Did All Four TV Networks Simultaneously Broadcast the Same Rodgers & Hammerstein Special on March 28, 1954? See John Raitt as Billy Bigelow and Jan Clayton as Julie Jordan Singing the Duet from Carousel Live (Video)

Re-posted by N.S.

@msgfrmdaactionman3000
1 year ago

“I see that most of the comments are about this musical but in case you didn’t know, I came here because this was on all of the TV networks at the same time when it aired! All 4 channels played this! Can you imagine switching the channel back then and its the same show? I bet the TV repairmen got some calls that night, ‘It won't switch TV channels!.’ [chuckle.] ‘General Foods’ 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein’ is a two-hour TV special broadcast live on March 28, 1954, on all four major TV networks of the time, DuMont, CBS, NBC and ABC. The special was hosted by Groucho Marx, Mary Martin, Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan and Edgar Bergen with his puppet, Charlie McCarthy.”


“If I Loved You” from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (Stage Version)