The Steve Allen Show

1. Premier with guests Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Kim Novak, Vincent Price, Wally Cox, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Air Date: 1956-06-24

Skits include unlikely endorsements putting Wally Cox in prison, Dane Clark in a bar fight and Vincent Price as a hit and run victim, and later, a gangster scene with Steve and Kim Novak with an educational bent. Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope make only cameos. Sammy Davis Jnr. does imitations and is seen with the Will Maston Trio.

2. Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, Imogene Coca, Milton Berle, Steve Lawrence & Edye Gorme

Air Date: 1956-07-01

Episode features include Elvis Presley, wearing a tuxedo and singing "Hound Dog" to a mournful basset hound; Andy Griffith explaining Shakespeare's Hamlet in a comedy monologue; Imogene Coca starring in a skit where she tries to tell her husband she's pregnant; Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme doing an opera spoof while wearing viking costumes and Imogene Coca, Andy Griffith and Elvis Presley doing a spoof of country music television programs.

3. Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Palance, Vic Damone, Margaret Truman, Gogi Grant

Air Date: 1956-07-08

Todays guests are Sammy Davis, Jr./Jack Palance/Don Adams/Margaret Truman.

4. Buddy Hackett, Count Basie & his Orchestra, The Four Lads

Air Date: 1956-07-22

5. James Mason, Pamela Mason & Portland Mason, Rise Stevens & Jan Peerce, Roger Ray, Eddie Condon, Dayton Allen, Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander

Air Date: 1956-07-29

6. Judy Holliday, Tony Bennett, Carmen Cavallaro, Louis Nye, Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five, The 321st National Military Drill Team

Air Date: 1956-08-05

7. Frank Sinatra, Don Adams, Julius LaRosa, Mamie Van Doren, Eddie Lawrence, Augie & Margo

Air Date: 1956-08-19

8. Buddy Hackett, Andy Williams, Jaye P. Morgan & the Morgan Brothers, Gregory Ratoff, The Ice Capades

Air Date: 1956-08-26

9. Ann Sheridan, Fats Domino, Georgia Gibbs, Steve Lawrence, Smith & Dale

Air Date: 1956-09-02

Skits include Smith and Dale doing their "Still Alarm" routine, with Louis Nye,and Steve, Georgia Gibbs and Steve Lawrence do a takeoff on a 30's band remote.Fats Domino is presented a "Cashbox" magazine award.

1. Andy Williams, Milt Kamen, Gogi Grant, The Will Mastin Trio (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.), Marian Ann McKnight , The Baird Puppets

Air Date: 1956-09-16

2. Billy Eckstine, Rin Tin Tin, Joni James, Professor Irwin Corey, Jose Molina, the Midwestern States Glee Club

Air Date: 1956-09-23

3. Claudette Colbert, Mickey Rooney, Jerome Hines, Erin O'Brien, Joey Forman

Air Date: 1956-09-30

4. Abbott & Costello, Kukla, Fran & Ollie, Peggy King, Lionel Hampton, Don Lamond, Louis Bellson Mrs. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle

Air Date: 1956-10-07

Todays guests are Abbott and Costello/Kukla, Fran and Ollie/Mickey Mantle/Lionel Hampton/Peggy King/Milt Kamen.

5. Tony Bennett, Doretta Morrow, Mel Torme, Frances Faye, Guy Madison, Kathryn & Arthur Murray

Air Date: 1956-10-14

6. Peter Lawford, Frank Parker, The Harlem Globetrotters, Rocky Graziano, Olga James, Janik & Arnaut, cameo appearance by Julius LaRosa

Air Date: 1956-10-21

7. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alfred Drake, Erin O'Brien, T.C. Jones, Jim Henson & the Muppets, Rod Alexander Dancers, Les Brown & His Band of Renown

Air Date: 1956-11-04

8. Jerry Lewis, Georgia Gibbs, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel, Buster Crabbe, cast members of "Jack and the Beanstalk"

