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Morey Amsterdam Show, The

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From Wikipedia:

The Morey Amsterdam Show is an American sitcom which ran from 1948 to 1949 on CBS Television (13 episodes) and from 1949 to 1950 on the DuMont Television Network (58 episodes), for a total of 71 episodes.

The show began on CBS Radio with Morey Amsterdam playing himself as the emcee at a fictional New York City nightclub, the "Golden Goose Cafe". He introduced musical and comedy acts, and performed songs and monologues himself. Art Carney played Charlie the Doorman and Jacqueline Susann was Lola the Cigarette Girl.

After six months on the radio, the show moved to CBS Television with the same characters, actors, and plot. The CBS version premiered December 17, 1948, and ended March 7, 1949 after 13 episodes.

The show was picked up by the DuMont Television Network and began broadcasting on April 21, 1949, with a few minor changes. The name of the nightclub was changed to the "Silver Swan Cafe". Art Carney's character changed to Newton the waiter, Susann continued as Lola, and Vic Damone joined the cast as a nightclub singer. The DuMont series ran for 58 episodes on Thursday evenings at 9:00 pm, until 12 October 1950, when it was replaced by The Adventures of Ellery Queen.

Original run December 17, 1948 – October 12, 1950

Who Talked About This Show

  • Ted Bergmann
  • Milton Delugg
  • Hazel Shermet
  • Bob Stewart

Featured Content

Video: Full episode from The Morey Amsterdam Show (c. 1950) on DuMont, from the Internet Archive

Resources

Links:

IMDb entry on The Morey Amsterdam Show

Wikipedia entry on The Morey Amsterdam Show

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All Interviewee clips on this show

  • Ted Bergmann
    • Ted Bergmann on memories of Art Carney from Cavalcade of Stars
      Clip begins at: 07:35, Duration: 00m 42s
  • Milton Delugg
    • Bandleader Milton Delugg on working on The Morey Amsterdam Show (NBC and ABC)
      Clip begins at: 31:19, Duration: 04m 40s
  • Hazel Shermet
    • Hazel Shermet on appearing on The Morey Amsterdam Show
      Clip begins at: 13:41, Duration: 04m 44s
    • Hazel Shermet on working with Art Carney on The Morey Amsterdam Show
      Clip begins at: 21:48, Duration: 01m 58s
  • Bob Stewart
    • Bob Stewart on producing The Morey Amsterdam Show
      Clip begins at: 12:28, Duration: 03m 48s
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