Country of origin United States Running time 30 minutes Final episode date 26 October 1948 | Producer(s) Martin Gosch First episode date 19 October 1948 Network DuMont Television Network | |
Starring Zero Mostel
Joey Faye
Mimi Benzell Original network DuMont Television Network Original release October 19 – October 26, 1948 | ||
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Off the Record (1948) was a short-lived comedy TV show on the DuMont Television Network.
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Broadcast history
The show, airing Tuesdays at 7pm ET, and starring Zero Mostel and Joey Faye, only lasted two episodes, October 19 and October 26, 1948. Mostel claimed he had been promised a live audience, and the available studio was too small to hold an audience. The setting was a radio station, a set at the Wanamaker Studios.
The 1948 show is not to be confused with a 15-minute show in 1951-1952, also called Off the Record, aired from DuMont station WTTG in Washington, DC. This latter show, hosted by Art Lamb and Aletha Agee, featured singers lip-synching to current pop songs, and is on YouTube.
Preservation status
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.
References
Off the Record (DuMont TV series) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA