JUKE BOX JURY {PETER POTTER'S JUKE BOX JURY} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of programs in which a "jury" of
celebrity panelists guesses which new songs will be
"hits or misses" on the popular music charts. "Judge"
Peter Potter presides over the guest jury whose
members this week are actor Mickey Rooney, entertainer
Lillian Roth, film hero Bill Williams, and his wife,
leading lady Barbara Hale. Songs discussed in this
program include the following: "Cuba Liberace" (George
Liberace and his Orchestra), and "Come Rain or Come
Shine" (Jerry Lewis with Buddy Bregman and His
Orchestra). Following discussion about his first
"straight" recording for Decca Records, wailing comedian
Jerry Lewis pays the panel a surprise visit, feigning
animus towards his chum Rooney, the only panelist to
pan his recording. As he exits the set, Lewis is
playfully slapped on his rear end by host Potter, who
bids the comic actor adieu by saying, "Thank you
punkin." The final recording played and discussed is
"If'n" (Jeannie Carson with Sonny Burke and His
Orchestra). Includes commercials.
(Network affiliation varies: "Juke Box Jury" began as a
local series in Los Angeles; it ran as a national series
on ABC 1953-1954; then as a local series on KNXT in Los
Angeles; moved to NBC Los Angeles affiliate KRCA in
1955; sydicated in 1958; taped telecasts aired on WNTA
in Newark in 1959).
Details
- NETWORK: KRCA-TV
- DATE: November 30, 1955
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:55
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T85:0499
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music, popular (songs, etc.)
- SERIES RUN: KRCA (Los Angeles, CA) - TV series, 1955-?
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Regal Pale beer
CREDITS
- Peter Potter … Host
- Jack Narz … Announcer, Talent, Regal Pale Commercial
- Lillian Roth … Guest panelist
- Mickey Rooney … Guest panelist
- Bill Williams … Guest panelist
- Barbara Hale … Guest panelist
- Jerry Lewis … Special Guest
- Jeannie Carson
- George Liberace
- George Liberace and His Orchestra