The Morey Amsterdam Show
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| The Morey Amsterdam Show | |
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| Starring | Morey Amsterdam |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 71 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 min |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS, DuMont |
| Original run | December 17, 1948 – October 12, 1950 |
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The Morey Amsterdam Show was a television sitcom which ran from 1948 to 1949 on CBS and from 1949 to 1950 on DuMont.
The show began on CBS radio with Morey Amsterdam playing himself as the emcee at a New York City nightclub - the "Golden Goose Cafe". He introduced musical and comedy acts, and performed songs and monologues himself. Art Carney played Charlie the Doorman and Jacqueline Susann was Lola the Cigarette Girl.
After six months on the radio, the show was moved to CBS television with the same characters, actors, and plot. CBS cancelled the show after 13 episodes.
The show was picked up by the DuMont Television Network and began broadcasting on April 21, 1949, with a few minor changes. The name of the nightclub was changed to the "Silver Swan Cafe". Art Carney's character changed to Newton the waiter and Vic Damone joined the cast as a nightclub singer. The DuMont series ran for 58 episodes[citation needed] Thursday evenings at 9:00 pm, until November 12, 1950, when it was replaced by The Adventures of Ellery Queen. It is unknown if any of the CBS episodes exist, but a number of DuMont epsodes exist at various archives, and several DuMont episodes have been released on DVD.
