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13 records found for Vaughn Meader
#7441: CELEBRITY TALENT SCOUTS
Order1962-09-09, CBS, 00 min.
A summer replacement series hosted by Sam Levenson in 1960, August 1- September 26, Jim Backus in 1962, February 3, - September 11, Merv Griffin in 1963, July 2, - September 17, Art Linkletter in 1965, (ONE HOUR series) June 22, - September 7. Art Linkletter later hosted the program as a mid-season replacement for the Steve Lawrence Show, again in a one hour format, titled Art Linkletter's Hollywood Talent Scouts from December 20, 1965 - September 5, 1966.
#13886: COMEDY CORNER TIME
Order1962-11-18, , min.
Radio comedy show. Guest: Vaughn Meader.
1962-12-12, , min.
Topics: The French to lend the Mona Lisa for an exhibition in New York City, comments on bickering among amateur athletic groups which may endanger US competition in the 1964 Olympics, other topics are Cuba, a future library for the Kennedy papers, and comments on Vaughn Meader's satire record about him.
#13923: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1962-12-21, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) The guest is comedian Vaughn Meader who impersonates President Kennedy.
#13928: HY GARDNER CALLING
Order1962-12-23, WOR, min.
HY GARDNER CALLING - Sunday Night, half hour broadcasts, weekly, WRCA Ch. 4 New York City - 11:30pm - 12:30am April 29, 1956-January 13, 1957 HY GARDNER - Mon-Fri, weekdays, WRCA CH. 4 New York City 11:15-11:25pm, 11:20-11:30pm, 11:15-11:30pm September 10, 1956-January 25, 1957 January 28, 1957 - ? Hy Gardner ten minute segments "Face to Face" on TONIGHT! (New format replacing Steve Allen) revised format series hosted by Jack Lescoulie. HY GARDNER SHOW - October 25, 1959-August 14, 1960 WNEW 45 minute and 60 minute broadcasts, Sunday evenings 10-11pm. HY GARDNER SHOW - September 24, 1960 - September 29, 1962 WOR one hour weekly broadcasts, Saturday evenings 12am-1am. HY GARDNER SHOW - October 21, 1962 - April 4, 1964 WOR one hour weekly broadcasts Saturdays or Sundays 7:00pm-8:00pm. HY GARDNER SHOW - September 26, 1964-January 10, 1965 WOR one hour weekly broadcasts Saturday 11:30pm-12:30am or 12:00am-1:00am. Hy Gardner was a well-known New York Herald-Tribune columnist. He appeared regularly on Tonight! and America After Dark, a short-term substitute for Tonight! after Steve Allen abandoned it early in 1957. Gardner specialized in profiling show business celebrities and other news makers, and he hosted a nightly ten-minute TV interview program in New York called Face to Face. His weekly Sunday-night show, Hy Gardner Calling!, also aired only in the New York area and consisted of interviews conducted by telephone, with the subject seemingly at home, but actually seated in one studio, while Gardner sat at his desk in another. The telephone hook-up was real, and there was no physical proximity between host and guest. The show premiered in 1954 ? on New York City’s NBC affiliate station WRCA-TV, Channel 4, and ran until 1965. Hy Gardner interviews President Kennedy impersonator, Vaughn Meader. Broadcast One year less one month, one day to the moment when President John F. Kennedy would be assassinated in Dallas Texas. From that moment on Vaughn Meader's career would never be the same.
#14024: STEVE ALLEN SHOW, THE
Order1963-04-03, SYN, 10 min.
June 25th, 1962-1964 (Syndicated) A daily ninety-minute talk show hosted by Steve Allen and sponsored by Westinghouse. Steve's guest is Vaughn Meader who impersonates President Kennedy. Host: Steve Allen.
1963-05-19, CBS, 6 min.
