Show Notes
- Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show. Bernard M. TImberg, Robert J. Erler, eds. University of Texas Press, 2010
- Steve Allen introduces the first Tonight Show
- Regular stock characters on Steve Allen show
- Groucho Marx, “You Bet Your Life”
- Edward R. Murrow, “Person to Person,” McCarthy confrontation
- Jack Paar clips
- Johnny Carson appears on Steve Allen show
- Frank Zappa appearance on later 1963 incarnation of Steve Allen show
- Frank Zappa’s appearance on “What’s My Line?”
- Jack Paar interviews Judy Garland
- Dick Cavett interviews Judy Garland on his ABC morning show
- Jerry Lewis - interim host of Tonight Show before Johnny Carson takes over
- David Susskind show - “a meta talk show” - interview with Jerry Lewis (1963)