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rezny717 · 02-09-2012, 04:57 PM

and "The Voice",there was from 1960 to 1970,CBS aired on Sunday Afternoons hosted by the late Ted Mack,the "Original Amateur Hour"?

TV Knowledge Fan · 02-29-2012, 05:31 PM

...goes even farther back than that!

It was originated on radio by emcee Major Edward Bowes in the early '30s, and was #1 in its Sunday night time period in the 1935-'36 season {"Around and around she goes, and where she stops, nobody knows..."/When someone stayed on mike too long after the Major gonged the talent, he gently said, "All right, all right..."}. He died in 1945- and Ted Mack, who was one of his "assistants", took over and revived the show in 1946, eventually bringing it to TV in 1948.

howilu · 03-01-2012, 04:34 PM

Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour was one of the few shows to run on all four networks, including the late Dumont network. It ended on CBS in 1970.

02-29-2012, 05:31 PM	#2
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	'THE ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR"... ...goes even farther back than that! It was originated on radio by emcee Major Edward Bowes in the early '30s, and was #1 in its Sunday night time period in the 1935-'36 season {"Around and around she goes, and where she stops, nobody knows..."/When someone stayed on mike too long after the Major gonged the talent, he gently said, "All right, all right..."}. He died in 1945- and Ted Mack, who was one of his "assistants", took over and revived the show in 1946, eventually bringing it to TV in 1948.

02-09-2012, 04:57 PM	#1
rezny717 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 06, 2011 Location: Lincoln,Nebraska Posts: 659	Remember WAY before shows "American Idol" and "The Voice",there was from 1960 to 1970,CBS aired on Sunday Afternoons hosted by the late Ted Mack,the "Original Amateur Hour"?

03-01-2012, 04:34 PM	#3
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,959	Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour was one of the few shows to run on all four networks, including the late Dumont network. It ended on CBS in 1970.