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LAMBS GAMBOL
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NBC
Sponsored by Maxwell House Coffee
Producer Herb Leder
Director Tom McDermott
US Variety series 1949 13 episodes x 30 min
Live from New York's famed theatrical association, The Lamb's Club.
A different master of ceremonies presided each week.
Series was up against CBS' "Toast of the Town" and only lasted to May 1949.
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NBC Sundays 8:30-9:00pm (27-Feb-1949 to 22-May-1949)
[01] Lambs Gambol [Premiere]
27Feb1949 NBC Sun 8:30pm
M.C. Bert Lytell
Guests
Bobby Clark
Guy Kibbee
Gene Tunney
Otto Kruger
William Gaxton
Walter Greaza
Jay Jostyn
Jack Tyler
Hobard Cavanaugh
Horace Braham
Jack Wilson
Mac Perrin
Bob Hawk
Leo Bernache
with the Johnny McManus Orchestra.
[02] Lambs Gambol
06Mar1949 NBC Sun 8:30pm
Guests
Joan Edwards
Jerry Bergen
Jay Jostyn
Otto Kruger
Senator Ed Ford
and others.
[03] Lambs Gambol
13Mar1949 NBC Sun 8:30pm
M.C. David Wayne
Guests
Pat Harrington
John Feeney
Dan Healy
[04] Lambs Gambol
20Mar1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
Guests
Rise Stevens
Bert Wheeler
[05] Lambs Gambol
27Mar1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
M.C. Bert Lahr
Guests
Jackie Gleason
Carol Bruce
William Gaxton
[06] Lambs Gambol
03Apr1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
Guests
Imogene Coca
Rose Marie
Ray Malone
Fred Sanborn
[07] Lambs Gambol
10Apr1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
Guests
Fred Waring Glee Club
Morton Downey
Kathryn Lee
Bill Callahan
[08] Lambs Gambol
17Apr1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
Guests
Victor Moore
William Gaxton
Mary Jane Walsh
[09] Lambs Gambol
24Apr1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
George Givot M.C.
Guests
Smith and Dale
Estrelita
Al Kelly
[10] Lambs Gambol
01May1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
Bert Lytell M.C.
Guests
James Barton
Isa Kirk
Evans Family
[11] Lambs Gambol
08May1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
Bobby Clark M.C.
Guests
Mary McCarty
Patricia Wymore
Frankie Thomas Jr.
[12] Lambs Gambol
15May1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
William Gaxton M.C.
Guests
Vivian Blaine
[13] Lambs Gambol [Final show of the series]
22May1949 NBC Sun 8:00pm
Bert Lahr M.C.
Guests
Bob Hawk
Betty Riley
"Leave It to the Girls" premieres on May 29,
1949 in this timeslot on NBC
with moderator Maggie McNellis,
guests are Kitty Carlisle, Binnie Barnes, Nancy Kelly, Florence Fritchett.
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