The Bob Crosby Show (1953–1957)
9/10
For a daytime variety show, this is excellent
28 May 2012
Warning: Spoilers
I recently viewed an episode of this series (a 30-minute episode) on the Internet Archive website. I jokingly posted a review saying I showed it to an "professional back-stabbing assassin" who I mentioned as having liked it.

All kidding aside, seeing the old episode of this series was fun. The episode I saw contained a mix of musical segments (including an unusual rendition of the popular standard "Dream"), plus some light-hearted game show segments which incorporated music in some respect. For example, in one of the game segments, the wives played a version of charades where the husbands had to guess the song title.

Production values of the episode were good for a daytime series, but not spectacular. The kinescope recording was in good condition, though the upload on the Internet Archive has somewhat heavy digital compression. I believe the 16mm kinescope print itself is held by archivist Ira Gallen.

I don't know how many episodes of this series survive in the CBS vaults or elsewhere. I've since viewed another episode of this series, plus a partial episode. Both were excellent as well.
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