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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Startime Season 1 Episode 1 - The Wonderful World of Entertainment
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E1

    A musical variety show revolving around the music of the 1930s through 1950s, in which the history of show business—including motion pictures, radio, television, and vaudeville—is used as a thread to hold together the songs, sketches, and dances.

    Directors:Kirk Browning, Bob Fosse
    Writer:Larry Gelbart

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  2. Startime Season 1 Episode 4 - The Secret World of Kids
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    S1:E4

    Art Linkletter's variety episode pays tribute to children with guests Richard M. and his mother Hannah Nixon; comedian Ed Wynn; motion picture actors Ann Blyth and Vincent Price; child performers Jon Provost of Lassie, Teddy Rooney, and Angela Cartwright of The Danny Thomas Show; the Mitchell Boys Choir; and animal performers Lassie and Jerry. Includes a modern television version of Tom Sawyer, a skit on the importance of the first baby, musical and dance numbers, interviews with children and with Richard Nixon and his mother on the Vice President's childhood, and Vincent Price's talented chimpanzee.

    Director:Dick McDonough
    Writers:Dick Wesson, Paul Henning

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  3. Startime Season 1 Episode 9 - Something Special
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    S1:E9

    Two lonely singles are paired by a matrimonial bureau.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Sol Saks

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  4. Startime Season 1 Episode 10 - My Three Angels
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    S1:E10

    Three convicts escaping from Devil's Island take refuge with a struggling storekeeper and his family, and are able to help them out of their straits.

    Director:Bretaigne Windust
    Writers:Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack

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  5. Startime Season 1 Episode 11 - Cindy's Fella
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    S1:E11

    Peddler Azel Dorsey and a drifter wander into a town and help young Cindy find her prince, in this old-west take on the Cinderella fable.

    Director:Gower Champion
    Writer:Jameson Brewer

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  6. Startime Season 1 Episode 12 - Christmas Startime with Leonard Bernstein
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    S1:E12

    A musical Christmas celebration featuring Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic, Marian Anderson, the Schola Cantorum, the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral in London and others.

    Director:Roger Englander
    Writer:Leonard Bernstein

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  7. Startime Season 1 Episode 13 - Meet Cyd Charisse
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    S1:E13

    A musical variety show starring dancer Cyd Charisse, with guest stars Eve Arden; James Mitchell; Charisse's husband, singer Tony Martin; and a company of over twenty dancers. Includes Charisse and Mitchell in a dramatic ballet set on the Hong Kong waterfront, involving an ill-fated romance between an Oriental entertainer and a thief; Charisse and Mitchell in a romantic dance story set to Gershwin's 'Love Walked In'; Martin in song and dance numbers with Charisse and two featured dancers; and Arden and Ray Kellogg educating coffeehouse beatniks on the culture of the flapper generation.

    Director:Jack Donohue
    Writer:Irvin Graham

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  8. Startime Season 1 Episode 15 - The Dean Martin Show
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    S1:E15

    Dean Martin returns to host; appearing in this show: musical comedy star Nanette Fabray, pianist André Previn, and singer Fabian.

    Director:Jack Donohue
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Startime Season 1 Episode 16 - Crime, Inc.
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    S1:E16

    A survey employing dramatic recreations show how organized crime has infiltrated legitimate business and labor organizations.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Luther Davis

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  10. Startime Season 1 Episode 17 - The Wonderful World of Jack Paar
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    S1:E17

    Jack Paar hosts a show in the casual style of his late-hours stanza. Guests include singer Pat Suzuki, comics Jonathan Winters and Alice Pearce, dancer Betty Bruce, pantomimist Harry Minno, mimic singer Duke Hazlett, a novelty act called the Strong Brothers, and Jack's young daughter Randy.

    Director:Greg Garrison
    Writers:Paul Keyes, Bob Howard

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  11. Startime Season 1 Episode 18 - The Greatest Man Alive
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    S1:E18

    An elderly inhabitant of a dingy Manhattan apartment, decides that his life has been a failure and prepares to hang himself when a researcher calls.

    Directors:Bretaigne Windust, Gordon Rigsby
    Writer:Tony Webster

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  12. Startime Season 1 Episode 19 - The Swingin' Years
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    S1:E19

    Ronald Reagan hosts a celebration of the big band era of the 1930s and 1940s.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writers:Frank Waldman, Tom Waldman

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  13. Startime Season 1 Episode 22 - Jeff McCleod, the Last Reb
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    S1:E22

    Set within the twenty-four hours of April 17, 1865, in and around the Tressler farm in Missouri, Confederate soldier Captain Jeff McCleod has been wounded and left for dead on a small Missouri battlefield. He is found by 15-year-old Yankee boy Jannie, and brought home to a household of women who, reluctantly, hide McCleod in the cellar and lie about his presence to a search party of Union soldiers.

