19571950s TV SHOW
THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW - TV VARIETY SHOW. 1950'S
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SPONSORS: JOHNSON'S WAX. SKYSCRAPER AND GLOBE
LIGHT UP. LIKE A FUTURISTIC WORLD. |
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STEVE ALLEN THANKS AUDIENCE. HIS 7 YEAR OLD SON, DAVID, IS WHEELED OUT IN A CRIB. STEVE KISSES HIM GOODNIGHT AND HE'S WHEELED OFF.
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STEVE INTRODUCES LIBERACE. LIBERACE PUTS ON A FEDORA AND SAYS HELLO TO "STEVEARINO". STEVE SIMILARLY GREETS HIM BACK.
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STEVE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT LIBERACE THINKS ABOUT WHEN PLAYING PIANO. LIBERACE, AT PIANO, PLAYS SNIPPETS OF TUNES GIVEN TO HIM BY STEVE - COMEDIC VISUAL THOUGHT BUBBLES POP UP FROM HIS MIND AS HE PLAYS.
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CUT TO ANIMATED RAID BUG KILLER COMMERCIAL. AN ANIMATED BUG SPRAYED WITH RAID LYING IN A COFFIN. BUGS FLYING AROUND AND MARCHING LIKE AN ARMY - WIPED OUT BY A FEW SPRAYS OF RAID. WOMAN SPRAYING RAID ON ROSES AND OTHER OUTDOOR PLANTS.
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STEVE WITH A DRINK SITTING AT PIANO. HE INTRODUCES SINGER ABBEY LINCOLN.
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ABBEY LINCOLN
YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST LOUIS
(live)
FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ VOCALIST.
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CUT TO LIVE COMMERCIAL FOR BUG REPELLANT, OFF!. TOM POSTON SITTING ON BEACH LOUNGE CHAIR SWATTING MOSQUITOS BUZZING AROUND HIM. STEVE SPRAYS HIM WITH OFF! TOM PATS IT ALL OVER HIMSELF.
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HAND HOLDING CAN OF OFF! INSECT REPELLENT.
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STEVE HOLDING UP CAN OF OFF! THEN ASKS TOM TO GET "OFF", AND HE LEAVES.
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STEVE IS JOINED BY LOU COSTELLO, THEY PERFORM A SHORT COMEDIC SKETCH.
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| 00:10:23 617.76 |
STEVE ANNOUNCES COMEDY SKIT FEATURING LOU COSTELLO, A VISIT TO THE HOSPTIAL.
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COSTELLO, WITH A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS IN A HOSPITAL ROOM, SCREAMING FOR A DOCTOR FOR SORE ELBOW. DON KNOTTS ENTERS AS NERVOUS DR. BAVONA WITH STETHOSCOPE AROUND HIS NECK. COSTELLO STRIPS DOWN TO HIS SKIVVIES.
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NURSE ENTERS WITH THERMOMETER AS DR. BAVONA SCREAMS FOR PEACE AND QUIET, COSTELLO SHOUTS LOUDLY. NURSE TAKES COSTELLO'S TEMP AND ALSO SCREAMS FOR PEACE AND QUIET.
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COSTELLO IN BED AS VARIOUS CRAZY CHARACTERS COME AND GO, A COP COMES SEVERAL TIMES AND SHOOTS A MAN, A CRAZY MAID DANCES AROUND HIS BED WITH A WATERING CAN AND WATERS HIM, A GENIE ASKS IF HE WANTS HIS PALM READ AND PAINTS IT RED, COP KEEPS COMING BACK SHOOTING, MAID THROWS APPLES EVERYWHERE. CHAOS. AND NO PEACE AND QUIET.
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STEVE AT PIANO AS SPOKESMAN FOR GLO-COAT, CUTS TO COMMERCIAL.
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ANIMATED GLO-COAT FLOOR WAX COMMERCIAL. ANIMATED MAN IN KITCHEN WITH LINOLEUM FLOOR. SHOWS ANIMATED CROSS SECTION OF DIRTY FLOOR MAGNIFIED. GLO-COAT'S NEW PACKGE.
