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'''''The Dennis Day Show''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[comedy]]/variety show that aired on [[NBC]] from 1953 to 1954. The series stars [[singer]] and [[radio]] and [[television]] personality Dennis Day (1916-1988), whose career otherwise was rooted as a supporting cast member of the long-running ''The Jack Benny Program'' on [[CBS]] and later NBC.<ref name=dday>{{cite web|url=http://www.parabrisas.com/d_dayde.php|title=Dennis Day|publisher=parabrisas.com|accessdate=January 21, 2011}}</ref>
==Overview==
From 1952 to 1953, Day hosted the related ''RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day,''<ref name=dday/> which on February 8, 1952, included the first episode of Day's own subsequent series. ''The RCA Victor Show'' aired at 8 pm Fridays. In the spring of 1952, the ''RCA Victor Show'' alternated with ''The Ezio Pinza Show'', starring [[Italy|Italian]] [[opera]] singer Ezio Pinza, also sponsored by RCA.<ref name=tt>Alex McNeil, ''Total Televisio,'' p. 211.</ref>
In the revamped ''The Dennis Day Show,'' Day portrays a single bachelor who lives in a [[Hollywood]] apartment priced above his income level, but considers this arrangement essential to his hopes of succeeding in show business. Cliff Arquette portrays Charley Weaver, a name he later adopts for his own show business career. This Charley Weaver is the custodian in Day's building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shop.lifeisamovie.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=102518-R2|title=''The Jack Benny Show''; ''The Dennis Day Show''|publisher=lifeisamovie.com|accessdate=January 22, 2011}}</ref> Other supporting cast members were Hal March and Jeri Lou Jones.<ref name=tt/> One of the writers for the Day series was Paul Henning, later with ''The Real McCoys'' and ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]].''<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045383/|title=''The Dennis Day Show''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>
On April 12, 1954 one of the last episodes of the series was entitled "The Party Pooper," with Elisha Cook, Jr., as a guest star. Among Day's directors was Rod Amateau, later in the same role with CBS's ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.''. Other occasional cast members were the comedian Billy Barty, who plays a [[leprechaun]] in one segment, Parley Baer, also a regular on '[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' and subsequently ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', and George O'Hanlon, later the voice of George Jetson' on [[ABC]]'s ''The Jetsons.''<ref name=imdb/>
''The Dennis Day Show'' aired at 9 pm ET on Mondays opposite the third season of CBS's ''[[I Love Lucy]].'' It preceded ''Robert Montgomery Presents'' on NBC.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', 1953-1954 network television schedule, appendix.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dennis Day Show, The}}
[[Category:1950s]]
[[Category:Television Shows]]
[[Category:Comedy]]
==Overview==
From 1952 to 1953, Day hosted the related ''RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day,''<ref name=dday/> which on February 8, 1952, included the first episode of Day's own subsequent series. ''The RCA Victor Show'' aired at 8 pm Fridays. In the spring of 1952, the ''RCA Victor Show'' alternated with ''The Ezio Pinza Show'', starring [[Italy|Italian]] [[opera]] singer Ezio Pinza, also sponsored by RCA.<ref name=tt>Alex McNeil, ''Total Televisio,'' p. 211.</ref>
In the revamped ''The Dennis Day Show,'' Day portrays a single bachelor who lives in a [[Hollywood]] apartment priced above his income level, but considers this arrangement essential to his hopes of succeeding in show business. Cliff Arquette portrays Charley Weaver, a name he later adopts for his own show business career. This Charley Weaver is the custodian in Day's building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shop.lifeisamovie.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=102518-R2|title=''The Jack Benny Show''; ''The Dennis Day Show''|publisher=lifeisamovie.com|accessdate=January 22, 2011}}</ref> Other supporting cast members were Hal March and Jeri Lou Jones.<ref name=tt/> One of the writers for the Day series was Paul Henning, later with ''The Real McCoys'' and ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]].''<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045383/|title=''The Dennis Day Show''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>
On April 12, 1954 one of the last episodes of the series was entitled "The Party Pooper," with Elisha Cook, Jr., as a guest star. Among Day's directors was Rod Amateau, later in the same role with CBS's ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.''. Other occasional cast members were the comedian Billy Barty, who plays a [[leprechaun]] in one segment, Parley Baer, also a regular on '[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' and subsequently ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', and George O'Hanlon, later the voice of George Jetson' on [[ABC]]'s ''The Jetsons.''<ref name=imdb/>
''The Dennis Day Show'' aired at 9 pm ET on Mondays opposite the third season of CBS's ''[[I Love Lucy]].'' It preceded ''Robert Montgomery Presents'' on NBC.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', 1953-1954 network television schedule, appendix.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dennis Day Show, The}}
[[Category:1950s]]
[[Category:Television Shows]]
[[Category:Comedy]]