Basic Info

First Air: June 30, 1955

Rating: ⭐ 7.8/10 (4 votes)

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 12

Last Episode

Name: "The Park Avenue Hillbilly"

Season: 2, Episode: 4

Air Date: 1956-02-16

Runtime: 30 min

Dr. Samuel Hoffman, podiatrist, was catapulted to fame when he played the Theremin on the soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound. He demonstrates the unusual instrument for Johnny and singer Dorothy Shay, known as "the Park Avenue Hillbilly" co-stars with Johnny in a sketch telling her life story.

Videos

JAMES ARNESS FROM GUNSMOKE. The Johnny Carson Show from 1955.

The Johnny Carson Show

1955 ⭐ 7.8/10 4 votes

Overview

While working as a staff writer on The Red Skelton Show, local Los Angeles television comedian Carson filled in as host when Skelton was injured during a show rehearsal. As a result of Carson’s performance, CBS created the primetime variety program: The Johnny Carson Show, a traditional potpourri of comedy, music, dance, skits and monologues. The short-lived 1955-56 series served as a precursor of what would come later for Carson, planting the seeds for sketches he would perform on the later The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson such as "Mighty Carson Art Players".