The Steve Allen Show
American television show
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appearance by Bruce
- In Lenny Bruce
…appeared on the nationally televised Steve Allen Show, where he was introduced as “the most-shocking comedian of our time.” Just a few months before, Time magazine had called him a sick comic, though he described himself as impossible to label.
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career of Allen
- In Steve Allen
…the early 1950s, with both The Steve Allen Show (CBS, 1950–52) and his regular appearances as a panelist on the CBS game show What’s My Line? He began hosting a local New York-based late-night show in July 1953; its format remained largely unchanged when, in September 1954, the NBC network…
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