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1. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,241
2. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,769
3. Person to Person (1953–1961)
30 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Interviews with figures from public life.
Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Charles Collingwood, Jayne Meadows, Jerry Lewis
Votes: 223
4. The Lady, or the Tiger? (1969)
16 min | Short, Fantasy
"The Lady or the Tiger?", is a short film that ends ambiguously in a cliffhanger. A barbaric king in times past would adjudicate/punish crimes in his kingdom with the following choices: the... See full summary »
Director: Larry Yust | Stars: Ivan Triesault, Tammie Mavroleon, Philip Chapin, Sandy Descher
Votes: 6
5. John Keats: His Life and Death (1973)
55 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Director: John Barnes | Stars: John Stride, Janina Faye, Richard Everett, Frank Barrie
Votes: 11
6.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Jane Powell
(1958)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Arlene Francis, Martin Gabel, Dana Wynter, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 38
7. The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Guests who have the same name as famous persons, fictional characters, or things, are quizzed by celebrity panelists who try to determine their name.
Stars: Joan Alexander, Robert Q. Lewis, Gene Rayburn, Roger Price
Votes: 98
8.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Bob Hope
(1958)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Stars: Arlene Francis, Cesar Romero, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 34
9. The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
120 min | Comedy
The show was a live talk show hosted by actor Jerry Lewis. Each episode was 2-hours-long. The show was filmed in the renovated El Capitan Theatre, which had recently been purchased by ABC. ... See full summary »
Stars: Jerry Lewis, Del Moore, Kaye Stevens, Mort Sahl
Votes: 47
10. Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age (1971)
28 min | Short, Biography
An introduction to Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist. A world poet-a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare.
Director: L.C. Stoumen | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Cliff Osmond, Raymond Massey
Votes: 23
11. Bartleby (1969)
27 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Larry Yust | Stars: James Westerfield, Patrick Campbell, Larry Barton, Billy Beck
Votes: 18
12. We, the People (1948–1952)
30 min | Talk-Show
The host interviewed entertainers, politicians and average Americans to discuss important events in their lives.
Stars: The Oscar Bradley Orchestra, Lee Vines, Dan Seymour, Dwight Weist
Votes: 20
13. The Borrowers (1973 TV Movie)
Unrated | 81 min | Family, Fantasy
An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Judith Anderson, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 377
14. Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 (1939)
10 min | Short, Drama
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Rex Stout, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
Votes: 38
15. Critic at Large (1948–1949)
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: John Mason Brown, Norman Cousins, Clifton Fadiman, Jo Mielziner
Votes: 14
16. Information Please: Series 2, No. 12 (1941)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Boris Karloff, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
Votes: 8
17. Information Please: Series 2, No. 2 (1940)
10 min | Short
This issue of RKO's Information Please series, based on the radio program featuring most of the same people, has Howard Lindsay, co-author and co-star of the then-current Broadway play, "... See full summary »
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Ruth Gordon, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
Votes: 9
18. The Magic Shop (1980)
Director: Jerry Haislmaier | Stars: Robert Schneiderman, Bob Weiss, Ralph Freda, Adam Lisburg
Votes: 21
19. This Is Show Business (1956– )
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Walter Slezak, Jacqueline Susann, Merv Griffin
20. Alumni Fun (1963–1966)
30 min | Game-Show
Stars: John K.M. McCaffery, Bill Shipley, Lloyd Bridges, Bennett Cerf
21. This Is Show Business (1949–1956)
30 min | Family, Talk-Show
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Abe Burrows, George S. Kaufman, Sam Levenson
22. Information Please (1952– )
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Viewers would submit questions and try to stump three panelists, two regulars and one guest.
Stars: John Kieran, John K.M. McCaffery, Gene Lockhart, Gregory Ratoff
23. What's in a Word (1954– )
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Summer replacement quiz show. The panelists had to guess a rhyme based on a two-word association provided by the contestant.
Stars: Audrey Meadows, Faye Emerson, Mike Wallace, Clifton Fadiman
24. Information Please: Series 3, No. 5 (1942)
10 min | Short
Director: Frank P. Donovan | Stars: Clifton Fadiman, John Carradine, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
25. Information Please: Series 3, No. 1 (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Short
In the first of the third (1941-42 season) RKO series of shorts based on the popular radio program, Information Please, noted foreign correspondent John Gunther joins regular panel member ... See full summary »
Director: Frank P. Donovan | Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Franklin P. Adams, John Gunther, Oscar Levant
26. Monitor (1955 TV Special)
60 min | Family
Live and filmed simulcast introducing the NBC concept for weekend network radio programming, with a one -tine TV showing to introduce its features. NBC president Sylvester (Pat) L. Weaver, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Zeamer | Stars: Red Barber, Morgan Beatty, Bob & Ray, Bob Elliott
27. Information Please: Series 1, No. 11 (1940)
10 min | Short
Christopher Morley, author of "Kitty Foyle", joins regular panel members Oscar Levant, Franklin P.Adams and John Kieran in a session where more than-the-usual questions are missed, but the ... See full summary »
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Christopher Morley, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
28. The Year Gone By (1958 TV Special)
120 min | News
CBS News correspondent Howard K. Smith hosts this year end look at 1958, specifically in the area of the sciences, arts, and humanities.
