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#11337: GARROWAY AT LARGE
Order1949-10-02, NBC, min.
June 18th, 1949-June 24th, 1951 (NBC) This prime-time half-hour musical variety series, broadcast live from Chicago, introduced Dave Garroway to national television audiences. Other regulars Jack Haskell, Cliff Norton, Connie Russell, Betty Chappel, Jimmy Russell, and Aura Vainio. The show's trademarks were its spare sets (necessitated by a low budget), and humorous endings (such as Garroway announcing that the show was broadcast from Chicago, "the friendliest city in the world," then turning around to show a knife stuck in his back). The theme song for this show was "Sentimental Journey" and Garroway's first guest was Louis Armstrong. It was seen on Sunday evenings from 10-10:30PM on NBC. On this broadcast, Dave Garroway talks about the wondrous invention of television. Theme song: "Sentimental Journey"
#11336: "SHOW GOES ON, THE"
Order1949-12-04, CBS, 28 min.
- Will Jordan
- Jack Russell
- Robert Q. Lewis
- Art Hannes
- Sammy Kaye
- Sam Glick
- Lee Goober
- Alfredo Salmaggi
- The Three Riffs
- Ray Bloch and Orchestra
- Lila Hyers
- Adelaide Bishop
January 19th, 1950- February 23th, 1952 (CBS) Robert Q. Lewis hosted this prime-time talent show, on which talent buyers, agents, producers, and stars dropped by to audition and hire promising young hopefuls. Note: This was the pilot episode for the series. Celebrities appearing on this episode: Comedian Will Jordan, bandleader Sammy Kaye who is looking for a girl singer, Sam Glick, (club date booker, President of the Piece Goods Buyer's Association) Lee Goober, (owner of the "Rendezvous Room" in Philadelphia), Lila Hyers, (vocal), Jack Russell, (vocal), Alfredo Salmaggi, (founder of "The Salmaggi Opera Company), "The Three Riffs, Adelaide Bishop, (soprano), Ray Bloch and his orchestra). Announcer: Art Hannes. Host: Robert Q. Lewis
1949-12-27, WNBC, min.
- Harry Truman
- John L. Sullivan
- Fred Allen
- George C. Marshall
- Robert F. Wagner
- Jinx Falkenburg
- Tex McCrary
- John Foster Dulles
- Lucius Clay
- Albert Einstein
- Marie Windor
From their home in Manhasset, NY, Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg present "Listener's Digest" over WNBC radio in New York City. 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. Topics: Death of 500 persons during Christmas holiday, there's a water shortage in New York City, Albert Einstein presents a new theory, President Truman unveils Jackson statue, Windors come to New York City, Man of Year personalities for 1949, Secretary John L. Sullivan on current unification crisis, Senator Robert F. Wagner resigns and talks about election ideals, John Foster Dulles Washington crisis, Fred Allen attacks giveaway quiz programs in radio skit, General Lucius Clay on retirement, General George C. Marshall talks about future.
1949-12-29, WNBC, min.
- Frederick March
- Omar Bradley
- Harry S. Truman
- Kay Kyser
- Thomas E. Dewey
- Jinx Falkenburg
- Tex McCrary
- Pancho Gonzalez
- Herbert Hoover
- Robert Taft
- Walter Reuther
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. Topics discussed: Predictions for good year in 1950. Milk prices to be lowered, Thomas Dewey will not run for President. Personalities of 1949: Frederick March defends himself on smear accusations of being a communist, General Omar Bradley on interservice feud, refers to characteristics of martyrs, Pancho Gonzalez on proposed championship tennis match, Herbert Hoover poking fun at Truman's budget, Senator Robert Taft on his foreign policy, Walter Reuther on wages and prices. Today's guest: Kay Kyser. Includes recording by Kay Kyser announcing end of WW II. Kyser talks about this experience, comments on proposed TV show for 1950 and television in general.
1950-03-23, , min.
- Jack Smith
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Broderick Crawford
- Ronald Reagan
- Arlene Dahl
- Olivia de Havilland
- James Stewart
- Patricia Neal
- Ginger Rogers
- Dean Martin
- George Murphy
- Ricardo Montalban
- Donald OConnor
- Red Skelton
- June Allyson
- Cole Porter
- Anne Baxter
- James Cagney
- Dick Powell
- Gene Autry
- Jose Ferrer
- Ida Lupino
- Paul Douglas
- Joseph Mankiewicz
- DeanJagger
- John Hodiak
- Charles Brackett
- Peggy Dow
- Joanne Dru
- Barbara Hale
- Ruth Roman
- James Hilton
- John Lund
- Ray Milland
- Micheline Presle
- Mark Robson
- Claire Trevor
- Jane Wyman
- Betty Garrett
- Ann Blyth
Radio broadcast of the 22nd annual Academy Award ceremony at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, California for the best films and performances of 1949. Broderick Crawford captured the best actor award for "All The King's Men" while Olivia de Havilland won best actress award for "The Heiress." "All The Kings's Men" won the award for best picture. This was the last year all five Best Picture nominees were in black and white. Other awards: Best Supporting Actor: Dean Jagger Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge Best Director: Joseph Mankiewicz Host: Paul Douglas.
1950-04-22, MGM, min.
- Roy Campanella
- Red Barber
- Jackie Robinson
- Alvin Dark
- Leo Durocher
- Ralph Branca
- Pee Wee Reese
- Hank Thompson
- Whitey Lockman
- Eddie Stanky
- Wes Westrum
- Carl Furillo
- Don Mueller
- George Shuba
- Jim Russell
- Bobby Morgan
- Dan Bankhead
- Cal Abrams
- Jack Banta
- Jack Harshman
- Jack Kramer
- Sheldon Jones
- Pete Milne
- Burt Shotton
- Connie Desmond
Brooklyn Dodgers - 7 New York Giants 6 From Ebbets Field the fourth game of the 1950 season, and the first regularly scheduled Brooklyn Dodger game to be Nationally broadcast. Highlights include first Black Pitcher in Major League history, Dan Bankhead, starting the game for the Brooklyn Dodgers who hits a double in his first time at bat. Gil Hodges hits a home-run. Calling the play by play on this radio broadcast are Red Barber and Connie Desmond.
