The Milton Berle Show

Épisode 1 - Episode 1

8 juin 1948

First episode to be televised.

Épisode 2 - Ronal Reagan

4 mai 1953

Épisode 3 - Zsa Zsa Gabor

15 mai 1953

Épisode 4 - Gertrude Berg

15 juin 1953

Épisode 5 - Peter Lawford

15 juillet 1953

Épisode 6 - Danny Thomas

15 août 1953

Épisode 7 - Mickey Rooney

15 septembre 1953

Épisode 42 - Episode 42

22 mars 1949

In this episode of the Texaco Star Theater, we join host Milton Berle as guests Ethel Merman, Teddy Hale, Keye Luke and many more. Berle opens dressed as a Roman riding in a chariot, joins Merman for The Varsity Drag and Friendship and much more.

Épisode 11 - Edward Everett Horton, The Piero Brothers, Mazzone-Abbott Dancers, Mary Small, Phil Regan

29 novembre 1949

Milton Berle's guests this week include comic actor Edward Everett Horton, jugglers the Pieros, Mazzone-Abbott Dancers, singer Mary Small, and Phil Regan.

Épisode 24 - Victor Jory, Fran Warren, The Charlivels, Rudy Vallee, Dick Berne

28 février 1950

Berle's scheduled guests include actor Victor Jory, singer Fran Warren, acrobats The Charlivels, singer Rudy Vallee, and comic Dick Berne.

Épisode 11 - Lon Chaney Jr.

28 novembre 1950

Berle's scheduled guests this week include Frank Sinatra, singer Georgia Gibbs, and horror movie star Lon Chaney, Jr.

Épisode 37 - Danny Thomas

29 mai 1951

Milton's guests this episode include: Danny Thomas, Beatrice Kraft and her oriental dancers, Fran Warren, opera singer Vivian Della Chiesa, singer/actor Carlos Ramirez, 15 year old violinist Michael Rabin, dancers Harold and Lola, announcer Frank Gallop. Berle opens the show dressed as a June bride. Later, he coaches Thomas on how to host a weekly variety series while cracking a bull-whip at his writers. The finale is a succession of performers in the "United Nations of Show Business" production.

Épisode 14 - Ronald Reagan and Dolores Gray

13 janvier 1953

Needing $150,000 to finish a movie, the film's producers send star Ronald Reagan to New York to ask Milton Berle to furnish the necessary funds as an investment. Milton misunderstands, thinking he has been offering a starring role in Reagan's movie, and arrives at the movie studio completely disrupting production.

Épisode 15 - Gertrude Berg

20 janvier 1953

Molly Goldberg asks Milton to help her provide entertainment for a benefit. His chosen guests, Bobby Sherwood and the Andrews Sisters are reluctant to assist.

Épisode 1 - Frink Sinatra, Tallulah Bankhead

29 septembre 1953

Frank Sinatra and Tallulah Bankhead are Milton's guest stars in the rechristened "Buick-Berle Show." Miltie reads that Bankhead is producing a Broadway play and begins scheming to take over as star from Sinatra. Also appearing are Milton Frome and Jack Collins. The singing "men of Texaco" make a cameo at the top of the show.

Épisode 3 - Jackie Cooper

13 octobre 1953

Berle's guests include actor Jackie Cooper, singer Eddie Fisher, and comedienne Dagmar. Milton demonstrates the trials and tribulations of hosting a variety television show, complete with unoriginal staff, dim-witted crew, squabbling guest-stars - as well as the star who's convinced that his writers aren't giving him enough jokes. The story is told Dragnet-style, complete with Dragnet musical themes and stingers.

Épisode 4 - Paul Douglas, Marguerite Piazza

27 octobre 1953

Berle's scheduled guests are actor Paul Douglas, opera singer Marguerite Piazza with regular Jack Collins.

Épisode 6 - Martha Raye

10 novembre 1953

Berle's guests are comedienne Martha Raye and actor John Payne, with regulars Ruth Gilbert, Arnold Stang and Milton Frome. Berle and Raye each get invited to a big NBC party and each has trouble finding a date. The two plan to go together until John Payne asks Martha out. Not wanting to leave Miltie going stag, she arranges a date for him; it's the last person he'd ever want to spend the evening with.

Épisode 8 - Jack Webb

1 décembre 1953

Berle's guests include Jack Webb, Lisa Kirk, and Sid Caesar. With Charlie Applewhite, Ruth Gilbert, Arnold Stang, and Jack Collins. In this Dragnet (1951) spoof, Caesar accuses Miltie of swiping his material and calls the cops. The officer investigating the case is Sgt. Joe Friday (Webb). Berle dreams he's on trial for stealing in the court of Judge Arnold Stang. He's found guilty, but Sgt. Friday isn't through with his investigation. Berle and Kirk sing "Still Be Mine" and "From This Moment On." Applewhite does "I Love Paris."

Épisode 9 - Peter Lawford

12 août 1953

Berle's guests are actor Peter Lawford, singer/actress Carol Channing, and actress Maria Riva. Milton invites his cast, crew and guest stars to a party he's throwing for himself, but everyone seems to have already made other plans.

Épisode 10 - Martha Raye, Mike Mazurki

5 janvier 1954

Milton's guests are comedienne Martha Raye and actor Mike Mazurki.

