Please tell us which country and city you'd like to see the weather in.
Milton Berle
Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age.
Early life
Milton Berle was born into a Jewish family in a five-story walkup at 68 W. 118th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. His given name was Mendel Berlinger. He chose Milton Berle as his professional name when he was 16. His father, Moses Berlinger (1873–1938), was a paint and varnish salesman. His mother, Sarah (Sadie) Glantz Berlinger (1877–1954), eventually became stagestruck and changed her name to Sandra Berle when Milton became famous.
Child actor
Berle entered show business at the age of five when he won an amateur talent contest. He appeared as a child actor in silent films, beginning with The Perils of Pauline, filmed in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The director told Berle that he would portray a little boy who would be thrown from a moving train. In Milton Berle: An Autobiography, he explained, "I was scared shitless, even when he went on to tell me that Pauline would save my life. Which is exactly what happened, except that at the crucial moment they threw a bundle of rags instead of me from the train. I bet there are a lot of comedians around today who are sorry about that."
Texaco Star Theatre
Texaco Star Theatre is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television".
The classic 1940–44 version of the program, hosted by radio's Fred Allen, was followed by a radio series on ABC (the former NBC Blue) in the spring of 1948. When Texaco (now Chevron Corporation) first took it to television on NBC on June 8, 1948, the show had a huge cultural impact.
Radio
The roots of Texaco Star Theatre were in a 1930s radio hit, Ed Wynn, the Fire Chief, featuring the manic "Perfect Fool" in a half hour of vaudevillian routines interspersed with music. Wynn's ratings began to slide and the comedian lapsed amidst personal and professional crises, and the show ended in June 1935. Texaco sponsored The Jumbo Fire Chief Program in 1935–36 and The Fire Chief Concert in 1936.
Comedian Eddie Cantor was the star of a show called "Texaco Town" from 1936 to 1938. The show's cast featured young singers Bobby Breen and Deanna Durbin, announcer Jimmy Wallington, who read the commercials for Fire Chief gasoline, Harry Park, and bandleader Jacques Renard. The show was a combination of comedy and music. Cantor frequently sang a tune about the "mayor of Texaco Town".
Berle
Berle is a village on the west coast of Norway. It is located on the eastern coast of Bremangerlandet island in the municipality of Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane county. The village lies along the Berlepollen fjord, a small inlet off the Frøysjøen strait which separates it from the mainland. The village of Berle lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the Hornelen cliff and about a 20-kilometre (12 mi) drive west from the village of Bremanger. Berle Church is located in the village, serving the people in this part of the municipality. The population (2001) of the village is 135.
Name
The name of the village comes from the name of the small river nearby (Old Norse: Berðla). The small Berlepollen fjord nearby is similarly named. The name Berðla comes from the Old Norse word barð, meaning "edge", possibly since it is on the edge of the island. The village's name is mentioned as early as in the Egils saga.
History
Berle has a rich history, which goes back to the year 750. Berle was then populated by Vikings. The best known Viking who lived there was Berle Kåre. Snorri Sturluson, the Icelandic historian, writes about the King in Berle, and his sons were a central subject in the histories of Harald Fairhair.
Berle (surname)
Berle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
See also
Berlé
Berlé (Luxembourgish: Bärel) is a village in the commune of Winseler, in north-western Luxembourg. As of 2001, the village had a population of 104.
During World War II, in late January 1945,the village of Berlé was destroyed by the 203rd Field Artillery Group, specifically the 578 Field Art. Bn
Climate
References
Coordinates: 49°57′N 5°51′E / 49.950°N 5.850°E / 49.950; 5.850
Radio Stations - Berlé
SEARCH FOR RADIOS
The Milton Berle Show
Amidst a huge publicity blitz by ABC-TV (including an iron-clad, long term contract) and considerable speculation as to whether he could win over the Baby Boomers as he had their parents, entertainment legend Milton Berle attempted a prime-time TV comeback with this comedy-variety series taped at the Hollywood Palace theater. Unfortunately, high budgets and big-name guest stars couldn't lure viewers away from competing shows, primarily the hugely successful "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." The program was cancelled after one season, and Berle, despite numerous guest appearences on other shows over the ensuing three decades, never had a regular series again.
