Stage Show
Stage Show was a popular music variety series on American television originally hosted on alternate weeks by big band leaders and brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Produced by Jackie Gleason, the CBS-TV show included the first national television appearances by Elvis Presley. The series began as a one-hour show on July 3, 1954 as a summer replacement for The Jackie Gleason Show. Gleason brought it back in the fall of 1955 as a half-hour show and scheduled it from 8–8:30 p.m. ET before his own program on Saturday nights. In 1956, Jack Carter, a frequent guest, became the permanent host. The June Taylor Dancers made regular appearances. Bobby Darin made his national TV debut on the program in early 1956, singing "Rock Island Line". The show's final telecast was September 18, 1956.
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- 1.01Premiere ShowRate
- 1.02Mindy Carson/The Four Aces/Johnny Morgan/The AshtonsRate
- 1.03Jack E. Leonard/The DeMarco SistersRate
- 1.04Henny Youngman/Jimmy NelsonRate
- 1.05Marguerite Piazza/Bert WheelerRate
- 1.06Georgia Gibbs/Jackie Miles/The DunhillsRate
- 1.08Monica Lewis/Morey Amsterdam/Frank Fontaine/The Nicholas BrothersRate
- 1.09Dolores Hawkins/Vaughn Monroe/Roger RayRate
- 1.10Jack Carter/Peggy Ryan/Ray McDonaldRate
- 1.11Jerry Colonna/Phil FosterRate
- 1.12Jack E. Leonard/Lionel Hampton/The Mills BrothersRate
- 1.13Johnnie Ray/Duke Ellington/Mindy CarsonRate
- 1.14Patti Page/Henny YoungmanRate
- 1.16Count Basie/Kate Smith/Charlie MannaRate
- 1.17Nat King Cole/The McGuire SistersRate
- 1.18Johnnie Ray/Henny Youngman/Patti PageRate
- 1.19Henny Youngman/Carl Ballantine/Kate SmithRate
- 2.01Dick Haymes/Jane RussellRate
- 2.02Jeanne Crain/Jackie MilesRate
- 2.03Jerry Lester/Billy DanielsRate
- 2.04Jack Haley/Roger Williams/Four Aces/Peter Marshall/Tommy FarrellRate
- 2.05Robert Mitchum/Sarah Vaughan/Peter Marshall/Tommy FarrellRate
- 2.06George Raft/Tony Bennett/Frank FontaineRate
- 2.07Ken Murray/Billy DanielsRate
- 2.08Eddie AlbertRate
- 2.09Eddy Arnold/Gene Nelson/Gene SheldonRate
- 2.10Gordon MacRae, Kim Novak, Connie Francis, the LOOK Magazine All-American Football TeamRate
- 2.11Jack Carter/Vaughn Monroe/The Step BrothersRate
- 2.12Robert Q. Lewis/Mindy CarsonRate
- 2.13Emmett Kelly/Raymond Massey/Lionel Hampton/Tony BennettRate
- 2.14Jack Carter/Morey Amsterdam/Count BasieRate
- 2.15Jack Carter/The Crew Cuts/Gary CrosbyRate
- 2.16Jack Carter/George RaftRate
- 2.17Jack Carter/Keefe Brasselle/The Four AcesRate
- 2.18Elvis Presley debut/Sarah Vaughan/Gene SheldonRate
- 2.19Joe E. Brown/Elvis PresleyRate
- 2.20Ella Fitzgerald/Elvis PresleyRate
- 2.21Elvis PresleyRate
- 2.22Dick Haymes/Morey Amsterdam/Sister Rosetta TharpeRate
- 2.23Helen O'Connell/Bob EberleRate
- 2.24The Crew Cuts/George KirbyRate
- 2.25St. Patrick's Day Show with Elvis Presley, Henny Youngman, Glenn Derringer, Guy LombardoRate
- 2.26Elvis Presley, Henny Youngman, Jack Leonard, Glenn Derringer, Condos & BrandowRate
- 2.27Joey Bishop/Roberta Sherwood/Brown College Choir/Pembroke College ChoirRate
- 2.28Audrey Meadows/Jayne Meadows/Helen O'ConnellRate
- 2.29Jackie Robinson/Bob Eberly/The Four AcesRate
- 2.30Helen O'Connell/Audrey Meadows/Jayne MeadowsRate
- 2.31Tony Bennett/The DeMarco SistersRate
- 2.32Morey Amsterdam/Sarah VaughanRate
- 2.33Salute to Irving BerlinRate
- 2.34Roberta Sherwood/The Kirby Stone QuartetRate
- 2.35Eileen Barton/George KirbyRate
- 2.36George Jessel/Sunny Gale/The Step BrothersRate
- 2.37Jack Durant/Adele Girard/Joe MarcellaRate
- 2.38Connie Francis/The TreniersRate
- 2.39Jackie Robinson/Fran Warren/Earl Hall/Jimmy RandolphRate
- 2.40Helen O'Connell/The Platters/Wally Brown/Russ MorganRate
- 2.41Tony Bennett/Stepin Fetchit/Jack FinaRate
- 2.42Jay Jason/Somethin' Smith and the RedheadsRate
- 2.43Dick Haymes/Henny Youngman/Sister Rosetta TharpeRate
- 2.44Eileen Rogers/Frank Fontaine/The Crew CutsRate
- 2.45Merv Griffin/Sarah Vaughan/Lew ParkerRate
- 2.46Gene Baylos/Sonny Howard/Ron HargraveRate
- 2.47Larry Storch/Della ReeseRate
- 2.48Dick Haymes/Eddie Hanley/SirataRate
- 2.49Merv Griffin/Morey AmsterdamRate
- 2.50George Jessel/Sunny Gale/Bob HopkinsRate
- 2.51Eddie Fontaine/The Crew CutsRate
- 2.52Gale Storm/Ella Logan/Archie RobbinsRate
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