#10395: GARROWAY AT LARGE
Order1950-08-28, NBC, min.
June 18th, 1949-June 24th, 1951 (NBC) This prime-time half-hour musical variety series, broadcast live from Chicago, introduced Dave Garroway to national television audiences. Other regulars Jack Haskell, Cliff Norton, Connie Russell, Betty Chappel, Jimmy Russell, and Aura Vainio. The show's trademarks were its spare sets (necessitated by a low budget), and humorous endings. The theme song for this show was "Sentimental Journey" and Garroway's first guest was Louis Armstrong. It was seen on Sunday evenings from 10-10:30PM on NBC. Guest: Mildred Daly. Also featuring Jack Haskell.
#10418: FRED WARING SHOW, THE
Order1951-04-15, CBS, 60 min.
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
Order1951-06-24, CBS, 30 min.
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.
1951-09-18, WNBC, min.
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. Today's Headlines: New York Times turns 100 years old, publishing began in 1851, US Army to make A-test in Nevada with troops nearby, President Truman and judge Fred Vinson place pages of Constitution in a sealed container, Scandals in Washington, Sdnator J. Bennett Johnston warns on chiselers, Harry Gross Bookie trial opens, Rudolph Halley campaigns for a seat in the New York City council.
#11339: FRIARS ROAST FOR JACK BENNY
Order1951-11-09, CBS, 60 min.
- Milton Berle
- Jack Benny
- George Jessel
- George Burns
- Fred Allen
- Vincent Impellitteri
- Bernard Baruch
- Adlai Stevenson
- William S. Paley
This "Salute To Jack Benny" testimonial dinner aired on CBS radio on November 9th, 1951. Celebrating Jack's twenty years in radio are New York City Mayor Vincent Impellitteri, Milton Berle, President of CBS William S. Paley, Bernard Baruch, George Burns, George Jessel, Adlai Stevenson, and Fred Allen. Jack Benny remarks at the end of the roast. The program originates from the Friar's Club.
#19154: FRIARS ROAST FOR JACK BENNY
Order1951-11-09, , 7 min.
Fred Allen seven-minute excerpt.
1952-07-08, WNBC, min.
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. Today's topic: Politics, Eisenhower, news on the 1952 Republican Convention. Today's Guests: Actress Betty Field, Actor Burgess Meredith.
#11059: "GOVERNORS FOR EISENHOWER"
Order1952-10-29, , min.
- Earl Warren
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Thomas E. Dewey
- Adlai Stevenson
- John Howard Pyle
- Charles Hinton Russell
- Edwin Mechem
- Douglas McKay
- Frank A. Barrett
- J. Bracken Lee
- Arthur B. Langlie
- Frederick G. Payne
- Theodore McKeldin
- John Davis Lodge
- Sherman Adams
United States governors express their support for Republican Party candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower, days before the 1952 Presidential election in which Eisenhower will face Adlai Stevenson for the Presidency. In addition, Eisenhower will talk about the upcoming election and going to Korea. Among the governors expressing support are Earl Warren of California, John Pyle of Arizona, Charles Russell of Nevada, Edwin Mechem of New Mexico, Douglas McKay of Oregon, Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming, J. Bracken Lee of Utah, and Arthur B. Langlie of Washington State. Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York State speaks on behalf of Eisenhower. Other governors expressing support are Frederick G. Payne of Maine, Theodore McKeldin of Maryland, John Davis Lodge of Connecticut, and Sherman Adams of New Hampshire, who went on to become the White House Chief Of Staff under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1954-04-07, WNBC, min.
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. Today's Guest: Fred Allen. Senator McCarthy news, Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy insights on Indochina peace.
1954-04-07, WNBC, min.
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. Headline News: Indochina crisis, Ted Williams. Today's Guests: Fred Allen, Billy Rose.
1954-08-06, NBC, 30 min.
July 30th, 1954- August 27th, 1954 (NBC RADIO) Short-lived NBC radio musical show with only five programs produced. On this broadcast, the music of Stan Kenton and his orchestra with singer June Valli. Host: Ben Grauer, Fred Collins, announcer.
1955-01-15, NBC, 90 min.
Series of television specials presented by the Rexall Pharmaceutical Company for NBC television. "Naughty Marietta" starring Alfred Drake. Music by Victor Herbert.
1955-01-18, WNBC, 55 min.
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. Today's Guests: Alfred Hitchcock, Laraine Day, Leo Durocher. Alfred Hitchcock drops by the Tex and Jinx Show. Laraine Day and Leo Durocher join in.
#10342: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE
Order1955-06-25, NBC, min.
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: Fred MacMurray. Final show of the 1954-55 season.
#5924: ONE TOUCH OF VENUS
Order1955-08-27, WNBC, 80 min.
- Janet Blair
- Mort Marshall
- Russell Nype
- George Gaynes
- Laurel Shelby
- Iggie Wolfington
- Adina Rice
- Mildred Traces
Television Adaptation of the 1943 Kurt Weill, musical fantasy about the romantic life of a barber and the statue of Venus that pursues him. No television close is recorded.#10372A: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE
Order1955-10-08, NBC, min.
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: Fred MacMurray. First show of season.
1955-12-22, Live, 70 min.
