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- The Texaco Star Theatre was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. In the first year, Milton Berle was not the permanent emcee, but once he replaced the rotation, the show soared to ratings dominance (Number One in 1950-51), NBC dominated Tuesday night, and Berle became the first great star of the new medium, "Mr. Television". The basic format was modeled after a vaudeville variety hour, spotlighting Berle's jokes, sight gags, and costumes.
- Milton Berle is the host of the series premiere. Guests are comic ventriloquist Senor Wences, singer Pearl Bailey, harmonica player Stan Fisher, acrobatic act the Moroccans, double-talk comedian Al Kelly, flamenco dancers Rosario and Antonio, adagio dancers the Andreas, Betty Alexander (who welcomes viewers), pitchman Sid Stone and the Russ Case orchestra. Bailey sings "Tired" and "Good Enough For Me." Rosario and Antonio dance to "Capriccio Espagnol" and "Fire Dance," and Berle becomes the uncoordinated member of the Moroccans.
- Milton Berle's guests are comic song-and-dance trio the Slate Brothers, Carmen Miranda, skaters/acrobats Ronnie and May Norman, ballet dancers Paul Haakon and Barbara Carter, vocalists the Charioteers, and Chico Marx. Berle dresses in drag like Miranda and performs with her on a number, and joins in with the Charioteers for comic disruption. Chico plays piano in his TV debut.
- Uncle Miltie's scheduled guests include vocalist Martha King, Yiddish singer Leo Fuld, dancer John Conrad, singers the DeMarco Sisters, Anne Shelton, and trained animal act Sandy the Seal.
- Berle's scheduled guests this week include actor Boris Karloff, ventriloquist Paul Winchell, Teresa Wright, actress Mary Beth Hughes, comic actor Arnold Stang, actor Dennis O'Keefe, and singers Ezio Pinza and Constance Moore.
- Miltie's scheduled guests this week include actor Boris Karloff, actress Nina Foch, singers Don Cornell and Lisa Kirk, comic Billy Gilbert, comic actor Arnold Stang, and dancer Joan Holloway.
- Uncle Miltie's scheduled guests include drummer Gene Krupa, and actress/singer Carol Bruce.
- Milton Berle's scheduled guests include actors Boris Karloff and Don Ameche and and singer Monica Lewis.
- Uncle Miltie's guests this week include guitarist Les Paul and singer Mary Ford, and from TV's "The Goldbergs" Gertrude Berg, Eli Mintz, and Arlene McQuade.
- Berle's guests include actor Jackie Cooper, singer Vic Damone, and comedienne Dagmar. Milton demonstrates the trials and tribulations of hosting a variety television show, complete with unoriginal staff, dim-witted crew, squabbling guest-stars - as well as the star who's convinced that his writers aren't giving him enough jokes. The story is told Dragnet-style, complete with Dragnet musical themes and stingers.
- Milton Berle's scheduled guests include film actors Basil Rathbone and Paulette Goddard, Miltie's daughter Vicki Berle, singer/actress Mary Beth Hughes, comic actor Milton Frome, with Bobby Sherwood and Ruth Gilbert.
- 1948–19561h7.1 (11)TV EpisodeBerle's guests are actor Peter Lawford, singer/actress Carol Channing, and actress Maria Riva. Milton invites his cast, crew and guest stars to a party he's throwing for himself, but everyone seems to have already made other plans.
- Berle's guests include actor Jack Palance and singers Vaughn Monroe and Monica Lewis. In a western town, Miltie opens a nightclub. He receives threats from rival club owner Jack Palance.
- Berle's guests include Vivian Vance and William Frawley from I Love Lucy (1951) and singer/actress Janet Blair. Miltie rents a new rehearsal hall from landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz.
- Berle's guests include movie tough-guy George Raft and actress Ann Sheridan. Berle asks Ann Sheridan to be the co-star in his new movie. Raft agrees to help by sending over a director with very odd ideas about making films.
- In this seventh season premiere, Berle's guests include Mickey Rooney, Connie Russell, columnist and quiz show panelist Dorothy Kilgallen, television critic Jack O'Brien, Joey Foreman, and Nancy Walker. With Mickey's help, Milton schemes to get free publicity by faking a broken leg.
- From the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel the premiere of "Meet Me in Las Vegas" is celebrated with the stars of the film. Songs and clips from the movie are featured throughout the program.
- Broadcast live in color from USS Hancock stationed at San Diego, CA. Milton's guests include Elvis Presley, Esther Williams, Buddy Rich, regular Arnold Stang, and the Harry James Orchestra. Following Berle's monologue, Esther Williams joins him and they sing "Memories Are Made of This" with new lyrics about sailors. Elvis and his band perform "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Blue Suede Shoes." Presley introduces his "twin brother Melvin," a hick dufus played by Berle. The two launch into a reprise of "Blue Suede Shoes" with Berle destroying his guitar and dancing Elvis-style like a lunatic. Francis (Arnold Stang), now a sailor, is the winner of the date with Ester Williams contest. James leads his band in "You Made Me Love You" joined by Buddy Rich for "Two O'Clock Jump." As James, Rich, and the orchestra play "Tiger Rag," Berle attempts to join them on trumpet, with little success. Berle performs a musical number with Williams as a wave who gets doused with water.
