Broadway Open House - 30/January/1951 (1951)
1951 · Television · 56 min
Synopsis
The first regularly scheduled late-night entertainment program on television. It was the forerunner of "The tonight show" and was broadcast from 5/29/1950 to 8/24/1951. With Jerry Lester, Milton DeLugg, Dave Street, Dagmar, The Mellolarks, Fletcher Peck, etc. Includes some original commercials
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Details
- Running time
- 56 minutes
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- NBC
- 1950's Television
- Blatz Beer
- Live Television
- Kinescope
- Jerry Lester
- Dagmar
- 1951
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Outdated Fun · Dodsworth the Cat · 2021-09-05
The five stars are for Ira Gallen, who preserved this piece of TV history. As for the show itself, I don't see the appeal of Jerry Lester. He is either yelling at the audience or laughing at how funny he thinks he is. He's really difficult to bear after a while. Lester finally calms down a bit for a rhyming musical number with announcer Wayne Howell on clarinet that comes off pretty well. Dagmar looks like she wants to be anywhere but on the programme. Her expression varies between disgust and deadpan. There was nothing like her on TV at the time. Howell casually disses the audience after…
★★★★ · A fascinating piece of history · mstamper · 2009-06-17
It's fun seeing anything this old. The faces in the studio audience have long since passed away. The vintage commercials are fun. I am, however, amazed that the people of that era found this kind of show entertaining.
★★★ · 30 January 1951 (Broadway Open House). · richgoup · 2011-03-28
Original air date: 30 January 1951. Cast: Jerry Lester (Himself - Host/ Performer), Dagmar (Herself/ sketch actor), Milton Delugg (Himself - accordionist/ sketch actor), Joan Lorry (Herself - singer/ sketch actor), Ray Malone (Himself - singer/ sketch actor). The Mello-Larks (Themselves - singers), Fletcher Peck (Himself - pianist/ sketch actor), David Street (Himself - singer/ sketch actor) and Eddie Weinstein (Himself - furrier). From IMDB.