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The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show Season 2 Episodes

  • 1956-1961
  • 5 Seasons
  • NBC
  • Comedy, Music
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Hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford, the likeable singer, comedian, entertainer received his own variety show sponsored by the Ford Motor Company which gave Ernie the venue to entertain millions with his informal friendly manner and talent. His music was a combination of gospel and country and western. His homespun catch phrase "Bless Their Little Pea Pickin' Hearts", endeared him to the nation.

Season 2 Episode Guide

Season 2

39 Episodes 0 - 1958

Episode 1

Jane Wyman

Thu, Sep 26, 1957

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Episode 2

Dennis O'Keefe

Thu, Oct 3, 1957

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Episode 3

Marie Wilson

Thu, Oct 10, 1957

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Episode 4

Lee Marvin

Thu, Oct 24, 1957

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Episode 5

John Payne

Thu, Oct 31, 1957

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Episode 6

Ronald Reagan

Thu, Nov 7, 1957

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Episode 7

Minnie Pearl

Thu, Nov 14, 1957

For guest Minnie Pearl, Ernie presents her with an "Eastinghouse" all non-electric kitchen, in which they attempt to make an old country delicacy where a potato is bored through with a hand drill, then filled with sausage. Then the cast does a square dancing number.

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Episode 8

Rosemary Clooney

Thu, Nov 21, 1957

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Episode 9

Charles Laughton

Thu, Nov 28, 1957

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Episode 10

William Frawley

Thu, Dec 5, 1957

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Episode 11

Laraine Day

Thu, Dec 12, 1957

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Episode 12

Lee Aaker & Rin Tin Tin

Thu, Dec 19, 1957

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Episode 13

Macdonald Carey

Thu, Dec 26, 1957

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Episode 14

Lew Ayres

Thu, Jan 2, 1958

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Episode 15

Vera Miles

Thu, Jan 9, 1958

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Episode 16

Cesar Romero

Thu, Jan 16, 1958

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Episode 17

Ann B. Davis & Molly Bee

Thu, Jan 23, 1958

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Episode 18

Tommy Sands

Thu, Jan 30, 1958

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Episode 19

Gertrude Berg

Thu, Feb 13, 1958

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Episode 20

Robert Horton

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Episode 21

Edward Everett Horton

Thu, Feb 20, 1958

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Episode 22

Keenan Wynn

Thu, Feb 27, 1958

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Episode 23

Cedric Hardwicke

Thu, Mar 6, 1958

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Episode 24

Pat Carroll

Thu, Mar 13, 1958

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Episode 25

Miyoshi Umeki & Akim Tamiroff

Thu, Mar 20, 1958

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Episode 26

Jack Oakie

Thu, Mar 27, 1958

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Episode 27

George Gobel

Thu, Apr 3, 1958

George and Ernie reminisce about life in a small town and are featured in a series of vignettes. They sing a medley of folk songs and join with two members of the Top 20 for some barbershop-quartet ballads.

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Episode 28

Andy Devine

Thu, Apr 10, 1958

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Episode 29

Roberta Sherwood

Thu, Apr 17, 1958

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Episode 30

Barry Sullivan

Thu, Apr 24, 1958

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Episode 31

Episode #2.31

Thu, May 1, 1958

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Episode 32

José Ferrer

Thu, May 8, 1958

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Episode 33

Walter Brennan

Thu, May 15, 1958

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Episode 34

Phyllis Kirk

Thu, May 22, 1958

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Episode 35

Episode #2.35

Thu, May 29, 1958

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Episode 36

Teresa Brewer

Thu, Jun 5, 1958

Teresa sings "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" and "Copenhagen", and duets with Ernie on "When The Saints Go Marching In". The Top Twenty sing "South Rampart Street Parade".

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Episode 37

Jose Ferrer

Thu, Jun 12, 1958

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Episode 38

Molly Bee

Thu, Jun 19, 1958

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Episode 39

Ernie and the Top Twenty

Thu, Jun 26, 1958

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