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7 records found for Harpo Marx
1954-10-24, WNBC, 54 min.
- Edward Everett Horton
- Jerry Colonna
- Harpo Marx
- Ray Middleton
- Ilona Massey
- Anna Maria Alberghetti
- Dietz-Schwartz
September 10, 1950-December 25, 1955. Most shows were comedy-variety hours with guest hosts Martin & Lewis, Abbott & Costello, Eddie Cantor, Donald O'Connor, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, & Gordon MacRae. Starting in the Fall of 1952, occasional revues and musicals were broadcast. In the summer of 1955, the name of the series was changed to "Colgate Variety Hour," and when Colgate dropped its sponsorship, the show continued in January 1956 for one half season as the "NBC Comedy Hour." Woody Allen was one of the writers. Presented on "COLGATE COMEDY SHOW. Dietz-Schwartz musical about the Governor of a Spanish colony in 1812 who cannot resist the ladies.
#5917: RED MILL, THE
Order1958-04-19, WCBS, 77 min.
September 29, 1957 - March 21, 1961 Presented on "DUPONT SHOW OF THE MONTH." 8th broadcast. Revamped television adaptation of Victor Herbert's 1906 operetta. Three individuals pass through a small Dutch town and are affected by the legend of the Red Mill. Harpo Marx and Evelyn Rudie were the narrators. No open or close recorded. HIGLIGHTS: "Every Day Is Ladies Day"........Edward Andrews & Elaine Stritch "Dream Love"............................Shirley Jones "When You're Pretty"..................Donald O'Connor "We'll Walk"...............................O'Connor, Elaine May, Mike Nichols "Moonbeams".............................Shirley Jones "In a Little World for Two"...........Jones, Mike Nichols, Elaine May "Because You're You".................Mike Nichols, Elaine May "In Old New York......................... Donald O'Connor "I'm Ready"..................................Elaine Stritch NOTE: According to the review in the New York Times (April 21, 1958), this production was "the FIRST television musical broadcast to be presented on the home screen by means of Ampex magnetic video tape technology." .90% was transmitted on tape, 10% was live. The original color 2" Quad Video Tape used for broadcast has been lost. This original audio tape, recorded direct line at the time of the original television broadcast on 1/4" reel to reel audio tape contains a superior sound track compared to the surviving B/W kinescope of this broadcast, with its less than pristine audio.
1959-01-14, NBC, 15 min.
October 8, 1958 - May 20, 1959 Return to television by Milton Berle after an absence of two years. Milton Berle returns to television in a half-hour weekly series. He'll offer comedy, performances by guest stars and music by an orchestra under the direction of Billy May, sometime actor who will also do an occasional comedy turn with Berle. Producing the series is Hal Kanter, creator-producer-writer of the first George Gobel TV show. Only Harpo's guest appearance has been archived.
#7357: RED SKELTON HOUR, THE
Order1962-09-25, CBS, 00 min.
September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971. This was the first hour-long Red Skelton broadcast on CBS. Series Premiere
#583: TELL US MORE
Order1964-01-02, WNBC, 20 min.
The careers of Groucho Marx and Harpo Marx are profiled by host Conrad Nagel with additional anecdotes from Max Gordon.1964-10-04, WNEW, 9 min.
Comedian Harpo Marx has died, comments on the Earl Warren Report, the US may broaden the war in South Vietnam by attacking North Vietnamese positions, more on the political campaign.
1976-11-28, CBS, 100 min.
- Jack Benny
- Red Skelton
- Carol Burnett
- Danny Thomas
- Danny Kaye
- James Stewart
- Milton Berle
- John Wayne
- Bob Hope
- Groucho Marx
- Johnny Carson
- Dean Martin
- William Holden
- Harpo Marx
- Vivian Vance
- Eddie Albert
- Dick Van Dyke
- Richard Burton
- Gale Gordon
- Lucille Ball
- Desi Arnaz
- Sammy Davis Jr
- William Frawley
- William Paley
A bevy of stars gathers to participate in this television salute to Lucille Ball on her 25th anniversary with CBS.