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Chesterfield Sound Off Time

All Episodes 1951 - 1952

  • Ended
  • 1951-10-14T19:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 2h 30m (5 episodes)
A live comedy-variety series with rotating hosts Fred Allen and Bob Hope. The December 16, 1951 episode was preempted by "Dragnet: The Human Bomb", which was the pilot for the popular Dragnet series. The January 6, 1952 episode was the last for Sound Off Time and the series Dragnet premiered the next week in its time slot.

5 episodes

Series Premiere

1951-10-14T19:00:00Z

1x01 Dinal Shore, Jerry Colonna, Jack Dempsey

Series Premiere

1x01 Dinal Shore, Jerry Colonna, Jack Dempsey

  • 1951-10-14T19:00:00Z30m

1x07 William Bendix, Lina Romay

  • 1951-11-25T19:00:00Z30m

1951-12-16T19:00:00Z

1x10 Dragnet: The Human Bomb

1x10 Dragnet: The Human Bomb

  • 1951-12-16T19:00:00Z30m

Pilot for the Dragnet series. Success of this resulted in its abrupt replacement of the Chesterfield Sound Off.

Bob Hope hosts the Christmas episode aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer recently returned from the Korean War. Guests include the renowned Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo and singer/actress Constance Moore.

1x13 Dave Garroway, Zeke Manners

  • 1952-01-06T19:00:00Z30m

Allen and accordionist Zeke Manners act out a commercial for what the program sees as the next step in this trend, the sponsorship of a presidential candidate. Next, Allen discovers a body, which he at first thinks is a prop for one of NBC's many crime programs.

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