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| 00:19:26 1161.63 |
STEVE AS SPOKESMAN HOLDS UP CAN OF GLO-COAT
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STEVE SITTING AT PIANO HOLDS UP ALBUM BY ANDY WILLIAMS.
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CU ANDY WILLIAMS ALBUM.
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ANDY WILLIAMS
PLAYIN' THE FIELD
(live)
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SONG ENDS, STEVE JOINS ANDY - THEY TALK ABOUT STEVE'S RECORD HITS AND TV SHOW. STEVE HANDS ANDY A UKULELE
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ANDY WILLIAMS
LIPS OF WINE
(live)
ANDY ON UKULELE
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AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. BLANK.
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STEVE INTRODUCES BILLBOARD GIRL, LORRAINE ROGERS. LORRAINE HOLDS UP FIRST COPY OF STEVE'S NEW PIANO ALBUM, ROMANTIC RENDEVOUS. LORRAINE IS ON THE COVER.
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STEVE OPENS "COMING ATTRACTIONS" BINDER AND ANNOUNCES NEXT WEEK'S GUESTS.
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CU PHOTO HEDY LAMARR
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CU PHOTO THE COASTERS
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CU PHOTO PAT KIRBY
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CU PHOTO SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE - "SOMETHNG FOR THE BIG BOYS AND THE LITTLE BOYS"
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CU PHOTO JOE E. BROWN.
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CU PHOTOS OF SHOW REGULARS, DON KNOTTS, TOM POSTON, SKITCH HENDERSON AND LOUIS NYE
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STEVE INVITES LIBERACE OUT TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT GUEST, OPERA STAR, JEAN FENN.
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JEAN FENN
THE JEWEL SONG - FROM FAUST
(live)
JEWELRY HANGING ON FAKE TREE BRANCH.
JEAN IS AN AMERICAN SOPRANO |
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STEVE AS SPOKESMAN FOR JOHNSON'S HOLD UP BOTTLE OF JUBILEE.
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CU HAND HOLDING BOTTLE OF JOHNSON'S JUBILEE.
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| 00:32:05 1920.08 |
SKITCH HENDERSON COMES OUT AND CLEANS OFF STEVE'S PIANO KEYS WITH JUBILEE. STEVE PLUGS THE PRODUCT
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| 00:32:23 1938.59 |
CUT TO LIVE JOHNSON'S JUBILEE COMMERCIAL. "HAPPY" HOUSEWIFE SHOWS OFF THE PRODUCT. SHE PROUDLY CLEANS OFF SURFACES AROUND THE HOUSE - IT'S WONDERFUL ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
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| 00:32:54 1968.86 |
GENE RAYBURN HOLDS UP BOTTLE OF JUBILEE. STEVE LAUGHING OFF CAMERA AND GENE FLUBS HIS LINES. HE ANNOUNCES A NEW FEATURE ON THE SHOW PROMOTING NEW FILMS - THE ALLEN MOVIE PREVIEW.
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STEVE SITTING HOLDING AND EXAMINING A MOVIE REEL FROM A VINTAGE MOVIE CAMERA.
STEVE PARODIES MOVIE CRITICS AND THE ENTIRE MOVIE INDUSTRY AS WELL. |
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STEVE, IN THIS PARODY, TALKS ABOUT A NEW FOREIGN FILM JUST RELEASED, "THE PRIDE AND THE PIZZA". HE IS ABOUT TO INTRODUCE THE NEW ITALIAN ACTRESS STARRING IN THE FILM, FORGETS HER NAME AND REACHES IN HIS POCKET FOR HIS NOTES. THE FILM STARS ACTRESS, "SOPHIA GROSSINGER".
STEVE SETS UP SCENE FROM MOVIE. VAR. SCENES FROM FAKE MOVIES TO FOLLOW. |
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GRAINY BW FOOTAGE, SOLDIERS ON HORSES
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TOM POSTON AS GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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DON KNOTTS PLAYS A LIEUTENANT SOLDIER AND SALUTES GEORGE. THEY STUFF SANDWICHES IN THEIR MOUTHS.
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STEVE, STILL SITTING NEXT TO MOVIE PROJECTOR, SETS UP NEXT SCENE IN AN EXAGGERATED MANNER.
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SIGNAGE - LIT UP SURGERY SIGN.
