Kraft Music Hall
Synopsis
Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.
Season 1 Episodes
EP 1
Scheduled guests: --The Dunhills, precision dancers who toured with Milton Berle during the summer of 1958. The trio was made up of Walt…
EP 2
Scheduled guest: --Gary Crosby (singer-actor, son of Bing Crosby)
EP 3
Scheduled guests: --The Jordanaires (vocal group) --Carl Sandburg (poet) --Tony Roberts
EP 4
Scheduled guest: --Sammy Davis Jr. (singer)
EP 5
Guests: --Andy Griffith (comedian-actor) --Tony Roberts
EP 6
Scheduled guests: --Jimmy Durante (comedian-actor) --Peggy Sands (nightclub entertainer)
EP 7
--Red Skelton --The Kingston Trio
EP 8
Scheduled guest: --Helen Traubel (opera singer)
EP 9
Scheduled guests: --Ella Fitzgerald (singer) --George Jessell (comedian)
EP 10
Scheduled guest: --Eydie Gorme (singer)
EP 11
Scheduled guests: --Peter Lorre (actor) --Janis Paige (singer-Broadway actress) --The George Arnold Ice Revue
EP 12
Scheduled guests: --Judy Canova (comedian & movie actress) --Tommy Sands (singer-actor)
EP 13
--Tallulah Bankhead (actress) --Jimmy Rodgers
EP 14
--Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) --Harpo Marx
EP 15
Scheduled guests: --Ed Wynn (comedian) --Frankie Avalon (singer)
EP 16
Scheduled guests: --Joan Davis (comedian) --Bob Crosby (singer)
EP 17
Guests: --Jo Stafford (singer) --Dennis Day (comedian-singer)
EP 18
Scheduled guest: --William Bendix (actor, from ""The Life of Riley"")
EP 19
Scheduled guests: --The McGuire Sisters (singers) --Rory Calhoun (actor, star of the TV series ""The Texan"")
EP 20
Scheduled guests: --The Ames Brothers --Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang
EP 21
Scheduled guest: --Martha Raye
EP 22
Scheduled guests: --Count Basie's Orchestra featuring Joe Williams
EP 23
Scheduled guests: --Yvonne DeCarlo (actress) --The Four Lads (vocal group) --The Trio Cottas (dog act)
EP 24
Scheduled guests: --Edgar Bergen --Darvis and Julia (dance team)
EP 25
Scheduled guest: --Janis Paige (musical-comedy star)
EP 26
Scheduled guest --Martha Raye - appears with Milton in a sketch about Frances and Sidney Schlump.
EP 27
Scheduled guests: --Janik & Arnault (dance team)
EP 28
Scheduled guests: --Ginger Rogers (actress-singer) --Janik & Arnault (dance team)
EP 29
Scheduled guests: --Carl Sandburg (poet) --The Jordanaires (vocal group) --Marie McDonald
EP 30
First Kraft - ""Dave King Show"" with scheduled guest: --Janis Paige
EP 31
Scheduled guest: --June Havoc
EP 32
Scheduled guest: --Sally Ann Howes
EP 33
Scheduled guest: --Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress)
EP 34
Scheduled guest: --Gretchen Wyler (actress & dancer)
EP 35
Scheduled guest: --Celeste Holm (actress)
EP 36
Scheduled guest: --Maureen Cannon (singer)
EP 37
Scheduled performers: --The Jerry Packer Singers --Instead of guests, the series regulars were to be spotlighted.
EP 38
Scheduled guest: --Peggy King
EP 39
Scheduled guest: --Anita Darian (singer)
EP 40
Scheduled guest: --Glen Mason (singer)
EP 41
Scheduled guest: --Carol Lawrence
EP 42
Scheduled guest: --Sandy Stewart
EP 43
Scheduled guest: --Joyce Hahn (singer)
EP 44
Guest: --Bet E. Martin (singer)
EP 45
--Dave King sings ""You Can't Love 'Em All"" and ""In Berkley Square."" He also does a ""Father Sees Baby"" pantomime. Scheduled guests: …
EP 46
Scheduled guest: --Johnny Mercer
EP 47
Scheduled guest: --Gloria DeHaven
EP 48
This was the final Dave King Show. There were no scheduled guests. It was a farewell party featuring the show's regulars
