Television variety shows : histories and episode guides to 57 programs / David Inman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inman, David, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Variety shows (Television programs)--United States.

Variety shows (Television programs).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover; 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 Show17. 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 Show34. 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; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-0877-6