Your Show of Shows
American variety television program 1950-1954 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 1929 movie, see The Show of Shows.
Your Show of Shows is a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC from February 25, 1950, through June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, baritone singer Jack Russell, Judy Johnson, the Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series.
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Your Show of Shows | |
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Genre | Variety show |
Created by | Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. |
Directed by | Nat Hiken Max Liebman |
Creative director | Charles Sanford (music) |
Starring | Sid Caesar Imogene Coca Howard Morris Carl Reiner James Starbuck |
Narrated by | Ed Herlihy (announcer) |
Theme music composer | Mel Tolkin Clay Warnick Max Liebman |
Opening theme | "Stars Over Broadway" |
Composers | Bernard Green Irwin Kostal Johnny Mandel Alex North |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 139 |
Production | |
Producer | Max Liebman |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | Max Liebman Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | February 25, 1950 (1950-02-25) – June 5, 1954 (1954-06-05) |
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The show has been featured in several lists of the greatest television series. Most of the series has been preserved to some extent, but only some sketches have been released on home video.