The School House
StarringKenny Delmar
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes~14
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseJanuary 18 (1949-01-18) –
April 19, 1949 (1949-04-19)

The School House is an early American television program broadcast on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 PM Eastern by the DuMont Television Network for a few months in 1949.[1]

Premise

The series was a Vaudeville-inspired variety show/comedy in a school setting, starring Kenny Delmar as the teacher (an earlier version, School Days, had Happy Felton in the role), with such notable actors as Arnold Stang, Wally Cox, and Buddy Hackett playing the students.

Episode status

The March 22, 1949, episode exists, and can be viewed online at the Internet Archive.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.

Bibliography

  • David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
  • Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  • Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1


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