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THE KATE SMITH SHOW

HERE'S THE FIRST LADY OF SONG IN HER 1950s SERIES!

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The following shows contain original commercials. Each also features plenty of music, a comedy sketch, and a dramatic "miniplay" with top guest stars.
1. 11/21/51: A special Thanksgiving show with Kate and her guests Ann Sheridan and Myron Cohen. In the play, "Beginner's Luck", two strangers meet and fall in love. Myron Cohen also does a comedy monologue.
2. 1/2/52: John Hodiak (in his TV debut) and Theresa Wright are the guests. The play is entitled, "The Luckiest Day of My Life", and concerns the story of a hometown high school football hero (Hodiak) who winds up broke as an adult.
3. 1/16/52: Xavier Cugat, Herb Shriner, and Dan Duryea guest. Shriner does an amusing monolgue; Cugat's band performs; Duryea stars in "Land's End".
4. 3/12/52: This one comes to you live from an aircraft carrier. It's an all-music show with Kate and her guest Eddie Condon.

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All of the following are complete with original commercials.
1. 6/4/52: In a 60-minute show (one of the last in the series), Kate welcomes Myron Cohen, the De Marco Sisters, and Ethel and Albert in a husband and wife sketch.
2. 10/24/51: Kate's guests are Jackie Gleason in a RARE appearance (he was still appearing in "Cavalcade of Stars" on the Dumont network), along with Art Carney and Hal March. Comedy includes Gleason doing his famous Fenwick Babbitt character in a military skit.
3. 11/7/51: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is Kate's guest, and he also appears in the play.

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These classic shows are from Kate's successful daily variety show, and both feature original commercials. Ted Collins (her manager) co-stars.
1. 12/28/53: Kate welcomes a dog acrobatic act, and some Broadway performers. Collins interviews one of the most indecisive (not intentionally) politicans ever to hold office!
2. 12/29/53: Lots of singing in this one, plus Ted Collins interviewing college students on the state of the war situation in Asia.

YOUR HIT PARADE

LOOK OUT, MTV! HERE'S TV'S FIRST MUSIC "VIDEO" SHOW OF THE 5Os, EXCEPT THE SONGS ARE ALL PERFORMED LIVE!

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Here are Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Giselle Mackenzie, and Russell Arms in four outstanding musical half hours. All shows contain original commercials. The top seven songs of the week are performed, along with Lucky Strike "Extras", the Hit Paraders and Dancers and Raymond Scott and his orchestra. Live air dates are 3/1/52; 4/3/54; 5/22/54 and 9/11/54.

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Another four episodes complete with original commercials. Live air dates are 5/2/53; 4/16/55; 11/12/55; and 6/2/56.

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