- Liberace
- Humphrey Bogart
- Bob Hope
- Frank Sinatra
- Jan Murray
- Red Buttons
- Phil Silvers
- Alan King
- Lauren Bacall
- Maurice Chevalier
- Clark Gable
- Joe E. Ross
- Eddie Weiner
- Charles Coburn
- Lou Holtz
- Gene Baylos
- Solly Violinsky
The most complete recording known running almost ten minutes longer than what has been uploaded to the internet of this rowdy uncensored early Humphrey Bogart Friar's roast, recorded live almost 70 years ago. Paying "tribute" to our guest of honor is Master of Ceremonies, Red Buttons, HIstorian of the Friars Club, Eddie Weiner, Joe E. Ross (missing from you tube uploads), Alan King, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Coburn, Lou Holtz, Gene Baylos, Phil Silvers (missing from you tube uploads), Solly Violinsky, Lauren Bacall, and Humphrey Bogart (part of his speech missing from you tube uploads). Red Buttons reads telegrams of congratulation from Liberace, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Bob Hope each using a term for copulation in their quotes). Processed from an original recording with flaws (edits, under and over modulation, clicks and gaps) acquired over 30 years ago, Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc., has improved the quality and flow of this extraordinary Friar's Roast lampooning Humphrey Bogart just 13 months before his death at age 56.
1956-03-18, WNBC, min.
January 14, 1952-Present. First early-morning network program and longest-running daytime series. Created by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver. Telecast Monday thru Friday, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, the broadcasts have maintained a format including a News Summary, segments related to Sports, Weather, Interviews, and Features. Throughout its long run, hosts of "The Today Show" have included Dave Garroway (1952- July 7, 1961), John Chancellor / Frank Blair (July 17, 1961-1962), Hugh Downs (1962-1971), Frank McGee (1971-1974), Jim Hartz (1974-1976), Tom Brokaw (1976-1981), Jane Pauley, Bryant Gumbel, Chris Wallace, Katie Couric, and others. NOTE: From 1958 to the middle of 1961 THE TODAY SHOW began to video tape a day in advance. The exception was live coverage of news segments, and the weather. A tribute to comedian Fred Allen, who died the previous day, March 17th, 1956. Appearing and sharing anecdotes include: Hugh Downs, Jack Lescoulie, Ken Delmar, Peter Donald, Jack Benny, Parker Fennelly. Duplicate of #10437.
1956-03-18, WNBC, min.
January 14, 1952-Present. First early-morning network program and longest-running daytime series. Created by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver. Telecast Monday thru Friday, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, the broadcasts have maintained a format including a News Summary, segments related to Sports, Weather, Interviews, and Features. Throughout its long run, hosts of "The Today Show" have included Dave Garroway (1952- July 7, 1961), John Chancellor / Frank Blair (July 17, 1961-1962), Hugh Downs (1962-1971), Frank McGee (1971-1974), Jim Hartz (1974-1976), Tom Brokaw (1976-1981), Jane Pauley, Bryant Gumbel, Chris Wallace, Katie Couric, and others. NOTE: From 1958 to the middle of 1961 THE TODAY SHOW began to video tape a day in advance. The exception was live coverage of news segments, and the weather. A tribute to comedian Fred Allen, who died the previous day, March 17th, 1956.
#10368: "SALUTE TO BASEBALL"
Order1956-04-15, NBC, 13 min.
A salute to America's pasttime as the 1956 baseball season gets underway. Highlights: Art Carney portrays pitcher "Pee Wee" Carney and is interviewed by sportscaster Red Barber. A skit by Don Adams: "Umpire School."
1956-05-12, NBC, 60 min.
- George Gershwin
- Ethel Merman
- Tony Bennett
- Robert Maxwell
- Cab Calloway
- Max Liebman
- Alfred Drake
- Peter Conlow
- Bob Hamilton Trio
- Patricia Wilde
- Toni Arden
- Art Van Damme Quintet
- Richard Hayman, Harmonica
- Eugene List
- Lawrence Winters
- Camilla Williams
- Diana Adams
- Charles Basile
- Harrison Muller, Sr.
- Charles Sanford's Orchestra
- Mary K. Martinet
September 12th,1954-June 6th, 1956. Series of monthly specials presented on Saturday and Sunday evenings by "Your Show Of Shows" producer Max Liebman. Selections: Vocal: "S Wonderful"- Girl Quartet "Soon"- Alfred Drake "Nice Work"- Toni Arden "Can't Take That Away"- Tony Bennett "Embraceable You"- Ethel Merman "Bidin My Time"-Trio "Mine, "Foggy Day"- Alfred Drake "I've Got A Crush On You"- Toni Arden "But Not For Me"- Ethel Merman "Swanee"- Quintet "Do, Do, Do"- Toni Arden "Our Love Is Here To Stay"- Tony Bennett "I Got Rhythm"- Ethel Merman "Wintergreen For President- Ensemble Dance: "Love Is Sweeping The Country" - Harrison, Muller Tap "Slap That Bass"- Dance Team "My One And Only"- Peter Conlow "Half-Of-It- Dearie Blues"- Muller "Someone To Watch Over Me"- Team "Looking For A Boy"- Peter Conlow "Sam And Delilah"- Bob Hamilton Trio "By Strauss"- Dance Ensemble "Sweet And Lowdown"- Ballerinas Diana Adams, Tanaquil leClercq, Patricia Wilde "Clap Yo Hands"- Ensemble Instrumental: "American In Paris"- (Excerpts)- Orchestra "Liza"- Robert Maxwell, Harp "Who Cares?"- Art Van Damme Quintet "Somebody Loves Me"- First Piano Quartet "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"- Orchestra "Love Walked In"- Robert Maxwell "They All Laughed"- Art Van Damme Quintet "Fascinatin Rhythm"- Piano Concerto "Man I Love"- Richard Hayman, Harmonica "Lady Be Good"- Art Van Damme Quintet "Strike Up The Band"- Orchestra "Rhapsody In Blue"- Eugene List, Piano "Porgy And Bess": Soloists: Cab Calloway, Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams.
1956-05-12, NBC, 90 min.
Series of television specials presented by the Rexall Pharmaceutical Company for NBC television. "The Music Of George Gershwin" with Alfred Drake.
#5997: MUSIC OF GERSHWIN, THE
Order1956-05-12, WNBC, 78 min.
