Series · NBC · 1948
Pass it on
Texaco Star Theater
29Leave it.
People bought sets for Berle, and the only promise was next Tuesday.
Take controlThis scores 29. Texaco Star Theater cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it
The review
People bought televisions to see Milton Berle. That sentence is the history, and it is also the limit. He was live on Tuesday night, in costumes that were half the joke, with sponsors, guests, and a loud comic. The hour sold a lot of sets.
There is little in it about a household. The product is next Tuesday's laugh. I can grant the craft of a live variety show and still see what you are being sold: a reason to be in the room at the same time next week. No marriage, no neighbor, no bill for a lie. A relic is fine. A habit of waiting on the sponsor is the part I would not pass down without a comment.
Journal
Keep Texaco Star Theater in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 29. Yours can differ.
The glance
Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
The eight
- 5Industry
Berle's job is the live hour, and the product is the sponsor's laugh.
- 1Household
There is little in the hour about a marriage, a parent, or a child.
- 2Piety
A costume and a loud joke never ask anyone's conscience to stop.
- 2Courage
He goes on live in a costume; the risk is only whether the joke lands.
- 3Republic
A sponsor and a shared Tuesday night are the only public tie.
- 2Temperance
The product is next Tuesday's laugh, built so you wait for it.
- 4Truth
The sponsor is open about selling, and the joke does not pretend to be news.
- 4Stewardship
People bought televisions to see him, and the sets outlasted the costumes.
Where to watch
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