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The Ed Wynn show, 1950

1950 episode of CBS Network's 'The Ed Wynn show' with original Camel commercials. Ed's guests are Helen Forrest, The Three Stooges and William Frawley.
This entry was broadcast live March 11, 1950 on the west coast. The Ed Wynn show was the first network series to be aired live on the west coast and have the kinescopes shipped east, where they would air a couple of weeks later. The kinescope of this shown was seen on the east coast March 25, 1950.
Ratings were not great, but the show won two Emmy Awards and introduced the likes of Dinah Shore or Lucy and Dezi to TV.


This movie is part of the collection: Classic TV

Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Classic TV; 1950's; Fifties; Variety; Vaudeville; show; Ed Wynn show; The Three Stooges; Helen Forrest; William Frawley; Camel; CBS; Live; Kinescope

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Reviewer: richgoup - - October 30, 2011
Subject: Episode 1.25 (The Ed Wynn Show)
Season 1, episode 25.
Original air date: 11 March 1950.
Ed approaches three CBS network executives (played by the three Stooges) seeking help to improve his program.
Cast: Ed Wynn (Himself- Host/ Performer), The Three Stooges (Sketch Actors), Helen Forrest (Herself), Bill Frawley (Himself- Actor), Larry Fine (member- The Three Stooges: uncredited), Moe Howard (Member- The Three Stooges: uncredited) and Shemp Howard (Member- The Three Stooges: uncredited).
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Reviewer: Greg Carmack - - October 25, 2008
Subject: Helen Forrest
Nice to see an appearance of Miss Forrest, who was one of the swing era's great singers and graced the Goodman and Artie Shaw orchestras a decade before this TV program.

Reviewer: Moose Malloy - - October 7, 2008
Subject: Fun with Ed
A happy and early TV show. Ed is always a delight and the added attractions of the 3 Stooges, Helen Forrest (a frequent duet star with Dick Haymes) and William Frawley make this a great 30 mins.

Interestingly, I thought the Stooges looked even more comfortable before the audience and the cameras than Ed did at times. Those three never missed a beat the whole show.

The show is complete with adverts for Camel cigarettes, and the skit with the girl customers, William Frawley and a hard-working Ed (it took him 3 days to build that thing you know) perhaps showed Mr. Wynn at his best here.

The video, unfortunately, suffered from some jerky movement. However, it didn't spoil the enjoyment one bit!