Presented on "MAX LIEBMAN PRESENTS." A ninety minute spectacular salute to George Gershwin, with over fifteen vocal songs presented and over a dozen instrumentals.#10382: GEORGE GOBEL SHOW, THE
Order1956-06-30, NBC, 20 min.
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: Fred MacMurray, Peggy King. Live commercials including George Gobel for Pet Milk Art Gilmore, announcer. This is the 30th and final show of the season.
#13028: RED SKELTON SHOW, THE
Order1956-10-30, WCBS, 5 min.
September 30, 1951-August 29, 1971 Red Skelton's network television program began at the start of the 1951 fall season on NBC (for sponsor Procter & Gamble). After two seasons on Sunday nights, the program was picked up by CBS in the fall of 1953 and moved to Tuesday night, the time slot with which it would become primarily associated during most of its run. After his first CBS season the program was moved to Wednesday night and expanded to an hour for the summer of 1954 only; it was then reduced back to a half-hour for a time, later expanded again, returning to Tuesday night where it would remain for the next sixteen years (co-sponsored by Johnson's Wax and Pet Milk between 1955 and 1962). On September 25, 1962, the program was again expanded to a full hour (becoming The Red Skelton Hour) and remained in this longer format for the balance of its CBS run. CBS ended its association with the program in early 1970. This apparently marked the beginning of one of several attempts by CBS to downplay programming whose primary appeal was to "Middle America", an audience more rural and also somewhat older than that generally desired by network television advertisers. Marketers were moving towards a younger, "hipper", and more urban audience. At least in part due to Skelton's iconic status, the program was picked up by NBC, premiering on September 14, 1970. Vice President Spiro Agnew introduced Red's 20th season opener, returning back to NBC where he began his first TV season. Guest on Shelton's premiere program was Jerry Lewis. After the taping of the show Lewis told the audience: "My ambition has always been to be a clown...tonight I've had the honor of working with a great clown." The program that aired was quite different from the one that Skelton's CBS audience was used to seeing. The new set was dark, devoid of the backdrops that viewers had seen on CBS. The show was cut back to its original half-hour length and it was moved from Tuesday to Monday nights. The new format never really worked. The program ended in March 1971, although selected programs from this final season were rerun on NBC on Sunday nights in prime time during June-August, 1971.
#13056: NBC NEWS, THE
Order1956-11-03, WNBC, 3 min.
Budapest in negotiations with the Russians about the withdrawal of the Red Army, Russia will allow refugees to cross the border into Austria. Report from the UN on ceasefire attempt and talks to send UN forces, the United States urges Russia to withdraw troops, Abba Eban agrees to ceasefire proposal by the UN.
1956-11-05, WNBC, 2 min.
Henry Cabot Lodge attacks the Soviet peace offer in Hungary.
#13102: RED SKELTON SHOW, THE
Order1956-11-27, WCBS, 7 min.
September 30, 1951-August 29, 1971 Red Skelton's network television program began at the start of the 1951 fall season on NBC (for sponsor Procter & Gamble). After two seasons on Sunday nights, the program was picked up by CBS in the fall of 1953 and moved to Tuesday night, the time slot with which it would become primarily associated during most of its run. After his first CBS season the program was moved to Wednesday night and expanded to an hour for the summer of 1954 only; it was then reduced back to a half-hour for a time, later expanded again, returning to Tuesday night where it would remain for the next sixteen years (co-sponsored by Johnson's Wax and Pet Milk between 1955 and 1962). On September 25, 1962, the program was again expanded to a full hour (becoming The Red Skelton Hour) and remained in this longer format for the balance of its CBS run. CBS ended its association with the program in early 1970. This apparently marked the beginning of one of several attempts by CBS to downplay programming whose primary appeal was to "Middle America", an audience more rural and also somewhat older than that generally desired by network television advertisers. Marketers were moving towards a younger, "hipper", and more urban audience. At least in part due to Skelton's iconic status, the program was picked up by NBC, premiering on September 14, 1970. Vice President Spiro Agnew introduced Red's 20th season opener, returning back to NBC where he began his first TV season. Guest on Shelton's premiere program was Jerry Lewis. After the taping of the show, Lewis told the audience: "My ambition has always been to be a clown...tonight I've had the honor of working with a great clown." The program that aired was quite different from the one that Skelton's CBS audience was used to seeing. The new set was dark, devoid of the backdrops that viewers had seen on CBS. The show was cut back to its original half-hour length and it was moved from Tuesday to Monday nights. The new format never really worked. The program ended in March 1971, although selected programs from this final season were rerun on NBC on Sunday nights in prime time during June-August, 1971. In this episode, Red Skelton's guests are actor Boris Karloff and actress Eva Gabor.
#5895: RUGGLES OF RED GAP
Order1957-02-03, WNBC, 80 min.
- Jane Powell
- Paul Lynde
- Hal Linden
- Peter Lawford
- Imogene Coca
- David Wayne
- Michael Redgrave
- Joan Holloway
- The Buster Davis Choir
Based on the 1915 book by Harry Leon Wilson. A cattleman on a trip to Europe, wins a stuffy English valet in a poker game whose escapades in adjusting to life in America are challenged. Garry Moore introduces the program. Slight variations in sound quality. No end credits. This is a lost television broadcast.#11167: CINDERELLA
Order1957-03-31, WCBS, 76 min.
