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5.2/10 TV Developed by cbs Composer(s) mitch miller Language English | 8.9/10 IMDb Created by marlo lewis Directed by burt shevelove Theme music composer elliot lawrence First episode date 1952 Number of seasons 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cast Similar The Double Life of Henry, Variety show, The Paul Lynde Show, Caesar's Hour, The Martha Raye Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The red buttons show 1 june 1953
The Red Buttons Show premiered on the CBS television network in 1952, and ran for two years on that network, then moved to NBC for the final 1954-55 season.
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Red's catch phrase from the show, "Strange things are happening!" entered the national vocabulary briefly in the mid-1950s. The series finished #11 for the 1952-1953 season in the Nielsen ratings and #12 in 1953-1954.
Format
The CBS run of the series featured monologues, dance numbers, and sketches with Red and the other series regulars. Among the characters played by Red included, boxer Rocky Buttons, the Kupkekin Kid, the Sad Sack, and Keeleforven. When the series was canceled by CBS it moved to NBC which at first keep it a varitey show. When the ratings remained low the program was overhauled and turned into a sitcom with Red playing himself as a TV comic, Phyllis Kirk played his wife, Bobby Sherwood played the director of Red's program and Paul Lynde the network vice president.