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THE IGOR CASSINI SHOW (1953-54)
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NBC Production
Producer Enid Roth
Director Larry Roemer
Host
Igor Cassini
US Celebrity Talk Show 1953-54 14 episodes x 30 min
Also known as "Cholly Knickerbocker" (Listed in New York Times as "Cholly
Knickerbocker")
Born as Igor Cassini Loiewski, he also worked as a publicist, ran the Celebrity
Register,
edited a short-lived magazine called Status,
was a co-director of the fashion company House of Cassini, founded by his elder
brother, Oleg Cassini,
and was a television personality in the 1950s and 1960s.
Premise: The gossip columnist (his pen name was Cholly Knickerbocker)
interviewed celebrities and reviewed films and plays.
He is credited with coining the word "jet set".
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NBC Sundays 6-6:30pm (25-Oct-1953 to 28-Feb1954)
[01] The Igor Cassini Show [Premiere]
25Oct1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
Mrs. Gwen Cafritz
[02] The Igor Cassini Show
01Nov1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
Gloria Vanderbilt
[03] The Igor Cassini Show
08Nov1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[04] The Igor Cassini Show
15Nov1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[05] The Igor Cassini Show
22Nov1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[06] The Igor Cassini Show
29Nov1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[07] The Igor Cassini Show
06Dec1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
Fernando Berckemeyer, Peruvian Ambassador to U.S.
Cobina Wright Sr.
[08] The Igor Cassini Show
13Dec1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[09] The Igor Cassini Show
20Dec1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[10] The Igor Cassini Show
27Dec1953 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[11] The Igor Cassini Show
03Jan1954 NBC Sun 6pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[12] The Igor Cassini Show
10Jan1954 NBC Sun 6:15pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
*NOTE: Drew Pearson interview takes the 6 to 6:15 timeslot.
[--] The Igor Cassini Show
17Jan1954 NBC Sun 6:15pm [New York Times and Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
pre-empted by East vs. West All-Stars Football game.
[13] The Igor Cassini Show
24Jan1954 NBC Sun 6:15pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[14] The Igor Cassini Show
31Jan1954 NBC Sun 6:15pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
[11] The Igor Cassini Show
07Feb1954 NBC Sun 6:15pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guests
Salvador Dali
Merle Oberon.
[12] The Igor Cassini Show
14Feb1954 NBC Sun 6:15pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guests
[13] The Igor Cassini Show
21Feb1954 NBC Sun 6:15pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guests
Mrs. John Cabot Lodge
and Tony Trabert.
[14] Exclusively Yours [Final show of the series]
28Feb1954 NBC Sun 6:15pm
Host Igor Cassini
Guest
Mrs. John Cabot Lodge
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