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Here Come The Girls (TV Series)
''Here Come the Girls'' was a short-lived Australian television variety series which aired in early 1960 on Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC station ABV (TV station), ABV-2. Hosted by Ruth Nye, the cast of the first episode of the weekly series included vocalist Paula Langlands, soprano Madge Stephens, and pianists Joy Mitchell and Wendy Pomroy. As the title suggests, the main focus of the series was female performers. There is no information available as to whether any of the episodes are still extant. Reception Reviewing the first episode, ''The Age'' considered the series to be "a big disappointment". The writer for the newspaper said that Wendy Pomroy's piano item was entertaining, but that "Elsewhere was chaos for a channel which has a record for the presentation of above-average variety of the more dignified type" and stated the second episode showed no improvement. References External links *{{IMDb title 1960 Australian television series debuts 1960 Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety Show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical theatre, musical performances, sketch comedy, magic (illusion), magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a Master of Ceremonies, compère (master of ceremonies) or Television presenter, host. The variety format made its way from the Victorian era stage in Britain and America to radio and then television. Variety shows were a staple of English language television from the late 1940s into the 1980s. While still widespread in some parts of the world, such as in the United Kingdom with the ''Royal Variety Performance'', and South Korea with ''Running Man (South Korean TV series), Running Man'', the proliferation of multichannel television and evolving viewer tastes have affected the popularity of variety shows in the United States. Despite this, their influence has still had a major effect on late night television whose la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
