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Steve Allen on The Tonight Show

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Steve Allen was a pioneering American television entertainer, versatile author, songwriter, and comedian who performed in radio, motion pictures, and theatre as well as television. He was perhaps best...
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Since I am sometimes referred to as “the father of late night television,” the record on the point must be corrected. I invented neither nighttime and lateness nor TV comedy. By 1950 stations in many parts of the country were telecasting late-night fare, though mostly on a small-time, local basis. One was likely to see, on most stations, long forgotten b- and c-grade films for which television had provided a fresh market. Pat Weaver, NBC’s...

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