Air Date: 1956-11-11

9. Bob Hope, Duke Ellington & Orchestra, Gene Nelson, Betty Walker, Erin O'Brien, George Hamilton IV, Olsen & Johnson, World's Champion Women Boxers

Air Date: 1956-11-18

10. Gene Autry, Jim Lowe, Betty Kean & Lew Parker, Floyd Patterson & Archie Moore, the Chicago Bears

Air Date: 1956-11-25

11. Charlton Heston, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ethel Waters, Bobby Van, Don Newcombe, Floyd Patterson, Archie Moore, Vince Martin & The Tarriers

Air Date: 1956-12-02

12. Anne Jeffreys & Robert Sterling, The Hi-Lo's, Bud Wilkinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Betty Kean & Lew Parker

Air Date: 1956-12-09

13. Martha Raye, Alan Young, the Collins Kids, Ricky Vera, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, the Vienna Boys Choir

Air Date: 1956-12-23

14. Tony Bennett, Andy Griffith, the New York Rangers, live premiere of the motion picture "Around the World in 80 Days"

Air Date: 1956-12-30

15. Errol Flynn, Polly Bergen, Guy Mitchell, Alan Young

Air Date: 1957-01-06

16. Joe E. Brown, Julius La Rosa, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Rocky Graziano, Dorothy Miller ("Mrs. Miller", audience member)

Air Date: 1957-01-13

17. New York Film Critics Awards

Air Date: 1957-01-20

Most of the show concerns a filmed Steve presenting the Critic's award to several stars, including 'Ingrid Bergman' and 'Kirk Douglas', along with some small talk interviews. These were shot at Sardi's restaurant in New York, probably when it was closed, due to the utter quietness.

18. Season 2, Episode 18

Air Date: 1957-01-27

Pearl Bailey, Lilli Palmer, Don Adams, The Collins Kids, Steve Lawrence, Charles Van Doren

19. Peter Lawford, Charles Van Doren, Lou Costello, Margaret Whiting, The Step Brothers

Air Date: 1957-02-10

20. Frankie Laine, Alan Young, Martha Carson, Tab Hunter, Ken Rosewall, Pancho Gonzales, Jack Kramer, Pancho Segura

Air Date: 1957-02-17

21. Yehudi Menuhin, Arlene Dahl, Aldo Ray, Robert Ryan, Brenda Lee, the Hilltoppers

Air Date: 1957-02-24

22. Jerry Lewis, Martha Raye, Steve Lawrence, Diahann Carroll, Fernando Lamas

Air Date: 1957-03-10

23. Greer Garson, Lou Costello, Dean Jones, Steve Peck, Janik & Arpaut, Howard McNear, Sandra Gould, Veola Vonn, The Lancers

Air Date: 1957-03-24

24. Tennessee Ernie Ford, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mercer, Dinah Shore, Esther Williams, The Collins Kids

Air Date: 1957-03-31

25. Salute to the All American Basketball Teams

Air Date: 1957-04-07

26. Esther Williams, Eydie Gorme, Jackie Cooper, Stan Freberg, The Four Lads

Air Date: 1957-04-14

27. Mickey Rooney, Eleanor Steber, Joey Forman, Betty Walker, Mickey & Sylvia, Jim Henson's Muppets

Air Date: 1957-04-21

28. Brenda Lee, Don Adams, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Jack Carson, Peter Gennaro & Ellen Ray

Air Date: 1957-04-28

29. Orson Welles, Jill Corey, Peggy Cass, The Will Mastin Trio featuring Sammy Davis Jr.

Air Date: 1957-05-05

Steve Allen and Sammy Davis, Jr. perform a card trick with a little help from Orson Welles; Davis joins his uncle Will Mastin and his father Sammy Davis, Sr., for an athletic dance number; Davis performs singing impressions of Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, and others; and the "Allen Report to the Nation" deals with the tranquilizer pill, with Allen interviewing Louis Nye as the head of a pharmaceutical company, Tom Poston as chief of laboratory research, and Don Knotts as a jittery fill-in speaker at a medical convention. Additionally, singer Jill ...

