All Star Revue Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Host: Ed Wynn Guests: Edith Piaf, Ben Wrigley, the Hanneford Family, Monsieur Choppy

Wed, Oct 4, 1950

Episode 2

Host: Danny Thomas; Guest Stars: Marie McDonald, Julie Oshins, Harrison & Fisher, Sheila Bond

Wed, Oct 11, 1950

Danny Thomas does some of his nightclub material, including an Italian description of a baseball game and his Toledo song.

Episode 3

Host: Ed Wynn; Guests: Beatrice Lillie, Ben Wrigley, Leonard Gautier's Bricklayers, Merriel Abbott Dancers

Wed, Oct 18, 1950

Episode 4

Host: Jack Carson; Guests: Mary McCarty, Evelyn Keyes, Betty & Jane Kean, Joe Miller

Wed, Oct 25, 1950

Jack Carson hosts this week's show. His guests include actress Evelyn Keyes, comic performers Betty and Jane Kean, and actress Mary McCarty. The premise of the show is that NBC has spent all its money on other comedians so the're none left for their show; he's backed by a four-person string section and one dancer. In sketches, Carson and the Keans ridicule cutesy daytime shopping shows. Also, the life of a plumber gets the "Hollywood epic" treatment.

Episode 5

Host: Jimmy Durante; Guests: Donald O'Connor, Joyce Holden, Gwen Carter, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Lou Bring & his Orchestra

Wed, Nov 1, 1950

Jimmy Durante hosts with guests singer Eddie Jackson, acrobats Wells and Fournais, Gwen Carter, and two of the co-stars of the new film "The Milkman" Donald O'Connor and Joyce Holden. Durante performs several of his well-known tunes including "You Got To Start Every Day With a Song", "Jimmy, the Well Dressed Man", and "I'm The Guy Who Found the Lost Chord".

Episode 6

Danny Thomas; Guests: Celeste Holm, Larry Fletcher, Julie Oshins, Bobby Scheerer, Dorothy Babbs, Carmina Cansino

Wed, Nov 8, 1950

Danny Thomas hosts with guests Celeste Holm, Julie Oshins, and dancer Bobby Sheerer. The thread of the show was Thomas on a cross-country bus trip with Oshins as the comic driver. One sketch was set in a bottling plant.

Episode 7

Host: Ed Wynn; Guests: Gertrude Niesen, Buster Keaton, Eddy Manson, Dick & Dot Remy, Duke Art Jr.; cameo appearances by Jimmy Durante & Jack Carson

Wed, Nov 15, 1950

Ed Wynn hosts with guests comedy star Buster Keaton, vocalist Gertrude Niesen, quick clay sculptor Duke Art, Jr., comedy acrobatic team Dick and Dot Remy, and harmonica player Eddy Manson. Niesen sings "Temptation." Manson does a harmonic solo. Jimmy Durante and Jack Carson cameo in the Motorola commercial. Keaton, Wynn and others star in a silent film parody. Comic sculptor Duke Art Jr. makes one of his quick clay sculptures.

Episode 8

Host: Jack Carson; Guests: Betty Kean, The Honey Brothers, Hal March, Bob Sweeney, Jack Gilford, Jack Norton, Jane Dulo, Billy Sands, The Pastels, Dean Elliott & his Orchestra; cameo appearance by Jim

Wed, Nov 22, 1950

Jack Carson is manhandled by ruffians in the makeup department who put lipstick and false lashes on him. Late for the show, he encounters various oddballs on the subway. A drunk attends a lecture on "The Evils of Drink." Carson gets tied up with Kean who's planning a party on a pay phone. Dancing cops and gangsters salute Brooklyn in a production number.

Episode 9

Host: Jimmy Durante; Guests: Helen Traubel, Candy Candido, Shaw and Lee, George Moore, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth

Wed, Nov 29, 1950

Jimmy Durante hosts with guests opera star Helen Traubel, comics Shaw and Lee, and regulars Candy Candido, Eddie Jackson, and Jack Roth. In a comic travesty of a Wagner opera, Durante plays Siegmund to Traubel's Brunnhilde. Durante also sings "The Pussy Cat Song" with Candido.

