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#10279: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE
Order1956-10-07, NBC, 00 min.
- Louis Nye
- Don Knotts
- Steve Allen
- Bill Dana
- Skitch Henderson
- Lou Costello
- Bud Abbott
- Tom Poston
- Pat Harrington
- Milt Kamen
- Kukla, Fran, and Ollie
- Lionel Hampton
- Mickey Mantle
- Peggy King
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961. The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian,author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable, was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez. Guests: Abbott and Costello perform their "Who's On First?" routine.
#7431: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE
Order1956-10-14, NBC, 00 min.
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961. The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian,author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable, was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez. Steve Allen Pays Tribute To James Dean On The First Anniversary Of His Death.
#10472: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE
Order1958-03-09, NBC, 19 min.
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961. The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian,author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr. Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez. Guests: Dolores Gray, Sabrina. It's Allright With Me."- Dolores Gray. Duplicate of 10543.
#10543: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE
Order1958-03-09, NBC, 19 min.
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961. The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian,author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr. Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez. Guests: Dolores Gray, Sabrina. "It's Allright With Me."- Dolores Gray Duplicate of 10472.
#10545: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE
Order1958-03-09, NBC, min.
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961. The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian,author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr. Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez. Guests: Dolores Gray, Sabrina. "It's Allright With Me."- Dolores Gray "The Object Of My Affection"-Dolores Gray and Steve Allen. Duplicate of 10472.
#7432: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE
Order1958-03-23, NBC, 00 min.
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961. The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian,author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable, was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez.1958-07-18, NBC, 28 min.
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. 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 Melies, 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 Conried, Peggy Cass, Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, and Johnathan Winters. Hugh Downs substituted for Jack Paar 79 times, more than any other substitute host there were 20 different performers 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. Altogether there were 243 broadcasts that 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 videotaped broadcast aired on January 5, 1959. "Best of Paar " Re-runs began on July 10, 1959. The first color broadcast aired on September 19, 1960. Guest: Tom Poston discusses how his "forgetfulness" character on the Steve Allen Show was developed. "Jose Melis instrumental "Unspoken" Genevieve reads the day's baseball scores.#7433: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE
Order1958-09-21, NBC, 00 min.
- Louis Nye
- Don Knotts
- Steve Allen
- Bill Dana
- Milton Berle
- Skitch Henderson
- Tom Poston
- Gene Barry
- Pat Harrington
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961. The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian,author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable, was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez.1959-05-06, WRCA, 72 min.
- Louis Nye
- David Brinkley
- Jack Benny
- Dayton Allen
- Don Hewitt
- Robert Young
- Raymond Burr
- Dennis Weaver
- Mike Nichols
- Judith Anderson
- Don Knotts
- Elaine May
- Ann B. Davis
- Barbara Hale
- Art Carney
- Chet Huntley
- Donna Reed
- Richard M. Nixon
- Phil Silvers
- Dinah Shore
- Bob Hope
- Ed Sullivan
- James Garner
- Mickey Rooney
- Ann Sothern
- Walter Brennan
- Shirley Temple
- Fred Astaire
- Tom Poston
- Dick Clark
A galaxy of stars salute their own for the 1958-1959 TV season. Raymond Burr, Robert Young, Dennis Weaver, Barbara Hale, Art Carney, Dinah Shore, Tom Poston, Ann B. Davis, Phil Silvers, Don Hewitt, David Brinkley, Elaine May and Mike Nichols, Walter Brennan, Jack Benny, Donna Reed, Fred Astaire, Louis Nye, Dayton Allen, Don Knotts, Mickey Rooney, Judith Anderson, Dick Clark, Bob Hope, Ed Sullivan, Chet Huntley, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
1959-11-24, NBC, 60 min.
A musical salute to the career of Ethel Merman on Broadway, from her 1930 debut in "Girl Crazy" to her hit performance in "Gypsy." Bobby Sherwood's trumpet accompanies one of Merman's numbers. HIGHLIGHTS: "Everything's Coming Up Roses".......All Palace Guard Sketch.......Merman, Poston "Anything You Can Do"..........Merman, Poston "Eadie Was a Lady"......Merman Cowboy Sketch..............Merman, Parker "Girl That I Marry".........Parker "You Can't Get A Man with a Gun"......Merman "You're an Old Smoothie".....Merman, Parker "Blow Gabriel, Blow".....Merman, Sherwood Psychiatrist Sketch.........Merman, Hunter "You're Just in Love"........Merman, Hunter Melody of Ethel Merman Tunes.....Merman "Friendship"..........ALL1960-05-31, NBC, min.
