The Patti Page Show
The Patti Page Show is an American television series which aired from 1955 to 1956. It aired in a 15-minute time-slot, with two commercial breaks for sponsor Oldsmobile. In the series, Patti Page lip-synced pop songs, mostly standards, with additional songs by the Page Five singers, a vocal group of three men and two women. The series aired in first-run-syndication. It was produced was Screen Gems.[1] There were 78 quarter-hour episodes, which circa 1958 were edited into 31 half-hour episodes.[2] The half-hour re-edit episodes run about 25-26 minutes excluding the commercials, as can be seen on episodes on the Internet Archive.
In its quarter-hour form, it was among the first American series to be shown in Australia. In Melbourne it aired at 7:15PM on Mondays, preceded by the evening news.[3]
References
- ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DSEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31&dq=%22the+patti+page+show%22+screen+gems&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2DDXVNDdBKPZmAXiroDoBg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22the%20patti%20page%20show%22%20screen%20gems&f=false
- ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eSEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=%22patti+page+show%22+%22jerry+hyams%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8jHXVImcAaPEmAXl1YHIDA&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22patti%20page%20show%22%20%22jerry%20hyams%22&f=false
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EIkQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3412%2C1114418
External links
Very unusually for Screen Gems, the series does not seem to have had its copyright renewed. Four half-hour episodes appear on the Internet Archive: [1], [2], [3], and [4].
A copy of a 15-minute episode, with poor sound and the original commercials, also appears on the website: The Patti Page Show: First song "Goody Goody"
