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The Morning Show

The Morning Show

1954TV Series⏱️ 2h 0m
ComedyFamilyMusicTalk-Show
5.6
IMDB Rating
20 votes

'The Morning Show' debuted on March 15, 1954, on CBS. Hosted by Walter Cronkite with Charles Collingwood as newsman, it also featured the puppets of Bil and Cora Baird, including a lion named Charlemagne and a "disk doggie" named ...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Charles Collingwood, Bil Baird, Cora Baird
Release Date
March 15, 1954
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Charles Collingwood
Charles Collingwood
as Self - News Reports
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Bil Baird
as Self - puppeteer
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Cora Baird
as Self - puppeteer
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The Baird Puppets
as Themselves
Jack Paar
Jack Paar
as Self - Host
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
as Self - Host
Edie Adams
Edie Adams
as Self - singer
Merv Griffin
Merv Griffin
as Self - Regular Performer
Sandy Stewart
Sandy Stewart
as Self - regular performer
Will Rogers Jr.
Will Rogers Jr.
as Self - Host

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
CBS

🏷️ Keywords

variety shownon fiction

🎯 Categories

ComedyFamilyMusicTalk Show

⭐ Featured Review

When Dick Van Dyke was the host; Walter Cronkite was the news anchor
by todd-mason-636-2566582013-03-18

"Or at least this is the way that Van Dyke remembers it, in interviews on CBS Sunday MORNING (where they presumably would've corrected him if he was wrong) and his recent interview on Mark Maron's pod-cast WTF. Van Dyke describes being hired by CBS, without the network having much of a good idea what to do with him, sticking him into short-lived cartoon/kid shows, game shows, and in this early attempt to challenge TODAY. Unsuccessfully, though perhaps the team of Van Dyke and Cronkite was as likely to do the trick as anyone that CBS could come up with in those days...no evidence of a ..."

📖 Synopsis

'The Morning Show' debuted on March 15, 1954, on CBS. Hosted by Walter Cronkite with Charles Collingwood as newsman, it also featured the puppets of Bil and Cora Baird, including a lion named Charlemagne and a "disk doggie" named ...