Curtain Call is an Australian variety series which aired in Sydney on ATN-7 during 1960, which featured comedy and music. It was followed-up in 1961 with the popular Revue '61.
The show aired in an hour-long time-slot (running time excluding commercials is not known). It was not live, but recorded in advance on video-tape, which at the time was cutting-edge technology (prior to video-tape, stations used the more primitive kinescope system)
English comedian Digby Wolfe appeared in several episodes.[1] English comedian Billy Baxter also appeared as the host several episodes.[2] Popular pianist Winifred Atwell appeared as a guest in an episode.[3] Others to have appeared in the series included Red Moore, Kathy Lloyd, Barry Linehan, and Terry Scanlon.
Sydney Morning Herald said of the series "the programs which I have seen have been uniformly good, funny, fresh and inventive".[4]
Episode statusedit
The archival status of the show is not known, given the wiping of the era. An incomplete episode of the series, under the title The George Shearing Show, is held by the National Film and Sound Archive.[5] According to a contemporary news article, this episode aired 1 October 1960.[6]
Referencesedit
^"Visiting Vocalist". TV Guide. The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 September 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^"New Compere Of TV Show". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1960. p. 4. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^"Curtain Call Guest Star". TV Guide. The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 October 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^Marshall, Valda (10 April 1960). "Easter Message on Television". The Sun-Herald. p. 129. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^"CURTAIN CALL WITH GEORGE SHEARING". National Film and Sound Archive. from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^Marshall, Valda (11 September 1960). "Top jazz pianists on ATN7". The Sun-Herald. p. 106. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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