The Morey Amsterdam Show
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| The Morey Amsterdam Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Starring | Morey Amsterdam |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | CBS: 13 DuMont: 58 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 23–25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS (1948-1949) DuMont (1949-1950) |
| Release | December 17, 1948- March 7, 1949 (CBS) – April 21, 1949- October 12, 1950 (DuMont) |
The Morey Amsterdam Show is an American
CBS Television (13 episodes) and 1949–50 on the DuMont Television Network
(58 episodes), for a total of 71 episodes.
Synopsis
The show began on
emcee at a fictional New York City nightclub, the "Golden Goose Cafe". He introduced musical and comedy acts, and performed songs and monologues himself. Art Carney played Charlie the Doorman and Jacqueline Susann
was Lola the Cigarette Girl.
After six months on the radio, the show moved to
CBS Television
with the same characters, actors, and plot. The CBS version premiered December 17, 1948, and ended March 7, 1949, after 13 episodes.
The show was picked up by the
nightclub singer. The DuMont series ran for 58 episodes on Thursday evenings at 9:00 pm Eastern, until October 12, 1950, when it was replaced by The Adventures of Ellery Queen
.
The DuMont version was sponsored by DuMont Laboratories, founded by Allen B. DuMont to produce television sets.
Notable guest stars
The show's extensive roster of guest stars included Dottie Dean, Nancy Donovan,
Charles "Honi" Coles, The Three Stooges, Cholly Atkins, Doraine and Ellis, Eileen O’Dare, Vic Damone, and Leo Guarniari. The announcers for the series were Don Russell, who was also the host for Guide Right, and musician Bobby Sherwood
.
Episode status
Several
CBS Television episodes, and most of the DuMont episodes, exist at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress has two episodes, though whether CBS or DuMont is not known. Selected DuMont episodes with lapsed or nonexistent copyright
have been released on DVD by small DVD companies.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1949-50 United States network television schedule
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: ISBN 0-345-31864-1
External links
- The Morey Amsterdam Show at IMDb
- DuMont historical website
- The Morey Amsterdam Show is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