- In the series' color finale from Hollywood, Milton's guests are actresses Debra Paget and Irish McCalla, child actor Barry Gordon, and Elvis Presley and the Jordanaires. Elvis sings "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" and "Hound Dog" (which he slows down into a bump-and-grind). Irish McCalla joins Berle and Presley in banter about how sexy the singer is. In a record store, Milton gets in the way when screaming women mob Presley and has his suit ripped to shreds.
- Milton's guests this episode include: Danny Thomas, Beatrice Kraft and her oriental dancers, Fran Warren, opera singer Vivian Della Chiesa, singer/actor Carlos Ramirez, 15 year old violinist Michael Rabin, dancers Harold and Lola, announcer Frank Gallop. Berle opens the show dressed as a June bride. Later, he coaches Thomas on how to host a weekly variety series while cracking a bull-whip at his writers. The finale is a succession of performers in the "United Nations of Show Business" production.
- Milton's guests this week include comic actress/writer Gertrude Berg and singer Peggy Lee.
- Berle's guests include Gertrude Berg and singer/actor John Raitt. Berg again appears as her character Molly Goldberg, this time wanting Miltie to donate a new Buick for her club to raffle off.
- The guests of a cardboard cut-out of Milton Berle include ventriloquist Paul Winchell, actress/singer Delores Gray, British musical comedy performer Jack Buchanan, singer/actress Kay Thompson and vaudeville team Smith and Dale.
- Milton's guests in this color telecast include Kay Thompson, singer Gogi Grant, and The Will Mastin Trio (starring Sammy Davis, Jr.). With Mary Beth Hughes and Casey Adams. Berle plays a dense janitor who swallows a miniature bomb devised by scientists. Grant performs "Suddenly There's a Valley". Milton and Kay do a take-off on the recent Noel Coward/Mary Martin TV special Together with Music. Davis performs "That Old Black Magic" and joins Miltie for the finale where they impersonate great show biz teams. Jerry Lewis makes a cameo to pitch for his MD fund
- Milton and the gang perform live from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
- Berle's guests are film stars Gloria Swanson and Don Ameche.
- Milton's scheduled guests include comic actor Eddie Bracken, Marion Colby, the Blackburn Twins, and comic singers Betty and Jane, The Kean Sisters, with Bobby Sherwood and Ruth Gilbert.
- Berle's scheduled guest list this week includes the Lionel Hampton Orchestra; dancer Gloria Gilbert; dance team Stump and Stumpy; and comic actress Beatrice Kaye.
- Comedian Jack Carter is guest host for vacationing Berle. His scheduled guests include actress Nina Foch, dancers The Dunhills, musician Lionel Hampton, and actress/singer Sheila Bond.
- Milton Berle's guests include Ethel Merman, Teddy Hale, Keye Luke, acrobatic act Los Gattos, Teddy Hale, and composers Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, Charles Tobias, Maud Nugent and Lou Brown. Berle opens dressed as a Roman riding in a chariot. He joins Merman for "The Varsity Drag" and "Friendship," and the two go for a drive. She solos on "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "I Got Rhythm." The finale is a salute to songwriters.
- Berle's guests include comedian/magician Carl Ballentine, comic actors Lew Hearn and Lou Sorin, Ethel Merman,and vaudevillian/songwriter Jack Norworth. Berle and Sorin join Hearn in his old "Belt to the Back" sketch. "The Amazing Mr. Ballentine's" magic tricks go awry. Norworth does a medley of his big songs.
- Uncle Miltie's guests this week include: Rose Marie, singers Tony Martin and Ethel Waters, comedian Jackie Green, members of the New York Yankees, and comic actor Joe E. Brown. Berle opens the show dressed as a caveman and grabs a fur coat from a woman in the audience.
- 1948–1956TV EpisodeBerle welcomes singer Ella Logan, comic Red Buttons, magician Russell Swan, comics the Arnaut Brothers, and acrobat/dancers the Crackerjacks. Logan sings "Sunny Side of the Street" and "Little Bit of Heaven." In a sketch, Buttons tries to get money from loan shark Berle. Milton begs out of magician Swan's guillotine act.
- Berle's guests include actor Ronald Reagan and singer/actress Dolores Gray. Needing $150,000 to finish a movie, the film's producers send star Ronald Reagan to New York to ask Milton Berle to furnish the necessary funds as an investment. Milton misunderstands, thinking he has been offering a starring role in Reagan's movie, and arrives at the movie studio completely disrupting production.
