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1951-11-07, , 20 min.
President Truman speaks about proposal to United Nations on disarmament. Radio and television report to the American people on international arms reduction.
1952-08-25, , min.
President Eisenhower's speech to the American Legion held at Madison Square Garden.
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.
#5893AB: "AMERICA'S GREATEST BANDS"
Order1955-00-00, CBS, min.
June 25th, 1955- September 24th, 1955 Paul Whiteman hosted this summer series. He presents different big name bands each week. On this episode, The Percy Faith orchestra.
#10403: "AMERICA'S GREATEST BANDS"
Order1955-07-30, CBS, 10 min.
June 25th, 1955- September 24th, 1955 Paul Whiteman hosted this summer series. He presents different big name bands each week. This series is a summer replacement show for The Jackie Gleason Show. Presented are four different big bands each week. On this episode, Jazz drummer Louis Bellson and his band are featured.
#10405: "AMERICA'S GREATEST BANDS"
Order1955-08-06, CBS, min.
June 25th, 1955- September 24th, 1955 Paul Whiteman hosted this summer series. He presents different big name bands each week. This series is a summer replacement show for The Jackie Gleason Show. Presented are four different big bands each week. Guests: Buddy Morrow, Mitch Miller
#10404: "AMERICA'S GREATEST BANDS"
Order1955-08-13, CBS, 10 min.
June 25th, 1955- September 24th, 1955 Paul Whiteman hosted this summer series. He presents different big name bands each week. This series is a summer replacement show for The Jackie Gleason Show. Presented are four different big bands each week. Guests: Ray Anthony and his band.
#10406: "AMERICA'S GREATEST BANDS"
Order1955-08-20, CBS, 25 min.
June 25th, 1955- September 24th, 1955 Paul Whiteman hosted this summer series. He presents different big name bands each week. This series is a summer replacement show for The Jackie Gleason Show. Presented are four different big bands each week. Guest: Drummer Gene Krupa.
#10352: "MISS AMERICA 1956"
Order1955-09-10, CBS, min.
Miss America for 1956 is crowned. Sharon Richie, Miss Colorado, wins the top prize. Co-hosts are Bert Parks, John Daly, Bess Meyerson, and Lee Meriwether, (Miss America 1955).
#10359: "AMERICA'S GREATEST BANDS"
Order1955-09-17, CBS, min.
June 25th, 1955- September 24th, 1955 Paul Whiteman hosted this summer series. He presents different big name bands each week.
1956-10-07, WNBC, 15 min.
November 9th, 1952-April April 16th, 1961. (NBC). Hosted by Alistair Cooke, this series presented everything from dramas to musicals to documentaries. SEARCH PROGRAM TITLE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. American Musical Comedy. The history of American Musical Comedy over the last 100 years. Note: Final fifteen minutes of the broadcast. Guest: Leonard Bernstein. Host: Alistair Cooke. Excerpt.
#13161: TONIGHT! AMERICA AFTER DARK
Order1957-04-19, NBC, 7 min.
After the departure of the Tonight Show's first host, Steve Allen, Jack Lescoulie served as host from January 28th to June 21st, 1957. NBC renamed the show "Tonight! America After Dark." Host Jack Lescoulie interviews old-time vaudevillian Fifi D'Orsay who sings a song.
1957-09-07, CBS, 18 min.
The 31st Annual Miss America Pageant is telecast live from the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hotel. Miss Colorado, Marilyn Van Derbur wins the Miss America crown for 1958. In the talent contest, Bert Parks introduces Miss Georgia who sings "You Deserve a Girl That's Namely You." Miss North Carolina sings "When Yo Say Cheese." Miss Colorado plays the organ, and Miss California plays the accordian. Five judges pick the finalists. Miss California is interviewed by Bert Parks who asks the question "Do you believe in love at first sight?" Miss Colorado is asked "Is it proper for a lady to propose to a man?" As winner, Miss Colorado, Marilyn Van Derbur, walks the runway, Bert Parks sings, "Miss America." as the broadcast concludes. Bert Parks, Douglas Edwards, and Bess Myerson are the hosts.
1957-09-07, CBS, 17 min.
The 31st Annual Miss America Pageant is telecast live from the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hotel. Miss Colorado, Marilyn Van Derbur wins the Miss America crown for 1958. The complete opening is heard. Bert Parks, Douglas Edwards, and Bess Myerson are the hosts.
