Berle's season premiere includes Eddie Cantor, Sid Caesar, singer Eddie Fisher, the tap dancing Nicholas Brothers, English Channel swimmer Florence Chadwick, and vocalist Jane Froman. Cantor sings "Don't Put a Tax on Beautiful Girls" and does a sketch with Berle that combines their TV shows; Cantor, Berle and Fisher discuss the "police action" in Korea; Fisher does a medley featuring "Bring Back the Thrill;" Froman's medley features "It's a Good Day," "Tea for Two," "Embraceable You," and "Song in My Heart;" a sketch has Berle as half of a monster couple entertaining guests.
—Jay Phelps <jaynashvil@aol.com>