Tonight Starring Steve Allen
Pat Flaherty, Teddi King
TV Flash files “Pat Flaherty, Teddi King” as a desk essential hour — Tonight Starring Steve Allen (1954–1957) on NBC, season 1956, episode 125, aired 1956-06-22.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S1956E125: listed hour 3 of 3 in the Tonight Starring Steve Allen guide, the only listed hour of season 1956. It aired 1956-06-22. The listed hour before it is “'Tonight!' Special Guest: Lena Horne” (S1954E02). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Pat Flaherty, Teddi King”. Pat Flaherty, Teddi King: mid-run named night, every later host still rearranging Allen's desk before smoother sanding arrived.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pat Flaherty, Teddi King sit in the Tonight Starring Steve Allen guide?
S1956E125 is listed hour 3 of 3 — the only listed hour of season 1956, season 1956 episode 125.
When did Tonight Starring Steve Allen S1956E125 air?
Pat Flaherty, Teddi King aired 1956-06-22.
Where should I start?
Start with Steve Allen's 1954–57 Tonight: desk bits, street stunts, jazz. This catalog brief is the inventor's cut, not Carson's later bedtime.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tonight Starring Steve Allen invented late-night: desk, door, man-on-the-street, jazz past midnight. Every later host rearranges Allen's furniture. Watch the 1950s Tonight Show in 2026 to see the manic, intellectual version of the franchise before smoother hosts sanded it into a national bedtime ritual.
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