1958-02-01, CBS, min.
January 18th, 1958-1972 (CBS) A series of televised classical music concerts by the New York Philharmonic. They were telecast on CBS and syndicated in over forty countries. In 1958, they started under the leadership of then new conductor Leonard Bernstein. The televised series ended in 1972, when Bernstein left his position at the Philharmonic. A total of 53 concerts were televised. Conductor Leonard Bernstein is introducing his young audiences to music in four New York Philharmonic concerts at Carnegie Hall. In this second one-hour telecast he takes up the things that make American music American. As a special feature, Bernstein introduces the prominent American composer Aaron Copeland, who will conduct the finale of his symphony No.3 Musical Excerpts: "An American in Paris"- George Gershwin "New World Symphony"- Dvorak "Dance in The Place Congo"- Henry F. Gilbert "Ragtime"- Stravinsky Piano Sonata- "Music Of The Theater," "Billy The Kid," "Quiet City," Symphony No.3- Aaron Copeland Second episode of 53 concerts.
#6958A: THE AMERICAN JEW
Order1958-12-07, CBS, 00 min.
A documentary tribute to freedom is the subject of this Special. A portrait of the Jew as an American and as representative of our minority cultures. Includes interviews and various performances. Susan Strasberg does a scene from the play "Diary of Anne Frank." Host: Jeff Chandler
1960-04-22, WNBC, 52 min.
The narration consists almost wholly of Mark Twain's words and is spoken by actor-playwright Howard Lindsay. Original music score by Robert Russell Bennett. Written by Richard Hanser. Produced and directed by Donald B. Hyatt.1960-11-06, WCBS, 00 min.
Filmed in Chicago,this is the second in Sullivan's "See America" series.
1961-02-17, WNBC, 52 min.
January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.1961-06-04, WCBS, 29 min.
Guest composer Richard Rodgers is profiled. Rodgers discusses his early work with host Jim Morske and answers questions from the audience. Vocalists Martha Wright and John Reardon sing Rodgers and Lorenz Hart selections.1962-01-20, NBC, min.
NBC newsman Frank McGee hosts a preview of the proposed orbital space flight by Major John Glenn.
1962-02-20, NBC, min.
An NBC news special on the flight of Colonel John Glenn. Host: Frank McGee NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961 Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75 Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000 Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400 Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min. No. of Orbits Three 17 One Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460 Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1 Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.
#11366: AMERICAN LANDSCAPE, THE
Order1962-04-11, NBC, 60 min.
Songs, stories, legends, and tall tales of America are presented by entertainer Phil Harris, novelist Mackinlay Kantor, actor Chuck Connors, and musical comedy stars Barbara Cook and Peter Palmer. Hosted by Burgess Meredith. Highlights: "Sweet Betsy From Pike" "He's Gone Away"- Barbara Cook Dialog: "Spirit Lake" - MacKinlay Kantor, Burgess Meredith "Black Is The Color"- Peter Palmer "I Know An Old Lady"- Phil Harris "Story Of Jesse James"- Chuck Connors
1962-06-24, WCBS, 15 min.
Earl Wrightson and others honor Richard Rodgers on his 60th birthday with music and song.1962-08-16, CBS, 00 min.
- Alexander Scourby
- James Whitmore
- Carl Sandburg
- Neva Patterson
- Kathleen Widdoes
- Peggy Wood
- Kim Hunter
- Hurd Hatfield
- Winifred Heidt
- Robert Frost
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- e.e. Cummings
- Allen Ginsberg
More than one poet has tried to capture all of America in a single work.But how would it be if the works of many poets were stitched together into a sampler portrait of America? That's what tonight's program has done, drawing on such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, e.e.Cummings and Allen Ginsberg. The major work of the evening is Robert Frost's "Death Of The Hired Man," with Peggy Wood as Mary, Alexander Scourby as Silas and James Whitmore, the show's narrator, as Warren. "The People Yes," by Carl Sandburg,is also heard.
#13766: MISS AMERICA PAGEANT
Order1962-09-08, CBS, min.
Bert Parks is the host for the 36th Miss America Pageant broadcast from the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jacquelyn Mayer, (Miss Ohio) was crowned as the winner.