Cast
- Donna Loren
- The Yardbirds
- Jayne Meadows
- Steve Allen
- Dorothy Loudon
- Martha Raye
- Michael McGivney
- Diahann Carroll
- Lloyd Thaxton
- The Nicholas Brothers
- Bob Hope
- Tony Randall
- Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
- The Sandpipers
- Mickey Rooney
- Shari Lewis
- Allen Ludden
- Liberace
- Bob Hayden
- Allen Roth
- Bill Berle
- Adam West
- Eddie Fisher
- Stan Fisher
- Richard Harris
- Season 1
-
Episode 1: (#1.1)
At the time this episode aired, 'Richard Harris (I)' (qv) was already filming "Camelot"....
-
Episode 2: (#1.2)
After an awful segment where Adam West sings, Milton plays an actor who's the villain in both Batman...
-
Episode 3: (#1.3)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 4: (#1.4)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 5: (#1.5)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 6: (#1.6)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 7: (#1.7)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 8: (#1.8)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 9: (#1.9)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 10: (#1.10)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 11: (#1.11)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 12: (#1.12)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 13: (#1.13)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 14: (#1.14)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 15: (#1.15)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 16: (#1.16)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
-
Episode 17: (#1.17)
Hollywood Palace Theater - 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA...
The Milton Berle Show
Cast
- Milton Berle
- Billy May and His Orchestra
- Walter Pidgeon
- Count Basie
- Ed Wynn
- Andy Griffith
- Frankie Avalon
- Ed Hurley
- Billy May
- Tony Roberts
- Ed Herlihy
- Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
- Jimmy Durante
- Ginger Rogers
- Ralph Young
- John Davidson
- Janik & Arnault
- Joe Besser
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Red Skelton
- The Kingston Trio
- Vincent Price
- Edgar Bergen
- Season 1
-
Episode 4: (#1.4)
Jimmy Durante has a "walk-on" near the end of the show, in which he's involved in a short comedy bit...
-
Episode 7: December 17
USA:17 November 1958...
-
Episode 11: (#1.11)
USA:24 December 1958...
- Season
-
Episode : (1959-03-18)
PFM:Video...
-
Episode : (1959-01-21)
Burbank, California, USA...
-
Episode : (1958-12-03)
USA:3 December 1958...
-
Episode : (1959-05-06)
USA:6 May 1959...
-
Episode : (1958-10-15)
USA:15 October 1958...
-
Episode : (1958-11-19)
The Kingston Trio perform their hit, 'Tom Dooley.'...
-
Episode : (1958-12-31)
USA:31 December 1958...
-
Episode : April Fool's Day
USA:1 April 1959...
-
Episode : (1959-01-07)
USA:7 January 1959...
-
Episode : (1958-12-17)
PFM:Video...
Milton Berle
ALBUMS
- Songs My Mother Loved released: 1958
Born: 1908-07-12
Died: 2002-03-27
The Show
Let me entertain you
Rang through my head
I was a reckless child
And I did what he said
People came
From miles around
To hear the sound
That was tearing up the town
(Maybe you're an icon)
(Baby you're a hard on)
Or maybe you're a god
(Baby you're an icon)
(Maybe you're a hard on)
Or maybe you're a dog
The next batter up
Was a man
A scary man
With the golden hands
He brought his axe
To bury the tracks
No mortal man
Could follow his act
(Maybe you're an icon)
(Baby you're a hard on)
Or maybe you're god
You can't refrain
From going insane
It's what you want to do
(Maybe you're an icon)
(Baby you're a hard on)
Or maybe you're a god
(Maybe you're an icon)
(Baby you're a hard on)
Maybe you're god
Now that rock & roll's in the palm of our hands
We take it to the people every chance that we can
We are the party that never ends
Live by these words until we meet again
You can't refrain
From going insane
It's what you want to do
(Maybe you're an icon)
(Baby you're a hard on)
Or maybe you're a god
(Maybe you're an icon)
(Baby you're a hard on)
Or maybe you're god
(Maybe you're an icon)
(Baby you're a hard on)
Or maybe you're a god
(Maybe you're an icon)
(Baby you're a hard on)
Or maybe you're god
Whoa! It's time for the show babe
N-n-n-n-no!
Whoa! Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Time for the show