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#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.