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The Polly Bergen Show

  • 1957-1958
  • 1 season
  • NBC
  • Music

The Polly Bergen Show was a half-hour 18-episode comedy/variety show, starring then 27-year-old Polly Bergen, which aired on NBC in the 1957-1958 television season. The program is remembered for its impressive guest-star lineup as well as its closing theme song, "The Party's Over" (1956).

Season 1 Episode Guide

19 Episodes 1958

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

Sat, Sep 21, 1957

Episode 2

Episode #1.2

Sat, Oct 5, 1957

Episode 3

Episode #1.3

Sat, Oct 19, 1957

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Episode 4

Episode #1.4

Sat, Nov 2, 1957

Episode 5

Episode #1.5

Sat, Nov 16, 1957

Episode 6

Episode #1.6

Sat, Nov 30, 1957

Episode 7

Episode #1.7

Sat, Dec 7, 1957

Episode 8

Episode #1.8

Sat, Dec 14, 1957

Episode 9

Episode #1.9

Episode 10

Julius LaRosa

Sat, Jan 11, 1958

Episode 11

Burr Tillstrom, Kukla & Ollie

Sat, Jan 25, 1958

Episode 12

Jack Paar

Sat, Feb 8, 1958

Polly and Jack read from his collection of on-air flubs,"Jack Paar's book of broadcasting boo-boos", then both sing and dance the rock and roll song "Short Shorts". Jack brings out three Bassett hounds purporting to be an act called "The Singing Dogs", but no matter how much he begs and pleads, he can't get them to utter a sound.

Episode 13

Gordon MacRae, Peter Gennaro

Sat, Feb 22, 1958

Episode 14

Jack Paar

Sat, Mar 8, 1958

Episode 15

Johnny Carson

Sat, Mar 22, 1958

Johnny Carson does a few small magic tricks, showing his medal from a magician's club, then he joins Polly in a take off on the upcoming Academy awards,the "Carson-Bergen awards for old movies" that are already on television.Johnny does some impersonations, imagining what a pairing of feuding stars Ed Sullivan and Steve Allen might be like.

Episode 16

Bob Hope

Sat, Apr 19, 1958

Episode 17

Joey Bishop

Sat, May 3, 1958

Episode 18

Dick Van Dyke, Carol Haney, Peter Gennaro

Sat, May 17, 1958

Episode 19

Jack Carter

Sat, May 31, 1958

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