The Morey Amsterdam Show
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| The Morey Amsterdam Show | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
The Morey Amsterdam Show was a television sitcom which ran from 1948 to 1949 on CBS(13 Episodes) and from 1949 to 1950, and on DuMont (58 episodes), for a total of 71 episodes.
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. The CBS version premiered 17 December 1948, and ended 7 March 1949 after 13 episodes.
The show was picked up by the DuMont Television Network and began broadcasting on 21 April 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, Susann continued as Lola, and Vic Damone joined the cast as a nightclub singer. The DuMont series ran for 58 episodes (Source: IMDB) on Thursday evenings at 9:00 pm, until 12 October 1950, when it was replaced by The Adventures of Ellery Queen. Several CBS episodes exist, and most of the DuMont episodes exist at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and a couple DuMont episodes have been released on DVD by small DVD companies. The final episode of The Morey Amsterdam Show can be seen on www.tv4u.com, and one episode can found at the Internet Archive.
