                   

• #10394A: RALPH FLANAGAN RADIO SHOW, THE

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  1951-04-15, Mutual, 20 min.

  • Peggy King
  • Ralph Flanagan
  • Harry Prime

  Ralph Flanagan was a big band leader and musical composer. He composed and arranged for such big band leaders as Sammy Kaye, Charlie Barnet, and Alvino Rey.His instrument of expertise was the piano. His 1950s radio show was heard on the Mutual Radio network.
  
  Highlights of 4-15-51:
  
  "Apple Blossom Time"
  "Be My Love"
  "Penthouse Serenade"
  "Twilight Rhapsody"
  "Hearts And Flowers"
  
  The show also features vocalists Harry Prime and Peggy King.
  
   

• #10418: FRED WARING SHOW, THE

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  1951-04-15, CBS, 60 min.

  • Fred Waring
  • William Lear

  April 17th, 1949-January, 1952- (CBS) Sunday 9:00PM-10:00PM
  January, 1952-May, 1954- (CBS) Sunday 9:00PM-9:30PM 
  
  Regulars: Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians 
  
  Theme: "Sleep" by Earl Lebieg
  
  Fred Waring, and his orchestra and large chorus, had been an American institution for several decades when he first entered television on a regular basis in 1949. Slotted right after the highly-rated Ed Sullivan "Toast Of The Town," he quickly became a Sunday night standby. The entire Waring organization made up the regular TV cast of more than sixty members. In addition to standard instrumental and vocal numbers, the show included dancing (during the 1949-1950 season there was a dance contest titled "Video Ballroom" as a regular feature) sketch material that was musically related; and interpetations of fairly tales. Although all the members of the Pennsylvanians had solos at one time or another during the show's five year run, those most frequently spotlighted were Jane Wilson, Joanna Wheatley, Joe Marine, Daisy Bernier, Keith and Sylvia Textor, Hugh "Uncle Lumpy" Brannum, (Mr. Green Jeans on Captain Kangaroo), Virginia Morley, Livingston Gearhart, and Poley McClintock, (with whom Fred had founded his first band in 1915. 
  The Fred Waring Show was performed before a live studio audience during its first and last seasons and without a live audience for the three seasons in between. In its last season, it was cut back to alternate week status, with G.E. Theatre airing on the alternate Sundays. 
  
  On this episode: An interview with aviator William Lear. 

• #10409: FRED WARING SHOW, THE

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  1951-06-24, CBS, 30 min.

  • Fred Waring

  April 17th, 1949-January, 1952- (CBS) Sunday 9:00PM-10:00PM
  January,1952-May,30th 1954- (CBS) Sunday 9:00PM-9:30PM 
  
  Regulars: Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians 
  
  Theme: "Sleep" by Earl Lebieg
  
  Fred Waring, and his orchestra and large chorus, had been an American institution for several decades when he first entered television on a regular basis in 1949. Slotted right after the highly-rated Ed Sullivan "Toast Of The Town," he quickly became a Sunday night standby. The entire Waring organization made up the regular TV cast of more than sixty members. In addition to standard instrumental and vocal numbers, the show included dancing (during the 1949-1950 season there was a dance contest titled "Video Ballroom" as a regular feature) sketch material that was musically related; and interpetations of fairly tales. Although all the members of the Pennsylvanians had solos at one time or another during the show's five year run, those most frequently spotlighted were Jane Wilson, Joanna Wheatley, Joe Marine, Daisy Bernier, Keith and Sylvia Textor, Hugh "Uncle Lumpy" Brannum, (Mr. Green Jeans on Captain Kangaroo), Virginia Morley, Livingston Gearhart, and Poley McClintock, (with whom Fred had founded his first band in 1915. 
  The Fred Waring Show was performed before a live studio audience during its first and last seasons and without a live audience for the three seasons in between. In its last season, it was cut back to alternate week status, with G.E. Theatre airing on the alternate Sundays. 
  
  Final show of the season. 

