The Alan Young Show

The Alan Young Show

"The Alan Young Show" was a radio and television series presented in diverse formats over a nine-year period and starring Canadian-English actor Alan Young.

It began on NBC radio as a summer replacement situation comedy in 1944, featuring vocalist Bea Wain. It moved to ABC with Jean Gillespie portraying Young's girlfriend Betty. The program was next broadcast by NBC for a 1946-47 run and was off in 1948. When it returned to NBC in 1949, Louise Erickson played Betty and Jim Backus was heard as snobbish playboy Hubert Updike III.

In 1950 "The Alan Young Show" moved to television as a variety, sketch comedy show, taking an 11-month hiatus in 1952. When it returned for its final season in 1953, the tone and format of the show changed into the more conventional sitcom, with Young playing a bank teller] with Dawn Addams cast as his girlfriend and Melville Faber portraying his son. The show alternated weeks with Ken Murray's "The Ken Murray Show" under the title "Time to Smile". In the last two weeks of the season, the format returned to its earlier style, but it was cancelled at the end of the season. "The Alan Young Show" received two Emmy Awards during its run.

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* [http://www.archive.org/details/otr_alanyoung Internet Archive: "The Alan Young Show" (four 1945-46 episodes)]

External links

*imdb title|0042070
* [http://tv4u.com/show-video.asp?cid=4&sid=671&vid=1771&t=The%20Alan%20Young%20Show "The Alan Young Show"] clips at TV4u.com


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