Battle of the songs

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YFT8MixHSE] I ran across a wonderful YouTube clip of the Tonight Show featuring its founder, Steve Allen. Steve Allen was a singular talent: actor, television personality, composer, writer, and comedian. He could do it all. Before there was Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, Johnny Carson, and Jack Paar, there was Steve Allen. In…

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Groucho Marx hijacks the Steve Allen Show

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqtOc8rdXnY] Enjoy a great, two minute clip of the Steve Allen Show from 1958. A certain audience member looks awfully familiar!

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A little Tuesday morning reminiscing

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YFT8MixHSE] I ran across a wonderful YouTube clip of the Tonight Show featuring its founder, Steve Allen. Steve Allen was a singular talent: actor, television personality, composer, writer, and comedian. He could do it all. Before there was Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, Johnny Carson, and Jack Paar, there was Steve Allen. In…

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