• #6960: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE: PRESENTED BY KNICKERBOCKER BEER

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  1953-08-31, WNBT, 40 min.

  • Steve Allen
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Bobby Bryne
  • Helene Dixon

  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).                                                                                          

• #6961: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE: PRESENTED BY KNICKERBOCKER BEER

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  1953-09-01, WNBT, 40 min.

  • Steve Allen
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Bobby Bryne
  • Jim Moran
  • James A. Michener
  • Helene Dixon

  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).                                                                              

• #6962: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE: PRESENTED BY KNICKERBOCKER BEER

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  1953-09-02, WNBT, 40 min.

  • Steve Allen
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Bobby Bryne
  • Bobby Rosengarten
  • Helene Dixon

  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).                                                                                

• #6963: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE: PRESENTED BY KNICKERBOCKER BEER

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  1953-09-03, WNBT, 40 min.

  • Steve Allen
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Bobby Bryne
  • Helene Dixon

  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.                                                                       

• #6964: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE: PRESENTED BY KNICKERBOCKER BEER

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  1953-09-04, WNBT, 40 min.

  • Steve Allen
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Bobby Bryne
  • Lyle Fitzsimmons
  • Helene Dixon

  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).                                                                                                

• #5893B: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE: PRESENTED BY KNICKERBOCKER BEER

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  1954-02-19, WNBC, min.

  • Steve Allen
  • Phil Silvers

  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:
  After a successful fourteen-month local run, THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW became a network show. Beginning September 27, 1954, the show retitled TONIGHT!, and expanded to 105 minutes from 40 minutes. 
   
  NOTE: Sound of this Television Audio Air Check is PRISTINE. A rare return to an early television broadcast when Late Night Television was so informal and relaxed with open ended time dedicated to a person, topic, music, or just impromptu  comedy.                      

• #10607: ARTHUR GODFREY SHOW, THE

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  1954-05-00, WCBS, 5 min.

  • Arthur Godfrey
  • Tony Marvin

  January 7th, 1952-April 24th, 1959 (CBS)
  
  Daily variety Series starring Arthur Godfrey. Tony Marvin was the MC.                                                                            

• #10606: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

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  1954-05-31, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Andrew Sisters
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986.
  
  Guests: The Andrew Sisters.
  
  Fontane Sisters, Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres. 
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark                                                                                                                                                                                                      

• #10581: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

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  1954-06-09, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Jack Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Fontane Sisters. Mitchell Ayres, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra.
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark                                                                                 

• #10582: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

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  1954-06-11, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Fontane Sisters, Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra. 
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark                                                                                 

• #10578: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

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  1954-06-13, NBC, 14 min.

  • Perry Como
  • Les Paul
  • Mary Ford
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Guests: Les Paul and Mary Ford.     
  
  Mitchell Ayres  Orchestra.
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark.                                                                  

• #10579: ARTHUR GODFREY SHOW, THE

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  1954-06-14, WCBS, min.

  • Arthur Godfrey
  • Tony Marvin

  January 7th, 1952-April 24th, 1959 (CBS)
  
  Daily variety Series starring Arthur Godfrey. Tony Marvin was the MC.                                                               

• #10580: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

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  1954-06-16, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Anthony
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Guest: Ray Anthony.      
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark.                                                                            

• #10583: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

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  1954-06-18, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Fontane Sisters, Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres. 
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark                                                                                              

• #5893AC: RAY ANTHONY SHOW, THE

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  1954-07-09, CBS, 15 min.

  • Ray Anthony

  June 28th, 1954-August 20th, 1954  (CBS)
  
  Fifteen-minute summer replacement series for the Perry Como Show. Like Como's fifteen-minute program, Anthony's show was seen on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights on CBS. It was also known as "TV's Top Tunes." 
  
  This July 9th, 1954 broadcast is a complete fifteen-minute program. 

• #5893C: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE: PRESENTED BY KNICKERBOCKER BEER

  Order

  1954-08-03, WNBC, min.