30. Tallulah Bankhead, Milton Berle, Pearl Bailey, Dean Jones, Reverend Billy Graham

Air Date: 1957-05-12

31. Ann Sothern, Bert Lahr, Brenda Lee

Air Date: 1957-05-19

32. Andy Griffith, Marty Robbins, Errol Garner, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Martha Raye, a cameo appearance from Dean Martin

Air Date: 1957-05-26

33. Xavier Cugat, Abbe Lane, Pat Carroll, The Four Diamonds, Erin O'Brien, Jerry Lewis

Air Date: 1957-06-02

Steve's guests are The Diamonds (singing "Little Darlin'"), Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra with singer Abbe Lane doing "All Of You" and "Babalu," comedian Pat Carroll as a wife whose husband (Allen) tries to prove to her that a joke he told is funny, Erin O'Brien singing "Where's A Happy Ending?" Jerry Lewis plays Gordon Hathaway and a dopey boxer in the "Man on the Street" segment, Steve gives passionate readings of real "Letters to the Editor," delivers a silly speech to graduating seniors, and shows works of art used in magazine ads.

34. Orson Welles, Wally Cox, Meg Myles, Jim Reeves, The Step Brothers, Reverend Billy Graham

Air Date: 1957-06-09

35. Steve Lawrence, Mamie Van Doren, The Hi-Lo's, Walter Chiari

Air Date: 1957-06-16

36. Lou Costello, Pat Boone, Jonathan Winters, Abbey Lincoln, Fay DeWitt, Dulcie Cooper, The Ames Brothers

Air Date: 1957-06-23

Lou Costello in a restaurant skit where Gabe Dell takes the part of the bullying, Bud Abbott-type companion.

37. Bob Hope, George Jessel, Alexis Smith, Vera Miles, Dean Martin, the Rod Alexander Dancers, The Axidentals

Air Date: 1957-06-30

In a salute to Hope's new film, "Beau James", skits, dance numbers and film clips devoted to onetime crooked prohibition-era New York mayor Jimmy Walker.

38. Benny Goodman, Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Lawford, Professor Irwin Corey

Air Date: 1957-07-07

Goodman's in top form, and Steve does a duet with him. Yvonne and Steve in a baby-naming skit, Lawford and Steve play bored life guards. A "Night Beat" parody includes Knotts as his classic nervous nerd, and a bellicose Nye cracks Steve up.

39. Debra Paget, Buddy Rich, Frankie Laine, Cornelia Otis Skinner

Air Date: 1957-07-14

40. Tony Bennett, George Nader, Joanne Gilbert, Hal Le Roy, Floyd Patterson & Joe Louis

Air Date: 1957-07-21

Tony Bennett sings "One For My Baby". Floyd Patterson and Joe Louis talk to Steve about boxing and Floyd's title defense against Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson. Joanne Gilbert sings "Hello Bluebird". Show regulars, appear in a comedy satire on television quiz-masters. Steve plays a piano version of "Do You Ever Think of Me?" For the finale, the entire cast and guest list join in with a bevy of hula dancers for a production entitled "In the Middle of an Island".

41. Jerry Lee Lewis, Shelley Winters, Anthony Franciosa, The Four Coins, Jodie Sands, Shai K. Ophir, Leona Gage

Air Date: 1957-07-28

Steve and Shelley Winters in a skit about teaching her to drive by using household objects, Jerry Lee Lewis gives a bravura piano-attacking performance.

