''The Gay Nineties Revue'' is an American variety series that aired
live
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on
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from August 11, 1948, to January 14, 1949.
The host was 81-year-old songwriter and vaudeville veteran
Joe Howard.
Overview
''The Gay Nineties Revue'' brought live performances of entertainment that had originally been written and performed decades earlier. It was an adaptation of a
program of the same name that was on
radio
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from 1939 to 1944, before it was revived for television.
Regular performers were singers Lulu Bates and The Floradora Girls. Ray Bloch and his orchestra provided accompaniment.
The theme song was "
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now", which Howard claimed to have written but was actually composed by Harold Orlob.
Production background
Howard was a popular songwriter and singer, who later had a successful career capitalizing on the
nostalgia
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many had for the "
Gay Nineties
The Gay Nineties is an American nostalgic term and a periodization of the history of the United States referring to the decade of the 1890s. It is known in the United Kingdom as the Naughty Nineties, and refers there to the decade of supposedl ...
" (the 1890s). The program was initially broadcast on Wednesdays from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time. In November 1948 it was moved to Fridays from 8:30 to 9 p.m. E. T.
Preservation status
At least one episode of this show survives, which can be viewed online at the
Internet Archive
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.
See also
*
1948-49 United States network television schedule
References
External links
*
Kinescope of ''The Gay Nineties Revue''at the
Internet Archive
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Video of the December 17, 1948, episode of ''The Gay Nineties Revue'' from YouTube
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1940s American variety television series
Black-and-white American television shows
American live television series
American Broadcasting Company original programming
American English-language television shows
Musical television series