1962-09-29, WCBS, 53 min.
- Jackie Gleason
- Art Carney
- Wayne Newton
- Jerry Newton
- The Newton Brothers
- Crazy Guggenheim
- Frank Fontaine
- Sue Ane Langdon
September 20, 1952-June 22, 1957; October 3, 1958-January 2 1959; February 3 1961-March 24, 1961; September 29,1962-September 12, 1970. After the 1954-1955 season (one hour live broadcasts), Jackie Gleason produced a series of 39 filmed half-hour episodes of "The Honeymooners" which was syndicated (1955-1956). For the following 1956-1957 season, the Jackie Gleason Show returned to a live one-hour variety format with a Honeymooners sketch included in many of its broadcasts. After this season, The Honeymooners sketches would not be revived until the 1966-1967 season of The Jackie Gleason Show. In the fall of 1958 Jackie Gleason returned to a live half-hour series scheduled on Fridays. That effort, which also featured Buddy Hackett, was cancelled after only three months on the air. In the fall of 1962 Gleason was back to a Saturday Night slot, which he occupied for another eight seasons. From 1962 to 1966 it was called JACKIE GLEASON AND HIS AMERICAN SCENE MAGAZINE, and featured topical comedy sketches as well as musical numbers. One of Gleason's characters, Joe the Bartender, appeared regularly opposite regular Frank Fontaine, who as Crazy Guggenheim traded stories with Joe and then would change character all together singing a song, after which Joe the Bartender would sing his closing signature song. Sue Ane Langdon was also featured regularly. Jackie Gleason premieres his brand new series. On the debut show, the Newton Brothers, Wayne Newton and Jerry Newton, make their first national TV appearance. In addition, there is a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank "Crazy Guggenheim" Fontaine, who talks to Joe about "Pay TV." There is a "Honeymooners" sketch about "air raid shelters," with old sidekick Art Carney and Sue Ane Langdon plays "Alice."
1962-09-29, CBS, 00 min.
Dupe Of Number 273. Series Premiere.
1962-10-06, WCBS, 20 min.
Jackie Gleason gives his opening monologue and does a "Joe the Bartender" skit with Frank Fontaine, who talks to Joe about "Christopher Columbus." The Newton Brothers (Wayne and Jerry) perform for a second consecutive week.1962-10-06, WCBS, 3 min.
September 20, 1952-June 22, 1957; October 3, 1958-January 2 1959; February 3 1961-March 24, 1961; September 29, 1962-September 12, 1970 After the 1954-1955 season (one hour live broadcasts), Jackie Gleason produced a series of 39 filmed half-hour episodes of "The Honeymooners" which was syndicated (1955-1956). For the following 1956-1957 season, the Jackie Gleason Show returned to a live one-hour variety format with a Honeymooners sketch included in many of its broadcasts. After this season, The Honeymooners sketches would not be revived on a regular basis until the 1966-1967 season of The Jackie Gleason Show. In the fall of 1958 Jackie Gleason returned to a live half-hour series scheduled on Fridays. That effort, which also featured Buddy Hackett, was cancelled after only three months on the air. In the fall of 1962 Gleason was back to a Saturday Night slot, which he occupied for another eight seasons. From 1962 to 1966 it was called JACKIE GLEASON AND HIS AMERICAN SCENE MAGAZINE, and featured topical comedy sketches as well as musical numbers. One of Gleson's characters, Joe the Bartender, appeared regularly opposite regular Frank Fontaine, who as Crazy Guggenham traded stories with Joe and then would change character all together singing a song, after which Joe the Bartender would sing his closing signature song. Sue Ane Langdon was also featured regularly.
1962-10-13, WCBS, 40 min.
There is Jackie Gleason's opening monologue, impersonator Elliot Reid doing President John F. Kennedy, Reggie Van Gleason's political debate sketch, an "Arthur and Agnes" sketch with Alice Ghostley and Frank Fontaine, and a closing monologue by Gleason.1962-10-20, WCBS, 3 min.
Jackie Gleason gives tribute to his longtime associate Art Carney at the conclusion of his show.1962-10-20, WCBS, 12 min.
