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Series
# |
Season
# |
Airdate |
Host
& Guests |
| 001 |
VS-01 |
6/12/1955 |
Host:
Charlton Heston
Guests: Sarah Vaughan, Vera-Ellen, comedian Johnny O'Brien,
rock 'n rollers Billy Ward and his Dominoes, acrobatic cyclists The Chadulis,
bagpipers The Dagenham Pipers, Frank DeVol and his Orchestra; interviews with
Richard Arlen and Jimmy Stewart
Note: Heston
was hired less then two weeks before this episode aired, after George Murphy and
William Holden both turned down the job.
TV Guide called it "a good, workmanlike job" of hosting, but
Variety considered the show's debut "not auspicious." Featured
is a salute to the air age as dramatized in motion pictures, with clips from Wings
and Strategic Air Command. |
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6/19/1955 | Pre-empted
by "Remember 1938" with Groucho Marx, Ethel Barrymore, Oscar Levant
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002 |
VS-02 |
6/26/1955 | Host:
Charlton Heston
Guests: Fred MacMurray, Louis Prima, mimic Dick Kerr, dancers
Chiquita and Johnson
Note: This episode features a clip from The Far Horizons. |
| 003 |
VS-03 |
7/3/1955 |
Host: Guy Lombardo
Guests: The
Fontane Sisters, Sheree North, Morey Amsterdam
Note: The Fontane Sisters sing
"Royal Garden Blues," and clips from We're No Angels and How
To Be Very Popular are featured. This episode originated from Lombardo's Eastpoint
House restaurant in Freeport, Long Island and his water spectacle show "Arabian
Nights" in Jones Beach. |
| 004 |
VS-04 |
7/10/1955 | Host:
George Abbott
Guests: John Raitt, Helen Gallagher, Eddie Foy Jr., Gwen Verdon,
Stephen Douglass, Ray Walston, Jimmie Komack, The Four Aces, Fran Warren, Mary
Stanton, The DeMarco Sisters, Abbe Lane, Hal Hastings and the Damn Yankees
orchestra
Note: This episode is a tribute to Dick Adler and Jerry Ross, who
wrote the songs for The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees (both directed
by host George Abbott), and features members of the casts of those shows. Added
to the festivities is a clip from The Seven Little Foys. Tony Bennett was
slated to appear and sing "Rags to Riches," but rumor had it that Ed
Sullivan vetoed it. Instead, a record of the song was played. Fran Warren was
late due to a missed plane connection, so understudy Mary Stanton filled in for
her on her first song. |
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7/17/1955 | Pre-empted
by "Meeting at the Summit," coverage of the Geneva conference between
leaders of the U.S., Soviet Union, Britain and France |
| 005 |
VS-05 |
7/24/1955 | Host:
Jack Webb
Guests: Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Anthony, The Big Eight jazz
combo, dancers Miriam Nelson and Jack Regis, orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf
Note: This is a thinly-veiled excuse to plug Webb's soon-to-be-released film Pete
Kelly's Blues, and he uses the occasion to walk the audience through the filmmaking
process. The Big Eight plays "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Breezin'
Along With the Breeze," Peggy sings "He Needs Me" and "Somebody
Loves Me," and Ella sings "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry."
Ray Anthony, Ella, and the orchestra perform "Pete Kelly's Blues." Actress
Janet Leigh was scheduled to appear but cancelled at the last minute under doctor's
orders. |
| 006 |
VS-06 |
7/31/1955 | Hosts:
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Guests: Anna Maria Alberghetti and The Alberghetti
Family, Mitzi McCall
Note: Mitzi introduces a clip from the Martin and Lewis
movie You're Never Too Young and lip synches to a Jerry Lewis record. |
|
007 |
VS-07 |
8/7/1955 | Hosts:
Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd
Guests:
Hedda Hopper, The Vagabonds, The Dornan Brothers, The Merriel Abbott Dancers,
singer Paule Desjardims; also Conrad Hilton, Earl Wilson, Bob Cummings
Note:
Originating from a party thrown by Hedda Hopper at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the
gossip columnist chats with Charlton Heston, Art Linkletter, Irene Dunne, Thomas
Mitchell, Charlotte Greenwood, Richard Egan, Walt Disney, Shelley Winters, Dan
Dailey, Terry Moore, Mamie Van Doren, Ann Miller, Richard Boone, Celeste Holm,
Audie Murphy, Ann Blythe, and Jim Backus. Also included is a clip from To Catch
a Thief with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Paule Desjardims sings "Mon
Homme" ("My Man"). |
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8/14/1955 | Pre-empted
by "Tam O'Shanter Golf Tournament" and "Review of the News"
with Chet Huntley |
| 008 |
VS-08 |
8/21/1955 | Hosts:
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Guests: Harry Belafonte with guitarist Millard
Thomas, Carol Ohmart, Bob Williams and his dog Red Dust, dancers Augie and Margo
Note: This episode includes clips from Ulysses with Silvana Mangano and
Kirk Douglas, followed by a re-staging of one of its scenes. |
|
009 |
VS-09 |
8/28/1955 | Host:
Charlton Heston
Guests: Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, The Marjorie Fields
Moppets, Bob Williams and his dog Red Dust
Note: Included are live and filmed
scenes from The Private War of Major Benson with Heston, Julia Adams, and
Tim Hovey. |
| 010 |
VS-10 |
9/4/1955 | Host:
Charlton Heston
Guests: The King Sisters, The Bob Hamilton Trio, Frank DeVol
and his Orchestra |
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9/11/1955 | Pre-empted
by "The Skin of Our Teeth" by Thornton Wilder with Helen Hayes, Mary
Martin, George Abbott, Florence Reed |
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| Continues
as The Colgate Variety Hour |
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