Director: Vern Diamond | Stars: James B. Conant, Bosley Crowther, Clifton Fadiman, Emily Genauer
29. Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1953 TV Special)
Family
Stars: Edie Adams, Joey Adams, Robert Alda, Steve Allen
30. Information Please: Series 3, No. 4 (1942)
10 min | Short
Resident experts answer questions regarding popular queens as represented by different pieces of wearing apparel, well known lines of poetry acted out in pantomine are answered by experts ... See full summary »
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, John Gunther, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
31. Here Is China (1944)
27 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary giving a short history of China and how it was being affected by the Japanese invasion during World War II, aka The Second Sino-Japanese War.
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Kai-Shek Chiang
32. The American Indian Speaks (1973)
22 min | Documentary, Short
This important film presents the American Indian speaking for himself ---discussing what he wants and how he feels. It features historically important Native Americans such as Chief Dan ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas G. Smith | Star: Clifton Fadiman
33. Information Please: Series 1, No. 8 (1940)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Ruth Gordon, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
34. Information Please: Series 1, No. 9 (1940)
Approved | 11 min | Short
The ninth entry, based on the radio program, of the 1940-41 production season (RKO production number 24201) finds the regular panel staff---Oscar Levant, Franklin P. Adams and John Kiewan--... See full summary »
Director: Frank P. Donovan | Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Elmer Davis, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
35. Lord, Let Me Die But Not Die Out (1970)
37 min | Short
Poet James Dickey visits various colleges and discusses and reads from his works. Later, he and fellow poet Robert Lowell discuss their dreams.
Director: Stanley Croner | Stars: James Dickey, Robert Lowell
36. This Is Show Business (1951– )
Music, Talk-Show
Televised live coast to coast on CBS, hosted by Clifton Fadiman. Part variety, part game show, part panel show.
Stars: Vic Oliver, British Concert Orchestra, Michel De Lutry, Domini Callaghan
37. Information Please: Series 1, No. 10 (1940)
11 min | Short
Deems Taylor joins Clifton Fadiman and the Information Please regular panel members, Oscar Levant, Franklin P. Adams and John Kieran, for this entry in the series based on the radio program.
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Deems Taylor, John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams
38.
The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
Episode:
Premiere Show with Steve Allen, Jimmy Durante, Johnny Carson, Kaye Stevens, Mort Sahl, Harry James
(1963)
120 min | Comedy
Director: John Dorsey | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Durante
39.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Dane Clark
(1954)
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Joan Alexander, Dane Clark, Clifton Fadiman, Bess Myerson
40.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Jack Dempsey
(1954)
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Joan Alexander, Jack Dempsey, Clifton Fadiman, Bess Myerson
41.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Van Johnson
(1954)
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Joan Alexander, Clifton Fadiman, Van Johnson, Bess Myerson
42.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Terry Moore
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
**Clifton Fadiman's Debut as permanent host** 1. A. Male 2. Terry Moore 3. Guest Terry Moore's wish: "Someday I'd like to have twins" 4. Robert Taylor.
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Joan Alexander, Marc Connelly, Audrey Meadows
43.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Hoagy Carmichael
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Audrey Meadows, Hoagy Carmichael, Hildy Parks
44.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Chico Marx
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Sponser: Ralston 1st Round - Hope Diamond 2nd Round - Will Rob 3rd Round - The Marx Brothers [Ben/Theodore/Milton/Leo] 4th Round - Chico Marx wishes that no one finds out he has the Hope Diamond in his pocket.
Stars: Joan Alexander, Clifton Fadiman, Chico Marx, Audrey Meadows
45.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Margaret O'Brien
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Sponser: Ralston 1st Round - Hope Diamond 2nd Round - Will Rob 3rd Round - The Marx Brothers [Ben/Theodore/Milton/Leo] 4th Round - Chico Marx wishes that no one finds out he has the Hope Diamond in his pocket.
Stars: Joan Alexander, Clifton Fadiman, Audrey Meadows, Margaret O'Brien
46.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Eddie Albert
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
1. Penny Stamps 2. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 3. I. Argue 4. Margaret O'Brien would like the panel to see spots before their eyes.
Stars: Eddie Albert, Joan Alexander, Clifton Fadiman, Audrey Meadows
47.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Ken Murray
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Audrey Meadows, Ken Murray, Hildy Parks
48.
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
Episode:
Gil Hodges
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Director: Jerome Schnur | Stars: Joan Alexander, Clifton Fadiman, Gil Hodges, Audrey Meadows
49.
This Is Show Business (1949–1956)
Episode:
Episode dated 12 February 1950
(1950)
30 min | Family, Talk-Show
Stars: Clifton Fadiman, Abe Burrows, June Havoc
50.
The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1963)
Comedy
Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Del Moore, Clifton Fadiman, Kaye Stevens