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DON KNOTTS IN BED PLAYS SICK PATIENT, TOM POSTON PLAYS DR. CRONKITE. PATIENT WAKES UP FROM SURGERY. DR. LIFTS UP HIS SHIRT AND SHOWS HIS SCARS TO PATIENT.
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AUDIENCE APPLAUSE AND STEVE SETS UP THE NEXT SCENE.
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PAN UP HI-RISE, STREET SIGN - E. 30 ST.
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BUSY EXECUTIVE AT DESK, LOUIE NYE, SMOKING CIGAR, KNOCK AT DOOR, IT'S DON KNOTTS PAYING A VISIT TO HIS BOSS. HE SEARCHES HIS POCKETS FOR SOMETHING HE HAS FOR HIM. HE FINDS THE SOMETHING - IT'S A GUN, AND HE SHOOTS HIS BOSS DEAD IN THE HEAD.
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STEVE RETURNS AND THANKS THE AUDIENCE.
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STEVE AT PIANO TRIES ON A FUNKY SPORTS CAR HAT. AND CUTS TO COMMERCIAL.
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ANIMATED COMMERCIAL FOR J-WAX BY JOHNSON'S. J-WAX CAN WITH BUILT IN CLEANER. MAN WAXING CAR. YOU CAN SEE HIS REFLECTION. WATER BEADING ON CAR HOOD. SHINY VINTAGE CAR.
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STEVE HOLDS UP CAN OF J-WAX.
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STEVE INTRODUCES LIBERACE. THEY SHAKE HANDS AND TALK. LIBERACE IS DECKED OUT IN BOW TIE AND FANCY TUXEDO WITH TAILS
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LIBERACE
WARSAW CONCERTO AND MALAGUENA
(live)
LIBERACE PLAYS A MEDLEY OF SONGS WRITTEN BY FAMOUS CLASSICAL COMPOSERS HE HAS MET AROUND THE WORLD.
RICHARD ADINSELL - WARSAW CONCERTO ERNEST LECUONA - MALAGUENA |
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LIBERACE AND JEAN FENN
AROUND THE WORLD
(live)
JEAN FENN IS ACCOMPANIED BY LIBERACE AND VIOLINISTS
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STEVERINO AS SPOKEMAN FOR GREYHOUND BUS. LIVE GREYHOUND DOG WEARING A 'GREYHOUND' LOGO COAT.
GO GREYHOUND GRAPHIC SIGN. |
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GREYHOUND BUS COMMERCIAL. FAMILY DRIVING IN CAR. IT'S HOT, DAD SWEATING. MOM AND CHILD FANNING THEMSELVES.
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CU FATHER LOOKING IRRITABLE AND HOT.
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LITTLE GIRL ON AIR CONDITIONED BUS PLAYING WITH DOLL SITTING ON MOTHER'S LAP.
TAKE THE BUS LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US. |
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HAPPY LITTLE GIRL BOUNCES OFF BUS WITH BUS DRIVER'S HELP.
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BUS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY.
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PASSENGERS AND BUS DRIVER SINGING JINGLE
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POV - BUS DRIVER - DIVIDED HIGHWAY
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DOUBLE DECKER GREYHOUND BUS
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LIBERACE THANKS AUDIENCE AND INTRODUCES NEXT GUEST.
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STEVE COMES OUT ALL DRESSED UP EXACTLY LIKE LIBERACE IN TUX AND TAILS. THEY SIT AT DUELING PIANOS. STEVE PICKS UP GAS LANTERN AND PUTS IT ON TOP OF HIS PIANO. CANDELABRA ON LIBERACES'S. THEY PERFORM TOGETHER.
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LIBERACE AND STEVE ALLEN
TEA FOR TWO
(live)
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LIBERACE DANCING AS STEVE CONTINUES PLAYING .
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STEVE AND LIBERACE DANCING ROUTINE, TWO STEP, ETC. THEY TAKE A BOW. DO AN ENCORE. AUDIENCE APPLAUDS.
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STEVE THANKS AUDIENCE AND GUESTS. GUESTS COME OUT ONE BY ONE.
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JOHNSON'S WAX SPONSOR.
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LIST OF GUESTS ON NEXT WEEK'E SHOW.
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REEL END.
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