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''The Jim Nabors Hour'' is an American variety
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''The Jim Nabors Hour'' is an American variety television series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television adverti ...
hosted by Jim Nabors
James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle.
Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica, California, Sa ...
that aired on the CBS
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television network
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from 1969 to 1971.
Fresh from his success with ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.''The show (and CBS) renders the title as ''Gomer Pyle – USMC''. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spin-off of ''The Andy Griffith Sho ...
'', which put his backwoods "Gomer Pyle" character from ''The Andy Griffith Show
''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.
The ...
'' in a military context, the show not only built on that success, but also displayed his baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...
singing voice, which had been used on the ''Pyle'' show on occasion and had earned Nabors several gold record
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile meta ...
s in the late 1960s.
Two of Nabors' co-stars from ''Gomer Pyle,'' Ronnie Schell
Ronald Ralph Schell (born December 23, 1931) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He appeared on the May 28, 1959, episode of the TV quiz ''You Bet Your Life'', hosted by Groucho Marx. Schell demonstrated a comic barrage of beatnik jive t ...
and Frank Sutton
Frank Spencer Sutton (October 23, 1923 – June 28, 1974) was an American actor best remembered for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on the CBS television series ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.''.
Early life
Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, ...
, appeared as regulars along with Karen Morrow
Karen Morrow (born December 15, 1936) is an American singer and actress best known for her work in musical theater. Her honors include an Emmy Award and a Theatre World Award, and an Ovation Award and five Drama-Logue Award nominations.
Earl ...
and many guest stars. The Tony Mordente
Tony Mordente (born December 3, 1935) is an American dancer, choreographer, actor, and television director.
Career
Born in New York City, Mordente attended the High School of Performing Arts and made his professional dance debut at the Jacob's ...
Dancers and the Nabors Kids provided musical support for the song and dance routines.Terrace, Vincent (2009). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007'' (Volume 2 F-L). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. .
The show was consistently in the top thirty and performed strongly in its time slot, but fell victim to the CBS "rural purge
The "rural purge" of American television networks (in particular CBS) was a series of cancellations in the early 1970s of still-popular rural-themed shows with demographically skewed audiences, the majority of which occurred at the end of the ...
" and was axed by the network after two seasons; the last episode was broadcast on March 11, 1971.
References
External links
*Episode Guide on Ultimate70s
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