Off the Record (TV series)
| Off the Record | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Zero Mostel Joey Faye Mimi Benzell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Producer | Martin Gosch |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont Television Network |
| Release | October 19 – October 26, 1948 |
Off the Record is a comedy television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network in October 1948.[1][2][3]
Broadcast history[edit]
The show, slated to air Tuesdays at 7pm ET, and starring Zero Mostel and Joey Faye, only lasted two episodes, October 19 and October 26, 1948.[4] Mostel claimed he had been promised a live audience, but the available studio was too small to hold an audience.[3] The setting was a radio station, a set at the Wanamaker Studios.
The 1948 show is not to be confused with a 15-minute show in 1951–52, also called Off the Record, aired from DuMont station WTTG in Washington, DC. This latter show, hosted by Art Lamb and Aletha Agee, featured singers lip-synching to current pop songs, and is on YouTube.[5]
Preservation status[edit]
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.
See also[edit]
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1948-49 United States network television schedule
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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