Strangest Title for a Talk Show Goes To: Mr. Arsenic - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

icecream · 10-12-2024, 06:06 PM

When I first saw the name thought it might be for a scripted crime drama. ABC aired Mr. Arsenic Thursdays at 9:00 in May and June 1952, which was against Dragnet some weeks. It says talk on TV Tango and my primetime directory, but definitely not a typical talk show. Program of factual information hosted by Burton Turkus about 1952 political personalities and gangsters, not for the squeamish it says. Racy for 1952 TV standards!

cd637299 · 10-13-2024, 01:49 PM

Sounds to me like a variety show that Don Rickles coulda hosted!

Rickles was nicknamed “Mr. Warmth” out of irony.

cd

10-12-2024, 06:06 PM	#1
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,848	Strangest Title for a Talk Show Goes To: Mr. Arsenic When I first saw the name thought it might be for a scripted crime drama. ABC aired Mr. Arsenic Thursdays at 9:00 in May and June 1952, which was against Dragnet some weeks. It says talk on TV Tango and my primetime directory, but definitely not a typical talk show. Program of factual information hosted by Burton Turkus about 1952 political personalities and gangsters, not for the squeamish it says. Racy for 1952 TV standards!
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10-13-2024, 01:49 PM	#2
cd637299 cd637299 Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 14, 2022 Location: South Florida Posts: 853	Sounds to me like a variety show that Don Rickles coulda hosted! Rickles was nicknamed “Mr. Warmth” out of irony. cd