The Ed Wynn Show Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Premiere Show with guest Gertrude Niesen

Thu, Oct 6, 1949

Episode 2

Carmen Miranda

Thu, Oct 13, 1949

Episode 3

Mel Torme, Belita, Sam Hearn

Thu, Oct 20, 1949

Sketches features Ed in a restaurant and meeting singer Mel Torme in a record store.

Episode 4

Dinah Shore

Thu, Oct 27, 1949

Wynn performs in a gym setting, Dinah Shore sings "Blues In the Night" under a lamppost at night set, and sings "Tea For Two" while riding Ed's wacky piano bicycle contraption.

Episode 5

Victor Moore

Thu, Nov 3, 1949

Ed pays tribute to vaudeville performer Victor Moore.

Episode 6

Peggy Lee

Thu, Nov 10, 1949

Episode 7

Rochester, Kay Starr

Thu, Nov 17, 1949

Episode 8

Diana Lynn

Thu, Nov 24, 1949

Episode 9

Eve Arden

Thu, Dec 1, 1949

Episode 10

Celeste Holm

Thu, Dec 8, 1949

Ed visits an art museum and the African jungle.

Episode 11

Ben Blue, John Raitt

Thu, Dec 15, 1949

Episode 12

Buster Keaton, Virginia O'Brien

Thu, Dec 22, 1949

Highlights include Buster Keaton recreating his battle with molasses from his 1917 film "The Butcher Boy" and Ed performing in a ballet sequence.

Episode 13

Hattie McDaniel, Buddy Ebsen

Thu, Dec 29, 1949

Buddy Ebsen visits Ed's pet store in search of an exotic animal and Ed plays a door-to-door salesman who who tries to peddle his wares to Beulah (McDaniel).

Episode 14

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Sat, Dec 24, 1949

Highlights include a silent movie sketch with Lucille Ball portraying actress Theda Bara and Desi Arnaz singing "Babalu".

Episode 15

Dick Haymes

Sat, Dec 31, 194930 mins

Episode 16

Howard Duff, Olga San Juan

Sat, Jan 21, 1950

Ed tries his hand at hosting a cooking show and joins his guest stars in a murder mystery spoof.

Episode 17

Gloria De Haven

Sat, Jan 28, 1950

Episode 18

Garry Moore and Lita Baron

Sat, Feb 4, 1950

Features a skit were Ed plays the owner of a crowded diner.

Episode 19

Ann Sheridan and Robert Clary

Sat, Feb 11, 1950

Highlights include a Western sketch with Ann Sheridan playing a nasty outlaw and Robert Clary sings several tunes.

Episode 20

Leon Errol, The Modernaires

Sat, Feb 18, 1950

Episode 21

Mitzi Green, William Farnum

Sat, Feb 25, 1950

Episode 22

Gloria Swanson, Gale Robbins, Bill Shirley

Sat, Mar 4, 1950

Episode 23

Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner

Sat, Mar 11, 1950

Episode 24

Ella Logan

Sat, Mar 18, 1950

Episode 25

Helen Forrest, The Three Stooges

Sat, Mar 25, 1950

Ed approaches three CBS network executives (played by the Three Stooges) seeking help to improve his program.

Episode 26

Joe E. Brown, Ilona Massey, William Frawley

Tue, Apr 4, 1950

Episode 27

Richard Arlen, Ella Raines, The Firehouse Five Plus 2

Tue, Apr 11, 1950

Episode 28

Andy Devine, Sam Hearn, Andy Russell & Della Russell

Tue, Apr 18, 1950

Episode 29

Vera Vague

Tue, Apr 25, 1950

Ed and guest star Vera Vague are featured in a skit where the cruise ship on which they are sailing sinks and they are marooned on a desert island.

Episode 30

Charles Laughton, Beverly Tyler

Tue, May 2, 1950

Episode 31

Cesar Romero, Irene Hervey, Allan Jones

Tue, May 9, 195030 mins

Episode 32

Marie Wilson, Jack Holt

Tue, May 16, 1950

Episode 33

James Barton, Frank Fontaine, Joan Leslie, Preston Foster

Tue, May 23, 1950

Episode 34

Cass Daley, The Charlivels

Tue, May 30, 1950

Episode 35

Frances Langford, Fred Sanborn

Tue, Jun 6, 1950

Ed's guests include singer Frances Langford, comedy xylophonist Fred Sanborn, British comedian Ben Wrigley, and comic acrobats Dick and Dot Remy. In sketches, Ed plays a sultan with a harem and is the head of a dance school.

Episode 36

Billie Burke, Gil Lamb

Tue, Jun 13, 1950

Episode 37

Mitzi Green, El Brendel, Frank Fontaine

Tue, Jun 20, 1950

Episode 39

Georgia Gibbs, the Keystone Kops

Tue, Jul 4, 1950

Features songs from Georgia Gibbs, a pie-throwing demonstration by Buster Keaton and the antics of The Keystone Kops.

Episode 41

Dinah Shore, Ben Wrigley

Tue, Jun 27, 1950