Underplayed Gems

The Steve Allen Show (1956)

The Steve Allen Show poster
Directed by
Dwight Hemion
Genre
variety show
Country
United States
Length
6 seasons, 167 episodes
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Steve Allen hosts a variety show with comedy sketches, musical performances, and celebrity guests. It aired on different networks and in syndication from 1956 through 1964.

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What happens

The Steve Allen Show is an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen from June 1956 to June 1960 on NBC, from September 1961 to December 1961 on ABC, and in first-run syndication from 1962 to 1964. The first three seasons aired on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, directly opposite The Ed Sullivan Show. It moved to Mondays at 10:00 p.m. Eastern in the 1959–60 season under the name The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (sponsored by Plymouth automobile). After a season's absence, the series briefly returned on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. The syndicated version aired mostly in late nights. The program, between September 1957 and June 1960, became one of the first programs to be telecast in "compatible color". Kinescopes of the NBC version were later edited into 104 half-hour episodes and rerun on the "HA!" channel and Comedy Central in the early 1990s, with new introductions by Allen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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