Texaco Star Theater
Episode 16
TV Flash files “Episode 16” as hour 204 of 247 in the TV Flash guide — Texaco Star Theater (1948–1956) on NBC, season 6, episode 16, aired 1954-03-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E16: listed hour 204 of 247 in the Texaco Star Theater guide, hour 16 of 26 in season 6. It aired 1954-03-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 15” (S06E15). Next is “Episode 17” (S06E17).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 16 sit in the Texaco Star Theater guide?
S06E16 is listed hour 204 of 247 — hour 16 of 26 in season 6, season 6 episode 16.
When did Texaco Star Theater S06E16 air?
Episode 16 aired 1954-03-02 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…