Episode 10

Host: Danny Thomas; Guests: Bidu Sayao, Danny Daniels, Gali-Gali, Julie Oshins, Milton Frome, Lou Bring & his Orchestra; cameo appearance by Jimmy Durante

Wed, Dec 6, 1950

Danny Thomas hosts with opera singer Bidu Sayao, dancer Danny Daniels, magician Gali-Gali, Julie Oshins, Milton Frome, with Lou Bring's orchestra. Thomas goes all the way to a company's treasurer (cameo by Jimmy Durante) to get back the penny he lost in a vending machine. Davis dances to Sayao's Spanish number; she then sings "Un Bel Di".

Episode 11

Host: Ed Wynn; Guests: Pearl Bailey, Buster Keaton, Ilona Massey

Wed, Dec 13, 1950

Episode 12

Host: Jack Carson; Guests: Betty Kean, Jack Gilford, Hal March, Bob Sweeney, The Honey Brothers, Jack Norton, Jane Dulo, Billy Sands, Butch Cavell

Wed, Dec 20, 1950

Episode 13

Host: Jimmy Durante; Guests: Luba Malina, The Baird Marionettes, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano

Wed, Dec 27, 1950

Show featured Jimmy Durante fighting with the cameramen; Durante surrounded by kids, Durante in a department store; Durante love scene with Luba Malina; and Durante in his wild nitery bit with partner Eddie Jackson and drummer Jack Roth.

Episode 14

Host: Danny Thomas; Guests: Lisa Kirk, Arnold Stang, Julie Oshins, Lawrence Fletcher, Corinne & Tito Valdez

Wed, Jan 3, 1951

Episode 15

Host: Ed Wynn; Guests: Eddie Cantor, Georgia Gibbs, Richard Himber, Lucienne & Ashour, the Ivanovs, the Dick Barstow Dancers

Wed, Jan 10, 1951

French restaurant sketch with Ed Wynn, Richard Himber, Lucienne/Ashour. Eddie Cantor sings "Carolina in the Morning" atop Ed's pianocycle. To get on it he is assisted by Jack Carson. Georgia Gibbs sings "It's a Big Wide Wonderful World."

Episode 16

Host: Jack Carson; Guests: Robert Alda, Mario Berini, Betty & Jane Kean, Bob Sweeney & HaL March, The Honey Brothers, Jack Norton

Wed, Jan 17, 1951

Episode 17

Host: Jimmy Durante; Guests: Helen Traubel, The Baird Marionettes, Harris & Anders, Jack Albertson, Dort Clark, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano

Wed, Jan 24, 1951

Episode 18

Host: Danny Thomas; Guests: Kay Armen, Nora Kaye, Bill Skipper

Wed, Jan 31, 1951

Danny Thomas does the GI routine from his then-current movie 'Call Me Mister', his "Assyrian chant" routine and a spoof of westerns.

Episode 19

Host: Ed Wynn; Guests: Lorraine Rognan, Eric Victor, Anne Jeffreys, Milton Cross, Richard Himber, Will Mahoney

Wed, Feb 7, 1951

Episode 20

Host: Jack Carson; Guests: Lola Albright, Jack Norton, Jack LaRue, Jack Gilford, The Honey Brothers, Sweeney & March, Billy Sands, The Pastels

Wed, Feb 14, 1951

Episode 21

Host: Jimmy Durante; Guests: Don Ameche, Patricia Wheel, Ben Wrigley, Trini Reyes, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano

Wed, Feb 21, 1951

Episode 22

Host: Danny Thomas; Guests: Margaret O'Brien, dancers Peggy Ryan and Ray McDonald, Pansy the Horse, Bunny Lewbel

Wed, Feb 28, 1951

Danny Thomas uses his Italian dialect in an income tax spoof and finishes the show in a nightclub setting.

Episode 23

Host: Ed Wynn; Guests: Fred Allen, Gale Robbins, Richard Himber, Adriana & Charlie

Wed, Mar 7, 1951

Episode 24

Host: Jack Carson; Guests: Lola Albright, Jack LaRue, The Honey Brothers, Sweeney & March, Billy Sands, The Pastels

Wed, Mar 14, 1951

Episode 25

Host: Jimmy Durante; Guests: Carmen Miranda, Ben Wrigley, Betty Garde, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano

Wed, Mar 21, 1951

Carmen Miranda and Jimmy Durante do a "Miranda and Duranda" act. Sketch with Betty Garde that takes place in an anthropological museum, Jimmy is compared to a caveman. The show's closing has Jimmy walking through an array of spotlights

