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 | Steve Allen Show-The Unidenified Flying Objects # 1 Tom Poston MC's as Steve & the Gang play Bopper Hipster Musician Cats(complete with Dizzy Gillespie Beret's & Goatee's)Steve plays wrong way tuba or Sousa-phone,Louie Nye Plays Water with sink objects,Don Knotts-Snare Drum Flute,& Pat Harrington Jr.plays lawrence Well-ga(Welk)Champagne Bottle Trumpet,& "built in" Accordion. |
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 | Foster Brooks on Steve Allen show Foster Brooks appearing on the Steve Allen show. The guests are unaware that he is a fake drunk ! |
 | Miles Davis (steve allen show 1964) all blues Miles |
 | Steve Allen ~ What Is A Wife ~ 1956 To watch in HQ:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgGYee_qiYI&fmt=18Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 -- October 30, 2000), was an American television personality, musician, actor, comedian, and writer. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best-known for his television career. He first gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. He graduated to become the first host of The Tonight Show, where he was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. Thereafter, he hosted numerous game and variety shows, including the Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, The New Steve Allen Show, and was a regular panel member on CBS' What's My Line?.Allen was also known as a prolific composer, having penned over 10,000 songs, one of which was recorded by Perry Como and Margaret Whiting. Allen won a Grammy award in 1963 for best jazz composition, with his song The Gravy Waltz. Allen additionally wrote more than 50 books. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Allen's second wife was actress Jayne Meadows, daughter of Christian missionaries and sister to actress Audrey Meadows. The marriage of Allen and Meadows produced one son, Bill Allen. They were married from 1954 until his death in 2000. Allen had three other children, Steve Allen Jr., Brian Allen, and David Allen, from an earlier marriage to Dorothy Goodman that ended in divorce.Despite his Catholic upbringing, Allen was a secular humanist and Humanist Laureate for the Academy of Humanism, a member of CSICOP and the Council for Secular Humanism. He was a student and supporter of general semantics, recommending it in Dumbth and giving the Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture in 1992. Allen was a supporter of world government and served on the World Federalist Association Board of Advisers. In spite of his liberal position on free speech, his later concerns about the smuttiness he saw on radio and television, particularly the programs of Howard Stern, caused him to make proposals restricting the content of programs, allying himself with the Parents Television Council. Coincidentally, his full-page ad on the subject appeared in newspapers a day or two before his unexpected death. Allen had been making speeches in which he referred to himself as an "involved Presbyterian."Allen made a last appearance on the Tonight show on September 27, 1994, for the show's 40th anniversary broadcast. Jay Leno was effusive in praise and actually knelt down and kissed his ring.On October 30, 2000, Allen was driving to his son's home in Encino, California, when his car was struck by another vehicle backing out of a driveway. Neither Allen nor the other driver believed he was injured and damage to both vehicles was minimal, so the two exchanged insurance information and Allen continued on. Shortly after arriving at his son's home, Allen did not feel quite right and decided to take a nap. While napping, he suffered a massive heart attack and was pronounced dead shortly after 8 p.m. Autopsy results concluded that the traffic accident earlier in the day had caused a blood vessel in his chest to rupture, causing blood to leak into the sac surrounding the heart. This condition is known as haemopericardium. In addition, he suffered four broken ribs as a result of the accident. Allen was 78 years old at the time of his death. He is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park-Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. |
 | Steve Allen with Poston, Nye and Knotts Funny skit with Louis Nye, Don Knotts, and Tom Poston |
 | Be Bop A Lula Steve Allen Be bop a luba she's my baby |
 | Steve Allen Show"Cocktails For Two" 1957-58 Classic Rare Vintage Steve Allen Show Number with all the original Gang.Steve As MC & The gang from left to right- Don Knotts,Pat Harrington Jr(Schneider-one day at a time),(Great Singer)Jo Stafford,(sometime Regular)Tony Randall(Felix Unger),Louie Nye,& Gabe Dell(One Of The original Dead End Kids).Catch Harringtons funny-obnoxious harmonizing-bumping into Stafford & his trade mark early career Horn-rimmed Glasses- Louie Nye's Falsetto Harmony is hysterical-though Randall doesen't think so.Also Don Knotts Shit Eating Grin-Smile Throughout.P.S. On a sad note,all of them(except Harrington & Stafford),are Gone.Don't Know How many of Les Brown's Band Members are still around.Les died in 01. |
 | Jim Hession /Gravy Waltz/Ray Brown & Steve Allen/jazz waltz http://www.artistopia.com/hessionsessionGravy Waltz, co-written by legendary jazz bassist, Ray Brown and original Tonight Show host, Steve Allen, has been a jazz waltz favorite since the 1960's. Steve Allen was personally supportive of all up and coming jazz players... this included the Hessions.Over the years the LA Times had several features on the Hessions. After one rather nice article we arrived at a jazz club, where we had an ongoing engagement, to find a rather large package had arrived with our names on the label. We were very surprised to see Steve Allen's name and address as the sender. We were very grateful to find a large amount of CD's, tapes, manuscripts and sheet music which were written by Steve Allen and his various musical partners. We were absolutely blown away by the great music! Steve Allen also developed a jazz show for PBS. Some videos can be found on YouTube, one that I can think of is Oscar Brown introducing Phineas Newborn as well as several Miles Davis cuts from the 1964 Steve Allen show. One of our favorite Steve Allen stories involves "The Piano of MaryAnn Jackson". That is for another day.Jim plays the jazz waltz, (Gravy Waltz) while recording at the Word of Mouth Studio in New Orleans. |
 | Steve Allen on The Tonight Show (Rare Clip) This is the full version of the clip from the original incarnation of The Tonight Show, starring original host Steve Allen, that was used in Bill "Balloonman" Morrison's interview with Steve. It features a bizarre comedy bit with a walking/talking doll and a jaunty musical number entitled "Love Thy Neightbor" (Steve refers to the piano player as "Skitch," does that make him Skitch Henderson?). I will be happy to remove this clip if it conflicts with any copyright laws, but what I've been able to find seems to indicate it's okay to show. |