  • Steve Allen
  • Don Shirley

         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.
  
  After a successful fourteen-month local run, THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW became a network show. Beginning September 27, 1954, the show retitled TONIGHT!, and expanded to 105 minutes from 40 minutes. 
   
  NOTE: Sound of this Television Audio Air Check is PRISTINE. A rare return to an early television broadcast when Late Night Television was so informal and relaxed with open ended time dedicated to a person, topic, music, or just impromptu  comedy.                           

• #5893AA: ERNIE KOVACS SHOW, THE

  Order

  1954-08-04, WABD, 10 min.

  • Ernie Kovacs
  • Edith Adams

  April 19th, 1954-January 14th, 1955 (WABD) 
  
  In the Spring of 1954, Ernie Kovacs appeared on WABD-TV Channel 5 in New York City, New York's Dumont outlet, where he hosted a late-night one-hour local show for a period of nine months. It aired from 11:15PM to 12:15AM.

• #5893D: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE: PRESENTED BY KNICERBOCKER BEER

  Order

  1954-08-12, WNBC, min.

  • Steve Allen

        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:
  After a successful fourteen-month local run, THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW became a network show. Beginning September 27, 1954, the show retitled TONIGHT!, and expanded to 105 minutes from 40 minutes. 
   
  NOTE: Sound of this Television Audio Air Check is PRISTINE. A rare return to an early television broadcast when Late Night Television was so informal and relaxed with open ended time dedicated to a person, topic, music, or just impromptu  comedy.                                        

• #10584: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

  Order

  1954-10-04, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Fontane Sisters, Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres. 
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark                                                                                              

• #13045A: TEX AND JINX RADIO SHOW, THE

  Order

  1954-11-16, WRCA, 7 min.

  • Elizabeth Taylor
  • Tex McCrary
  • Michael Wilding

   
   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 JINK 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. 
  
  Broadcast on WRCA FM RADIO in New York City.
  
     The rare archived radio broadcast begins with Tex McCrary playing back an interview he did in the past with  Elizabeth’s husband, Michael Wilding who describes his wife’s eyes as “violet eyes,” and, possessing a  “double row of eyelashes.” 
  
  Tex asks Elizabeth if Wilding indeed has ever told her that to which she states she feels her eyes are blue. Again, McCrary plays another segment of his interview of Michael Wilding for Elizabeth Taylor to listen. He states that his wife is pretty without make-up, but when she applies her own make up it takes over two and half hours to do so. Taylor responds that it is true and even longer when she does her hair,  fingernails and toe nails.  However, Michael takes only five minutes to shave!
   
  Back to the Michael Wilding / Tex McCrary interview. Wilding states that he never saw his wife Elizabeth in a movie before they became engaged. Then, he was taken by Taylor’s parents to Paramount Studios and saw “A Place in the Sun,” which he praises. However, after then seeing “National Velvet” where in real life Taylor was twelve years old, he became ashen as he left the theater and Elizabeth states that if he had seen the film first he may not have ever asked me to marry him (“cradle robbery”).
   
  Taylor similarly confirms that she had never seen a Michael Wilding movie prior to their engagement (1951). 
  She confirms that Michael watched her two nights ago on television doing a southern accent appearing on What’s My Line? 
  She demonstrates the accent for Tex. 
   
  Elizabeth Taylor reminisces about attending, for six years, The Little Red School House on the MGM  movie lot where all the contract children actors would attend from 9am to noon on days they were not filming and attending school three hours a day (private tutor) a day,  between scenes  when filming. Others to graduate from The Little Red School House were Mickey Rooney, Margaret O’Brien, Jane Powell, Butch Jenkins and Dean Stockwell. 
                                                                                                                    

• #10430: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE

  Order

  1954-12-25, NBC, 26 min.

  • George Gobel
  • Peggy King
  • William Gargen

  NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
  CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960, 
  
  George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting  on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
  
  Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format. 
  
