The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956)

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The Ford Show is an American variety program, starring singer and folk humorist Tennessee Ernie Ford, which aired on NBC on Thursday evenings from October 4, 1956, to June 29, 1961. The show was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, whose founders shared a last name with the host but had no known relation. Beginning in September 1958, the show was telecast in color.

Original Release

10/04/1956 on NBC

US Release

10/04/1956

Cast

Name

Character

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Himself - Host / Self - Host / Himself / Sir Joseph Porter

The Top Twenty

Themselves - Singers / Chorus

The Voices of Walter Schumann

Themselves - Singers

Cliff Arquette

Himself - Actor

Ken Remo

Self - Singer

Dick Wessler

Captain Corcoran / Self - Singer

Molly Bee

Herself - Singer

Harry Geller

Themselves - Orchestra / Himself - Orchestra Leader

Robert Horton

Himself - Actor

Johnny Guarnieri

Don Jose (as John Guarnieri) / Self - Singer

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	George Gobel	Thursday, 22 September 1960
2	Jaye P. Morgan	Thursday, 29 September 1960
3	Gary Crosby	Thursday, 06 October 1960
4	Eve Arden	Thursday, 13 October 1960
5	Jack Bailey	Thursday, 20 October 1960
6	Tab Hunter, Cliff Arquette and Jack Bailey	Thursday, 27 October 1960
7	Ernie and the Top Twenty	Thursday, 03 November 1960
8	Joe Flynn, Major Joseph Walker USAF and Major Robert White USAF	Thursday, 10 November 1960
9	Keenan Wynn	Thursday, 17 November 1960
10	Merle Travis and Molly Bee	Thursday, 24 November 1960
11	Tony Bennett	Thursday, 01 December 1960
12	Jimmie Rodgers and Margarethe Vertelson	Thursday, 08 December 1960
13	Roger Smith	Thursday, 15 December 1960
14	Kate Smith	Thursday, 22 December 1960
16	Shari Lewis	Thursday, 12 January 1961
17	Cliff Arquette	Thursday, 19 January 1961
18	John Raitt	Thursday, 26 January 1961
19	Brenda Lee	Thursday, 02 February 1961
20	Bobby Lauher	Thursday, 09 February 1961
21	Carmen	Thursday, 16 February 1961
22	Minnie Pearl	Thursday, 23 February 1961
23	Songs of the Open Sea	Thursday, 09 March 1961
24	Gordon MacRae	Thursday, 16 March 1961
25	Robert Horton	Thursday, 23 March 1961
26	On Location at Sea - Aboard the U.S.S. Aircraft Carrier Yorktown	Thursday, 30 March 1961
27	Charles Laughton	Thursday, 06 April 1961
28	The Everly Brothers	Thursday, 13 April 1961
29	Roberta Sherwood	Thursday, 20 April 1961
30	Joe Flynn	Thursday, 27 April 1961
31	Joanie Sommers	Thursday, 04 May 1961
33	Andy Devine	Thursday, 18 May 1961
34	Tab Hunter	Thursday, 01 June 1961
35	Gary Player	Thursday, 08 June 1961
36	Hoagy Carmichael	Thursday, 15 June 1961
37	Joe Flynn, Anita Bryant and the United States Marine Corps Drill Team	Thursday, 22 June 1961