Lamp Unto My Feet

Lamp Unto My Feet was an American ecumenical religious program that was produced by CBS Television and broadcast from 1948 to 1979 on Sunday mornings.[1] The title comes from Psalms 119: "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

Lamp Unto My Feet
GenreReligious anthology
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkCBS Television
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Color
Audio formatMonaural
Original release21 November 1948 (1948-11-21) –
21 January 1979 (1979-01-21)

Overview

The program used a combination of drama, music, and dance to explore the histories, cultures and theological philosophies of the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths.[2][3]

In 1979 this program and another long-running CBS religious series, Look Up and Live, were combined to form a new show called For Our Times (April 28, 1979 to 1988), sponsored by the National Council of Churches, New York Board of Rabbis, and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.[4]

Guest stars

Notable guest stars included Mahalia Jackson, Kim Hunter, Luther Adler, Edward Mulhare, Arthur Hill, Eydie Gorme, The Ink Spots, and Aline MacMahon.

See also

The show was satirized on a 1976 episode of SCTV as Match Onto My Feet, with Joe Flaherty as Father John Duffy attending a Passover celebration of the Dithers family that ends up a disaster due to the misbehavior of the children, disagreements about the family business, and a misapplication of the rites by the family patriarch, Sid Dithers (Eugene Levy).

References
  1. "George Crothers, 89, Television Producer". The New York Times. December 7, 1998. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  2. "Lamp unto my feet - 1949-12-25 - The Christmas story". Moving Image Collections, Library of Congress. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  3. Arthur Shulman & Roger Youman (1966). How Sweet It Was. Bonanza Books. p. 487.
  4. TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Nobel. 2004. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-7607-5634-8.


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