Shower of Stars
A CBS variety show that ran monthly from 1954-1958, broadcast in color. Stars appearing included Betty Grable, Mario Lanza, Jack Benny, Basil Rathbone, Fredric March, Shirley MacLaine, and Ed Wynn. Lanza and Grable appeared in an amusing episode with Fred Clark, featuring Grable as the unlikely replacement for Lanza in a show.
- 1954-1958
- 4 seasons
- CBS
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Family, Music
A CBS variety show that ran monthly from 1954-1958, broadcast in color. Stars appearing included Betty Grable, Mario Lanza, Jack Benny, Basil Rathbone, Fredric March, Shirley MacLaine, and Ed Wynn. Lanza and Grable appeared in an amusing episode with Fred Clark, featuring Grable as the unlikely replacement for Lanza in a show.
Season 4 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1955 - 1958
Episode 1
Comedy Time
Thu, Oct 31, 1957
Jack Benny is told that Westerns are on TV everywhere and he must come up with a new scenario. So Jack writes an Eastern Western. Later a Halloween themed song is performed. All of the live Chrysler commercials have an election theme.
Episode 2
A Christmas Carol (II)
Thu, Dec 19, 1957
This show is a re-broadcast of Shower of Stars Season 1 Episode 4 "A Christmas Carol".
Episode 3
Jack Benny Celebrates His 40th Birthday
Thu, Feb 13, 1958 60 mins
Episode 4
Jack Benny, George Burns, Ed Wynn, Jo Stafford, Tommy Sands, Paul Weston, Chiquita Johnson
Thu, Jan 9, 1958
Ed Wynn teaches Jack Benny how to get laughs reading a phone book. Jo Stafford sings in a bar populated by wooden cut-out people. Jack tries to peddle a song he wrote to singers Tommy Sands and Jo Stafford.
Episode 5
Jack Benny's 40th Birthday Party
Thu, Feb 13, 1958
Episode 6
Jack Benny, Hermione Gingold, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Gogi Grant, Van Johnson, Patty McCormack
Thu, Mar 20, 1958
Episode 7
Jack Benny, Janis Paige, John Raitt, Barbara Nichols, and Betty Grable
Thu, Apr 17, 1958
Jack Benny shows the TV audience what goes into putting together a show, which includes tricking the cast into working for half-salary.