| Eddy Arnold Time | |
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 The Gordonaires (AKA TheJordanaires), 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 musicaltelevision seriessyndicated to localstations from 1955 through 1957. The show consisted of 26 half-hourfilmed episodes starringEddy 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 evenStephen Foster.[1]
Produced, directed and written byChicagoNBC veteran Ben Park, the series featuredBetty Johnson, who usually played Arnold's romantic interest; and in supporting roles, theJordanaires, 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. GuitaristHank Garland andRoy Wiggins (steel guitar) also made occasional appearances. A youngEd Asner appeared in one episode.[2]
The producers termed the program, filmed at Kling Studios in Chicago, Illinois, aTV filmusical. Production began in October 1954; it was among the earliest syndicated American TV programs. Although popular in some smallmarkets, it suffered from uninspired performances and storylines, a poorsoundtrack and inadequate marketing.[3]
In 1959, episodes were edited together with segments fromThe Old American Barn Dance andJimmy Dean'sTown and Country Time (a local Washington, D.C. program) and syndicated by producer Bernard L. Schubert under the title,Your Musical Jamboree.[2]
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