TV Club (1950)
Don McNeil had a very successful morning radio show from 1933 to 1968. This was an attempt to bring the same thing (regulars plus guest stars) to nighttime television). His signature in both mediums: "Be good to yourself."
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Episode 1 - Episode #1.1
Release Date: 13 Sep. 1950The long-running "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club" radio show debuts as a TV series from Chicago. Regulars include singers Johnny Desmond and Patsy Lee, and comics Sam Cowling and Cliff Petersen, with the Eddie Ballantine orchestra. Guest Gloria Swanson who played femme fatale to McNeill's Latin lover in a sketch. Lee and Petersen perform "At the Nickelodeon Movie Show." Desmond sings "C'est Ci Bon" and "Ain't She Sweet" with Cowling. Satire of TV puppet shows had a human with strings being manipulated by a puppet.
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Episode 2 - Episode #1.2
Release Date: 20 Sep. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 3 - Episode #1.3
Release Date: 27 Sep. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 4 - Episode #1.4
Release Date: 4 Oct. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 5 - Episode #1.5
Release Date: 11 Oct. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 6 - Episode #1.6
Release Date: 18 Oct. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 7 - Episode #1.7
Release Date: 25 Oct. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 8 - Episode #1.8
Release Date: 1 Nov. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 9 - Episode #1.9
Release Date: 8 Nov. 1950Guests are Johnny Lujack and the Chicago Bears Football Team.
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Episode 10 - Episode #1.10
Release Date: 15 Nov. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 11 - Episode #1.11
Release Date: 22 Nov. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 12 - Episode #1.12
Release Date: 29 Nov. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 13 - Episode #1.13
Release Date: 6 Dec. 1950Don McNeill's guest is actor Barry Fitzgerald. Aunt Fanny, with Sam Cowling, addresses the Bird Watchers Society. Desmond sings "The Christmas Song" to a small child. Fitzgerald reads a Christmas story to kids and joins the cast for "Christmas in Killarney".
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Episode 14 - Episode #1.14
Release Date: 13 Dec. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 15 - Episode #1.15
Release Date: 20 Dec. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 16 - Episode #1.16
Release Date: 27 Dec. 1950Add a Plot
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Episode 17 - Episode #1.17
Release Date: 3 Jan. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 18 - Episode #1.18
Release Date: 10 Jan. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 19 - Episode #1.19
Release Date: 17 Jan. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 20 - Episode #1.20
Release Date: 24 Jan. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 21 - Episode #1.21
Release Date: 31 Jan. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 22 - Episode #1.22
Release Date: 7 Feb. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 23 - Episode #1.23
Release Date: 14 Feb. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 24 - Episode #1.24
Release Date: 21 Feb. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 25 - Episode #1.25
Release Date: 28 Feb. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 26 - Episode #1.26
Release Date: 7 Mar. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 27 - Episode #1.27
Release Date: 14 Mar. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 28 - Episode #1.28
Release Date: 21 Mar. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 29 - Episode #1.29
Release Date: 28 Mar. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 30 - Episode #1.30
Release Date: 4 Apr. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 31 - Episode #1.31
Release Date: 11 Apr. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 32 - Episode #1.32
Release Date: 18 Apr. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 33 - Episode #1.33
Release Date: 25 Apr. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 34 - Episode #1.34
Release Date: 2 May 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 35 - Episode #1.35
Release Date: 9 May 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 36 - Episode #1.36
Release Date: 16 May 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 37 - Episode #1.37
Release Date: 23 May 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 38 - Episode #1.38
Release Date: 30 May 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 39 - Episode #1.39
Release Date: 6 Jun. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 40 - Episode #1.40
Release Date: 13 Jun. 1951Add a Plot
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Episode 41 - Episode #1.41
Release Date: 20 Jun. 1951Don McNeill's family were guests.