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14 records found for Carl Sandburg
1954-12-10, WNBC, 15 min.
September 27, 1954 - January 25, 1957 The first host of THE TONIGHT SHOW, which was then titled TONIGHT!, Steve Allen began his broadcast career as a disc jockey. On July 27, 1953 Steve Allen began hosting a local show over WRCA-TV which ran from 11:20 P.M. to Midnight , Mondays through Fridays, sponsored by Knickerbocker Beer, developed by station executive Ted Cott to lure a potential sponsor, Rupert Breweries, away from a late-night show on New York's Channel 7 (TALK OF THE TOWN), hosted by Louis Nye, who would later be featured on Steve Allen's Sunday Night Variety Show. After a successful fourteen-month local run, THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW became a network show. Beginning September 27, 1954, the show retitled TONIGHT!, and expanded to 105 minutes from 40 minutes. NOTE: Sound of this Television Audio Air Check is PRISTINE. A rare return to an early TONIGHT! STARRING STEVE ALLEN broadcast, and even more special with Carl Sandburg trading quips with Steve Allen, who states, "I hope someone is recording this show." When Late Night Television was so informal and relaxed with open ended time dedicated to a person, topic, music, or just impromptu comedy.
1956-05-04, 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: Poet Carl Sandburg.
#5933: GENE KELLY SHOW
Order1959-04-24, WCBS, 54 min.
Presented on "PONTIAC STAR PARADE." Gene Kelly welcomes his guests, poet Carl Sandburg, Claude Bessy, Judith Dornys, Liza Minelli and Cherylene Lee in this musical-variety special. Slight variations in sound quality.1959-04-24, WCBS, 52 min.
Presented on "PONTIAC STAR PARADE." Gene Kelly in a one hour show. Kelly dances to a poem recited by Sandburg, who also plays the guitar. 13 year old Liza Minnelli's second TV appearance of her career.1960-02-12, WNBC, 60 min.
- Earl Wrightson
- Donald Voorhees
- Nanette Fabray
- Julie Andrews
- Brian Sullivan
- Carl Sandburg
- Victoria de los Angeles
January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly 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. "Portraits In Music" are painted by poet Carl Sandburg, musical-comedy stars Nanette Fabray and Julie Andrews, opera singers Victoria de los Angeles, and Brian Sullivan, and singer Earl Wrightson. To the music of Aaron Copeland's "A Lincoln Portrait," Sandburg reads from Lincoln's letters and speeches. Nanette Fabray offers a musical portrait of women during the past 75 years. The opera stars sing arias from Puccini's "La Boheme." Julie Andrews and Earl Wrightson duet songs from Sigmund Romberg operettas. Donald Voorhees conducts the Bell Telephone orchestra. Highlights: "Will You Remember?" "Come Boys, Let's Be Gay," "Song Of Love," "Marianne," "Lover Come Back To Me," "Riff Song," " One Alone," "Fireman's Bride," "Your Land And My Land," "Silver Moon"- Julie Andrews, Earl Wrightson. "Mi Chiamano Mimi," "O Souve Fanciulla," - De los Angeles, Brian Sullivan "My Gal, Sal," " Hot Time In The Old Town," "Beautiful Lady," "Every Little Movement," "Don't Bring Lulu," "Best Things In Life," "Sophisticated Lady," "Anything Goes," "Lili Marlene," "I'll Walk Alone," "There Is Nothing Like A Dame," "Cockeyed Optimist,"- Nanette Fabray.
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.
1962-11-22, WNBC, 54 min.
- John Raitt
- Mahalia Jackson
- Martha Wright
- Donald Voorhees
- Tommy Rall
- The West Point Glee Club
- Grant Johannesen
- Tad Tadlock
- Carl Sandburg
The Thanksgiving spirit in music is interpreted by singers John Raitt, Martha Wright and Mahalia Jackson; pianist Grant Johannesen; dancers Tommy Rall and Tad Tadlock; the West Point Glee Club; and poet Carl Sandburg, who reads "Theme in Yellow"; "Fire Dreams," a poem he rewrote for tonight's show; and excerpts from "Good Morning, America" and "Remembrance Rock." Donald Voorhees directs the orchestra and chorus.1964-01-08, CBS, min.
- Harry S. Truman
- Carl Sandburg
- John F. Kennedy
- Richard Nixon
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Kenneth Keating
- John McCormack
- Charles Bachman
- Robert Jastrow
- Alben Barkley
Comments on the problem of presidential succession by Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Carl Sandburg, Alben W. Barkley, President Kennedy, Senator, Kenneth Keating, Speaker Of The House John McCormack. Discussion: Is it wise to land a man on the moon? A debate between Dr. Robert Jastrow and Dr. Charles Bachman.
1968-02-18, NBC, 57 min.
