''The Bill Goodwin Show'' is a variety program that was broadcast on
NBC
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television from September 11, 1951 to March 27, 1952.
Schedule
The program was seen on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, initially alternating days with ''The Bert Parks Show''. When the Parks program moved to
CBS
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, a program headed by
Ralph Edwards
Ralph Livingstone Edwards (June 13, 1913DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 86-87. – November 16, 2005) was an American radio ...
replaced it on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Format
Sponsored by
General Electric
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appliances, the program featured music, songs, guest and interviews.
[Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 107.] A reviewer for the trade publication
Billboard
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found that the show's debut broadcast left much to be desired:
The new ''Bill Goodwin Show'' is described by NBC as "A variety-musical comedy-audience participation series with guest personalities." In a do-or-die attempt to live up to this ever-stuffed analysis of its content, the initial program fell flat on its format. . . Goodwin has a lot of charm and should click big in TV once NBC decides to let him be himself instead of Berle-Parks-and-O'Neill all rolled up into one impossible package.
Personnel
Generally known as an announcer,
left that role with ''
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
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'' to become the host of his own daytime program.
[ ]Eileen Barton
Eileen Barton (November 24, 1924 – June 27, 2006) was an American singer best known for her 1950 hit song, "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake."
Early years
Barton was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her birthdate is often given as 1 ...
and Roger Dann were vocalists, and the Joe Bushkin Trio provided instrumental music. Louis Cowan and Sherman Marks produced the show; Bob E. Emerick was a writer.
References
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1951 American television series debuts
1952 American television series endings
1950s American variety television series
General Electric sponsorships