The Edsel Show was an hour-long television special broadcast live on CBS in the United States on October 13, 1957, intended to promote Ford Motor Company's new Edsel cars. It was a milestone in Bing Crosby's career, and was notable as the first CBS entertainment program to be broadcast live to the nation from Hollywood then recorded on videotape for rebroadcast in the Pacific Time Zone.
The Edsel Show starred Bing Crosby and featured Frank Sinatr...
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The Edsel Show was an hour-long television special broadcast live on CBS in the United States on October 13, 1957, intended to promote Ford Motor Company's new Edsel cars. It was a milestone in Bing Crosby's career, and was notable as the first CBS entertainment program to be broadcast live to the nation from Hollywood then recorded on videotape for rebroadcast in the Pacific Time Zone.
The Edsel Show starred Bing Crosby and featured Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Louis Armstrong, and Lindsay Crosby performing with the Four Preps. It also featured an appearance by a "mystery guest" who turned out to be Bob Hope. The special replaced the Ed Sullivan Show, for the same sponsor, on CBS' Sunday lineup for one evening only, and was one of the year's most successful programs, although its popularity did not transfer to the Edsel cars.
It has been credited as Bing Crosby's real television breakthrough , and set the pattern for his many television specials to come; in its wake he signed a...
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