- Jack Benny
- Steve Allen
- Gene Krupa
- Teddy Wilson
- Bob Hope
- Mahalia Jackson
- Dave Garroway
- Benny Goodman
- Burr Tillstrom
- Everett Dirksen
- Studs Terkel
- Carl Sandburg
- Otto Kerner
- Richard Daley
- Mark Van Doren
- Win Stracke
- Newton Minow
- Adlai Stevenson III
- Paul Douglas
- Charles Percy
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Kukla and Ollie
- R. Buckminster Fuller
- Adlai Stevenson
This year is Illinois 150th year of statehood. This nostalgic sesquicentennial tribute presents some of the Prairie State's leading citizens, as well as show-business personalities who have been associated with the state. Among the stars are Jack Benny, Dave Garroway, Bob Hope, Mahalia Jackson, Mercedes McCambridge, Burr Tillstrom (with puppets Kukla and Ollie) and the original Benny Goodman Trio (Goodman, Gene Krupa and Teddy Wilson). The host is Steve Allen, who composed the program's score. Also appearing are Senator Everett Dirksen (who offers a dramatic recitation) and Charles Percy, former Senator Paul Douglas, Gov Otto Kerner, Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley, writer Mark Van Doren, architect R.Buckminster Fuller, balladeer Win Stracke, writer-broadcaster Studs Terkel, former FCC head Newton Minow and Adlai Stevenson III. Heard via recordings: the late Adlai Stevenson and poet Carl Sandburg. Filmed almost entirely on location, the program covers Illinois from end to end, visiting the pulse points of the present and historic sites sacred to its heritage,
1969-12-10, NBC, 52 min.
- Peggy Lee
- Johnny Cash
- The Statler Brothers
- Carl Perkins
- The Carter Family
- The Tennessee Three
- Browning Bryant
- Carl Sandburg
Songs of the American heritage are sung by Johnny and his guests, with inspiration provided by the majesty of Carl Sandburg's words. Johnny Cash, said that this might be the best TV show he has ever done. He welcomes Peggy Lee, young singer Browning Bryant and members of the Johnny Cash troupe: the Carter Family, Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, and the Tennessee Three. Peter Matz Orchestra. Highlights: "This Land Is Your Land," "Going To Memphis," "Rock Island Line," "Della's Gone,"- Johnny Cash. "Is That All There Is?"- Peggy Lee. "Try To Remember,"-Browning Bryant. Carters: " Foggy Mountain Top." "C.C. Rider," Carl Perkins, "Shenandoah,"- Statler Brothers. Johnny, Peggy: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Love song medley, Johnny Cash. It Ain't Gonna Rain No More,"- Browning Bryant. Duplicate air checks recorded and archived are ATA #'s 19959 & 8428
1969-12-10, NBC, 52 min.
- Peggy Lee
- Johnny Cash
- The Statler Brothers
- Carl Perkins
- The Carter Family
- The Tennessee Three
- Browning Bryant
- Carl Sandburg
Songs of the American heritage are sung by Johnny and his guests, with inspiration provided by the majesty of Carl Sandburg's words. Johnny Cash, said that this might be the best TV show he has ever done. He welcomes Peggy Lee, young singer Browning Bryant and members of the Johnny Cash troupe: the Carter Family, Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, and the Tennessee Three. Duplicate air checks recorded and archived are ATA #'s 19959 & 8428
#18843: DAVID FROST SHOW, THE
Order1971-05-28, WNEW, 62 min.
July 7, 1969-July 14, 1972 (SYNDICATED). David Frost's solo guest is actress Bette Davis who discusses her past films (clips are heard related to Bad Sister (931), Of Human Bondage (1934), and Dark Victory (1939). She also discusses her early childhood, her loving mother, aloof father, who passed away at 50 years of age, views on love, marriage, God, parenthood, death, and her definition of what it means to be successful in life. Duplicate of 7041A and 29P. NOTE: Also archived under ATA#29P Ms. Davis reads a favorite poem of hers, "Meditations on Love" by poet Carl Sandburg. During the three-year run of his American talk show, David Frost taped the show (approximately 750 programs) each week, Monday through Thursdays. The series was syndicated by Westinghouse.
#7041A: DAVID FROST SHOW, THE
Order1971-05-28, WNEW, 62 min.
July 7, 1969-July 14, 1972 (SYNDICATED). David Frost's solo guest is actress Bette Davis who discusses her past films (clips are heard related to Bad Sister (931), Of Human Bondage (1934), and Dark Victory (1939). She also discusses her early childhood, her loving mother, aloof father, who passed away at 50 years of age, views on love, marriage, God, parenthood, death, and her definition of what it means to be successful in life. NOTE: Also archived under ATA#29P Ms. Davis reads a favorite poem of hers, "Meditations on Love" by poet Carl Sandburg. During the three-year run of his American talk show, David Frost taped the show (approximately 750 programs) each week, Monday through Thursdays. The series was syndicated by Westinghouse.
1976-03-26, WNBC, 78 min.
- Louis Armstrong
- Lena Horne
- Mahalia Jackson
- Steve Lawrence
- Maurice Chevalier
- The New Christy Minstrels
- Andre Previn
- Robert Preston
- Fred Astaire
- Burl Ives
- The Kingston Trio
- Bing Crosby
- Andres Segovia
- Harry Belafonte
- Joan Sutherland
- Donald O'Connor
- Anthony Newley
- Van Cliburn
- Duke Ellington
- Eydie Gorme
- Ethel Merman
- Julie Andrews
- Liza Minnelli
- Roy Clark
- Ben Vereen
- Les Paul
- Erroll Garner
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Rudolf Nureyev
- Mary Ford
- Carl Sandburg
- Roy Bolger
- Pablo Casals
- Gower Champion
- Marge Champion
- Peggy Fleming
Bing Crosby & Liza Minnelli bring together many of the greatest entertainers in the history of television on the 100th anniversary of the telephone.