The Edsel Show

(1957)

58 minutes

Comedy / Musical Variety

Cast: Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Hope, Lindsay Crosby, Louis Armstrong and The Four Preps

Wall to wall music in a one hour television special that introduced the Edsel to the world. Complete with all of the original Edsel commercials.

The special replaced The Ed Sullivan Show, for the same sponsor, on CBS' Sunday lineup for one evening only and was broadcast live in the United States on October 13, 1957, intended to promote Ford Motor Company's new Edsel cars. It was notable as the first CBS entertainment program to be recorded on videotape for rebroadcasting it in the western part of the country after the show was performed live for the east.

Ending theme song 'On the Sunny Side of the Street'.