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'''''The Martha Raye Show''''' is an hour-long comedy/variety [[television]] series which aired live on [[NBC]] from January 23, 1954, to May 29, 1956. The series was hosted by Martha Raye (1916-1994), a [[Montana]] native, who often called herself "The Big Mouth."<ref name="ms540425">{{cite web|first=Martha |last=Raye |work=[[The American Weekly]] |page=7 |title=Me and My Big Mouth |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=53QxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5898,6485827&dq=martha-raye-show&hl=en |date=April 25, 1954 |accessdate=February 8, 2011}}</ref> Her boyfriend on the program and a foil for her humor was portrayed by retired middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano (1919-1990).<ref name="nyt531129">{{cite web |author=Val Adams|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |title=Rocky Graziano: TV Actor and Ex-Fighter |page=X11 |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C12F93B5A117A93CBAB178AD95F478585F9 |date=November 29, 1953|accessdate=February 8, 2011}}</ref>  

'''''The Martha Raye Show''''' is an hour-long comedy/variety [[television]] series which aired live on [[NBC]] from January 23, 1954, to May 29, 1956. The series was hosted by Martha Raye (1916-1994), a [[Montana]] native, who often called herself "The Big Mouth."<ref name="ms540425">{{cite web|author=Martha Raye|publisher=''The American Weekly''|page=7 |title=Me and My Big Mouth |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=53QxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5898,6485827&dq=martha-raye-show&hl=en |date=April 25, 1954 |accessdate=February 8, 2011; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> Her boyfriend on the program and a foil for her humor was portrayed by retired middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano (1919-1990).<ref name="nyt531129">{{cite web |author=Val Adams|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |title=Rocky Graziano: TV Actor and Ex-Fighter |page=X11 |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C12F93B5A117A93CBAB178AD95F478585F9 |date=November 29, 1953|accessdate=February 8, 2011}}</ref>  

Nat Hiken (1914-1968), her writer and director, went on to create the military comedy ''The Phil Silvers Show'' and the police sitcom, ''Car 54, Where Are You?''<ref name=ctva>{{cite web |url=http://ctva.biz/US/MusicVariety/MarthaRayeShow.htm |title=The Martha Raye Show |publisher=The Classic TV Archive |accessdate=February 7, 2011}}</ref>  One of the producers, [[Norman Lear]], went on to produce ''[[All in the Family]]'' and ''The Jeffersons''.​

Nat Hiken (1914-1968), her writer and director, went on to create the military comedy ''The Phil Silvers Show'' and the police sitcom, ''Car 54, Where Are You?''<ref name=ctva>{{cite web |url=http://ctva.biz/US/MusicVariety/MarthaRayeShow.htm |title=The Martha Raye Show |publisher=The Classic TV Archive |accessdate=February 7, 2011}}</ref>  One of the producers, [[Norman Lear]], went on to produce ''[[All in the Family]]'' and ''The Jeffersons''.​

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Among the many guest stars who appeared, some more than once, were: Harold Arlen, Gertrude Berg, Art Carney, Jack Carson, Robert Clary, Jackie Coogan, Wally Cox,  Margaret Truman Daniel,, Denise Darcel, Buddy Ebsen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Eddie Fisher, Errol Flynn, Dick Foran, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Paulette Goddard, [[Benny Goodman]], Hedda Hopper, Stubby Kaye, Buster Keaton, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb, Peter Lawford, Paul Lynde, Gordon MacRae, Harpo Marx, Dennis O'Keefe, Ezio Pinza, Robert Preston, Vincent Price, Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Charles Ruggles, and Rise Stevens.<ref name=ctva/>​

Among the many guest stars who appeared, some more than once, were: Harold Arlen, Gertrude Berg, Art Carney, Jack Carson, Robert Clary, Jackie Coogan, Wally Cox,  Margaret Truman Daniel,, Denise Darcel, Buddy Ebsen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Eddie Fisher, Errol Flynn, Dick Foran, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Paulette Goddard, [[Benny Goodman]], Hedda Hopper, Stubby Kaye, Buster Keaton, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb, Peter Lawford, Paul Lynde, Gordon MacRae, Harpo Marx, Dennis O'Keefe, Ezio Pinza, Robert Preston, Vincent Price, Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Charles Ruggles, and Rise Stevens.<ref name=ctva/>​

==Scheduling==

==Scheduling==

Raye's sponsors were RCA and Sunbeam Products.<ref name=ctva/>​ Years later, she was the principal  publicist for Polident.

Raye's sponsors were RCA and Sunbeam Products.<ref name=ctva/>​ Years later, she was the principal  publicist for Polident.

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==References==​

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