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Post by topbilled on Jan 30, 2023 4:23:44 GMT
Any of them better than Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar?
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Post by sepiatone on Jan 30, 2023 17:08:43 GMT
I dunno. "Uncle Miltie's show THE TEXACO STAR THEATER was pretty good. The show had a rotation of hosts but by the '50's settled on Berle for permanent host. So dominant in television he garnered the nickname "Mr. Television". And on his other nickname, "Mr. Tuesday Night" one comic quipped, years later, "It's a nickname his WIFE still calls him!"  I remember seeing bits of it sometimes when I was little. Sepiatone |
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Post by kims on Jan 30, 2023 23:08:46 GMT
Is Dean Martin Show in classic territory. Loved when he tried to be straight man to Bob Newhart. One episode had Dean and Bob Darin stuck in an elevator and Darin goes into hysteria with Dean looking at him like what the? Darin says he's trying for an Emmy
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Post by I Love Melvin on Jan 31, 2023 21:43:00 GMT
Are you thinking exclusively of the sketch comedy format or can we extend it to musical variety series?
We didn't get our TV until 1953 and I was young, so I remember Your Show of Shows but not well. The one from my youth I remember best is The Kraft Music Hall when it was helmed by Perry Como. He had most of the biggest musical stars as guests and also had regular segments with The Kraft Music Hall Players, a sketch comedy ensemble featuring Kaye Ballard, Paul Lynde and Don Adams. I know Perry has a reputation of being kind of a snooze, but he was actually a natural as a host with an easy-going, extremely good-natured style and my whole family loved the show, which ran from the late 50's into the mid 60's.
The Judy Garland Show was a personal favorite, but it got off to a rocky start and had a kind of rocky run, mostly due to network tampering. The first shows featured Jerry Van Dyke as a kind of sidekick/co-host, with a clumsy running "joke" about Judy's age, clearly not the best showcase for her talents. That was ironed out but she was on against Bonanza on Sunday nights so the network hovered like crazy and put a lot of pressure on producers (and Judy), so it eventually fizzled. But some classic music, especially the duets, came out of it.
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Post by sepiatone on Jan 31, 2023 23:26:40 GMT
Another classic comedy/variety show was THE GARY MOORE SHOW, which was a daytime show until some time in 1958 when it moved to prime time.
And introduced us to "icons" like DURWARD KIRBY, MARION LORNE And of course, the "icon" that would be the queen of television comedy variety...
CAROL BURNETT (who began her long 11 year run in 1967)
Sepiatone
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Post by topbilled on Feb 1, 2023 0:21:14 GMT
Are you thinking exclusively of the sketch comedy format or can we extend it to musical variety series? |
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Post by sepiatone on Feb 1, 2023 17:16:49 GMT
Are you thinking exclusively of the sketch comedy format or can we extend it to musical variety series? Sketch comedy? OK then it means we can't overlook  Sepiatone |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Apr 9, 2023 13:09:10 GMT
I came across this on YouTube and thought this would be a good place to share it. It's an Ann Miller TV appearance from 1958, but I couldn't find a credit for the exact series on which it appeared. It was originally written by Kay Thompson and Roger Edens for Ziegfeld Follies (1945) and was performed by Judy Garland, although Greer Garson was originally approached for the role and seems to have been the inspiration for the concept of a dramatic actress who wants to shake things up a little. Anyway, Ann did a great job of performing it live and in one take.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 21, 2023 10:44:19 GMT
Any of them better than Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar?
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Post by jinsinna13 on Apr 21, 2023 13:37:06 GMT
While watching the early episodes of My Three Sons, I discovered Don Grady was a Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club. I went down the rabbit hole and watched old skits and Mouseketeer Roll Calls on YouTube.
While Don Grady never made Roll Call, he became one of the most famous Mouseketeers. Other famous Mousekeeters included Johnny Crawford, Bobby Burgess, Cheryl Holdridge, and Annette Funicello.
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Post by sepiatone on Apr 21, 2023 14:58:08 GMT
And Annette was many of my generation's boys first serious girl crush.  A memory that makes me laugh( at myself mostly)....... I had a "Little Golden Book" that dealt with the Mickey Mouse club. And on the last page was a line in the middle along with these words; "Sign on the line to become a member of THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB". So I eagerly scrawled my name on the line and spent more than a year wondering why they never got me to come on the show!  Of course, I was only just a couple of months past my 6th birthday and obviously very naive.  Sepiatone |
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 21, 2023 19:39:40 GMT
Awww, you were reaching too high, Sepiatone. I'll bet your local Romper Room would have said your name through the magic mirror.
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Post by jinsinna13 on Apr 21, 2023 20:16:04 GMT
And Annette was many of my generation's boys first serious girl crush. Annette was my favorite Mousketeer. I was devastated when she passed away, and I still remember where I was when I heard the news.
I, on the other hand, had crushes on Don Grady and Bobby Burgess. Bobby Burgess became a regular dancer on The Lawrence Welk Show and was on the show for 21 years. He has often said in interviews he went from one happy family (Mousketeer family) to another (Welk family).
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Post by jinsinna13 on May 14, 2023 15:02:13 GMT
And The Mickey Mouse Club always ended with the "Alma Mater".
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Post by sepiatone on May 14, 2023 15:46:46 GMT
My brother and I got so tired of having to spell our last name(Maluchnik) whenever we had to tell it to anyone we worked it out to that tune  ........ We'd stretch the "n" and "i" into two syllables..... try to sing it. "M-A-L.....U-C-H........N-n, I-i- K"... Sepiatone |
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I remember seeing bits of it sometimes when I was little.
A memory that makes me laugh( at myself mostly).......
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