Texaco Star Theater
Episode 6
TV Flash files “Episode 6” as hour 86 of 247 in the TV Flash guide — Texaco Star Theater (1948–1956) on NBC, season 3, episode 6, aired 1950-10-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E06: listed hour 86 of 247 in the Texaco Star Theater guide, hour 6 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1950-10-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 5” (S03E05). Next is “Episode 7” (S03E07).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 6 sit in the Texaco Star Theater guide?
S03E06 is listed hour 86 of 247 — hour 6 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 6.
When did Texaco Star Theater S03E06 air?
Episode 6 aired 1950-10-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Berle in full costume-mania mode from the peak Tuesday-night years, when guest-stack variety and drag bits were the national habit.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Texaco Star Theater made Milton Berle Mr. Television: costume mania, Tuesday-night monopoly, and ratings so huge cities emptied restaurants. Watch it now as variety's first national addiction — the show credited with selling sets as hard as jokes, and the cautionary ego of a host who owned a night.
The first thing you see is the trunk. Not a desk, not a tag, not whatever the timeline decided was mid: Milton Berle walking a costume change into a living room that had just bought its first set. *Texaco Star Theater* (later *The Milton Berle Show*) on NBC, 1948 to 1956, eight seasons and 247 episodes of guest-stack variety, drag-costume chaos, and an iron-willed silhouette that treated Tuesday as private property. Uncle Miltie didn't host a night. He dressed it.
Filed against
- Milton Berle as Host
Milton Berle’s Texaco Star Theater made Tuesday-night monopoly feel like a civic habit — 1950s costume mania, ratings so huge cities emptied restaurants, variety’s first national addiction. The show credited with selling sets as hard as…
- Arnold Stang as Sidekick / regular
Arnold Stang worked Texaco Star Theater as Milton Berle’s sidekick weather — costume mania, Tuesday-night monopoly, ratings so huge cities emptied restaurants. Variety’s first national addiction, a show credited with selling sets as hard…