A
short-lived fifteen-minute variety show featuring Betty Brewer and the
Milton DeLugg Trio, and sponsored by Mogen David wine.Original daytime variety
shows were
not unusual in the fifties, but this one was a little strange.
Its
time slot was normally taken up by the half-hour serial There's One
in Every Family. On Thursdays only, Family was
shortened
to fifteen minutes in order to make room for Bill's program.
DeLugg,
a ubiquitous musical presence in the 1950s, would years later be the
bandleader
on The Gong Show
The program was a barely scripted affair, with Bill sitting at a desk making idle chatter, bantering with his sidekicks or plugging the sponsor's product. Within each quarter-hour program, DeLugg and his trio played a short instrumental number, and Brewer performed a vocal selection. There were no guest stars.
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