- Howard Lindsay
- Alice Ghostley
- Kaye Ballard
- Edie Adams
- Julie Andrews
- Iggie Wolfington
- Dorothy Stickney
- Jon Cypher
- Ilka Chase
- Bob Penn
- George Hall
- Edith Adams
- Richard Rodgers
- Oscar Hammerstein
- Robert Russell Bennett
- Alfredo Antonini
Julie Andrews portrays Cinderella in this classic tale of her passion to attend the Prince's ball. She is aided by her Godmother, who creates the coach, coachmen and gown for her, and off she goes to meet the Prince. Rodgers and Hammerstein's first original musical for television. 90 minute version of the old fairy tale of Cinderella, without altering the basic story. It's still about a poor girl, mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, whose fairy godmother enables her to meet Prince Charming at a ball. The Prince falls in love with her and eventually seeks her out, through the aid of the glass slipper, and makes her his bride. In writing the book for the show, Oscar Hammerstein 2d has made the stepmother and stepsisters not very bright, rather than cruel,and has turned the fairy godmother into a down-to-earth lady, also adding two lovable characters in the form of the King and Queen. Julie Andrews, star of "My Fair, Lady," heads an all-star cast with Jon Cypher, newcomer to starring roles, as Prince Charming. Robert Russell Bennett orchestrated Richard Rodgers music; conducted by Alfredo Antonini. Complete broadcast with open and close. Sound recorded direct line. Excellent. Highlights: "Where is Cinderella?"- Orchestra "In My Own Little Corner"- Julie Andrews "The Prince Is Giving a Ball"- Howard Lindsay, Dorothy Stickney "Today's The Day Of The Ball"- Singers "Impossible"- Julie Andrews, Edith Adams "Gavotte"- Dancers "Ten Minutes Ago"- Jon Cypher, Julie Andrews "Stepsisters Lament"- Kaye Ballard, Alice Ghostley "Waltz For a Ball"- Dancers "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?"- Julie Andrews, Jon Cypher "Lovely Night"- Julie Andrews, lika Chase, Kaye Ballard, Alice Ghostley. Cast: Cinderella- Julie Andrews Prince Charming- Jon Cypher Fairy Godmother- Edith Adams King- Howard Lindsay Queen- Dorothy Stickney Stepmother- Iika Chase Stepsister Portia- Kaye Ballard Stepsister Joy- Alice Ghostley Duplicate of 5969.
1957-04-06, 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 Fred Astaire.
1957-04-20, WCBS, 38 min.
- Bud Collyer
- Margaret Leighton
- Bert Lahr
- Lillian Gish
- Frederick Loewe
- Beatrice Lillie
- Edie Adams
- Cliff Robertson
- Rex Harrison
- Edith Adams
- Frederick March
- Nancy Kelly
- Tom Ewell
- Frank Conroy
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Sidney Chaplin
- Cornelia Otis Skinner
- Judy Holliday
A special WCBS radio broadcast of the 1957 Tony Awards with host Bud Collyer. There was a television blackout of this special due to a union issue. Winners were "My Fair Lady" for the best musical play, Rex Harrison, for best musical actor in "My Fair Lady," Frederick March for the best dramatic actor, and Judy Holliday for best actress in "The Bells Are Ringing." NOTE: Due to a union dispute, there was no television broadcast, which had been scheduled for WCBS-TV Channel 2.
#10536: DINAH SHORE SHOW, THE
Order1957-06-14, NBC, 2 min.
November 27th, 1951-July 18th, 1957 (NBC) October 20th, 1957- June 25th, 1962 (NBC) From 1951 until 1957 Dinah Shore hosted a fifteen musical show which was seen only once or twice a week before the NBC evening news. During the 1956-1957 TV Season, in addition to her 15-minute show, Dinah starred in a number of specials that were sponsored by Chevrolet broadcast on Sunday evenings. The second series of television Specials was telecast as a one-hour variety show on Sunday Evenings, from 1957-1962. They were mostly produced and aired three times a week. Guests stars would broadcast the fourth week. Guest: Fred McMurray Highlight: Dinah Shore and Fred McMurray sing "I Won't Dance."
#10288: MIKE WALLACE INTERVIEWS
Order1957-08-25, WNTA, min.
1957-1958 (ABC) 1959-1960 (WNTA) A series of interviews hosted by Mike Wallace. This program was carried in 1957-1958 by ABC television and in 1959-1960 by WNTA-TV Channel 13 in New York City. Guest: Fred Otash, private detective, employed by "Confidential" Magazine. Subject: The ethics of private investigation. This program is joined in progress.
1957-09-10, CBS, 6 min.
Highlights: The government will legally try to remove National Guardsmen from blocking integration in Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, a new school is dynamited in Nashville, Tennessee, Klu Klux Klan member John Kasper is arrested, racial violence in other areas, minister Fred Shuttlesworth is beaten while leading an integration rally in Birmingham, Alabama, Govenor Nelson Rockefeller will try to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn,
1957-09-19, NBC, 50 min.
- Steve Allen
- Rudy Vallee
- Ed Wynn
- Keenan Wynn
- Beatrice Lillie
- Jack Palance
- Alfred Drake
- Janet Blair
- Jill Corey
- Rod Alexander
- Billie Burke
- Mimi Benzell
A special tribute to Ed Wynn who has been in show business for 55 years. To celebrate Wynn's long career, which has recently enjoyed a rebirth, Alfred Drake emcees a one our salute originating in New York and Hollywood. This is the first in a series of such salutes to be spotted occasionally during the 1957-1958 television season. NOTE: Unlike seasons past, when one shot TV events were televised and called "spectaculars" NBC will use the word "special" related to any show not aired on a regular basis.
1957-09-19, NBC, min.
