The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show Season 3 Episodes

Episode 1

George Gobel

Thu, Oct 2, 1958

Episode 2

Ann Blyth

Thu, Oct 9, 1958

Episode 3

Ernie Kovacs

Thu, Oct 16, 1958

Episode 4

William Bendix

Thu, Oct 23, 1958

Episode 5

Aldo Ray

Thu, Oct 30, 1958

Episode 6

Jane Wyman

Thu, Nov 6, 1958

Episode 7

Cliff Arquette

Thu, Nov 13, 1958

Episode 8

Molly Bee

Thu, Nov 27, 1958

Episode 9

Carol Channing

Thu, Dec 4, 1958

Episode 10

Charles Laughton

Thu, Dec 11, 1958

Ernie sings Christmas-themed songs, then welcomes his guest, Charles Laughton. Laughton and Ernie sing a song together and Laughton reads a poem by Edgar A. Guest.

Episode 11

Gordon MacRae

Thu, Dec 18, 1958

Episode 12

Jon Provost and Lassie

Thu, Dec 25, 1958

Episode 13

Danny Thomas, Jay North, Angela Cartwright & Rusty Hamer

Thu, Jan 1, 1959

Show opened with Top Twenty chorus accompanying Tennessee Ernie Ford in the song "I'm Dancing with an Angel", culminating in a dancing duet with Ernie Ford and Terry Gekler.

Episode 14

Lloyd Bridges

Thu, Jan 8, 195960 mins

Episode 15

Kate Smith

Thu, Jan 15, 1959

Episode 16

Kate Smith

Thu, Jan 22, 1959

Ernie goes into the audience while singing "Sixteen Tons", Kate returns for the second week in a row to a country-western themed programme with an outdoor barbecue set. The Top Twenty chorus sings a medley of cowboy songs including "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and "Don't Fence Me In".

Episode 17

Andy Devine

Thu, Jan 29, 1959

Episode 18

Cliff Arquette

Thu, Feb 12, 1959

Episode 19

Cesar Romero and Cathie Taylor

Thu, Feb 19, 1959

Episode 20

June Carter

Thu, Feb 26, 1959

Episode 21

Sallie Brophy & Tommy Nolan

Thu, Mar 5, 1959

Episode 22

Liberace

Thu, Mar 12, 1959

Episode 23

Robert Horton

Thu, Mar 19, 1959

Episode 24

Lloyd Nolan

Thu, Mar 26, 1959

Episode 25

Elsa Lanchester

Thu, Apr 2, 1959

Episode 26

Roger Williams and Jack Bailey

Thu, Apr 9, 1959

Episode 27

The Mikado

Thu, Apr 16, 1959

Episode 28

Gisele MacKenzie

Thu, Apr 23, 1959

Episode 29

Molly Bee and the Four Preps

Thu, Apr 30, 1959

Episode 30

Craig Stevens

Thu, May 7, 1959

Episode 31

Ethel Waters

Thu, May 14, 1959

Guest Ethel Waters, here looking rather fat and old, sings a few favorite songs, all slow blues numbers, which she tells Ernie are her favorites. He joins her in a back and forth version of "St. Louis Blues", and are joined by the Top Twenty Chorus for the hymn, "Stand By Me".

Episode 32

Edgar Bergen

Thu, May 21, 1959

Episode 33

Adolph Menjou

Thu, May 28, 1959

Episode 34

Tommy Sands

Thu, Jun 4, 1959

Episode 35

Rosemary Clooney

Thu, Jun 11, 1959

Episode 36

Cliff Arquette

Thu, Jun 18, 1959

Episode 37

Andre Previn and Danny Arnold

Thu, Jun 25, 1959

In the last show of the season, Ernie acknowledges two of "The Top Twenty" celebrating birthdays. His guest Andrè Previn, plays music from his album,:"Like Young". An intrusive, long winded sound man interrupts a keyboard duet with Ernie and Previn.