Your Show of Shows

Season 1

1950 · 11 episodes · 16h 30m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. February 25, 1950

   25 Feb 1950 · 90 min

   In the premiere telecast, guests are actor Burgess Meredith, and comic actress Gertrude Lawrence. Sketches include Imogene Coca in a parody of turn-of-the century star Lilian Russell; Sid Caesar as a psychologist; Lawrence appears in "Live vs. theatre", a take-off on Noel Coward plays; Christopher Columbus; a nervous groom. Songs include "I Don't Know Why" (Lawrence);"Wiffenpoof Song" (Merrill); "Sweet Betsy from Pike" (Fisher, Ross, Hayes); "Smorgasbord" (Coca); "Main Street, U.S.A."(Foss, Fisher and Piazza); "Dangerous Dan McGrew".

2. 2

   2. Season 1, Episode 2

   4 Mar 1950 · 90 min

   Burgess Meredith is again the emcee for the second show. Highlights: The opening sketch follows a writer at the typewriter, revising a story as he types. Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca (introduced by name) enact the story as the writer revises their breakfast ordeal. Also appearing are Robert Merrill, ventriloquist Clifford Guest, and Marguerite Piazza.

3. 3

   3. Season 1, Episode 3

   11 Mar 1950 · 90 min

4. 4

   4. Season 1, Episode 4

   18 Mar 1950 · 90 min

5. 5

   5. Season 1, Episode 5

   1 Apr 1950 · 90 min

6. 6

   6. Season 1, Episode 6

   8 Apr 1950 · 90 min

7. 7

   7. Season 1, Episode 7

   15 Apr 1950 · 90 min

8. 8

   8. Season 1, Episode 8

   29 Apr 1950 · 90 min

9. 9

   9. Season 1, Episode 9

   6 May 1950 · 90 min

10. 10

    10. Season 1, Episode 10

    13 May 1950 · 90 min

11. 11

    11. Season 1, Episode 11

    20 May 1950 · 90 min