- Steve Allen
- Rudy Vallee
- Ed Wynn
- Keenan Wynn
- Beatrice Lillie
- Jack Palance
- Alfred Drake
- Janet Blair
- Jill Corey
- Bambi Linn
- Rod Alexander
- Billie Burke
- Mimi Benzell
- Oscar Hammerstein
- Ralph Bellamy
- Ned Wynn
- Tracy Wynn
A special tribute to Ed Wynn who has been in show business for 55 years. To celebrate Wynn's long career, which has recently enjoyed a rebirth, Alfred Drake emcees a one our salute originating in New York and Hollywood. This is the first in a series of such salutes to be spotted occasionally during the 1957-1958 television season. Among the stars appearing with Ed Wynn to recall highlights of his varied career are his son Keenan Wynn, Steve Allen, Janet Blair, Jack Palance, Beatrice Lillie, Rudy Vallee, Billie Burke, Jill Corey, Bambi Linn, Mimi Benzell, and Rod Alexander. HIGHLIGHTS "Introduction"........................................................................All "Be a Clown".................................Drake, Corey, Benzell, Blair Medley.....................................................Blair, Linn, Alexander "Love Me or Leave Me"..................................................Corey "March with Me"................................................................Lillie "Kiss me Again"............................................................Benzell Fred and Adele Astaire.....................................Linn, Alexander "Girl of the Golden West"......................................Drake, Blair "Pretty Baby"...................................................................Allen "You're My Everything"....................................Ed Wynn, Blair Talk...........................................................................Ed Wynn NOTE: Unlike three seasons past, when one shot TV events were televised and called "spectaculars" NBC will in the future use the word "SPECIAL" related to any show not aired on a regular basis. Through April 1958 NBC has scheduled 20 such SPEICALS to be broadcast. CBS has scheduled 7 such SPECIALS to be broadcast.
1957-09-19, NBC, min.
- Steve Allen
- Rudy Vallee
- Ed Wynn
- Keenan Wynn
- Beatrice Lillie
- Jack Palance
- Alfred Drake
- Janet Blair
- Jill Corey
- Bambi Linn
- Rod Alexander
- Billie Burke
- Mimi Benzell
- Oscar Hammerstein
- Ralph Bellamy
- Ned Wynn
- Tracy Wynn
A special tribute to Ed Wynn who has been in show business for 55 years. To celebrate Wynn's long career, which has recently enjoyed a rebirth, Alfred Drake emcees a one our salute originating in New York and Hollywood. This is the first in a series of such salutes to be spotted occasionally during the 1957-1958 television season. Among the stars appearing with Ed Wynn to recall highlights of his varied career are his son Keenan Wynn, Steve Allen, Janet Blair, Jack Palance, Beatrice Lillie, Rudy Vallee, Billie Burke, Jill Corey, Bambi Linn, Mimi Benzell, and Rod Alexander. HIGHLIGHTS "Introduction"........................................All "Be a Clown".................Drake, Corey, Benzell, Blair Medley..........Blair, Linn, Alexander "Love Me or Leave............................Corey "Kiss Me Again".....Benzell Fred and Adele Astaire...Linn, Alexander "Girl of the Golden West".........Drake, Blair "Pretty Baby"...........Allen "You're My Everything".......Ed Wynn, Blair Talk.................................Ed Wynn NOTE: Unlike three seasons past, when one shot TV events were televised and called "SPECTACULARS" NBC will in the future use the word "SPECIAL" related to any show not aired on a regular basis. Through April 1958 NBC has scheduled 20 such SPEICALS to be broadcast. CBS has scheduled 7 such SPECIALS to be broadcast. Duplicate of #10233.
1957-09-29, WPIX, 22 min.
- Russ Hodges
- Willie Mays
- Dusty Rhodes
- Johnny Antonelli
- Whitey Lockman
- Bobby Thomson
- Wes Westrum
- Don Mueller
- Bill Rigney
- Jim Woods
- Bob Delaney
- George Levy
- Daryl Spencer
- Hans Lobert
- Red Murray
- Sid Gordon
- Buddy Kerr
- Eddie Brannick
- Danny OConnell
The final New York Giant Baseball Game played in New York at the Polo Grounds by the New York Giant baseball team. The Giants moved into the Polo Grounds in 1891. After today's final game they will be leaving many memories, mourners and an empty baseball park behind. Radio came to the Giants in 1939. Television's first full season came in 1948. Steve Ellis called the shots that first TV season over the NBC network. In 1949 WPIX, with Russ Hodges and Al Helfer, at the mikes took over the telecasting, providing memorable play by play moments including those by Willie Mays and the most audacious New York Giant recording of them all, by Hodges, of the National League Winning home run by Bobby Thomson in 1951. In what is considered the only known WPIX TV video or audio opening of a regularly scheduled New York Giant game we hear the theme music and opening by broadcaster, in the booth, Jim Woods, who reminds the viewers that the ballgame is coming to them by Knickerbocker Beer and Pall Mall cigarettes. We hear George Levy New York Giant public address announcer naming today's line-up in the background. Announcer, Jim Woods, states that manager Bill Rigney wants to pack the Giant line-up with as many 1954 New York Giant players as possible, including catcher Wes Westrum who hasn't started a game in quite some time. NEW YORK GIANTS STARTING LINE-UP 1B - Danny O'Connell RF - Don Mueller CF - Willie Mays LF - Dusty Rhodes 3B - Bobby Thomson (traded by the Giants in 1954 and returning for one more half season in 1957) 1B - Whitey Lockman SS - Daryl Spencer C - Wes Westrum P - Johnny Antonelli After announcing the first lead off hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates we segue to the bottom of the ninth inning, Giants losing 9 to 1. Bob Delaney does play by play. Don Meuller flies out. Willie Mays gets a resounding standing ovation (banging on the roof of the Giant dugout can be heard. Willie makes out ending his 1957 season with a .333 batting average. The final New York Giant out at the Polo Grounds is made by Dusty Rhodes. NOTE: In 2014 a version of this tape was presented in person by Phil Gries to the daughter of Dusty Rhodes and to a friend of Willie Mays, to be given to him. We hear announcer Russ Hodges, from the center field New York Giant clubhouse reminiscing about past Giant teams who played at the Polo Grounds (1942, 1944, 1946, 1951, 1954). Giant fans surround him and chant "Stay team stay." Hodges interviews manager Bill Rigney from his New York Giant Clubhouse Office. He states that today is a sad day. He discuses plans for managing the 1958 San Francisco Giants. Russ Hodges interviews former NY Giant players, including Hans Lobert who began his baseball career in 1903 playing for the Giants from 1915-1917, Red Murray who played with the Giants from 1909-1914, Sid Gordon who retired as a Giant during the middle of last season, Buddy Kerr great short stop for the New York Giants over a period of six years during the 1940's, and Eddie Brannick who joined the New York Giant organization in 1905 as an office boy working his way up to Club Secretary / Office manager, remaining with the club for a total of 65 years. Russ Hodges becomes poetic reading a verse he has written about the departure of the New York Giants form New York. Russ Hodges and Bob Delaney sign off. THE END OF AN ERA Duplicate of #13222A.