    Director:Paul Nickell
    Writers:Douglas Heyes, William D. Gordon

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  14. Startime Season 1 Episode 23 - The Swingin', Singin' Years
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    S1:E23

    Ronald Reagan returns to hosts anotjer celebration of the big band era of the 1930s and 1940s that recall the greatest recordings made during the swing era.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writers:Frank Waldman, Tom Waldman

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  15. Startime Season 1 Episode 24 - Academy Award Songs
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    S1:E24

    Jane Wyman hosts a showcase of movie songs that won an Academy Award and features the five tunes nominated for this year's Oscar.

    Director:Greg Garrison
    Writer:Mac Benoff

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  16. Startime Season 1 Episode 25 - Dear Arthur
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E25

    Sophisticated international rogue Fred Cortin has devoted a lifetime to the study and practice of imaginative confidence games. When he encounters his divorced, wealthy daughter, Edith Brooks, on the French Riviera, he devises a plan to protect her from a rash of unwanted suitors by creating a husband for her who doesn't exist. As the moneyed international set in Monaco and along the Riviera—led by Emerald Dane—tends to its fun and games, Cortin sets about achieving his greatest deception.

    Directors:Bretaigne Windust, Gordon Rigsby
    Writer:Gore Vidal

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  17. Startime Season 1 Episode 28 - Well, What About You?
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    S1:E28

    Figures from politics and entertainment join forces to get people to vote in November. The parties are represented by Vice President Richard Nixon, as well as by Paul Butler, Democratic national chairman; Massachusetts Sen. John Kennedy. Thruston Morton of Kentucky, Butler's Republican counterpart; Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York; and Adlai Stevenson.

    Director:Greg Garrison
    Writer:Dore Schary

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  18. Startime Season 1 Episode 29 - Soldiers in Greasepaint
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    S1:E29

    A 20th anniversary tribute to the USO with host Bob Crosby and performances by singer Jane Morgan, comedian Don Adams, and the vocal group The Modernaires. Film clips are shown of USO entertainers doing shows behind the lines during WWII and in Korea.

    Director:Grey Lockwood
    Writer:Joe Bigelow

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  19. Startime Season 1 Episode 30 - Fun Fair
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    S1:E30

    Celeste Holm hosts a salute to the American county fair. Her guests include Cliff Arquette as Charley Weaver, singers Marion Marlowe and Jaye P. Morgan, comedienne Hermione Gingold, character actress Margaret Hamilton, musical-comedy performer Peter Palmer, and magician Carl Ballantine.

    Director:Gordon Rigsby
    Writers:Jean Meegan, Robert Hilliard

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  20. Startime Season 1 Episode 31 - Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur
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    S1:E31

    Tennessee Ernie Ford is transported back to England in the time of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

    Director:Lee J. Cobb
    Writer:Roland Kibbee

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  21. Startime Season 1 Episode 32 - Sing Along with Mitch
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    S1:E32

    Conductor-arranger Mitch Miller transfers his 'Sing Along with Mitch' format from records to television. In this program, he is joined by the vocal group Brothers Four, singers Leslie Uggams and Diana Trask, the Sing Along Chorus, and an aggregation of singing children. The studio audience is encouraged to participate.

    Director:Bill Hobin
    Writer:Gordon Cotler

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  22. Startime Season 1 Episode 21 - Talent Scouts
    1.2/10(110 votes)

    S1:E21

    Dave Garroway hosts this showcase for several talented young show-business professionals, each 'sponsored' by an established performer.

    Director:Grey Lockwood
    Writer:George Foster

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  23. Startime Season 1 Episode 2 - The Jazz Singer
    6.6/10(57 votes)

    S1:E2

    A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Oliver Crawford

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  24. Startime Season 1 Episode 7 - George Burns in the Big Time
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    S1:E7

    A musical variety episode featuring comedians and performers George Burns, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, and George Jessel reliving their early days in vaudeville.

    Director:Dick Darley
    Writer:Mac Benoff

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  25. Startime Season 1 Episode 27 - Incident at a Corner
    7.0/10(262 votes)

    S1:E27

    A school crossing guard reprimands the PTA president for careless driving. He is later dismissed from his job on the basis of an anonymous note accusing him of being too friendly with little schoolgirls.

    Director:Alfred Hitchcock
    Writer:Charlotte Armstrong

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Wonderful World of Entertainment" is the worst rated episode of "Startime". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Kirk Browning, Bob Fosse and written by Larry Gelbart, it aired on 10/6/1959. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Secret World of Kids".