- The regular variety format is replaced this week by an original comedy written by Gore Vidal. It tells the story of a shady bookie and his wife who are forced from Chicago by Cement Jackson. They hit the road, change their names, and settle in a Southwestern state. Eventually, Berle gets himself elected governor and is succeeded in office by his wife. All is well until Jackson tracks the two down and opens up an office next to the governor's mansion
- Berle's guests are Mickey Rooney and singer Eileen Barton. Rooney is hired by Berle to be his understudy.
- Uncle Miltie's scheduled guests include: Martha Raye, Dolores Gray, tap dance trio the Rockets, and actor Basil Rathbone. Rathbone and Berle do a spoof of murder mysteries; Raye sings "It's a Good Day"; Berle and Raye perform in the sketch "The Sheik of Araby."
- Berle's guests are the Andrews Sisters, Gertrude Berg and Arlene McQuade. Molly Goldberg asks Milton to help her provide entertainment for a benefit. His chosen guests, Bobby Sherwood and the Andrews Sisters are reluctant to assist.
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- Episode: (1948)1948–1956TV EpisodeJack Carter hosts. Guests include vaudeville comedians Smith and Dale (performing their famous "Dr. Kronkheit" routine), acrobats the Winters Sisters, comic singers Cross and Dunn, ballroom dancers Landre and Verne, and the Salici Puppets.
- Episode: (1948)1948–1956TV EpisodeMorey Amsterdam is the host. Guests include singer Morton Downey, comedian Jackie Miles, tap dancers Tip, Tap and Toe, the Harmonicats, ballet dancers Patricia Bowman and Rudy Kroelleur, and Jack Diamond.
- Jack Carter hosts with guests comic actress Eve Arden, radio comedian Jack Pearl, comic Herb Shriner, dancer Betty Bruce, and acrobatic cyclists the Fredarrys Trio. Pearl performs the old vaudeville "shell game" routine.
- 1948–1956TV EpisodePeter Donald hosts with guests comic Sid Caesar, comic/singer Willie Howard, acrobatic team the Dewey Sisters, dance duo De Marios, and Gil Maison with his dog act. Caesar performs his airplane routine from "Tars and Spars" and appears in an U.N. sketch with Donald. Berle makes a brief cameo.
- Episode: (1948)1948–1956TV EpisodeMilton Berle debuts as permanent host. Guests include big band singer Evelyn Knight, vaudeville comedy team Smith and Dale, roller skating team the Four Carters, singing acrobats Park and Clifford, and comic actor Phil Silvers. Smith and Dale perform their vaudeville restaurant routine with Berle as the waiter, and Milton turns Sid Stone's Texaco pitch into a Chinese comedy bit. Sid gives Milton a slapstick lesson on how to sing.
- 1948–1956TV EpisodeMilton Berle's guests are musical/comedy actress Mary McCarty, the Three Wiles, comedians Garry Moore and Lou Costello, hillbilly band Ozark Mountaineers, and dancers The Szonys. Berle joins the Mountaineers as dopey Cousin Elmer, and plays a French dame in the Texaco commercial with Sid Stone. McCarty sings a song about a taxi dancer and Moore does a comic poem about a cow.
- 1948–1956TV EpisodeHarry Richman hosts. His Guests dancers Valerie Bettis and Duncan Noble, acrobatic dance team Costello Twins, musical quartet The Vagabonds, comedy team Willie Howard and Hal Gary, singer Betty Reilly, and tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. With Texaco pitchman Sid Stone and Russ Case and his orchestra.
- Episode: (1948)1948–1956TV EpisodeBerle's guests are singer/dancer Jules Munshin, Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals featuring Johnny Puleo, the Chee Heins Risley act, 70-year-old dancer Emma Francis, and dance team Marge and Gower Champion. The Champions spoof Broadway dancing styles and Munshin takes-off on singers auditioning for the Metropolitan Opera. Berle joins the Chee Heins Risley act and causes chaos with the Stooges. Francis does a soft shoe dance and joins with Berle for a big "cake walk" finish.
- 1948–1956TV EpisodeBerle's guests are Sid Caesar, child actress Verna Raymond, Apache dance trio the Appletons, radio actress Hope Miller, comic dancers/acrobats Dick and Dot Remy, George M. Cohan Jr., and Three Maestros. Berle opens with a patriotic production including the song "Stay Away From the USA." He trades quips with precocious kid performer Raymond following her song-and-dance. Caesar does a routine about movie trailers and joins Berle and Miller in a sketch. Cohan closes the show with a medley of songs made famous by his father.
- Episode: (1948)1948–1956TV EpisodeUncle Miltie is the host of this election night episode. His guests are singer Gertrude Niesen, comics the Calgary Brothers, jugglers the Pierro Brothers, singer/musician Louis Prima, and the Cossack Quartet. Berle is carried onstage by Truman and Dewey impersonators. The Cossack Quartet performs a Russian song before being joined by Berle for goofing. Prima sings "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and gags with Berle on trumpets for "Tiger Rag." Milton stages an old vaudeville "Western Union" comedy sketch. The Calgary Brothers do a slow-motion drunk routine. Niesen sings "Wha' Hoppen, Baby" and joins Berle for "You're the Top."