Eddy Arnold Time
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![]() The Gordonaires (AKA The Jordanaires), Betty Johnson, and Eddy Arnold as themselves in the episode, "Sunday at Home" | |
Genre | Musical |
Written by | Ben Park |
Directed by | Ben Park |
Starring | Eddy Arnold Betty Johnson The Gordonaires |
Opening theme | "Bouquet of Roses" |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Joe Csida |
Producer | Ben Park |
Production locations | Kling Studios, Chicago |
Cinematography | Robert Sable Haskell Wexler |
Editor | Richard Hertel |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes (26 minutes excluding ads) |
Production companies | Csida-Grean Associates Eddy Arnold Enterprises |
Original release | |
Network | First-run syndication |
Release | January 1, 1955 (1955-01-01) – October 1957 (1957-10) |
Eddy Arnold Time is an American musical television series syndicated to local stations from 1955 through 1957. The show consisted of 26 half-hour filmed episodes starring Eddy Arnold in different roles within a musical narrative. Arnold portrayed, among others, a lumberjack, a traveling salesman, a cowboy, a pet shop owner, himself, and even Stephen Foster.[1]
Production and cast
Produced, directed and written by Chicago NBC veteran Ben Park, the series featured Betty Johnson, who usually played Arnold's romantic interest; and in supporting roles, the Jordanaires, using the name Gordonaires. A promotional booklet for the program explained that the group used the name Jordanaires "only for their recordings."[1] The more complete explanation is that it legally protected the producers in case the group, which owned the name Jordanaires, left the program prematurely. For this show, the group was composed of Hoyt Hawkins, Hugh Jarett, Neal Matthews, Jr. and Gordon Stoker. Guitarist Hank Garland and Roy Wiggins (steel guitar) also made occasional appearances. A young Ed Asner appeared in one episode.[2]
The producers termed the program, filmed at Kling Studios in Chicago, Illinois, a TV filmusical. Production began in October 1954; it was among the earliest syndicated American TV programs. Although popular in some small markets, it suffered from uninspired performances and storylines, a poor soundtrack and inadequate marketing.[3]
In 1959, episodes were edited together with segments from The Old American Barn Dance and Jimmy Dean's Town and Country Time (a local Washington, D.C. program) and syndicated by producer Bernard L. Schubert under the title, Your Musical Jamboree.[2]
Episodes (22 of 26)
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Notes
- ^ a b Eddy Arnold Time © 1955, Trinity Music, Inc., New York, N.Y.
- ^ a b Gallen, Ira. "The Old American Barn Dance". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ Streissguth, Michael (1997). Eddy Arnold: Pioneer of the Nashville Sound. New York: Schirmer Books. ISBN 0-02-864719-X. p. 139
References
- Eddy Arnold Time © 1955, Trinity Music, Inc., New York, N.Y.
- Gallen, Ira. "The Old American Barn Dance". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- Streissguth, Michael (1997). Eddy Arnold: Pioneer of the Nashville Sound. New York: Schirmer Books. ISBN 0-02-864719-X.
External links
- Public domain episode on Internet Archive
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- Wanderin' with Eddy Arnold (1955)
- Anytime (1956)
- Have Guitar, Will Travel (1959)
- Thereby Hangs a Tale (1959)
- One More Time (1962)
- Cattle Call (1963)
- Folk Song Book (1964)
- The Easy Way (1965)
- My World (1965)
- I Want to Go with You (1966)
- The Last Word in Lonesome (1966)
- Somebody Like Me (1966)
- Lonely Again (1967)
- Turn the World Around (1967)
- The Everlovin' World of Eddy Arnold (1968)
- The Romantic World of Eddy Arnold (1968)
- Walkin' in Love Land (1968)
- So Many Ways/If the Whole World Stopped Lovin' (1973)
(1940s)
- "The Cattle Call"
- "Each Minute Seems a Million Years"
- "That's How Much I Love You"
- "What Is Life Without Love"
- "It's a Sin"
- "I'll Hold You in My Heart"
- "To My Sorrow"
- "Anytime"
- "Bouquet of Roses"
- "Texarkana Baby"
- "Just a Little Lovin'"
- "A Heart Full of Love"
- "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
- "One Kiss Too Many"
- "The Echo of Your Footsteps"
- "I'm Throwing Rice"
- "Take Me in Your Arms"
(1950s)
- "Little Angel with the Dirty Face"
- "Why Should I Cry Over You?"
- "Cuddle Buggin' Baby"
- "Enclosed One Broken Heart"
- "Lovebug Itch"
- "There's Been a Change in Me"
- "Kentucky Waltz"
- "I Wanna Play House With You"
- "Something Old, Something New"
- "Somebody's Been Beating My Time"
- "Heart Strings"
- "Easy on the Eyes"
- "A Full Time Job"
- "Eddy's Song"
- "I Really Don't Want to Know"
- "This Is the Thanks I Get"
- "Hep Cat Baby"
- "I've Been Thinking"
- "The Cattle Call"
- "Just Call Me Lonesome"
- "You Don't Know Me"
- "Tennessee Stud"
(1960s)
- "What's He Doing in My World"
- "Make the World Go Away"
- "I Want to Go with You"
- "The Tip of My Fingers"
- "Somebody Like Me"
- "Lonely Again"
- "Misty Blue"
- "Turn the World Around"
- "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
- Discography
- The Eddy Arnold Show
- Eddy Arnold Time
- Roy Wiggins