Episode 26

Host: Danny Thomas; Guests: Kay Starr; Pearl Primus; Julie Oshins; Bunny Lewbel; Paul Sydell & Susie; Jesse, James and Carnell; cameo appearance by Ed Wynn

Wed, Mar 28, 1951

Episode 27

Host: Ed Wynn Guests: Lauritz Melchior, Smith and Dale, Richard Himber, Paul Steffan Dancers, Gene Courtney

Wed, Apr 4, 1951

Episode 28

Host: Jack Carson Guests: Lola Albright, Sweeney and March, The Honey Brothers, Elliott Sullivan, Julie Bennett, The Pastels

Wed, Apr 11, 1951

Episode 29

Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Sophie Tucker, flamenco dancer Trini Reyes, Ben Wrigley, Betty Garde, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano

Wed, Apr 18, 1951

Sketches include a teacher reminiscing about Jimmy Durante's school days and Sophie Tucker and Jimmy clowning around in a mansion. (Jimmy makes his entrance by sliding down a banister.)

Episode 30

Host: Danny Thomas Guests: Kay Starr, Bunny Lewbel, acrobatic dancers Les Zoris, jugglers The Piero Brothers, The Hoosier Hotshots

Wed, Apr 25, 1951

This show was set at a carnival.

Episode 31

Host: Ed Wynn Guests: Constance Moore, Dean Murphy, Hermione Gingold

Wed, May 2, 1951

Ed Wynn hosts with guests English actress Hermione Gingold and American actress and singer Constance Moore.

Episode 32

Host: Jack Carson Guests: Milton Berle, Lola Albright, Betty Garde, Jimmy Little, The Honey Brothers, Sweeney and March, Jack Norton, Stanton and Luster

Wed, May 9, 1951

Jack Carson chases a female jewel thief to Baghdad. Milton Berle appears as "a man who owns the oldest jokes."

Episode 33

Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Fred Allen, Eddie Cantor, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano, Al Norman, Milton Frome, Belle Flower, Abe Vigoda,

Wed, May 16, 1951

Jimmy Durante's guest include comedian Fred Allen and Eddie Cantor, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Milton Frome, Al Norman, and Jules Buffano. Allen plays clarinet badly with Durante on "(If You've Got) Personality." Jimmy goes to Bali where he's fawned over by the island girls. Fred invites Jimmy to his Maine cabin where they appear on a local TV show with too many sponsors. At Club Durant, Durante does "She's a Little Bit This." Cantor enters when Jackson is introduced and sings "Waiting For the Robert E. Lee". Jackson sings "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?"

Episode 34

Host: Danny Thomas Guests: Sara Seegar, Kay Starr, Bunny Lewbel, Rufe Davis, The Mayo Brothers

Wed, May 23, 1951

Episode 35

Host: Ed Wynn Guests: Jack Carter, Theresa Brewer, Romo Vincent, Jack Gilford, Abe Vigoda, Paul Steffan Dancers, acrobats The Five Marchinos

Wed, May 30, 1951

Episode 36

Host: Jack Carson Guests: Lola Albright, Sweeney and March, The Honey Brothers, Jack Norton, Ruth McDevitt, Michael Fruchtman, The Five Pastels

Wed, Jun 6, 1951

Episode 37

Host: Danny Thomas Guests: Kay Starr; Bunny Lewbel; Anthony, Allyn, and Hodges

Wed, Jun 13, 1951

Danny Thomas does his "wailing Syrian" bit and Italian fruit vendor character.

Episode 38

Host: Ed Wynn Guests: Pearl Bailey, Laraine Day, Joseph Buloff, Landre and Verna, Mazzone Abbott Dancers, Baudy's Greyhounds

Wed, Jun 20, 1951

Episode 39

Host: Danny Thomas Guests: Kay Starr, Bunny Lewbel, The De Mattiazzis, The Four Skating Macks

Wed, Jun 27, 1951

Episode 40

Host: Jack Carson Guests: Lola Albright, The Honey Brothers, Sweeney and March

Wed, Jul 4, 1951

Episode 41

Host: Danny Thomas Guests: Paulette Goddard, Kay Starr, Bunny Lewbel, The Clark Brothers, Trini and Manola, Lou Bring and his Orchestra

Wed, Jul 11, 1951

Episode 42

Host: Jackie Gleason Guests: Denise Darcel, Phil Regan

Wed, Jul 18, 1951