Morey Amsterdam Show, The

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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