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Probably Mentioned but Chevy Chase hosted a late night talk show. I didn't see it live just clips here and there, and it was weird.
They Had Their Own TV Show?
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Flatt and Scruggs hosted a TV show in the 50s (sponsored by Martha White Flour) and a surprising number of episodes have survived.
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I seen it and it was one of the most painful things I've ever seen. I liked Chevy on SNL but on his opening night on his late night show he was so nervous that you could just hear the crickets as he bombed one joke attempt after the other. I felt bad for him.
The previously mentioned George Gobel Show is a perfect example of the irony featured in this thread.
It just seemed like in the 50's & 60's they'd give almost anybody their own show and there were so many of these variety shows hosted by a celebrity that the public virtually lost track of them all (another irony is that a genre that was so dominant is now almost non-existent on American television). So was George Gobel "just anybody"?
Well, he was foremost a humorist & comedian, an actor and dabbled in singing & music.
How many people here today have even HEARD of George Gobel? I only know of him for having appeared on the Hollywood Squares when I was a kid, but outside of that I have no memory of seeing him on TV or in any movies (although he appeared in both, mostly before my time).
He was never a superstar but known mostly during his heyday for the very variety show that bore his name.
It just seemed like in the 50's & 60's they'd give almost anybody their own show and there were so many of these variety shows hosted by a celebrity that the public virtually lost track of them all (another irony is that a genre that was so dominant is now almost non-existent on American television). So was George Gobel "just anybody"?
Well, he was foremost a humorist & comedian, an actor and dabbled in singing & music.
How many people here today have even HEARD of George Gobel? I only know of him for having appeared on the Hollywood Squares when I was a kid, but outside of that I have no memory of seeing him on TV or in any movies (although he appeared in both, mostly before my time).
He was never a superstar but known mostly during his heyday for the very variety show that bore his name.
He was a riot, with his low key, ironic, and self effacing humor-- the complete opposite of slapstick. His show was all the rage for several years. But most shows came and went, with the exception of some of the shows I mentioned above.
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I remember Lola Falana seen her recently too on the old Fantasy Island...but didn't know she had a show. Now this brings to mind Joey Heatherton, did she ever have her own show? Seems like she would.
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I remember Lola Falana seen her recently too on the old Fantasy Island...but didn't know she had a show. Now this brings to mind Joey Heatherton, did she ever have her own show? Seems like she would.
According to IMDB, Joey Heatherton had a TV series called "Joey and Dad" (which coincidentally also ran for 4 episodes)...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072524..._flmg_t_11_slf
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...According to IMDB, Joey Heatherton had a TV series called "Joey and Dad" (which coincidentally also ran for 4 episodes)...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072524..._flmg_t_11_slf
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072524..._flmg_t_11_slf
Don't think this one has been mentioned:
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