- Dayton Allen
- Don Knotts
- Steve Allen
- Jonathan Winters
- Phil Harris
- Pat Harrington Jr.
- Bill Dana
- Gabe Dell
- Tom Poston
June 24, 1956-December 27, 1961. The multi-talented Steve Allen- musician, composer, singer, comedian,author- was the star of this live weekly variety series that bore a strong resemblance to his informal, late-night Tonight! Show. Although the program had elements of music and serious aspects, comedy was far and away its major component. Steve had with him one of the most versatile and talented collections of improvisational comics ever assembled. Among the features that were used at one time or another on a semi-regular basis were: "Letters to the Editor," "The Allen Report to the Nation," "Mad-Libs," "Crazy Shots," "Where Are They Now," "The Question Man," "The Allen Bureau of Standards," and "The Allen All Stars." The most frequently used feature, and by far the most memorable was the "Man on the Street Interview." It was here that the comics on the show developed their best-remembered characters: Louis Nye as suave, smug Gordon Hathaway, Tom Poston as the man who can't remember his own name, Skitch Henderson as Sidney Ferguson, Don Knotts as the extremely nervous and fidgety Mr. Morrison, Pat Harrington as Italian golf pro Guido Panzini, and Bill Dana as shy Jose Jimenez. Guests are Phil Harris, Jonathan Winters, and Bill (Jose Jimenez) Dana. Final first run show of the current season, and final show and affiliation with NBC television.
#13915: TO TELL THE TRUTH
Order1962-12-17, CBS, min.
Nightime: December 18th, 1956-September 5th, 1966 (CBS) December 12th, 1966-May 22nd, 1967, CBS. Daytime: June 18th, 1962-September 6th, 1968, (CBS). 1969-1977 Syndicated. 1980 Syndicated September 3rd, 1990-May 31st, 1991. (NBC). One of television's most popular game shows. A panel of four celebrities tried to determine which of three guests, each claiming to be the same person was telling the truth. Bud Collyer hosted the prime-time and daytime versions of the show on CBS. The syndicated version that began in 1969, was hosted by Garry Moore until 1977 when Joe Garagiola took over for the last few shows. Robin Ward hosted the 1980 syndicated version. Gordon Elliott hosted the 1990 daytime revival until February 1991 when Alex Trebek became the host. Host: Bud Collyer.#14286: TO TELL THE TRUTH
Order1963-09-09, CBS, 4 min.
Nightime: December 18th, 1956-September 5th, 1966 (CBS) December 12th, 1966-May 22nd, 1967, CBS. Daytime: June 18th, 1962-September 6th, 1968, (CBS). 1969-1977 Syndicated. 1980 Syndicated September 3rd, 1990-May 31st, 1991. (NBC). One of television's most popular game shows. A panel of four celebrities tried to determine which of three guests, each claiming to be the same person was telling the truth. Bud Collyer hosted the prime-time and daytime versions of the show on CBS. The syndicated version that began in 1969, was hosted by Garry Moore until 1977 when Joe Garagiola took over for the last few shows. Robin Ward hosted the 1980 syndicated version. Gordon Elliott hosted the 1990 daytime revival until February 1991 when Alex Trebek became the host. Included in the contestants is John Pennel, the pole vaulting champion. Pennel was the first person to ever pole vault over seventeen feet, accomplishing this feat on August 24th, 1963. Pennel was presented the AAU James E. Sullivan Award for the most outstanding United States athlete. Host: Bud Collyer.#14294: TO TELL THE TRUTH
Order1963-09-09, CBS, min.
Nightime: December 18th, 1956-September 5th, 1966 (CBS) December 12th, 1966-May 22nd, 1967, CBS. Daytime: June 18th, 1962-September 6th, 1968, (CBS). 1969-1977 Syndicated. 1980 Syndicated September 3rd, 1990-May 31st, 1991. (NBC). One of television's most popular game shows. A panel of four celebrities tried to determine which of three guests, each claiming to be the same person was telling the truth. Bud Collyer hosted the prime-time and daytime versions of the show on CBS. The syndicated version that began in 1969, was hosted by Garry Moore until 1977 when Joe Garagiola took over for the last few shows. Robin Ward hosted the 1980 syndicated version. Gordon Elliott hosted the 1990 daytime revival until February 1991 when Alex Trebek became the host. Host: Bud Collyer.1964-07-10, WNBC, 62 min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Guest host Woody Allen welcomes his guests Edie Adams, Tom Poston, Louise Lasser and Count Basie.#15483: "OUTRAGEOUS OPINIONS."
