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Texaco Star Theater

1948–1956 · 8 seasons

A lively, old-fashioned variety hour full of broad comedy and musical numbers, easy to dip in and out of.

Created by
Greg Garrison
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Arnold Stang, Milton Berle, Carol Burnett
Overview
Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television". The classic 1940–44 version of the program, hosted by radio's Fred Allen, was followed by a radio series on ABC in the spring of 1948. When Texaco first took it to television on NBC on June 8, 1948, the show had a huge cultural impact.

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Created by
Greg Garrison
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Arnold Stang, Milton Berle, Carol Burnett
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • music
  • celebrity
  • media
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • anthology
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Genres
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Created by
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Starring
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Length
8 seasons, 7 episodes, 60 min each
Network
NBC
Languages
English

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