Épisode 11 - Basil Rathbone

12 janvier 1954

Berle's guests this week are Basil Rathbone, comedienne Dagmar, author Mickey Spillane, Walter Greaza as "The Chief" from Treasury Men in Action (1950), Latin vocalist Jose Duval, and vocal group The Hilltoppers. The search is on for a new 1954 Buick that has disappeared from the stage.

Épisode 13 - Jane Froman

2 février 1954

Berle's guests include singer Jane Froman. Berle is talked into buying a nightclub, unaware that there's an illegal casino being run in the back. Gangsters and gamblers come and go through the nightclub in various disguises. The club acts as a setting for numerous musical numbers during the episode.

Épisode 14 - Paul Douglas

9 février 1954

The Buick-Berle Show Berle's guests are actor Paul Douglas and actress Jan Sterling. The real-life married couple Sterling and Dougas are having a spat. It's up to Berle to get them to kiss and make up.

Épisode 15 - Kay Thompson

23 février 1954

Milton's guest is musical comedy star Kaye Thompson. With Jack Collins, Charlie Applewhite, Arnold Stang, and Ruth Gilbert. Berle, fed up with his disrespectful staff, fires the whole bunch and replaces them with the show's new choreographer, Kay Thompson. Thompson's dating the sponsor's rep who decides Kay can also star. Now show-less, Berle visits Max's home to woo her back to his side and finds her family members are bigger goof-balls than she is. Thompson performs "I Won't Dance," "I Love a Violin," and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love." Applewhite sings "My Secret Love" to Max.

Épisode 18 - Gertrude Berg

23 mars 1954

Berle's guests this week are Gertrude Berg and Arlene McQuade from TV's The Goldbergs (1949), and comic actor Bob Cummings. Molly's daughter Rosalie wants to move away and joining the theater. It's up to Berle and Cummings to persuade the star-struck teen that show biz isn't all it's cracked up to be

Épisode 20 - Judith Anderson

6 avril 1954

Berle's guests this week are actress Judith Anderson, actor Cyril Ritchard and singer Georgia Gibbs.

Épisode 21 - Steve Allen, Janet Blair, Ezzard Charles

20 avril 1954

Berle's guests include Steve Allen, singer Janet Blair, heavyweight boxer Ezzard Charles, and regulars Arnold Stang, Milton Frome and Ruth Gilbert. Horsing around, Berle knocks out Charles and now must fight him for real in the ring.

Épisode 1 - Mickey Rooney, Connie Russell

21 septembre 1954

In this seventh season premiere, Berle's guests include Mickey Rooney, Connie Russell, columnist and quiz show panelist Dorothy Kilgallen, television critic Jack O'Brien, Joey Foreman, and Nancy Walker. With Mickey's help, Milton schemes to get free publicity by faking a broken leg.

Épisode 1 - 2/21/56

21 février 1956

Épisode 4 - Guest Host: Jan Murray

29 novembre 1995

Comedian Jan Murray fills in for Berle, who fell ill during rehearsals. Guests include Gale Storm, accordionist Dick Contino, Vic Damone, and Ben Blue. Jan's monologues include jokes about his move to the suburbs. Gale sings "I Hear You Knockin'" and Vic does "Autumn Leaves." Blue does a pantomime as a man in a park making friends with a young woman. Shown is a black-and-white dramatic sketch from the 9/29/1953 episode of "The Buick-Berle Show" featuring Frank Sinatra and Tallulah Bankhead.

Épisode 9 - Zsa Zsa Gabor

13 mars 1956

Milton and the gang perform live from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Épisode 10 - Live from the USS Hancock

3 avril 1956

Broadcast live in color from USS Hancock stationed at San Diego, CA. Milton's guests include Elvis Presley, Esther Williams, Buddy Rich, regular Arnold Stang, and the Harry James Orchestra. Following Berle's monologue, Esther Williams joins him and they sing "Memories Are Made of This" with new lyrics about sailors. Elvis and his band perform "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Blue Suede Shoes." Presley introduces his "twin brother Melvin," a hick dufus played by Berle. The two launch into a reprise of "Blue Suede Shoes" with Berle destroying his guitar and dancing Elvis-style like a lunatic. Francis (Arnold Stang), now a sailor, is the winner of the date with Ester Williams contest. James leads his band in "You Made Me Love You" joined by Buddy Rich for "Two O'Clock Jump." As James, Rich, and the orchestra play "Tiger Rag," Berle attempts to join them on trumpet, with little success. Berle performs a musical number with Williams as a wave who gets doused with water.

Épisode 11 - Hellzapoppin'

24 avril 1956

From "Color City in Burbank" Milton Berle hosts this abridged version of Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin'. The cast includes Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, dancers the Covan Kids and June Johnson.

Épisode 12 - Mickey Rooney, Peggy King, Ruth Gilbert, Arnold Stang

15 mai 1956

In color from California, Berle's scheduled guests include actor Mickey Rooney singer Peggy King, with Ruth Gilbert and Arnold Stang. Miltie talks to a psychiatrist because the show is putting him under excessive pressure. The doctor suggests hiring an understudy to lighten the load; enter Mickey Rooney.