This Is Show Business

Episode 1

Episode #3.1

Sun, Aug 27, 1950

Clifton Fadiman hosts the season premiere. Panelists are Abe Burrows, George S. Kaufman, and Faye Emerson. Guests (and their "problems") are musical/comedy performer Jules Munshin (How to get good material?), singer Morton Downey (Why do people call me an Irish tenor?), and singer Denise Darcel (Should her sisters move to America from France?).

Episode 2

Jane Wyatt, Pearl Bailey, Herb Shriner, Kathryn Lee

Sun, Sep 3, 1950

Episode 3

Rise Stevens, Jan Murray, Sheila Bond, Billy Daniels

Sun, Sep 10, 1950

Episode 4

Episode #3.4

Sun, Sep 17, 1950

Panelists are Abe Burrows, George S. Kaufman, and Laraine Day. Guests (and their "problems") are comic Jack E. Leonard (How do I get on a TV panel like this one?), Johnny Johnston (I want to get closer to my wife who works in Hollywood) who sings "September Song," and opera soprano Bidu Sayao.

Episode 5

Ruth Chatterton, Sam Levenson, Vivian Blaine, Bill Callahan

Sun, Sep 24, 1950

Episode 7

Jackie Gleason, Flora Robson, Rose Bampton, Rudy Cardenas

Sun, Oct 8, 1950

Episode 8

Episode #3.8

Sun, Oct 15, 1950

Clifton Fadiman hosts with panelists George S. Kaufman, Abe Burrows, and actress Glenda Farrell. Guests and their "problems" are singer Dick Haymes (Why won't they let singers on TV move around the stage?), stand-up comic Artie Dann (Should he get his big nose "fixed"?), and tap dancer Estelle Sloan (Why do dancers always get the worst dressing rooms in theaters?).

Episode 9

Episode #3.9

Sun, Oct 22, 1950

Clifton Fadiman hosts with panelists George S. Kaufman, Abe Burrows, and Veronica Lake. Guests are opera singer Robert Merrill, comedian Dave Barry, and ballroom dance team Landre and Verna.

Episode 13

Episode #3.13

Sun, Nov 19, 1950

Clifton Fadiman hosts with panelists Abe Burrows, George S. Kaufman, and Arlene Francis. Guests are comedian Herb Shriner, opera star Richard Tucker, and actress/singer Joan Diener. Joan sings "The Best Thing For You," and discusses "her two problems" when performing in a low cut gown.

Episode 18

Episode #3.18

Sun, Dec 24, 1950

Clifton Fadiman hosts with panelists Abe Burrows, George S. Kaufman, and Kitty Carlisle. Guests include comedian Joey Adams, singer Toni Harper, and opera tenor Eugene Conley.

Episode 20

Episode #3.20

Sun, Jan 7, 1951

Clifton Fadiman hosts with panelists Abe Burrows and George S. Kaufman, with comedian Ben Blue and actress Denise Darcel.