The Hank McCune Show

The Hank McCune Show

"The Hank McCune Show" was an American television situation comedy. Filmed without a studio audience, it was notable for being the first program to incorporate a laugh track.

The series began as a local Los Angeles program in 1949. NBC placed it on its national primetime schedule at the start of the 1950-51 season. It debuted at 7:00pm Eastern Time on September 9 and was cancelled three months later.

The premise foreshadowed that of "The Larry Sanders Show" in that it contained a show within a show. McCune portrayed a television variety show host named after himself, and each week the character managed to blunder his way into a variety of comic predicaments.

The supporting cast included Larry Keating, Charles Maxwell, Frank Nelson, and Florence Bates.

References

"The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 - Present" by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, Ballantine Books, 1986, pg. 321, ISBN 0-345-35610-1

External links

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