T.V. VARIETY SHOWS VOL. 1
(approx. 60 min.)
This tape includes a terrific, star studded half hour ARTHUR GODFREY AND FRIENDS, with appearances by Julius LaRosa, The Maguire Sisters, Marion Marlow, and Archie Blyer.
There are also Kinescope segments of Betty Clooney singing, Eddie Fisher appearing on COKE TIME WITH THERESA BREWER, and Jack Parr appearing on THE MORNING SHOW (circa 1950) with Charles Collingwood doing the news.
We top off this tape with a short sound bit from Dumont negatives of singer Johnny Angel on the BIG BEAT SHOW (circa 1957). Second season host Richard Hays introduces these wonderful segments.
The second show, THIS IS MUSIC, features music by Johnny Mercer. Outstanding tunes.
T.V. VARIETY SHOWS VOL. 2
(approx. 45 min.)
Of all the original negatives from the Dumont/5 collection, I am most impressed by ART FORD'S GREENWICH VILLAGE PARTY. With all of the glamorous women it has, I think it's got a PLAYBOY AFTER DARK aura. This portrays a Village crowd drinking wine and smoking cigarettes. (circa 1950s)
Art introduces legendary piano composer Cy Coleman who joined the show every Friday. When Art mentions her work in FALLEN ANGELS, Nancy Walker discusses Noel Coward.
Art then talks with another theater and film legend, Ben Hecht, who talks about his latest play, Winklebird. This tape also features Manie Van Dorian and one time Paramount Picture president Don Hartman
T.V. VARIETY VOL. 3
TOAST OF THE TOWN--Zero Mostel,
Lord Buckley, Kitty Kallen,
Babe Diedrickson, Johnny Mack, Martini & Consuelo
(approx 60 min)
Ed Sullivan hosts this 1949 installment of his hit variety show TOAST OF THE TOWN, featuring as special guests Kitty Kallen ("If It Weren't For The Irish"), the dance team of Martini & Consuelo, dancer Johnny Mack, and actor/comic Zero Mostel, who does an impression of a very effete ornithologist and a Jimmy Durante performance, ending with "Inka Dinka Do"; champion lady golfer Babe Diedrickson gives a demonstration of her swing with gold pro Lou Costillo; and Lord Buckley does a comedy voice routine involving special audience guests Don Defore (HAZEL), John Howard, and Frank Albertson; and Palmer Square, a barber shop quartet from Princeton University, performs a song.
Includes commercials for 1949 Mercury featuring "Performance-plus" and other Lincoln Mercury cars. Sullivan is announced at the opening of this show as the recipient of the 1949 "Television Father of the Year" award.
T.V. VARIETY SHOWS VOL. 4
(approx. 60 min.)
COKE TIME with Eddie Fisher first aired on April 29,1953. Fresh out of the army, Fisher was at the height of his career when these 15 minute shows aired on NBC.
Enjoy these two classic shows: the first (which aired on November 5, 1954) guest stars Florence Henderson; the second (which aired January 28, 1955) follows a winter theme and includes songs by which to stay warm.
Ted Mack, who originally directed the auditions for the radio show "Major Bowe's Amateur Hour," took over after Major Bowe's death in 1946.
Mack later also starred in the direct spinoff, television's legendary talent show TED MACK AND THE ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR, which was one of the few shows to have appeared on all the major networks including Dumont/NBC/ABC and CBS.
The show allowed amateur performers to display their talent, and that format never really changed. This particular show was filmed at the Miami Beach Auditorium and, as Ted says, he spins the talent wheel for the 1561 time. (circa 1960's)
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T.V. VARIETY SHOWS VOL. 2
(approx. 45 min.)
Of all the original negatives from the Dumont/5 collection, I am most impressed by ART FORD'S GREENWICH VILLAGE PARTY. With all of the glamorous women it has, I think it's got a PLAYBOY AFTER DARK aura. This portrays a Village crowd drinking wine and smoking cigarettes. (circa 1950s)
T.V. VARIETY VOL. 3 TOAST OF THE TOWN--Zero Mostel,
Lord Buckley, Kitty Kallen,
Babe Diedrickson, Johnny Mack, Martini & Consuelo
(approx 60 min)
Ed Sullivan hosts this 1949 installment of his hit variety show TOAST OF THE TOWN, featuring as special guests Kitty Kallen ("If It Weren't For The Irish"), the dance team of Martini & Consuelo, dancer Johnny Mack, and actor/comic Zero Mostel, who does an impression of a very effete ornithologist and a Jimmy Durante performance, ending with "Inka Dinka Do"; champion lady golfer Babe Diedrickson gives a demonstration of her swing with gold pro Lou Costillo; and Lord Buckley does a comedy voice routine involving special audience guests Don Defore (HAZEL), John Howard, and Frank Albertson; and Palmer Square, a barber shop quartet from Princeton University, performs a song.
T.V. VARIETY SHOWS VOL. 4
(approx. 60 min.)
COKE TIME with Eddie Fisher first aired on April 29,1953. Fresh out of the army, Fisher was at the height of his career when these 15 minute shows aired on NBC.