Order1968-01-01, WOR, 1 min.
Opening only (90 seconds) with Tom Poston and Helen Gurly Brown.
#2215: DON KNOTTS SHOW, THE
Order1971-04-13, WCBS, 52 min.
September 15, 1970-July 6, 1971. Final broadcast of the series. For this last show in the Don Knotts Show series, a change of pace with Don inviting his former "boss" Steve Allen to join him along with former Steve Allen regulars from the 1956-1959 NBC variety series, Louis Nye, and Tom Poston. The entire show is devoted to reminiscing by Allen, Knotts, Nye and Poston, including viewing kinescope film clips of past broadcasts. They include: The Allen Bureau of of Standards testing wine on Steve's drunken cohorts and Steve reprising his hard-sell commercials, plugging such items as permanent tie tacks-the kind you hammer into your chest. Opinions on X-Rated films in a "Man on the Street" retrospective. Also, Steve sets up a clip of John Cameron Swayze doing a live commercial for Times Watches which drastically goes wrong. Don Knotts headlined this variety series featuring Elaine Joyce, Frank Welker, John Dehner, Kenneth Mars, Eddy Carroll, Francis DeSales, Mickey Deems, Brad Logan, Fay DeWitt, Gary Burghoff and Bob Williams. NOTE: Archival Television Audio, Inc. also has a rare video of part of this broadcast (30 minutes) recorded originally by Fred Berney on Black & White 1/2" video tape (reel to reel) a rare home recorder for 1971..
#10284: DON KNOTTS SHOW, THE
Order1971-04-13, WCBS, 30 min.
September 15, 1970-July 6, 1971. Final broadcast of the series. For this last show in the Don Knotts Show series, a change of pace with Don inviting his former "boss" Steve Allen to join him along with former Steve Allen regulars from the 1956-1959 NBC variety series, Louis Nye, and Tom Poston. The entire show is devoted to reminiscing by Allen, Knotts, Nye and Poston, including viewing kinescope film clips of past broadcasts. They include: The Allen Bureau of of Standards testing wine on Steve's drunken cohorts and Steve reprising his hard-sell commercials, plugging such items as permanent tie tacks-the kind you hammer into your chest. Opinions on X-Rated films in a "Man on the Street" retrospective. Also, Steve sets up a clip of John Cameron Swayze doing a live commercial for Timex Watches which drastically goes wrong as Swayze loses a wristwatch in a tub of water. Don Knotts headlined this variety series featuring Elaine Joyce, Frank Welker, John Dehner, Kenneth Mars, Eddy Carroll, Francis DeSales, Mickey Deems, Brad Logan, Fay DeWitt, Gary Burghoff and Bob Williams. NOTE: Archival Television Audio, Inc. also has a rare video of part of this broadcast (30 minutes) recorded originally by Fred Berney on Black & White 1/2" video tape (reel to reel) a rare home recorder for 1971.. Duplicate of #2215. This version is a 30-minute excerpt. Last show of the series.
1971-09-01, ABC, 65 min.
Steve Allen substitute hosts of Dick Cavett on THE DICK CAVETT SHOW. Steve is joined by his ensemble group of performers, including his wife Jayne, who were prominent members during his 1950's Sunday night NBC STEVE ALLEN SHOW. It is a memorable reunion with reminisces and great memories shared. NOTE: Last 12 minutes of this air check not archived.1976-04-26, ABC, 30 min.
September 11th, 1975- May 17th, 1976. An American sitcom that aired on ABC and set at Alamesa prison. Originally aired on January 19th, 1976.
1980-12-16, WNBC, 52 min.
- Steve Allen
- Bob and Ray
- Jackie Mason
- Steve Lawrence
- Kaye Ballard
- Tom Poston
- Anthony Newley
- Elaine Joyce
- Bill Saluga
- Tom Leopold
- Nancy Steen
- Larry Wilcox
October 18, 1980-January 10, 1981. This series, Steve Allen's last, premiered October 18, left the air until returning in December for three more shows and then returned for one last encore appearance on January 10, 1981.