Texaco Star Theater
Episode 18
TV Flash files “Episode 18” as hour 176 of 247 in the TV Flash guide — Texaco Star Theater (1948–1956) on NBC, season 5, episode 18, aired 1953-02-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E18: listed hour 176 of 247 in the Texaco Star Theater guide, hour 18 of 30 in season 5. It aired 1953-02-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 17” (S05E17). Next is “Episode 19” (S05E19).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 18 sit in the Texaco Star Theater guide?
S05E18 is listed hour 176 of 247 — hour 18 of 30 in season 5, season 5 episode 18.
When did Texaco Star Theater S05E18 air?
Episode 18 aired 1953-02-17 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…