House Party (1945)

Original title

Art Linkletter's House Party

Genre

variety show, talk show

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 3 episodes

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a daytime variety and talk show hosted by Art Linkletter. It features audience participation and casual conversations. The show ran for many years on both radio and television.

lightheartedspontaneousconversationalplayfulcasuallivelyupbeatwholesome

What happens

House Party is an American radio daytime variety/talk show that aired on CBS Radio and on ABC Radio from January 15, 1945 to October 13, 1967. The show also had a long run on CBS Television as Art Linkletter's House Party and, in its final season, The Linkletter Show, airing from September 1, 1952 to September 5, 1969. The series was launched when producer John Guedel learned that an ad agency wanted to do a new daytime audience participation show, and he pitched a series that would star Art Linkletter. Asked to provide an outline, Guedel and Linkletter came up with a format that would give Linkletter great freedom and allow for spontaneity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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