The Tonight Show
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Season 1
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Monday, September 27th, 1954
1: September 27, 1954
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Friday, October 1st, 1954
2: October 1, 1954
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Monday, October 4th, 1954
3: October 4, 1954
Season 3
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Monday, September 3rd, 1956
1: September 3, 1956
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Tuesday, September 4th, 1956
2: September 4, 1956
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Wednesday, September 5th, 1956
3: September 5, 1956
A salute to Japan.
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Thursday, September 6th, 1956
4: September 6, 1956
The 4 Voices; college beauty queens.
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Friday, September 7th, 1956
5: September 7, 1956
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Monday, September 10th, 1956
12: September 10, 1956
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Tuesday, September 11th, 1956
13: September 11, 1956
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Wednesday, September 12th, 1956
14: September 12, 1956
Jazz pianist Barbara Carroll; a Mexican boys' choir.
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Thursday, September 13th, 1956
15: September 13, 1956
Jazz saxophonist Bobby Dukoff; actor Chester Morris.
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Friday, September 14th, 1956
16: September 14, 1956
Musician Joe Venuti; Jacques Cousteau.
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Monday, September 17th, 1956
17: September 17, 1956
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Tuesday, September 18th, 1956
18: September 18, 1956
Guest host Tony Randall; comic Louis Nye; jazz trumpeter Red Allen & band perform.
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Wednesday, September 19th, 1956
19: September 19, 1956
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Thursday, September 20th, 1956
20: September 20, 1956
Impressionist Jimmy Caesar; magician Kudabux.
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Friday, September 21st, 1956
21: September 21, 1956
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Monday, October 1st, 1956
6: October 1, 1956
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Thursday, October 11th, 1956
7: October 11, 1956
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Monday, October 29th, 1956
8: October 29, 1956
Guest host Ernie Kovacs; calypso musician Lord Burgess; comedic actor Joe E. Brown.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 1956
9: December 5, 1956
Jazz group Billy Taylor Trio.
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Friday, January 25th, 1957
10: January 25, 1957
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Monday, January 28th, 1957
11: January 28, 1957
Jack Lescoulie introduces the new version of the Tonight Show, a magazine style format similar to the Today Show. Earl Wilson interviews George Gobel & Joan Crawford. Hy Gardner interviews Edward G. Robinson and Dean Martin; Paul Coates visits an illegal poker house in L.A.; Vernon Scott interviews Jayne Mansfield; Irv Kupcinet visits an atomic lab in Illinois; Bob Considine interviews Dr. William Memminger in Topeka, Kansas.
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Monday, February 18th, 1957
22: February 18, 1957
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Monday, June 24th, 1957
24: June 24, 1957
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Friday, July 26th, 1957
23: July 26, 1957