June 20, 1948 - May 30, 1971 ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE, (TOAST OF THE TOWN) Television's longest running variety series. Originally, titled, TOAST OF THE TOWN, the name of the series changed on September 18, 1955 to THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Most remembered for introducing many stand-up comedians, and musical acts, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles. Most of the 1,087 broadcasts, encompassing 10,000 performers, have been archived. The major exceptions are the first half-year of shows circa 1948 of which a few kinescope excerpts survive. The ED SULLIVAN SHOW was a spectacular show-case that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. In its prime, more than thirty million viewers, young and old, tuned in at the same time to view popular culture. Ed's guest is President Kennedy impersonator Vaughn Meader. NOTE: After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Vaughn Meader's career faded over night. He made three appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show impersonating JFK and one last appearance May 3, 1964 attempting a new routine. His fate was doomed and this would be one of his last television appearances before leaving the business. It's probably very safe to say that no performer within memory ever became a has-been as quickly as the man born Abbott Vaughn Meader. After toiling away on the small-club circuit for several years, his spot-on impersonation of then-President John F. Kennedy got him noticed by writer/performer/producer Earle Doud, who decided to build a comedy album around the nation's highly popular Presidential family. Built up of a series of satiric audio sketches about the Kennedys, and surrounding Meader with a supporting cast of top New York-based character actors, "The First Family" (Cadence: 1962) became an unprecedented success when it was released around Thanksgiving time in 1962. Its sales were so phenomenal that copies had to be rationed, it occupied several weeks at Number One on the Billboard Album charts, and was one of only two comedy albums ever to be awarded the Grammy for Album of the Year. A follow-up, "The First Family, Part Two" (Cadence: 1963), released the following summer, did almost as well. Both a third album and a TV special were in the works. Kennedy himself was a fan of the album, his biggest criticism being that he felt Meader sounded more like Robert F. Kennedy than himself. Then, on November 22, 1963, the unthinkable happened. John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas. Literally within hours of the shooting, all of Meader's engagements were canceled. Meader, who admired Kennedy and was as much in shock as everybody else, was at a loss. His Kennedy impersonation, which comprised a small portion of his club act, could have been easily cut. But, as he himself later put it, "literally overnight, nobody wanted to know from me. As far as they were concerned, I was as dead as the President."
1963-05-19, WCBS, 30 min.
Ed Sullivan's guests are Kate Smith, Ann-Margret, Steve Lawrence, Vaughn Meader (in a JFK sketch), and sound imitator Lucho Novarro.#14306: HOOTENANNY
Order1963-09-21, ABC, 9 min.
April 6th, 1963- September 12th, 1964 (ABC) Jack Linkletter hosted television's first folk music series, broadcast from a different college campus each week. Tonight's guest is impressionist Vaughn Meader who does his satire imitation of President John F. Kennedy. Host: Jack Linkletter
#14395: BARRY FARBER SHOW, THE
Order1964-01-07, WOR, min.
Barry Farber was an American conservative radio talk show host. He produced the Tex and Jinx radio program which starred Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg. The show was heard weeknights on WNBC radio from 10:30 PM to midnight. Farber was also an author and commentator who wrote for various US newspapers. He was ranked the ninth greatest talk show host of all time by Talkers Magazine. He joined WOR radio in 1962 after a stint at 1010 WINS radio in New York City. When Farber left WOR radio he joined WMCA radio in New York City for an afternoon drive time show that lasted until 1989 when WMCA changed its format to a Christian radio station. Barry Farber interviews John F. Kennedy impersonator Vaughn Meader.
#14466: HOOTENANNY
Order1964-03-09, ABC, min.
April 6th, 1963- September 12th, 1964 (ABC) Jack Linkletter hosted television's first folk music series, broadcast from a different college campus each week. Guests: The Carter Family, Eddy Arnold, comedian Vaughn Meader. Host: Jack Linkletter
#19435: ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE
Order1964-05-03, CBS, min.
- Burt Lancaster
- Ed Sullivan
- Lola Falana
- Bill Dana
- Stevie Wonder
- Patti Page
- Gerry And The Packmakers
- Louis Gossett
- May Barnes
- Bibby Oscarwall
- Vaughn Meader
- America Be Seated
June 20th, 1948-May 30th, 1971 (CBS) Stevie Wonder, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Patti Page, Louis Gossett, Burt Lancaster, (on film), Bill Dana, May Barnes, Bibby Oscarwall. Lola Falana, Vaughn Meader, cast of America Be Seated.
#7685: BARRY GRAY SHOW, THE
Order1964-10-12, WMCA, 45 min.
- Vaughn Meader
- Barry Gray
- Robert F Kennedy
- Averell Harriman
- William S Canon
- Theodore Tennewald
- Edward N Costikyan
Radio talk show host Barry Gray interviews Rev William S Canon, comedian Vaughn Meader, New York City Democratic leader Edward N Costikyan, and judge Theodore Tennewald. Gray plays excerpts of candid audio recordings talking to Senator Robert F Kennedy briefing Governor Averell Harriman about the Valachi probe.