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"The Buick-Berle Show" with guest Mickey Rooney (1954)

1954 · Television · 59 min

  • Comedy

Synopsis

A live 1954 episode of Milton Berle's NBC variety series "The Buick-Berle Show", with guest Mickey Rooney. It includes a sketch spoofing canned laughter, Berle meeting an eccentric teenager, a dance number, Berle pretending to break his leg, and an opening song about television.

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Running time
59 minutes
Collection
1950s Classic TV, Classic TV

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★★★ · Episode 7.1 (The Milton Berle Show). · richgoup · 2012-09-10

Season 7, episode 1. Original air date:21 September 1954. In this Seventh season premiere, Berle`s guests include Mickey Rooney, Connie Russell, columnist and quiz show panelist Dorothy Kilgallen, television critic Jack O`Brien and with Joey Foreman and Nancy Walker. Cast: Milton Berle (Host/ Performer), Danny Alguirre (The Firehouse Five Plus Two), Firehouse Five Plus Two, Joey Forman (Hospital Patient), Milton Frome (Doctor), Ruth Gilbert (Max), Harper Goff (The Firehouse Five Plus Two). Dorothy Kilgallen, Ward Kimball (The Firehouse Five Plus Two), Jack Lescoulie, Monte Mountjoy (The…