1957-09-29, WPIX, 22 min.
- Russ Hodges
- Willie Mays
- Dusty Rhodes
- Johnny Antonelli
- Whitey Lockman
- Bobby Thomson
- Wes Westrum
- Don Mueller
- Bill Rigney
- Jim Woods
- Bob Delaney
- George Levy
- Daryl Spencer
- Hans Lobert
- Red Murray
- Sid Gordon
- Buddy Kerr
- Eddie Brannick
- Danny OConnell
The final New York Giant Baseball Game played in New York at the Polo Grounds by the New York Giant baseball team. The Giants moved into the Polo Grounds in 1891. After today's final game they will be leaving many memories, mourners and an empty baseball park behind. Radio came to the Giants in 1939. Television's first full season came in 1948. Steve Ellis called the shots that first TV season over the NBC network. In 1949 WPIX, with Russ Hodges and Al Helfer, at the mikes took over the telecasting, providing memorable play by play moments including those by Willie Mays and the most audacious New York Giant recording of them all, by Hodges, of the National League Winning home run by Bobby Thomson in 1951. In what is considered the only known WPIX TV video or audio opening of a regularly scheduled New York Giant game we hear the theme music and opening by broadcaster, in the booth, Jim Woods, who reminds the viewers that the ballgame is coming to them by Knickerbocker Beer and Pall Mall cigarettes. We hear George Levy New York Giant public address announcer naming today's line-up in the background. Announcer, Jim Woods, states that manager Bill Rigney wants to pack the Giant line-up with as many 1954 New York Giant players as possible, including catcher Wes Westrum who hasn't started a game in quite some time. NEW YORK GIANTS STARTING LINE-UP 1B - Danny O'Connell RF - Don Mueller CF - Willie Mays LF - Dusty Rhodes 3B - Bobby Thomson (traded by the Giants in 1954 and returning for one more half season in 1957) 1B - Whitey Lockman SS - Daryl Spencer C - Wes Westrum P - Johnny Antonelli After announcing the first lead off hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates we segue to the bottom of the ninth inning, Giants losing 9 to 1. Bob Delaney does play by play. Don Meuller flies out. Willie Mays gets a resounding standing ovation (banging on the roof of the Giant dugout can be heard. Willie makes out ending his 1957 season with a .333 batting average. The final New York Giant out at the Polo Grounds is made by Dusty Rhodes. NOTE: In 2014 a version of this tape was presented in person by Phil Gries to the daughter of Dusty Rhodes and to a friend of Willie Mays, to be given to him. We hear announcer Russ Hodges, from the center field New York Giant clubhouse reminiscing about past Giant teams who played at the Polo Grounds (1942, 1944, 1946, 1951, 1954). Giant fans surround him and chant "Stay team stay." Hodges interviews manager Bill Rigney from his New York Giant Clubhouse Office. He states that today is a sad day. He discuses plans for managing the 1958 San Francisco Giants. Russ Hodges interviews former NY Giant players, including Hans Lobert who began his baseball career in 1903 playing for the Giants from 1915-1917, Red Murray who played with the Giants from 1909-1914, Sid Gordon who retired as a Giant during the middle of last season, Buddy Kerr great short stop for the New York Giants over a period of six years during the 1940's, and Eddie Brannick who joined the New York Giant organization in 1905 as an office boy working his way up to Club Secretary / Office manager, remaining with the club for a total of 65 years. Russ Hodges becomes poetic reading a verse he has written about the departure of the New York Giants form New York. Russ Hodges and Bob Delaney sign off. THE END OF AN ERA Duplicate of #11075.
1957-09-29, WPIX, 6 min.
- Russ Hodges
- Willie Mays
- Dusty Rhodes
- Johnny Antonelli
- Whitey Lockman
- Bobby Thomson
- Wes Westrum
- Don Mueller
- Bill Rigney
- Jim Woods
- Bob Delaney
- George Levy
- Danny OConnel
- Daryl Spencer
- Hans Lobert
- Red Murray
- Sid Gordon
- Buddy Kerr
- Eddie Brannick
ATA #13222B is a six minute excerpt edited from the ATA #13222A TV Audio Air Check, outlined below. It contains ONLY the ninth inning, as announced by Bob Delaney, which includes a rare retrospective TV broadcast audio description of Willie Mays' last at bat, in the Polo Grounds, as a New York Giant. ATA#13222A The final New York Giant Baseball Game played in New York at the Polo Grounds by the New York Giant baseball team. The Giants moved into the Polo Grounds in 1891. After today's final game they will be leaving many memories, mourners and an empty baseball park behind. Radio came to the Giants in 1939. Television's first full season came in 1948. Steve Ellis called the shots that first TV season over the NBC network. In 1949 WPIX, with Russ Hodges and Al Helfer, at the mikes took over the telecasting, providing memorable play by play moments including those by Willie Mays and the most audacious New York Giant recording of them all, by Hodges, of the National League Winning home run by Bobby Thomson in 1951. In what is considered the only known WPIX TV video or audio opening of a regularly scheduled New York Giant game we hear the theme music and opening by broadcaster, in the booth, Jim Woods, who reminds the viewers that the ballgame is coming to them by Knickerbocker Beer and Pall Mall cigarettes. We hear George Levy New York Giant public address announcer naming today's line-up in the background. Announcer, Jim Woods, states that manager Bill Rigney wants to pack the Giant line-up with as many 1954 New York Giant players as possible, including catcher Wes Westrum who hasn't started a game in quite some time. NEW YORK GIANTS STARTING LINE-UP 1B - Danny O'Connell RF - Don Mueller CF - Willie Mays LF - Dusty Rhodes 3B - Bobby