Tennessee Ernie Ford asks his guest star, Charles Laughton, to read a poem from the "brown paper bag" poet, Fred Wobbly.
Also known as
The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
Genre
Variety
Written by
Norman Lear[1] Roland Kibbee[1]
Directed by
Bud Yorkin
Starring
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Composer
Harry Geller's Orchestra
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
5
No. of episodes
121
Production
Producer
Bud Yorkin
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
25 minutes
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
October 4, 1956 (1956-10-04) – June 29, 1961 (1961-06-29)
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The Ford Show (also known as The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show) was an American variety program starring singer and folk humorist Tennessee Ernie Ford, which aired on NBC on Thursday evenings from October 4, 1956, to June 29, 1961.[2] The show was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, whose founders shared a last name with the host but had no known relation.[3]
Beginning in September 1958, the show was telecast in color, and was broadcast from NBC Studios at 3000 W. Alameda Avenue in Burbank, California.[4] It was also one of the first places that showed Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts characters in animated form, which was directed by Bill Melendez, and became one of the most popular segments of his show.[5][3][6][7]
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^Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 425–426. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
^ ab"The Ford Show/Tennessee Ernie Ford Show". classictvhits.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
^"ClassicTVHits.com: TV Ratings". www.classictvhits.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
^"Ladies and Gentlemen: Tennessee Ernie Ford". ernieford.com. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
^"Amazing Grace: Forty Treasured Hymns". barnesandnoble.com. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
^"Biography: Tennessee Ernie Ford". ernieford.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
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