The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show
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The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, was a comedy radio program which ran on NBC from 1948 to 1954 starring Alice Faye and Phil Harris. Harris had previously become known to radio audiences as the band-leader-turned-cast-member of the same name on The Jack Benny Program while Faye had been a frequent guest on programs such as Rudy Vallée's variety shows. After becoming the breakout stars of the music and comedy variety program The Fitch Bandwagon, the show was retooled into a full situation comedy, with Harris and Faye playing fictionalized versions of themselves as a working show business couple raising two daughters in a madcap home.
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 Alice Faye and Phil Harris in 1947 NBC promotional art by Sam Berman | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | NBC |
| Starring | Phil Harris Alice Faye Elliott Lewis |
| Announcer | Bill Forman |
| Created by | Al Lewis |
| Written by | Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat, Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, Ed James, Ray Brenner, Lou Derman, Jack Douglas, Marvin Fisher, Frank Gold, Al Schwartz, Phil Shuken |
| Directed by | Paul Phillips |
| Produced by | Paul Phillips |
| Original release | October 3, 1948 – June 18, 1954 |
| No. of series | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 297 |