42. Marie MacDonald, The Four Diamonds, Jack E. Leonard, Don Rondo, Brenda Lee

Air Date: 1957-08-04

43. Jane Russell, Ferlin Husky, Larry Storch, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rod Alexander Dancers

Air Date: 1957-08-11

44. Lou Costello, Liberace, Andy Williams, Abbey Lincoln, Jean Fenn

Air Date: 1957-08-18

45. Hedy Lamar, Joe E. Brown, The Coasters, Irish McCalla, Pat Kirby

Air Date: 1957-08-25

46. Pearl Bailey, Joan Collins, Jeff Chandler, Shaike Ophir, Pete Rademacher

Air Date: 1957-09-01

47. Robert Young, Martha Raye, Marion Lorne, Milton Caniff, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Dave Garroway, Miss America of 1958

Air Date: 1957-09-08

48. Ed Wynn, Frankie Laine, Dorothy Collins, Don Adams, Audrey Meadows, Sugar Ray Robinson & Carmen Basilio

Air Date: 1957-09-15

1. NBC Fall Preview

Air Date: 1957-09-22

2. Corinne Calvet, Jimmy Dean, Jerry Lester, Barbara Nichols, Sugar Ray Robinson & Carmen Basilio

Air Date: 1957-09-29

3. Anthony Perkins, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Johnny Puleo & his Harmonica Gang, cameo by Killer Joe Piro

Air Date: 1957-10-06

Crawford takes part in the "Man in the street" skit, Tony Perkins and Steve do their impressions of autograph hounds, and Perkins, Abbe Lane and Cugat show some elements of an upcoming TV western.

4. Dorothy Lamour & Jon Hall, Buddy Knox, Hank Aaron & Lew Burdette

Air Date: 1957-10-13

5. Ginger Rogers, Lou Costello, The Hi-Lo's, The Harlem Globetrotters

Air Date: 1957-10-20

6. Jerry Vale, William Bendix, Judy Canova, Shelley Berman, Janice Harper, Art Blakely, Candido, Sabu Martinez, Bob Rosengarden

Air Date: 1957-10-27

7. Jerry Lee Lewis, Dennis Day, Joanne Gilbert, cameo by Jerry Lewis

Air Date: 1957-11-03

8. Gloria Swanson, Charlie Ruggles, Tony Bennett, Jack E. Leonard, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane

Air Date: 1957-11-10

9. Marie McDonald, Walter Chiari, Edward Everett Horton, Ferlin Husky, The King Sisters

Air Date: 1957-11-17

10. Joan Caulfield, Sam Levenson, Audrey Meadows, Greta Thyssen, Steve Lawrence, Teal Joy, The Treniers

Air Date: 1957-11-24

11. Errol Flynn, Martha Raye, Jimmy Dean, Don Adams, Jennie Smith, the Army-Navy Football Stars

Air Date: 1957-12-01

Martha does a song and dance number as planned, then again where all the props fail, Errol Flynn goes on a parody of "To Tell The Truth" where Knotts turns out to be him. Jimmy Dean sings an early Christmas number with Chroma-Key dancers.

12. Sal Mineo, Rosemary Clooney, Shelley Berman, Dale Robertson, Peter Lawford, Guy Lombardo & Orchestra

Air Date: 1957-12-08

13. Ann Sothern, Jackie Cain & Roy Kral, Lou Costello, Steve Lawrence, Milt Kamen

Air Date: 1957-12-15

14. Anthony Perkins, Mahalia Jackson, Gertrude Berg, George London, the U.N. Singers

Air Date: 1957-12-22

15. Peter Ustinov, Margaret O'Brien, Jerry Vale, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Martha Davis & Spouse

Air Date: 1957-12-29

Todays guests are Peter Ustinov, Margaret O'Brien, Jerry Vale, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Martha Davis and Spouse.