September 20, 1952-June 22, 1957; October 3, 1958-January 2 1959; February 3 1961-March 24, 1961; September 1962-September 12, 1970 After the 1954-1955 season (one hour live broadcasts), Jackie Gleason produced a series of 39 filmed half-hour episodes of "The Honeymooners" which was syndicated (1955-1956). For the following 1956-1957 season, the Jackie Gleason Show returned to a live one-hour variety format with a Honeymooners sketch included in many of its broadcasts. After this season, The Honeymooners sketches would not be revived until the 1966-1967 season of The Jackie Gleason Show. Host: Jackie Gleason.
1962-10-27, WCBS, 24 min.
There is Jackie Gleason's opening monologue, a "Joe the Bartender" sketch about "Photos from the Past" with Frank Fontaine, who for the first time, out of his "Crazy Guggenheim" character, sings a song: "When Your Heart Has Turned To Silver" at the conclusion of the sketch. There is a 3 1/2 minute Harry Reasoner and Robert Pierpoint News bulletin interrupting the program and outlining President John F. Kennedy's plan for solving the current Cuban crisis. The Gleason Show continues with a Sue Ane Langdon "Granada" production number. A 60 second promo for the upcoming 1962 election night is heard at the end of the program.
1962-11-03, WCBS, 38 min.
Jackie Gleason does his opening monologue followed by a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank "Crazy Guggenheim" Fontaine, who talks to Joe about his "Cousin Who is a Dog Catcher" and sings "Always." Comedian's classic corner with Smith and Dale and an "Arthur and Agnes" sketch with Alice Ghostley.1962-11-03, WCBS, 12 min.
September 20, 1952-June 22, 1957; October 3, 1958-January 2 1959; February 3 1961-March 24, 1961; September 1962-September 12, 1970 After the 1954-1955 season (one hour live broadcasts), Jackie Gleason produced a series of 39 filmed half-hour episodes of "The Honeymooners" which was syndicated (1955-1956). For the following 1956-1957 season, the Jackie Gleason Show returned to a live one-hour variety format with a Honeymooners sketch included in many of its broadcasts. After this season, The Honeymooners sketches would not be revived until the 1966-1967 season of The Jackie Gleason Show. In the fall of 1958 Jackie Gleason returned to a live half-hour series scheduled on Fridays. That effort, which also featured Buddy Hackett, was cancelled after only three months on the air. In the fall of 1962 Gleason was back to a Saturday Night slot, which he occupied for another eight seasons. From 1962 to 1966 it was called JACKIE GLEASON AND HIS AMERICAN SCENE MAGAZINE, and featured topical comedy sketches as well as musical numbers. One of Gleson's characters, Joe the Bartender, appeared regularly opposite regular Frank Fontaine, who as Crazy Guggenham traded stories with Joe and then would change character all together singing a song, after which Joe the Bartender would sing his closing signature song. Sue Ane Langdon was also featured regularly.
1962-11-10, WCBS, 19 min.
Jackie Gleason does his opening monologue followed by a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank "Crazy Guggenheim" Fontaine, who talks about "His Neighborhood Being Torn Down" and sings "That Old Gang of Mine."1962-11-17, CBS, 00 min.
Twenty-minute excerpt. See number 317 for details. Dupe.
1962-11-17, WCBS, 20 min.
Jackie Gleason does his opening monologue followed by a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank "Crazy Guggenheim" Fontaine, who talks to Joe about "Sports" and who sings "Mary."1962-11-24, WCBS, 26 min.
Jackie Gleason does his opening monologue with double talker Al Kelly, followed by a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank "Crazy Guggenheim" Fontaine. He talks to Joe about "Thanksgiving" and sings "Heart of My Heart." Also, there is an "Arthur and Agnes" sketch with Alice Ghostley.1962-12-01, WCBS, 31 min.
Jackie Gleason does his opening monologue followed by "Joe the Bartender" with Frank "Crazy Guggenheim" Fontaine, who talks to Joe about his "Wife" and sings "Daddy's Little Girl." Gleason is heard as Stanley R. Sogg, pitchman for Mother Fletcher on the Late Late Show. There is also Tag Team wrestling with Reginald Van Gleason III.1962-12-08, CBS, 00 min.
Thirty-Three Minute Excerpt. See number 338 for details Dupe.
1962-12-08, WCBS, 33 min.
