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SHOWS THAT MUST EXIST, BUT ARE INVISIBLE, FOR INSTANCE....

--------------------------------------Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre (Frederic W. Ziv Co., 1954-55)
---------------------------------------------------------------Syndicated, 30 minutes
------------------------------------------------------------------Host: Eddie Cantor
"Now in Rehearsal” Eddie Cantor, Brian Aherne
"Nearly Normal” Don Defore, Pat Crowley
"The Big Bargain” James Gleason, Billie Burke
"The Hypochondriac” Eddie Cantor, Reginald Denny, Eddie Fisher
"A Hunting We Will Go” Lizabeth Scott, Craig Stevens
"The Suspicious Husband” Buddy Ebsen, Bonita Granville
"Garage” Eddie Cantor, Connie Russell
"The Romance Wrecker” Charles Coburn, Cathy Downs
"The Atomic Brain” Allyn Joslyn, Marie Windsor
"The Mink Coat” Eddie Cantor, Jean Parker
"The Finer Points” Robert Strauss, Jack LaRue
"The Helper” Eddie Cantor, Marjorie Reynolds
"Commercially Ever After” Eddie Cantor, John Gallaudet
"The Practical Joker” Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Grainger
"The Sure Cure” Peter Lorre, Veda Ann Borg
"'The Critics” Eddie Cantor, Honey Brothers
'This Marine Went to Town” Victor McLaglan, Stan Freberg
"Always the Butler” Basil Rathbone
"A Night at the Follies” Eddie Cantor, Joe Besser
“ 'V for Victoria” Mona Freeman, Peter Leeds
"How Much for Van Such” Vincent Price
"Dying to Love” Eddie Cantor, Jane Frazee
"Bombshell Goes to College” Joan Blondell, Michael Fox
"Call Me Irving” Johnny Johnson, Mary Beth Hughes
"Ten Thousand Years from Now” Eddie Cantor, Reginald Denny
"What Do You Want in a Show” Three Stooges, Ida Cantor
"The Playboy” Rudy Vallee
"Man Who Liked Little People” Edmund Gwenn
"Lieutenant Was No Gentleman” Ann Sheridan
"The Song Plugger” Eddie Cantor, David Rose
"Four Strikes” Pat O'Brien, Vera Marshe
"Square World of Pennyworth” Buster Keaton
"The Hollywood Story” Johnny Johnson
"The Tester” Alan Young
"Strange Little Stranger” Tommy Noonan, Joyce Holden
"And Now from the Audience” William Frawley

-------------------------------------------Is the Stooges episode the only one making the rounds?

Not that I've looked very hard for it, but I'd like to see MEN INTO SPACE, a one-season series circa 1962 starring William Lundigan. There was even a toy line tie-in.

In need of restoration is Bob Cummings' series LOVE THAT BOB aka THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW, that was on for several seasons in the mid 1950s. It was very funny and Cummings had a deadpan style not unlike Jack Benny. It so influenced my impression of him that I can't watch any of his dramatic movies today w/o feeling he's about to make a wisecrack.

I was very impressed with Lloyd Bridges' series SEA HUNT produced by ZIV if I recall correctly. Most of it was filmed outdoors on boats and underwater. As a budding film buff I spotted veteran actors who guested on various episodes. For example, I remember seeing an obese Tom Brown and I couldn't believe how heavy he had gotten since say, BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME (1947). If I had to pick only one TV series I'd like to see again, SEA HUNT would be it.