Versatile Varieties

Versatile Varieties, also known as Bonnie Maid Versatile Varieties and Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties, was a TV series that ran from 1949 to 1951 on NBC, CBS and ABC under three different formats. The sponsor was "Bonnie Maid Linoleum".[1][2]

Versatile Varieties
GenreVariety show
Children
Created byCharles Basch
Frances Scott
Directed byJay Strong
StarringGeorge Givot
Harold Barry
Bob Russell (hosts)
Bernie Sands
Jerry Jerome
Mark Towers
Harry Breuer (bandleaders)
Nick Perito (piano)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkNBC (1949-51)
CBS (1951)
ABC (1951)
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original release29 August 1949 (1949-08-29) 
14 December 1951 (1951-12-14)

Program formats

See also

References

  1. IMDB entry
  2. CTVA entry
  3. Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 534–535. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

Bibliography

  • Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  • Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
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