  During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
  
  Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
  
  Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monolgue at the beginning of the program by "lonesone" George Gobel.
  
  Guests: actor William Gargen, Peggy King. 
  
  
                                                    

• #10238: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-01-00, WCBS, 27 min.

  • George Gobel
  • Peggy King
  • John Scott Trotter Orchestra
  • Jeff Donnell
  • Art Gilmore

  NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
  CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960, 
  
  George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting  on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
  
  Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format. 
  
  During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
  
  Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
  
  Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monologue at the beginning of the program by "lonesome" George Gobel.
  
  Peggy King sings, "That's Entertainment." George sings the last bar of "That Old Irish Mother of Mine."
  
  Announcer for this broadcast is Art Gilmore. 
  
  
                                                                              

• #10585: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-01-03, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Fontane Sisters, Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres. 
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark                                                                                                           

• #10586: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-01-05, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Fontane Sisters, Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres. 
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark                                                                                                                        

• #10307: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-01-08, NBC, 27 min.

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • George Gobel
  • Peggy King
  • Del Jarvis
  • John Scott Trotter Orchestra
  • Jeff Donnell

  NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
  CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960, 
  
  George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting  on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
  
  Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format. 
  
  During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
  
  Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
  
  Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monolgue at the beginning of the program by "lonesone" George Gobel.
  
  Announcer for this broadcast is Del Jarvis. 
  
  Duplicate of #10,237.
  
  
                                                    

• #10237: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-01-08, NBC, 27 min.

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • George Gobel
  • Peggy King
  • Del Jarvis
  • John Scott Trotter Orchestra
  • Jeff Donnell

  NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
  CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960, 
  
  George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting  on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
  
  Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format. 
  
  During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
  
  Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
  
  Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monolgue at the beginning of the program by "lonesone" George Gobel.
  
  Announcer for this broadcast is Del Jarvis. 
  
  
                                                    

• #10320: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-04-16, NBC, min.

  • George Gobel
  • Walter Brennan

  NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
  CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960, 
  
  George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting  on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
  
  Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format. 
  
  During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
  
  Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
  
  Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monolgue at the beginning of the program by "lonesone" George Gobel.
  
  Guest: Walter Brennan. 
  
  
                                                    

• #10322: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-05-14, NBC, min.

  • George Gobel
  • Jack Benny

  NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
  CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960, 
  
  George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting  on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
  
  Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format. 
  
  During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
  
  Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
  
  Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monolgue at the beginning of the program by "lonesone" George Gobel.
  
  Guest: Jack Benny. 
  
  
                                                    

• #10587: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-05-25, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Fontane Sisters, Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres. 
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark                                                                                                                                     

• #10327: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-05-28, NBC, min.

  • George Gobel
  • Gary Moore

  NBC October 2nd, 1954-March 10th, 1959
  CBS October 11th, 1959-June 5th, 1960, 
  
  George Gobel hosted three different variety series. The first was a half-hour program October 1954 thru June 1957. The second also for NBC was an hour broadcast alternating with the Eddie Fisher Show, both starring and guesting  on each others program each week (September 1957 thru March 1959).
  
  Third series for Gobel had him appear on CBS TV from October 1959 thru June 1960 back with a half-hour format. 
  
  During his NBC run George Gobel would do an "Alice" skit, parodying his own real life domestic life with wife, Alice.
  
  Jeff Donnell (1957-1958) and later Phyllis Avery (1958-1959) played the role of Alice.
  
  Usually there would be a guest star and a skit or two following a down home spun stand-up monolgue at the beginning of the program by "lonesone" George Gobel.
  
  Guest: Gary Moore. 
  
  
                                                    

• #10588: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE

  Order

  1955-06-01, NBC, min.

  • Perry Como
  • Fontane Sisters
  • Ray Charles Singers
  • Jack Brown
  • Dick Stark
  • Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
  • Mitchell Ayres

  September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986. 
  
  Fontane Sisters, Jack Brown, Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres. 
  
  Announcer: Dick Stark