Arthur Godfrey and Allen Funt host. In these four consecutive shows (October 9, 16, 23, 30, 1960), guests include Jonathan Winters, Martha Raye, Audrey Meadows and Phil Silvers.
October 28, 1950 - September 10, 1965
From September 13, 1953 to June 1960, The Jack Benny Program aired every other week.
Jack Benny's guest is Milton Berle.
January 12, 1926-November 25, 1960 (radio); June 28, 1951-June 11, 1953 (television). "Amos 'n' Andy," one of the most popular and long-running radio programs of all time, was brought to television in the summer of 1951 by Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll. When the show was cancelled, 65 episodes had been produced. An additional 13 episodes were then filmed to be added to the syndicated re-run package. These 13 episodes first aired on CBS television beginning on January 4, 1955. Note: "Amos 'n' Andy" used three 35mm cameras to film each episode prior to "I Love Lucy," most often given credit for first using this TV revolutionary three camera approach. "I Love Lucy" premiered on October 15, 1951. Today, 72 of the 78 "Amos 'n' Andy" episodes are available & sold on DVD. However, six episodes remain mysteriously absent. Archival Television Audio recorded two of these missing episodes off the air in 1961 - "Restitution" and "Fur Coat."
Guests Hermione Gingold and Leonid Hambro help Victor Borge celebrate his 20th year in the United States. Complete commercials for the program are included.
Guests Hermione Gingold and Leonid Hambro help Victor Borge celebrate his 20th year in the United States. Complete commercials for the program are included.
Dupe Of Number 883.
January 12, 1926-November 25, 1960 (radio); June 28, 1951-June 11, 1953 (television). "Amos 'n' Andy," one of the most popular and long-running radio programs of all time, was brought to television in the summer of 1951 by Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll. When the show was cancelled, 65 episodes had been produced. An additional 13 episodes were then filmed to be added to the syndicated re-run package. These 13 episodes first aired on CBS television beginning on January 4, 1955. Note: "Amos 'n' Andy" used three 35mm cameras to film each episode prior to "I Love Lucy," most often given credit for first using this TV revolutionary three camera approach. "I Love Lucy" premiered on October 15, 1951. Today, 74 of the 78 "Amos 'n' Andy" episodes are available & sold on DVD. However, four episodes remain mysteriously absent: "Andy Goes In Business," "Race Horse," "Sapphire's Mysterious Admirer," and "Restitution." Archival Television Audio recorded one of these missing episodes off the air Dec. 28, 1961 - "Restitution."
While trying to do a good deed, Kingfish ends up becoming a fugitive from justice. Joined in progress. Only a 6:10-minute excerpt was recorded off the air, but inaccessible to the public for over half a century.
This last show taped a few weeks before Ernie Kovac's untimely death was broadcast without commercials. It included a final tribute, originally given by the Reverend Samuel Ellison and voiced by the ABC Network at the conclusion of the telecast.
September 20th, 1955- September 11th, 1959 (CBS)
One of the most popular comedy shows of the 1950s, Phil Silvers starred as Sgt. Bilko. The show was originally titled "You'll Never Get Rich," but was changed to the Phil Silvers show. It was shown in reruns as "Sgt Bilko."
Re-run Tuesday nights from 7:00-7:30pm on WNBC New York. Bilko finally comes up with a system for breaking the bank at Monte Carlo.
An ABC TV Special broadcast on Sunday, February 4, 1962 from 6:30 to 7:30pm. There are artistic freedom vignettes on the show as Stan poses the question of cultural relations between earth and the moon. There is a dramatization of the sale of Manhattan, and lampoons of that old Chinese invention, television. Original music by Stan Freberg.
Johnny Carson hosts this tongue-in cheek survey of some current brands of humor, spotlighting Carson,Buddy Hackett,
Mata and Hari, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Kay Stevens and Dr. Joyce Brothers, who explains why people laugh.
Jerry Lewis steps before the TV cameras for his first special in three years. This one man show incorporates some popular routines from his night club act, a few from previous TV appearances, plus some new material.
Satire and the new comedians are examined with performances and commentary from Mort Sahl, Dick Gregory, Jules Feiffer, Al Capp, Robert Coughlan, and Albert Feldstein (MAD MAGAZINE), William Gaines, Bergen Evans and Benjamin DeMott.
October 11, 1961 - June 13, 1962
Bob Newhart appears in two skits on this, his farewell show from his first TV series. One of his comedy sketches concerns the recent FCC hearings.
At the end of the show, Bob Newhart reflects appreciation for the success of this his first television series.
Not Complete.
October 28th, 1950- September 15th, 1964 (CBS)
September 25th,1964-September 10th, 1965 (NBC)
Jack Benny's half-hour show mixed variety and situation comedy with a company of regulars: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, announcer Don Wilson, Dennis Day, Mel Blanc, and Mary Livingston.
Shelley Berman does a one-man show,
creating a gallery of characters and does satirical sketches on subjects dealing with television commercials, the
medical profession, and hotels. He performs not only with his stool and his telephone, but also with the audience.
Based on the release of a musical album by Shelley Berman.
Dupe Of Number 918.
Shelley Berman does a one-man show,
creating a gallery of characters and does satirical sketches on subjects dealing with television commercials, the
medical profession, and hotels. He performs not only with his stool and his telephone, but also with the audience.
September 21st, 1962-January 25th, 1963 (NBC)
A short-lived sitcom premiering in the time slot 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm on NBC TV just prior to the Jack Paar Program and his entrance into prime time.
The premise revolves around an Iowa Veterinarian drafted by the Army and assigned to Paris. Appearing regularly are John Hubbard, Cully Richards, Alan Napier, Linda Lawson Artie Johnson Louise Glenn and Penny Santon.
September 20th, 1961-September 5th, 1964 (NBC)
September 27th, 1964-September 7th, 1965 (CBS)
A 30-minute sitcom not to be confused with Joey Bishop's later effort as an ABC late-night talk show host to compete with Johnny Carson.
In this show's first season, Bishop was seen as Joey Barnes, an unmarried publicist. For the second season, a new format for the show was developed and was retitled "The New Joey Bishop Show." Here, Bishop kept the name Joey Barnes but was a nightclub comedian and talk show host who was now married to Ellie, played by Abby Dalton. Also, starring was Guy Marks as his manager, Freddy, and Corbett Monica who replaced Marks. Joe Besser who was on season 1 of the Abbott and Costello television series and for a brief period one of the Three Stooges, played Bishop's landlord. On September 27th, 1964, the show moved to CBS where it finished its run on September 7th, 1965.
Comedy musical piano duo Jonathan Edwards and Darlene Edwards "destroy" the songs "I Love Paris" and "Temptation" in a comedy singing and musical routine. Jo Stafford and husband Paul Weston masquerade as the duo.
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