The Steve Allen Show (1956)
The Steve Allen Show is an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen from June 1956 to June 1960 on NBC, from September 1961 to December 1961 on ABC, and in first-run syndication from 1962 to 1964. The first three seasons aired on Sunday nights at 8:00pm Eastern Time, then on Mondays at 10:00pm Eastern in the 1959-60 season. After a season's absence, the series briefly returned on Wednesdays at 7:30pm Eastern. The syndicated version aired mostly in late nights. The program, between September 1957 and June 1960 became one of the first programs to be telecast in "compatible color" Kinescopes of the NBC version were later rerun on Comedy Central in the early 1990s, with new introductions by Allen.
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Episode 1 - NBC Fall Preview
Release Date: 1957-09-22 -
Episode 3 - Anthony Perkins, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Johnny Puleo & his Harmonica Gang, cameo by Killer Joe Piro
Release Date: 1957-10-06Crawford takes part in the "Man in the street" skit, Tony Perkins and Steve do their impressions of autograph hounds, and Perkins, Abbe Lane and Cugat show some elements of an upcoming TV western.
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Episode 4 - Dorothy Lamour & Jon Hall, Buddy Knox, Hank Aaron & Lew Burdette
Release Date: 1957-10-13 -
Episode 5 - Ginger Rogers, Lou Costello, The Hi-Lo's, The Harlem Globetrotters
Release Date: 1957-10-20 -
Episode 7 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Dennis Day, Joanne Gilbert, cameo by Jerry Lewis
Release Date: 1957-11-03 -
Episode 8 - Gloria Swanson, Charlie Ruggles, Tony Bennett, Jack E. Leonard, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane
Release Date: 1957-11-10 -
Episode 9 - Marie McDonald, Walter Chiari, Edward Everett Horton, Ferlin Husky, The King Sisters
Release Date: 1957-11-17 -
Episode 11 - Errol Flynn, Martha Raye, Jimmy Dean, Don Adams, Jennie Smith, the Army-Navy Football Stars
Release Date: 1957-12-01Martha does a song and dance number as planned, then again where all the props fail, Errol Flynn goes on a parody of "To Tell The Truth" where Knotts turns out to be him. Jimmy Dean sings an early Christmas number with Chroma-Key dancers.
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Episode 13 - Ann Sothern, Jackie Cain & Roy Kral, Lou Costello, Steve Lawrence, Milt Kamen
Release Date: 1957-12-15 -
Episode 14 - Anthony Perkins, Mahalia Jackson, Gertrude Berg, George London, the U.N. Singers
Release Date: 1957-12-22 -
Episode 15 - Peter Ustinov, Margaret O'Brien, Jerry Vale, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Martha Davis & Spouse
Release Date: 1957-12-29Todays guests are Peter Ustinov, Margaret O'Brien, Jerry Vale, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Martha Davis and Spouse.
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Episode 16 - Sam Cooke, Abbe Lane, Xavier Cugat, Johnny Haymer, Ward Bond, Robert Horton
Release Date: 1958-01-05 -
Episode 17 - From the Riviera Hotel, Havana
Release Date: 1958-01-19 -
Episode 18 - Martha Raye, Jimmy Dean, Erin O'Brien, Charles Laughton, Rubinoff & his violin
Release Date: 1958-01-26 -
Episode 19 - Henry Fonda, Shelley Berman, Jennie Smith, The Treniers
Release Date: 1958-02-02 -
Episode 20 - From Hollywood: The Photoplay Movie Awards
Release Date: 1958-02-09 -
Episode 24 - Lou Costello, Jack Jones, Dolores Gray, Sabrina, Janik & Arnaut
Release Date: 1958-03-09 -
Episode 25 - Lena Horne, Keenan Wynn, Jack E. Leonard, Mark Murphy, Carmen Basilio
Release Date: 1958-03-16 -
Episode 26 - Anita Ekberg, Alan Young, Joni James, John Bubbles, Tommy Prisco
Release Date: 1958-03-23 -
Episode 27 - Edgar Bergen, The Step Brothers, Marie McDonald, The All-American High School & College Basketball Teams
Release Date: 1958-03-30In a comedy sketch with regulars Don Knotts, Joyce Jameson and Tom Poston, Marie McDonald portrays a celebrity approached by interviewers.
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Episode 28 - Orson Welles, Jane Powell, Senor Wences, Alan Dale, The Bay Bops
Release Date: 1958-04-06 -
Episode 29 - Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae, Dody Goodman, Jayne Meadows, Audrey Meadows
Release Date: 1958-04-13Steve's wife and sister-in-law, Jayne and Audrey Meadows, join him in a skit purporting to be a look at a real incident in their lives when they had a baby nurse, "Miss Huston" (played by Audrey). Dody does her usual rambling on, this time about baseball, as she replaces the "Billboard Girl" that announces next week's guests. Sammy Davis sings a rather obviously lipsynched number at the opening. Steve does a "report to the nation" sketch on the recession. Dody returns with the Meadows girls for the finale, a number based on the extremes of current ladies' fashions.
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Episode 30 - Season 3, Episode 30
Release Date: 1958-04-20Bob Hope, Patrice Munsel, Ray Anthony, Johnny Haymer, David Allen
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Episode 31 - Claudette Colbert, Toni Arden, Abe Burrows, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane
Release Date: 1958-04-27 -
Episode 32 - Count Basie, Joe Bushkin, Teddy Wilson, Jane Powell, Phil Harris, Igor and H
Release Date: 1958-05-04 -
Episode 33 - Lionel Hampton, Rosemary Clooney, Rory Calhoun
Release Date: 1958-05-11 -
Episode 35 - Peter Ustinov, Louis Armstrong, Barbara McNair, Van Cliburn
Release Date: 1958-05-25 -
Episode 37 - Kirk Douglas, Joni James, Roy Hamilton, Jonathan Winters, The Hi-Lo's
Release Date: 1958-06-15 -
Episode 38 - Jack Lemmon, Peter Ustinov, Jerry Vale, Jeri Southern
Release Date: 1958-06-22 -
Episode 39 - Oscar Levant, Tony Bennett, Don Adams, Dorothy Collins, Sandra McCorkle
Release Date: 1958-06-29 -
Episode 40 - Tribute to original 'Tonight' show with Steve Allen
Release Date: 1958-07-06