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 - Tab Hunter, The Nikolais Dancers
Release Date: 1959-09-28 -
Episode 2 - Teresa Brewer, Buddy Hackett, Jaime Laredo, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Release Date: 1959-10-05 -
Episode 3 - Lee Marvin, The King Sisters, Crystal Joy
Release Date: 1959-10-12 -
Episode 4 - Lola Albright, Tony Bennett, the Nikolais Dancers
Release Date: 1959-10-19 -
Episode 5 - Rock Hudson, Johnny Carson, Jayne Meadows, Jane Harvey
Release Date: 1959-11-02 -
Episode 6 - Chuck Connors, Peggy Lee, George Jessel, Billy Eckstine
Release Date: 1959-11-09 -
Episode 7 - Jack Kerouac, William Bendix, Frankie Laine, Pam Garner
Release Date: 1959-11-16William Bendix plays the father in a sitcom scene set in three different ways, once without canned laughs, then with, and then played extra violently. "The Allen Report to the Nation" topic is the common cold. As the Question Man, Steve blows a line. Jack Kerouac reads a few lines from his book, "On The Road". Steve and Don do a skit/ad about a man who packs his empty bags in his 1960 Plymouth and never goes anywhere.
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Episode 8 - Mickey Rooney, Mel Torme, June Christy, The Nutty Squirrels
Release Date: 1959-11-23 -
Episode 9 - Tony Randall, Buddy Hackett, Miriam Makeba, Jo Stafford
Release Date: 1959-11-30 -
Episode 10 - Vic Damone, Andre Previn, Sandra 'Sandy' Warner, Jayne Meadows
Release Date: 1959-12-14 -
Episode 11 - Gene Autry, Patti Page, Frank Gorshin
Release Date: 1959-12-21 -
Episode 12 - 10th Annual Magazine Awards
Release Date: 1959-12-28 -
Episode 13 - Keenan Wynn, Sheree North, Roger Williams, Belle Montrose
Release Date: 1960-01-04 -
Episode 14 - Tony Bennett, Jayne Meadows, Caroline Richter, Monica Zetterlund
Release Date: 1960-01-11 -
Episode 15 - Jimmy Durante, Peggy Lee, Bob Dineri
Release Date: 1960-01-18 -
Episode 16 - Tony Randall, Jo Stafford, Jean Wald and her Swingin' Mothers
Release Date: 1960-01-25 -
Episode 17 - Jayne Meadows, Steve Lawrence, Carlos Montoya
Release Date: 1960-02-01 -
Episode 18 - Julie London, Buddy Hackett, Julius LaRosa
Release Date: 1960-02-08 -
Episode 19 - Henry Fonda, Tony Bennett, Don Adams, Pat Kirby, The Jazztet
Release Date: 1960-02-15 -
Episode 20 - Maurice Evans, Martha Raye, Johnny Desmond, Tom Poston
Release Date: 1960-02-22 -
Episode 21 - Nat 'King' Cole, Cyril Ritchard, Ann Richards, Charlie Manna
Release Date: 1960-03-07Todays guests are Nat 'King' Cole, Cyril Ritchard, Ann Richards, Charlie Manna.
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Episode 22 - The Movie Premiere of 'Can-Can'
Release Date: 1960-03-14 -
Episode 23 - Ann Blyth, Nick Adams, Jan Murray, the Alwin Nikolais Dancers
Release Date: 1960-03-21 -
Episode 24 - Johnny Carson, Diana Dors, Johnny Mercer, Belle Montrose
Release Date: 1960-03-28Carson does a monologue about his kids,Steve and Mercer sing a medley competition, Steve's mom Belle Montrose as a hip old lady billboard girl, Diana sings a number and does a skit with Knotts.
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Episode 25 - Charlton Heston, Rise Stevens, Jerry Vale, Jackie Mason
Release Date: 1960-04-11 -
Episode 26 - Charles Laughton, Martha Raye, Mark Murphy
Release Date: 1960-04-18 -
Episode 27 - Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders
Release Date: 1960-04-25 -
Episode 28 - Ginger Rogers, Tony Bennett, Erroll Garner, Henny Youngman, the Ralph Sharon Quartet
Release Date: 1960-05-16 -
Episode 30 - Diana Dors, Andre Previn, Mort Sahl, Jayne Meadows
Release Date: 1960-06-06 -
Episode 31 - Martha Raye, Frank Gorshin, Buddy Greco, The Nikolais Dancers
Release Date: 1960-06-20