Shower of Stars (February 16, 1956)

The Andrews Sisters, Gene Austin, Georgia Gibbs, Gary Crosby (Bing's son), Frankie Laine, Martha Tilton, Rudy Vallée, Red Skelton

[@sandy3482]

The Andrew Sisters, Frankie Laine singing Jezebel, Ziggy Elman and Martha Tilton I was only 6 but I am sure my parents watched and loved this show. I know I just did!

[@michaelabrams7345]

This was broadcast on my 5th birthday. 68 years later I get to see it.

[@dtnetlurker]

As noted by others, this was originally broadcast in full color. Amazing that they were broadcasting in full color before they ever even had a way of archiving it in color. Sadly it and many hundreds of shows were never able to be preserved in color. Many of Red Skelton's variety show were only Kinescoped in B&W up to 1965. Even when they got the first tape machines in 57, it was far too expensive to use for every show until the cost went down several years later.

[@jasonplatt2228]

I wish this type of variety show would come back to popularity, but these are expensive to run and it's a different television era now.

[@usmale4915]

I grew up watching this type of variety show, and like you, I really wish someone would begin producing variety shows again!

[@stephengroce7674]

wonderful!

[@leewilson77]

☺️

[@usmale4915]

This is great. I especially enjoyed seeing and hearing Georgia Gibbs! I have many of her recordings, she was the "bomb"! Also enjoyed the entire show. Thank you for posting this fantastic video!

[@tonykool5347]

Golly, that push button drive on Chrysler Corporation cars is really the ginchiest. I wish we could still have that excitement today. This show was in broadcast originally in color, now add push button drive, no wonder we are so board today.

[@Dachshund]

This series was CBS's once-a-month replacement for the "Climax" drama anthology series, which was also sponsored by Chrysler Corporation.

[@fromthesidelines]

Thursdays, 8:30pm(et).

[@fromthesidelines]

Actually, this originally aired on February 16, 1956 (the "SHOWER OF STARS" presentation for December 15, 1955 was a repeat of "A Christmas Carol" [starring Basil Rathbone and Fredric March]; the following week, "CLIMAX!" presented "Nightmare By Day", as noted at 57:37.

[@fromthesidelines]

0:02- "LIVE, in FULL COLOR....."

[@fromthesidelines]

At 25:55, Martha and Jack Cathcart's band were actually miming to Benny Goodman's 1955 soundtrack recording of the song for "The Benny Goodman Story"- including Ziggy Elman, whose solo was actually played by Mannie Klein.

[@fromthesidelines]

59:18: "Saturday night, see 'GUNSMOKE', on the CBS Television Network."

[@tomservo56954]

I thought that was cigarettes, not cars...

[@fromthesidelines]

That was delivered by a CBS staff announcer- and it was THEIR promo, not Chrysler's.

[@jimrick6632]

BEFORE TAPE...HOW ABOUT UPLOADING IN MP4?????

[@rocantenrocanten4150]

страшно....