American television talk show
The Joey Bishop Show
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Bishop with guest
Danny Thomas
and sidekick Regis Philbin, 1967
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Genre
| Talk show
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Presented by
| Joey Bishop
Regis Philbin
(
sidekick
)
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 2
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No.
of episodes
| 640
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Producers
| Ernest Chambers
Myles Harmon
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Production locations
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Running time
| 90 mins.
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Network
| ABC
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Release
| April 17, 1967
(
1967-04-17
)
[1]
?
December 26, 1969
(
1969-12-26
)
[1]
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The Joey Bishop Show
is an American talk show that had its first broadcast on
ABC
on April 17, 1967,
[2]
hosted by
Joey Bishop
and featuring
Regis Philbin
in his first ongoing role with national television exposure, as Bishop's
sidekick
/
announcer
. Created to challenge
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
, the show lasted 33 months, with the last show airing on December 26, 1969.
Bishop was part of the legendary 1960s entertainment phenomenon "the
Rat Pack
", and other members
Dean Martin
,
Sammy Davis, Jr.
and
Peter Lawford
occasionally appeared on his show, sometimes as unbilled surprises, though
Frank Sinatra
never did.
Famously, sidekick/announcer Regis Philbin walked off the program as a result of the continuous drubbing he had been receiving from critics, stating that the network never wanted him and he feared that he was injuring the series,
[3]
but he soon returned. This proved to be one of the few installments of the series to top
The Tonight Show
in the ratings. In 2011, Philbin revealed that Bishop had conceived the walk-off as a stunt.
[4]
The show was created to challenge
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
, which Bishop frequently guest hosted in its early seasons. Unable to attract high ratings, the show was cancelled after two seasons.
[5]
The program was shown five nights a week, Monday through Friday, with Carson as competition on
NBC
and, briefly,
The Las Vegas Show
hosted by
Bill Dana
on the short-lived U/United Network, and
Merv Griffin
also hosting
a talk show
on
CBS
, all in the same time slot, from 11:30 pm to 1:00 am.
Jack Paar
appeared on one of the early broadcasts as a kind of co-host as a favor to Bishop.
[6]
The show ended on December 26, 1969, with Bishop leaving after his monologue, declaring that this was the last show. Philbin was left to finish the final episode. The time slot was filled by
The Dick Cavett Show
.
[7]
Within two years, Bishop was once again a regular guest host on
The Tonight Show
.
See also
[
edit
]
- The Joey Bishop Show
? A situation comedy starring Bishop that ran on NBC from 1961 to 1964, and on CBS from 1964 to 1965.
References
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (October 16, 2007).
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946?Present
. Random House Publishing Group. p. 709.
ISBN
978-0-345-49773-4
. Retrieved
September 13,
2011
.
- ^
Severo, Richard (October 19, 2007).
"Joey Bishop, 'Rat Pack' Comic, Dies at 89"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
December 3,
2007
.
- ^
Tracy, Kathleen (December 2000).
Regis!: The Unauthorized Biography
. ECW Press. p. 38.
ISBN
978-1-55022-439-9
. Retrieved
September 13,
2011
.
- ^
Ho, Rodney (November 16, 2011).
"Regis Philbin: this isn't the last you've seen of me!"
.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
. Archived from
the original
on November 18, 2011.
- ^
"Joey Bishop Dead At 89"
.
Showbuzz
. CBS. October 18, 2007
. Retrieved
December 3,
2007
.
- ^
Philbin, Regis (November 15, 2011).
How I Got This Way
. HarperCollins. p.
77
.
ISBN
978-0-06-210977-4
. Retrieved
February 7,
2012
.
- ^
Tracy, Kathleen (December 2000).
Regis!: The Unauthorized Biography
. ECW Press. p. 42.
ISBN
978-1-55022-439-9
. Retrieved
September 13,
2011
.
External links
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