Jackie Gleason does his opening monologue followed by a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank "Crazy Guggenheim" Fontaine, who talks to Joe about "Teenage Marriages" and sings "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver." Henny Youngman does a stand-up comedy routine.1962-12-15, CBS, 00 min.
1962-12-29, CBS, 00 min.
Dupe 0f 346.
1962-12-29, WCBS, 38 min.
Jackie Gleason does his opening monologue with Henny Youngman, followed by a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Frank "Crazy Guggenheim" Fontaine, who talks to Joe about "Cold Weather" and sings "Auld Lang Syne." There is an "Arthur and Agnes" sketch with Alice Ghostley. Paul Anka concludes the show with a medley of his hit songs.1962-12-31, CBS, min.
Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Jack Lescoulie brings in the New Year at Times Square. The best-known New Year's Eve shows on radio and then television was hosted by bandleader Guy Lombardo, who hosted 21 consecutive New Year's Eve shows from 1956 to 1976 on CBS, and for a time in syndication. Lombardo's first radio broadcast on New Year's Eve was heard on December 31, 1928 over CBS Radio, and for a time he even split hosting duties by broadcasting on CBS Radio before 12 Midnight EST and on NBC Radio after Midnight. Lombardo would host 48 straight New Year's Eve broadcasts until his death in 1977, and famously performed "Auld Lang Syne" by his Royal Canadians as the clock struck 12 Midnight, ushering in the start of a New Year. Once the Lombardo orchestra began their annual television shows, there would be a live segment from Times Square, which was (and still is) the focal point of the nation's largest New Year's celebration. In the early years of Lombardo's television specials, Robert Trout reported on and counted down to Midnight in New York's Times Square; but for most of Lombardo's years on television, another legendary newsman, Ben Grauer, had the honor. (Grauer, by the way, also reported from Times Square for NBC Radio on celebrations following the surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945. The first New Year's Eve special on television was broadcast on December 31, 1941 on WNBT New York, and consisted of entertainment broadcast from the Rainbow Room, atop the RCA Building in New York's Rockefeller Center.[3] Due to World War II, there would be no more New Year's Eve specials on television until December 31, 1945. WNBT produced a remote broadcast of festivities in Times Square. While NBC had begun to feed programs to WRGB is the Albany area and WPTZ in Philadelphia, information is unavailable as to whether either or both of these stations broadcast the program, or if it was seen just locally in New York.[4] Unless New Year's Eve fell on a weekend, NBC would carry a special New Year's version of "The Tonight Show" each year beginning in 1954, including coverage of the arrival of the New Year in Times Square. Dick Clark himself had actually emceed one New Year's Eve TV special prior to 1972; on December 31, 1959, he emceed a 90-minute New Year's special on ABC. One of the guests was Frankie Avalon. But it would be the last time Clark would do a New Year's Eve television special for the next thirteen years. By the 1970s, Lombardo's big band music skewed to an older generation, so Dick Clark started his telecast in 1972 to compete. New Year's Eve celebration, ushering in the year 1963. pickup from Times Square with Robert Trout and Guy Lombardo's orchestra (The Royal Canadians) from the Americana Hotel in New York City.
1963-01-02, WNDT, 28 min.
November 21, 1962 - February 27 1963 Max Morath, a ragtime pianist and raconteur, hosts this half-hour series focusing on the nations manners and morals at the turn of the century, a period spanning three decades from 1890 to 1920. The idea that the history of any era can be told in terms of its popular songs is being put to the test on this new series comprised of 15 episodes by New york's educational channel. Featuring Max Morath, a ragtime pianist and raconteur, this half-hour series of broadcasts takes a musical look at the turn of the century. In this episode Robert Benson and Max Morath take a look at the transportation revolution. This series is one of the earliest examples of programming on the newly formed New York Public Broadcast Station WNDT Ch.13, which debuted on the air September 16, 1962.
1963-01-12, WCBS, 52 min.
Highlights include "Joe the Bartender" with Frank Fontaine as "Crazy Guggenheim," who talks to Joe about "television," and sings "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?" Also, Jackie Gleason does a skit as Stanley R. Sogg, late show pitchman for Mother Fletcher Mail Order Company. On a return visit, Wayne Newton and his brother Jerry Newton perform. George Jessel sings "My Mother's Eyes." He and Gleason trade quips.1963-01-26, CBS, 00 min.
Dupe 0f 372.