Top-rated
Sat, Jan 10, 1953
Abbott & Costello host a mock Inaugural Ball for new President Eisenhower. Includes a hilarious recital by Victor Borge sending up outgoing President Truman and his piano-playing daughter Margaret. As Gisele McKenzie checks into Washington hotel, fans recognize her, so she performs a song for them.
Top-rated
Sat, Apr 25, 1953
Abbott and Costello were hosts. The Amin Brothers did acrobatics. Teresa Brewer sang a medley of ballads at front stage, then did a song and dance with the June Taylor dancers to Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes, her recent record, wearing a short showgirl skirt. Hoagy Carmichael played piano. Abbott And Costello were involved in skits.
Sat, May 30, 1953
Martin and Lewis welcome Patti Lewis, dancers The Four Step Brothers, Danny Arnold, and cameos by Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, with Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Dean and Jerry are upstaged by Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh who refuse to leave the stage. Airline pilot Dean deals with a new lunatic steward, Jerry. Jerry's a disruptive nine-year-old irritating his father and a cop at the arcade. Jerry plugs the new issue of TV Guide with he and Dean on the cover. Patti sings "My Daddy, My Hero, My Love" and a duet with Jerry. The boys dance with the Step Brothers in the close.
Sat, Oct 31, 1953
Bud Abbott hosts solo as Lou Costello is ill. His guests include: Peggy Lee; Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; actor Jimmy Thompson; dancers Pat Horn and Gene Nelson; The Pied Pipers; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. Miss Lee performs "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" in a smoke filled production number and sings a commercial for Halo shampoo! Nelson performs a dance titled "Off Center". Kinescoped clips from A&C's previous appearances are shown, including one involving a rubdown, another featuring diamonds.
Sat, Nov 28, 1953
Eddie Cantor hosts with guests Frank Sinatra, Brian Donlevy, Eddie Fisher, Harold Arlen, Connie Russell, the Debonaires, Joan Shawlee, Harold Arlen, and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. Maxi the Taxi picks up a woman he thinks is expecting. In a take-off of westerns, all the characters speak in voice overs. Composer Harold Arlen leads the cast in a medley of collection of his biggest hit songs.