Thomson (traded by the Giants in 1954 and returning for one more half season in 1957) 1B - Whitey Lockman SS - Daryl Spencer C - Wes Westrum P - Johnny Antonelli After announcing the first lead off hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates we segue to the bottom of the ninth inning, Giants losing 9 to 1. Bob Delaney does play by play. Don Meuller flies out. Willie Mays gets a resounding standing ovation (banging on the roof of the Giant dugout can be heard. Willie makes out ending his 1957 season with a .333 batting average. The final New York Giant out at the Polo Grounds is made by Dusty Rhodes. NOTE: In 2014 a version of this tape was presented in person by Phil Gries to the daughter of Dusty Rhodes and to a friend of Willie Mays, to be given to him. We hear announcer Russ Hodges, from the center field New York Giant clubhouse reminiscing about past Giant teams who played at the Polo Grounds (1942, 1944, 1946, 1951, 1954). Giant fans surround him and chant "Stay team stay." Hodges interviews manager Bill Rigney from his New York Giant Clubhouse Office. He states that today is a sad day. He discuses plans for managing the 1958 San Francisco Giants. Russ Hodges interviews former NY Giant players, including Hans Lobert who began his baseball career in 1903 playing for the Giants from 1915-1917, Red Murray who played with the Giants from 1909-1914, Sid Gordon who retired as a Giant during the middle of last season, Buddy Kerr great short stop for the New York Giants over a period of six years during the 1940's, and Eddie Brannick who joined the New York Giant organization in 1905 as an office boy working his way up to Club Secretary / Office manager, remaining with the club for a total of 65 years. Russ Hodges becomes poetic reading a verse he has written about the departure of the New York Giants form New York. Russ Hodges and Bob Delaney sign off. THE END OF AN ERA
1957-10-13, NBC, 19 min.
- Jimmy Durante
- Jane Powell
- Bert Lahr
- Donald OConnor
- Art Buchwald
- Duke Ellington
- Gower Champion
- Tyrone Power
- Brandon De Wilde
- Eddie Mayehoff
- Sid Miller
- Marge Champion
- Kay Thompson
- Ronald Searle
- Jack Rathbone
- Wisa DOrso
- Don Becker
- Richard Cain
- Chuck Goldstein Quartet
- Anita Darian
- Brian Davies
- Ray Dorian
- Jerry Fries
- Ralph Harmer
- Bob Hartman
- Carol Hendricks
- Ed Holleman
- Barney Johnston
- Jeannie Jones
- Joan Kruger
- Hugh Lambert
- David Lober
- Don Pardo
- Dean Parker
- Jack Purcell
- Morris Redding
- Charles St. Amant
- Suzanne Stahl
- Gloria Stevens
- Annette Warren
A major live Special broadcast tribute presentation, including many song and dance performances. Tyrone Power and Brandon De Wilde are hosts. A 90-minute review is presented by Standard Oil in celebration of its 75th anniversary. Tyrone Power and Brandon De Wilde are master of ceremonies, and performers include Jimmy Durante, Marge and Gower Champion, Brandon de Wilde, Bert Lahr, Duke Ellington, Eddie Mayhehoff, Jane Powell, Kay Thompson, and Donald O'Connor. Art Buchwald, noted for his humorous newspaper essays from Europe, also appears in an introduction to a number about Paris. Jimmy Durante and Bert Lahr team up together for the first time on any stage and sing a number of songs. HIGHLIGHTS Jubilee Time.................................................................Thompson Man of Today....................................................................Durante Songs for a Lovely Soprano...............................................Powell Tin Pan Alley 1957......................................O'Connor & Sid Miller "Such Sweet Thunder"....................................................Ellington Sounds of Today and Music of Tomorrow................Wisa D'Orso Comedy sketch......................................................................Lahr Cole Porter Dance..............................Marge & Gower Champion Confusion 1957..............................................................Mayehoff American Girl in Paris.......................................Powell, Buchwald Dance for Four TV Cameras..........................................O'Connor Comedy Routine in Song......................................Durante & Lahr Finale.............................................................................Ensemble Don Pardo is the announcer. Staging by Cyril Ritchard. Duplicate of 10224.
1957-10-13, NBC, 19 min.
- Jimmy Durante
- Jane Powell
- Bert Lahr
- Donald OConnor
- Art Buchwald
- Duke Ellington
- Gower Champion
- Tyrone Power
- Brandon De Wilde
- Eddie Mayehoff
- Sid Miller
- Marge Champion
- Kay Thompson
- Ronald Searle
- Jack Rathbone
- Wisa DOrso
- Don Becker
- Richard Cain
- Chuck Goldstein Quartet
- Anita Darian
- Brian Davies
- Ray Dorian
- Jerry Fries
- Ralph Harmer
- Bob Hartman
- Carol Hendricks
- Ann Hodges
- Ed Holleman
- Barney Johnston
- Jeannie Jones
- Walter Kinsella
- Joan Kruger
- Hugh Lambert
- David Lober
- Don Pardo
- Dean Parker
- Jack Purcell
- Morris Redding
- Charles St. Amant
- Suzanne Stahl
- Iris Stames
- Gloria Stevens
- Annette Warren
A music and comedy celebration of the 75th anniversary of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Lavish presentation of this musical/comedy special with staging by Cyril Ritchard. Highlights include Jane Powell singing "Jubilee Time," Bert Lahr and Jimmy Durante reminiscing about their Vaudevillian days, Donald O'Connor and Sid Miller in a comedy sketch writing songs for a new 1958 play, and a rousing closing of "Jubilee Time" by entire cast. Hosts: Tyrone Power and Brandon De Wilde. Announcer: Don Pardo.
#13255: PERRY COMO SHOW, THE
Order1957-12-07, NBC, 6 min.
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 are Ethel Merman and Red Buttons.