16. Sam Cooke, Abbe Lane, Xavier Cugat, Johnny Haymer, Ward Bond, Robert Horton

Air Date: 1958-01-05

17. From the Riviera Hotel, Havana

Air Date: 1958-01-19

18. Martha Raye, Jimmy Dean, Erin O'Brien, Charles Laughton, Rubinoff & his violin

Air Date: 1958-01-26

19. Henry Fonda, Shelley Berman, Jennie Smith, The Treniers

Air Date: 1958-02-02

20. From Hollywood: The Photoplay Movie Awards

Air Date: 1958-02-09

21. Dale Robertson, Peggy King, Don Adams, The Hi-Lo's, Duke Hazlitt, cameo appearances from Jerry Lewis and Red Skelton

Air Date: 1958-02-16

22. The McGuire Sisters, Teddi King, The Playmates, Haller & Hayden, Jayne Meadows, Audrey Meadows

Air Date: 1958-02-23

23. Sam Cooke, Peter Ustinov, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Bobby Rivera, Jill Corey, Tommy Leonetti, Virginia Gibson, Alan Copeland

Air Date: 1958-03-02

24. Lou Costello, Jack Jones, Dolores Gray, Sabrina, Janik & Arnaut

Air Date: 1958-03-09

25. Lena Horne, Keenan Wynn, Jack E. Leonard, Mark Murphy, Carmen Basilio

Air Date: 1958-03-16

26. Anita Ekberg, Alan Young, Joni James, John Bubbles, Tommy Prisco

Air Date: 1958-03-23

27. Edgar Bergen, The Step Brothers, Marie McDonald, The All-American High School & College Basketball Teams

Air Date: 1958-03-30

In a comedy sketch with regulars Don Knotts, Joyce Jameson and Tom Poston, Marie McDonald portrays a celebrity approached by interviewers.

28. Orson Welles, Jane Powell, Senor Wences, Alan Dale, The Bay Bops

Air Date: 1958-04-06

29. Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae, Dody Goodman, Jayne Meadows, Audrey Meadows

Air Date: 1958-04-13

Steve's wife and sister-in-law, Jayne and Audrey Meadows, join him in a skit purporting to be a look at a real incident in their lives when they had a baby nurse, "Miss Huston" (played by Audrey). Dody does her usual rambling on, this time about baseball, as she replaces the "Billboard Girl" that announces next week's guests. Sammy Davis sings a rather obviously lipsynched number at the opening. Steve does a "report to the nation" sketch on the recession. Dody returns with the Meadows girls for the finale, a number based on the extremes of current ladies' fashions.

30. Season 3, Episode 30

Air Date: 1958-04-20

Bob Hope, Patrice Munsel, Ray Anthony, Johnny Haymer, David Allen

31. Claudette Colbert, Toni Arden, Abe Burrows, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane

Air Date: 1958-04-27

32. Count Basie, Joe Bushkin, Teddy Wilson, Jane Powell, Phil Harris, Igor and H

Air Date: 1958-05-04

33. Lionel Hampton, Rosemary Clooney, Rory Calhoun

Air Date: 1958-05-11

34. Julie Newmar, Dick Clark, Lou Costello, Ronnie Deauville, Beverly Kenney, Carl Ballantine, Abigail Van Buren, Maurice Gosfield, Sid Gould, Franklin Pangborn

Air Date: 1958-05-18

35. Peter Ustinov, Louis Armstrong, Barbara McNair, Van Cliburn

Air Date: 1958-05-25

36. Henry Fonda, Shari Lewis, Mel Torme, Martha Raye, Terry Gibbs, Gus Bivona, Gary Peacock, Mundell Lowe

Air Date: 1958-06-01

37. Kirk Douglas, Joni James, Roy Hamilton, Jonathan Winters, The Hi-Lo's

Air Date: 1958-06-15

38. Jack Lemmon, Peter Ustinov, Jerry Vale, Jeri Southern

Air Date: 1958-06-22

39. Oscar Levant, Tony Bennett, Don Adams, Dorothy Collins, Sandra McCorkle

Air Date: 1958-06-29

40. Tribute to original 'Tonight' show with Steve Allen

Air Date: 1958-07-06