{"product_id":"dumont-cavalcade-of-stars-rare-tv-specials-collection","title":"DUMONT CAVALCADE OF STARS - RARE TV SPECIALS COLLECTION","description":"\u003cp\u003eDUMONT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCAVALCADE OF STARS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDumont at Saturday 12:00 AM (60 min.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJune 4, 1949 Thru September 26, 1952\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCavalcade of Stars was one of the few successful series launched by the limited Dumont television network. With a larger budget than most of their series, it was a legitimate competitor in the big-time comedy\/variety sweepstakes dominated by the likes of Milton Berle and Ed Sullivan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe initial host was young comedian Jack Carter whose brash style was very much like that of Berle's. Once the show began to gather a following, Carter was made an offer from the bigger, more prestigious NBC and left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNext up was comedian Jerry Lester, another brash comic whose tenure as host lasted a mere four months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgain in need of a new host, Dumont offered a six-week audition contract to an unknown nightclub comic named Jackie Gleason. During Gleason's tenure, Calvacade reached new heights in popularity as Gleason began to assemble the cast of characters he would use for the rest of his career: Reginald Van Gleason III, Charlie Bratton, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGleason left for his CBS debut with the splashy variety show that would make him famous for in September of 1952. By this time, Dumont had begun its descent to oblivion and couldn't offer Gleason a deal as sweet as that from CBS. Trying to follow Jackie Gleason would be tough for anyone, especially on DumontÍs tight budget. The task fell to a young comic, Larry Storch, who was chosen as his replacement. Cavalcade of Stars and Storch remained on the air just a few months more and was gone.\u003cbr\u003e\nMOST OF THE DUMONT FILM CATALOG WAS DESTROYED IN THE 1970Ís MAKING FINDING THESE OLD SHOWS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHIS TWO DISC COLLECTION CONTAINS 6 COMPLETE EPISODES FROM THE DUMONT ERA OF EARLY TELEVISION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith The Following Guest Stars and many original commercials:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJane Pickens, Georgia Gibb, Victor Borge, Vivian Blaineƒ and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e5 SHOWS:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDISC 1: HOSTED BY JERRY LESTER -\u003cbr\u003e\nHOSTED BY JACKIE GLEASON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDISC 2: HOSTED BY JERRY LESTER -\u003cbr\u003e\nHOSTED BY JACKIE GLEASON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDISC 3: HOSTED BY JACKIE GLEASON -\u003cbr\u003e\nBONUS: LIBERACE SHOW\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FCSA","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":48934899908665,"sku":"bwl1789908420106","price":14.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/6614\/2521\/files\/dumont-cavalcade-of-stars---rare-tv-specials-collection_1.jpg?v=1789908423","url":"https:\/\/mineralsunc.shop\/products\/dumont-cavalcade-of-stars-rare-tv-specials-collection","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}