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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|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>  

'''''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|accessdateJanuary 25, 2020}}</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''.​

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

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

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