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NBC Sunday Showcase

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NBC Sunday Showcase was a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959-60 season. The flexible anthology format varied weekly from comedies and science fiction to musicals and historical dramas. The recent introduction of videotape made repeats possible, and two 1959 dramas had repeats in 1960. On the heels of his Broadway hits The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, Richard Adler composed the opening Sunday Showcase theme music, titled "Sunday Drive".

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

People Kill People Sometimes

1. People Kill People Sometimes

1h

20th Sep 1959

What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1

2. What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1

1h

29th Sep 1959

What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 2

3. What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 2

1h

4th Oct 1959

A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on Her Diamond Jubilee

4. A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on Her Diamond Jubilee

1h

11th Oct 1959

Murder and the Android

5. Murder and the Android

1h

18th Oct 1959

Milton Berle Show

6. Milton Berle Show

1h

25th Oct 1959

The Milton Berle Special

7. The Milton Berle Special

54min

1st Nov 1959

In this "lost" episode of 'I Love Lucy,' Milton Berle extends his engagement at a Las Vegas night club for an extra two weeks along with his bandleader Ricky Ricardo. When Milton's wife gets upset at him missing their anniversary, Ricky's wife, Lucy, assists Milton in a crazy scheme to help Milton's wife forgive him. In the process, they get mixed up with two mobsters as hilarity ensues.

The Light in the Dark

8. The Light in the Dark

1h

15th Nov 1959

The Practical Dreamer

9. The Practical Dreamer

1h

22nd Nov 1959

The Jimmy Durante Show

10. The Jimmy Durante Show

1h

6th Dec 1959

The Indestructible Mr. Gore

11. The Indestructible Mr. Gore

1h

13th Dec 1959

The Margaret Bourke White Story

12. The Margaret Bourke White Story

1h

3rd Jan 1960

One Loud Clear Voice

13. One Loud Clear Voice

1h

17th Jan 1960

After Hours

14. After Hours

1h

7th Feb 1960

A romantic comedy by Tony Webster starring Sally Ann Howes and Christopher Plummer. Also starring Paul McGrath and Natalie Schaefer. A young man poses as a psychiatrist to win the hand of a young girl who seeks counsel for her premarital jitters.

The Devil and Daniel Webster

15. The Devil and Daniel Webster

1h

14th Feb 1960

New Englander Jabez Stone is about to lose the farm, in a fit he tells his wife that he'd sell his soul to the devil for just about two cents! And of course the devil takes him up on it. Contract in hand, he offers Jabez the customary irresistible terms, seven years of good fortune.

Our American Heritage: Shadow of a Soldier

16. Our American Heritage: Shadow of a Soldier

1h

21st Feb 1960

Turn the Key Deftly

17. Turn the Key Deftly

1h

6th Mar 1960

The American

18. The American

1h

27th Mar 1960

Hollywood Sings

19. Hollywood Sings

1h

3rd Apr 1960

The Millionaire's Mite

22. The Millionaire's Mite

1h

10th Apr 1960

The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 1

23. The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 1

3rd Jun 1960

The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 2

24. The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 2

12th Jun 1960

First air date

20th Sep 1959

Last air date

12th Jun 1960

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

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