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For the few hundred television viewers in 1946, a special treat on the broadcast schedule was the variety show called Hour Glass. It was the first TV program to go beyond talking heads, cooking demonstrations, and sporting events, featuring instead dancers, comics, singers, and long commercials for its sponsor, Chase and Sanborn coffee. Within two years, another variety show, Texaco Star Theatre, became the first true television hit and would be credited with the sales of thousands of television sets.
The variety show formula was a staple of television in its first 30 years, in part because it lent itself to a medium where everything had to be live and preferably inside a studio. Most of the early television stars--including Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ed Sullivan, Red Skelton, Dinah Shore, and Arthur Godfrey--rose to prominence through weekly variety shows. In the 1960s, major stars such as Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Judy Garland and Danny Kaye were hosting variety shows. By the 1970s, the format was giving way to sitcoms and dramas, but pop music stars Sonny and Cher, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and Donny and Marie Osmond hosted some of the last of the species.
This book details 57 variety shows from the 1940s through the 1990s. A history of each show is first provided, followed by a brief look at each episode. Air date, guest stars, sketches performed, and a listing of songs featured are included.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
I : The Pantheon
1. The Steve Allen Show
2. The Variety Shows of Milton Berle
3. The Carol Burnett Show
4. The Variety Shows of Sid Caesar
5. The Variety Shows of Jackie Gleason
6. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
7. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
8. The Variety Shows of Ed Sullivan
II : The Beginning
9. The "Arthur Murray" Variety Shows
10. Cavalcade of Stars
11. The Colgate Comedy Hour
III : The Sketch Artists
12. The George Gobel Show
13. The Variety Shows of Bob Hope
14. The Danny Kaye Show
15. The Don Knotts Show
16. The Jerry Lewis Show
17. The Garry Moore Show
18. The Variety Shows of Red Skelton
19. The Flip Wilson Show
20. The Jonathan Winters Show
IV : Mostly Music
21. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
22. The Variety Shows of Perry Como
23. The Eddie Fisher Show
24. This Is Tom Jones
25. The Dean Martin Show
26. The Variety Shows of Dinah Shore
27. The Andy Williams Show
V : A New Host Every Week
28. The Hollywood Palace
29. Kraft Music Hall
VI : From Pop to Prime Time
30. The Jimmy Dean Show
31. The Ford Show
32. The Variety Shows of Sonny and Cher
VII : Memorable Misfires
33. The Julie Andrews Show
34. The Judy Garland Show
35. The Variety Shows of Mary Tyler Moore
36. NBC Follies
37. Pink Lady and Jeff
38. The Paula Poundstone Show
39. The Richard Pryor Show
40. Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
VIII : The Last Gasp
41. The Captain and Tennille
42. Dick Clark's Live Wednesday
43. The Variety Shows of Donny and Marie Osmond
44. Tony Orlando and Dawn
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