"Tonight's" first monologue was given with Steve Allen seated at the piano: "In case you're just joining us...this is Tonight...and I can't think of too much to tell you about it, except I want to give you the bad news first: this program is going to go on forever. I wouldn't call it a Spectacular....you might say it's more a Monotonous."
Willie Mays talks with Steve about the upcoming World Series between the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians.
Bill Kenny, formerly of The Inkspots, sings "Whispering Grass." Pat Marshall sings "Fine and Dandy."
Show includes commercials for Ruppert Knickerbocker beer.
Steve Allen shows off his new stage set; Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence join Allen to sing George Gershwin's "Mine"; and Bill Kenny of the Ink Spots performs a song. The remainder of the program aired nationally on the NBC network, and includes the following highlights: Pat Marshall sings "Fine and Dandy"; in a send-up of TV sports interviews, announcer Gene Rayburn interviews college football star "Bullhead" Allen; and Rayburn recaps the day's news, including the U.S. Senate's split vote on the censure of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Includes commercials presented by Steve Allen.