Milton Berle Put Me to Sleep in his TV Show.

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The show's sponsorship shifted from Texaco to Buick in 1953 and it became known as "The Buick-Berle Show", continuing to be broadcast on Tuesday nights at 8:00 pm. In 1954 it became known simply as "The Milton Berle Show"."

I remember Tuesday because when I was little I was very very sick. Fever 106. Doctor made housecalls in those days. My older sister so upset she couldn't watch Uncle Miltie as she was so worried about me, her baby sister. I think this is the only time I ever thought she loved me. The only time.

When I was a baby, my daddy diapered me while watching Milton Berle. I remember seeing Uncle Miltie's face on our 9 inch Philco. My dad laughed so hard he nicked me with diaper pin.

I remember Milton Berle very very well. I remember as a child learning the shocking news he converted from Judaism. His wife's doing, my mother said.

He looked good in a dress.
 
I guess I'm just younger.

Seeing Milton Berle bits and that godawful Soupy Sales in clips re-aired years later ranged from boring as hell to cringe to full-on nails on chalkboard.

They made the Three Stooges flicks look like comedic genius.
 
I was a Red Skelton fan. I think he was on Tuesday nights. My dad used to tell the story of when he dated Arlene Francis, who was a panelist on the show "What's My Line?" Dad said when he found out he was 10 years older than her, he stopped seeing her. I remember seeing her on the show, but I forget what she looked like. (He didn't tell that story when my Mom was around.)
 
Known in his heyday as “Mr. Television,” Milton Berle did guys in drag as a comedic form long before people became offended by it. His comedy could be hilarious, clever, and It was always clean, unlike so many of today’s foul-mouthed “comedians”…

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My sister and I were big fans of The Milton Berle Show in the 1950s. As I remember, it was on Tuesday nights from 8:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., followed by The Fireside Theater, which was over at 9:30 P.M. I clearly remember this because Tuesday night was the only weeknight I was allowed to stay up until 9:30 P.M. On Saturday nights, our family watched Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
 
Pepper said this: "I remember Tuesday because when I was little I was very very sick. Fever 106. Doctor made house calls in those days." My Geriatrician still makes house calls to see me. I'm 89 and was in hospice for 3 weeks in 2018.
 
Berle may have been the first TV tranny. I remember seeing pictures of him dressed up in women’s clothes and makeup. I was too young to remember the show, but my dad would keep old copies of TV Guide, so when my dad passed away and my sister and I were going through boxes of stuff he had saved from his Army days and him and my mom being together early, we found old TV Guides and pictures of the TV stars back in that era.

He also kept old copies of “Readers Digest” and “Look” magazine. My sister and I would laugh at the hairstyles the women wore, but so many of them were beautiful. The one I remembered the most was Rita Hayworth. Kim Novak was also my pick of women.
 
I remember Berle as being funny, but I can't remember what he did that was funny. I remember Red Skelton's antics, which I thought were the funniest things ever, but now I remember him as just silly. I think today, I might cringe at his humor. But I'd have to watch him again to know for sure.
jujube said:
Ernie Kovacs and Soupy Sales were my favorites.
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Soupy Sales came to my attention when I was in high school. As I remember, he hosted a Friday night show that would send me to the floor laughing so hard that I would come close to losing my breath (not an exaggeration). He too was silly, but he must have had big celebrities waiting in line to make brief guest appearances on his show knowing that everyone of them was going to get smacked in the face with a sloppy cream pie during their appearance. Later he became a frequent guest on game shows like Hollywood Squares, and I didn't think he was funny anymore.
 
Berle was on TV by 1949-- the year we got our first TV, which was probably a 9" diagonal screen in a big cabinet. I think at first he was on a show with rotating hosts, but then he became solo host. Remember, "Make up!" ? Someone would shout out "Make up", at which point a makeup man would run out and hit Berle in the face with a big powder applicator.

The show was basically all slap stick, which was still the rage then. Soon Your Show of Shows with Sid Ceasar, Imogene Coca, and Carl Reiner came out, which was much funnier and more clever. I never laughed so hard. Most of their bits still hold up today. In fact, had there not been Imogene Coca there never would have been a Carol Burnett. Coca was a riot.
 
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