Season 1

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Premiere with guest stars Peter Lorre, Joan Edwards

   4 Jun 1949 · 60 min

   Jack Carter stars with guests singer Joan Edwards, actor Peter Lorre, bird whistlers The Arnauts, comedy team McCarthy and Farrell, and acrobats The Fontaines. Lorre does a recitation of "The Telltale Heart" and joins Carter in a mad scientist sketch. Edwards performs at the piano and teams with Carter for "You're Adorable."

2. 2

   2. Ella Logan, Maurice Rocco

   11 Jun 1949 · 60 min

3. 3

   3. Marilyn Maxwell

   18 Jun 1949 · 60 min

4. 4

   4. Mimi Benzell

   25 Jun 1949 · 60 min

5. 5

   5. Vivian Blaine, Mata & Hari

   2 Jul 1949 · 60 min

6. 6

   6. Kay Starr

   9 Jul 1949 · 60 min

7. 7

   7. Pearl Bailey

   16 Jul 1949 · 60 min

8. 8

   8. Kitty Kallen, The Four Step Brothers

   23 Jul 1949 · 60 min

9. 9

   9. Victor Borge, Thelma Carpenter

   30 Jul 1949 · 60 min

10. 10

    10. Henny Youngman, Ethel Smith

    6 Aug 1949 · 60 min

11. 11

    11. Janet Blair, Zero Mostel

    13 Aug 1949 · 60 min

12. 12

    12. Gladys Swarthout, the Dunhills, Mimi Benzell, Cabot & Dresden, Professor Irwin Corey

    20 Aug 1949 · 60 min

13. 13

    13. Vivian Blaine. Georgia Gibbs, Phil Foster, the Treniers

    27 Aug 1949 · 60 min

14. 14

    14. Luba Malina, Ray Malone

    3 Sept 1949 · 60 min

15. 15

    15. Paul Winchell, Donald Richards, Joan Edwards, the Clark Brothers

    10 Sept 1949 · 60 min

16. 16

    16. Hazel Scott, Jackie Miles

    17 Sept 1949 · 60 min

17. 17

    17. Connee Boswell, Carlos Ramirez

    24 Sept 1949 · 60 min

18. 18

    18. Kitty Carlisle, Tito Guizar, Jean Carroll

    1 Oct 1949 · 60 min

19. 19

    19. Cab Calloway, Marie McDonald, Gil Lamb

    8 Oct 1949 · 60 min

20. 20

    20. Carol Bruce, Josh White, Alice Pearce

    15 Oct 1949 · 60 min

21. 21

    21. Bert Lahr, Mata & Hari, the DeCastro Sisters

    22 Oct 1949 · 60 min

22. 22

    22. Vivian Blaine, Zero Mostel

    29 Oct 1949 · 60 min

23. 23

    23. Gali-Gali Luxor, Milt Douglas, Willie Shore

    5 Nov 1949 · 60 min

24. 24

    24. Kitty Kallen, Bert Wheeler, Donald Richards, Rudy Cardenas

    12 Nov 1949 · 60 min

25. 25

    25. Jackie Coogan, Hal LeRoy, Lina Romay

    19 Nov 1949 · 60 min

26. 26

    26. Pinky Lee, Ilona Massey

    26 Nov 1949 · 60 min

27. 27

    27. Vera Vague, Joan Merrill

    3 Dec 1949 · 60 min

28. 28

    28. Smith & Dale, the DeMarco Sisters

    10 Dec 1949 · 60 min

29. 29

    29. Monica Lewis, Jack Durant

    17 Dec 1949 · 60 min

30. 30

    30. Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney, Hazel Scott

    24 Dec 1949 · 60 min

31. 31

    31. Jean Carroll

    31 Dec 1949 · 60 min

32. 32

    32. Chico Marx

    7 Jan 1950 · 60 min

33. 33

    33. Frances Langford, The Four Step Brothers

    14 Jan 1950 · 60 min

34. 34

    34. Mindy Carson, Leo DeLyon

    21 Jan 1950 · 60 min

35. 35

    35. Robert Merrill, The Mello-Larks, Jack E. Leonard

    28 Jan 1950 · 60 min

36. 36

    36. Andy Russell, Della Russell, Patricia Bowman, Stan Freeman

    4 Feb 1950 · 60 min

37. 37

    37. Jane Pickens, Buck & Bubbles

    11 Feb 1950 · 60 min

38. 38

    38. Guest Host: Bert Wheeler; Guest Star: Johnny Coy

