The Fleetwoods were Formed in Olyimpia,Washington in 1958 by 
Gary Troxel,Gretchen Christopher and Barbara Ellis.

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour aired on CBS-TV from 1967 to 1969. After
conflicts over controversial skits or comments made on the variety show, CBS
television network CEO and President, William S. Paley, abruptly canceled the
show. The reason given was based on the Smothers’ refusal to provide material 
to provide program material content in order to accommodate a review by the
censors before airing. This cancellation led the Brothers to file a successful
breach of contract suit against the network. The show never returned to the 
air, but did win the Emmy Award for that year for best writing.

Shown, left to right, is Jack Benny and the Smothers Brothers, Tommy
and Dick

The Martin & Lewis Show went on the air, while still searching for a sponsor.Their first 
guest that Sunday night was Bob Hope.The NBC radio shows consisted of an opening song and dance by Dean Martin, followed by some verbal slapstick, a guest spot by a well-known Hollywood star,a lot of Jerry Lewis high jinx, and then a closing number by Martin. The radio series ran till 1952.

Bob Hope

Jack Paar (above) succeed Steve Allen as host of The Tonight Show in 1957. At first,
the show was called The Tonight Show With Jack Paar; after 1959 it was officially
known as Tonight With Jack Paar. Jack was often unpredictable and emotional. On February 11, 1960, he received national attention by walking off the show when NBC censors cut a joke from his monologue. He didn’t return to the show until three weeks later. Paar signed off the show for the last time on Thursday night, March 29, 1962.

John F. Kennedy, right, with Jack Paar in a 1959 episode of The Tonight Show

Pictured left to right: Pat Harrington, Zsa Zsa Gabor with her dog and Jack Paar

 

Jose Melis (right) was the music director of the Tonight Show

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Jack Benny was eager to break into the new medium of radio. In 1932, after a four 
week nightclub run, he was invited onto a radio program hosted by his friend Ed
Sullivan, uttering his first radio spiel "This is Jack Benny talking. There will be a
slight pause while you say, ‘Who cares?’’ With Canada Dry Ginger Ale as a
sponsor, Jack soon had his own radio show, The Canada Dry Program, which
began May 2, 1932 on the NBC Blue Network.