One of the best things ever televised.
I was only about 3 when it ended, and don't recall seeing it in later reruns.
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The Kate Smith Show is a half-hour variety program which aired on CBS television from January 25 to July 18, 1960. The program features singer Kate Smith and the Harry Simeone Chorale.[1]
Contents
1 Background
2 CBS program launched
3 The Ford Show guest
4 Later career
5 References
Background
A Virginia native who dropped out of nursing school to pursue a singing career, Smith was a radio personality from 1930 to 1951. From 1950 to 1954, she hosted an afternoon weekday program on NBC television. The program was co-produced by Barry Wood and Smith’s long-time manager, Ted Collins, formerly an officer of Columbia Records. One of the segments called “Cracker Barrel” is an interview of her guests. The program also features segments entitled “The House in the Garden”, “America Sings,” and “Ethel and Albert,” a domestic comedy strip.[1]
In the 1951-1952 season, Smith hosted The Kate Smith Evening Hour on NBC, produced by Greg Garrison, later the producer of The Dean Martin Show.[1] This series, which featured the second of only two television appearances by country music legend Hank Williams, aired on Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. Eastern opposite CBS’s Arthur Godfrey and Friends.
In 1956, Ted Collins sustained a critical heart attack. Smith cancelled all engagements and determined to leave television permanently. She spent months either in the hospital or at home praying for Collins’ recovery. Collins was married, and Smith was single; there was no romantic connection between the two.[2] ...”