Season 9
Episodes
1 Robert Mitchum / Lillian Gish / Rocky Marciano Sep 25, 1955 2 Nat King Cole / Fanny cast / Josh Logan Oct 2, 1955 3 Johnny Carson / June Valli / on film: Frank Sinatra; Marlon Brando Oct 9, 1955 4 scheduled: Edward R. Murrow; Dave Brubeck; Ed Begley; Tony Randall Oct 16, 1955 5 scheduled: Nat King Cole & wife Maria; Jack Palance; Rod Steiger Oct 23, 1955 6 Andy Griffith / Jean Simmons / Orson Bean Oct 30, 1955 7 scheduled: Phil Silvers; Liberace; Rise Stevens Nov 6, 1955 8 Edith Piaf / Shirley Booth / Al Hibbler / Arthur Worlsey Nov 13, 1955 9 Bo Diddley / Laverne Baker / Five Keys / Rod Steiger & Jack Palance Nov 20, 1955 10 scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Dick Shawn; Licia Albanese Nov 27, 1955 11 scheduled: Abbott & Costello; Lillian Roth / Burt Lancaster (on film) Dec 4, 1955 12 Sugar Ray Robinson / Teresa Brewer / Joyce Grenfell Dec 11, 1955 13 scheduled: Orson Welles; James Mason & daughter; Orson Bean Dec 18, 1955 14 scheduled: Gary Cooper & Rod Steiger; Jay Nemeth / Also: Ice Show remote Dec 25, 1955 15 scheduled: Roger Williams; The Dreamweavers; Dick Duane Jan 1, 1956 16 schedul: Pearl Bailey; Lily Pons; Lone Ranger & Silver Jan 8, 1956 17 schedul: Jean Carroll; Billy Williams Quartet; The Matchmaker cast Jan 15, 1956 18 ASCAP salute: Cab Calloway; John Raitt; Helen Kane; Mitch Miller Jan 22, 1956 19 scheduled: Kim Novak & Susan Strasberg; Gracie Fields Jan 29, 1956 20 Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Rodgers & Hammerstein / Orson Welles / Ames Brothers Feb 5, 1956 21 Shirley Jones / Pearl Bailey / Carl Sanberg / Hal Holbrook Feb 12, 1956 22 scheduled: Hermione Gingold; Billy DeWolfe; The Goofers; Jean Madeira Feb 19, 1956 23 scheduled: Fred Waring; Lilian Roth; Al Capp, Rube Goldberg Feb 26, 1956 24 Edith Piaf / Walt Disney; James Cagney; Jack Lemmon; Susan Hayward Mar 4, 1956 25 scheduled: Roger Williams; Dick Duane; Jimmie Komack; Enzio Stuarti Mar 11, 1956 26 sched: Marcel Marceau; Eli Wallach; Nat King Cole; Cesare Siepe Mar 18, 1956 27 scheduled: Nat King Cole; Jack Carter; Reese & Davis Mar 25, 1956 28 scheduled: Bob Crosby; Lili Palmer; Gloria & Carter DeHaven Apr 1, 1956 29 scheduled: Noel Coward; Mitzi Gaynor; Andre Kostelanetz Apr 8, 1956 30 scheduled: Helen Traubel; Ed Gardner / On film: Grace Kelly & Ralph Meeker Apr 15, 1956 31 schedul: Ames Brothers; Senor Wences; Marion Marlowe; Sam Levenson Apr 22, 1956 32 scheduled: Kate Smith; Eve Arden; Peters Sisters; Jean Carroll Apr 29, 1956 33 scheduled: Tony Martin; Nat King Cole; Edie Adams; the Lovers; Will Jordan May 6, 1956 34 Robert Young with the Mother of the Year Awards / Carlos Ramirez May 13, 1956 35 Marcel Marceau / Jack Paar / Teresa Brewer / David Whitfield May 20, 1956 36 scheduled: Kate Smith; Senor Wences; David Whitfield; Marion Marlowe May 27, 1956 37 scheduled: Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis; Helen Wood; Lily Ponds Jun 3, 1956 38 scheduled: Nat King Cole; Bob Hope (on film); Jack Carter / film: A Short Vision Jun 10, 1956 39 All-Army Talent Show with Gary Crosby, Charlie Applewhite & Richard Hayes Jun 17, 1956 40 8th Anniversary: Harry Belafonte; Shelley Winters; Gregory Peck; Phil Silvers Jun 24, 1956 41 John Huston salute: Gregory Peck; Orson Welles; Lauren Bacall; Edward G. Robinson Jul 1, 1956 42 scheduled: Constance Bennett; Senor Wences; Cell Block 7; Patachou Jul 8, 1956 43 Julie Andrews / Louis Armstrong / Bing Crosby (on film) Jul 15, 1956 44 Jack Paar (guest host) / Ames Brothers / Ted Lewis / Prof. Backwards Jul 22, 1956 45 sched: Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus' Top Acts (incl. Emmett Kelly) Jul 29, 1956 46 scheduled: U.S. Air Force talent show Aug 5, 1956 47 A Tribute to the Yankees / Phil Silvers / Teresa Brewer Aug 12, 1956 48 scheduled: Frank Sinatra; Jeannie Carson; Don Cornell Aug 19, 1956 49 scheduled: U.S. Navy talent show - with guest host Kirk Douglas Aug 26, 1956 50 Patti Page (guest host) / Kay Ballard / Maria Neglia Sep 2, 1956 51 Elvis Presley (1st appearance) / Charles Laughton / Dorothy Sarnoff Sep 9, 1956 52 The Four Aces / Marion Marlowe / Brooklyn Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves Sep 16, 1956