Skitch Henderson

Skitch Henderson is the bandleader on Tonight Starring Steve Allen, the 1950s hour that invented late-night: desk, door, man-on-the-street, jazz past midnight. Every later host rearranges Allen's furniture; Henderson is the music that made the furniture swing. Not a house-band footnote. The downbeat under the manic, intellectual version of the franchise before smoother hosts sanded it into a product.

s1954e01 is where Henderson starts paying rent on Tonight Starring Steve Allen. 'Tonight!' National Premiere: Wally Cox, Bill Kenny, Willie Mays - desk, door, and jazz past. NBC from 1954–1957. Bandleader as the downbeat under the invention. Late-night's original furniture, jazz past midnight, desk-and-door invention before smoother hosts sanded. Skitch keeps the 1950s hour from going clip-farm. 1954–1957 on NBC is just the stamp. Keep Skitch on-screen at s1954e02. 'Tonight!' Special Guest: Lena Horne - night-two glamour, the manic intellectual franchise already treating. bandleader is not a guest week; 1954–1957 is only the stamp.

1954–1957 is a range, not a dare to finish it. s1954e02 shows the turn: 'Tonight!' Special Guest: Lena Horne - night-two glamour, the manic intellectual franchise already treating. s1956e125 if you want later weather. Pat Flaherty, Teddi King: mid-run named night, every later host still rearranging Allen's desk. s1954e02 is the listed turn: 'Tonight!' Special Guest: Lena Horne - night-two glamour, the manic intellectual franchise already. Skitch does not become a different product when the codes move.

Watch the 1950s Tonight Show now to hear the invention still breathing. On TV Flash Henderson is after-hours craft: the bandleader who makes the desk feel like a nightclub, and the nightclub feel like a format the country would keep rearranging for decades.