    18 Feb 1950 · 60 min

39. 39

    39. Guest Host: Jackie Miles; Guest Star: Betty Bruce

    25 Feb 1950 · 60 min

40. 40

    40. Jerry Lester debut as host; guest stars: Janis Paige, Dorothy Jarnac, Baccaloni

    4 Mar 1950 · 60 min

41. 41

    41. Connie Haines, Maurice Rocco

    11 Mar 1950 · 60 min

42. 42

    42. Janet Blair

    18 Mar 1950 · 60 min

43. 43

    43. Chester Morris, Kyle MacDonnell, Dizzy Gillespie

    25 Mar 1950 · 60 min

44. 44

    44. John Loder, Gertrude Niesen, Bert Gordon

    1 Apr 1950 · 60 min

45. 45

    45. Kyle MacDonnell, Bert Wheeler, Jerry Wayne

    8 Apr 1950 · 60 min

46. 46

    46. J. Carrol Naish, Kyle MacDonnell, Louis Nye, Carl Reiner

    15 Apr 1950 · 60 min

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    47. Jackie Robinson, Kyle MacDonnell, Johnny Johnston, Gali-Gali

    22 Apr 1950 · 60 min

    Lester as a clown called Arthur Clodfrey (takeoff on Arthur Godfrey), magician Galli-Galli make baby chicks appear under cups, MacDonnell sings "The Boy Next Door", and Jackie Robinson appears in a sketch visiting a kid in a wheelchair.

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    48. Sam Levenson, Kyle MacDonnell

    29 Apr 1950 · 60 min

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    49. Smith & Dale, the Four Step Brothers, Mimi Benzell, Leonard Sues

    6 May 1950 · 60 min

50. 50

    50. Jack Pearl & Cliff Hall, Joan Edwards, Elsa & Waldo

    13 May 1950 · 60 min

51. 51

    51. Jackie Robinson, Mindy Carson

    20 May 1950 · 60 min

52. 52

    52. Keye Luke, Ray Malone, Susan Miller, Carl Ravazza

    27 May 1950 · 60 min

53. 53

    53. John Garfield, Kim Stanley, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney

    3 Jun 1950 · 60 min

54. 54

    54. Kitty Kallen, Larry Storch

    10 Jun 1950 · 60 min

55. 55

    55. Vivian Blaine, Carlos Ramirez, Jackie Miles

    17 Jun 1950 · 60 min

56. 56

    56. Anna Maria Alberghetti, Wally Brown, Beatrice Kay, Leonard Sues

    24 Jun 1950 · 60 min

57. 57

    57. Georgia Gibbs

    1 Jul 1950 · 60 min

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    58. Jackie Gleason debut as host; guest stars: Rose Marie, the DeCastro Sisters

    8 Jul 1950 · 60 min

    Jackie Gleason debuts as host with Rose Marie, comic Hank Ladd, acrobat Ladd Lyon, singing DeCastro Sisters, and dancer Evelyn Farney. Gleason duets with Rose and in a sketch at a hat check counter. DeCastros sing a Latin-American number.

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    59. Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Fisher

    15 Jul 1950 · 60 min

60. 60

    60. Ella Fitzgerald, Kate Murtagh, Mary Raye & Naldi

    22 Jul 1950 · 60 min

61. 61

    61. The Modernaires, Evelyn Farney

    29 Jul 1950 · 60 min

62. 62

    62. Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Clare, Billy Daniels

    5 Aug 1950 · 60 min

63. 63

    63. Andy and Della Russell, Clarence Stroud

    12 Aug 1950 · 60 min

64. 64

    64. Victor Borge, Frances Langford

    19 Aug 1950 · 60 min

65. 65

    65. Richard Tucker

    26 Aug 1950 · 60 min

66. 66

    66. Smith & Dale, Gracie Barrie & the Beachcombers

    2 Sept 1950 · 60 min