The Ed Wynn Show

Season

1949

6.7

The comedy on The Ed Wynn Show consisted mostly of old vaudeville schtick, with lots of corny jokes and silly sight gags. Each week, the show would end with Ed retiring to his bed, delivering quips as the credits rolled.

Episode List

Premiere Show with guest Gertrude Niesen

S1 • E1

Premiere Show with guest Gertrude Niesen

S1 • E2

Carmen Miranda

S1 • E3

Mel Torme, Belita, Sam Hearn

Sketches features Ed in a restaurant and meeting singer Mel Torme in a record store.

S1 • E4

Dinah Shore

Wynn performs in a gym setting, Dinah Shore sings "Blues In the Night" under a lamppost at night set, and sings "Tea For Two" while riding Ed's wacky piano bicycle contraption.

S1 • E5

Victor Moore

Ed pays tribute to vaudeville performer Victor Moore.

S1 • E6

Peggy Lee

S1 • E7

Rochester, Kay Starr

S1 • E8

Diana Lynn

S1 • E9

Eve Arden

S1 • E10

Celeste Holm

Ed visits an art museum and the African jungle.

S1 • E11

Ben Blue, John Raitt

S1 • E12

Buster Keaton, Virginia O'Brien

Highlights include Buster Keaton recreating his battle with molasses from his 1917 film "The Butcher Boy" and Ed performing in a ballet sequence.

S1 • E13

Hattie McDaniel, Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen visits Ed's pet store in search of an exotic animal and Ed plays a door-to-door salesman who who tries to peddle his wares to Beulah (McDaniel).

S1 • E14

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Highlights include a silent movie sketch with Lucille Ball portraying actress Theda Bara and Desi Arnaz singing "Babalu".

S1 • E15

Dick Haymes

S1 • E16

Howard Duff, Olga San Juan

Ed tries his hand at hosting a cooking show and joins his guest stars in a murder mystery spoof.

S1 • E17

Gloria De Haven

S1 • E18

Garry Moore and Lita Baron

Features a skit were Ed plays the owner of a crowded diner.

S1 • E19

Ann Sheridan and Robert Clary

Highlights include a Western sketch with Ann Sheridan playing a nasty outlaw and Robert Clary sings several tunes.

S1 • E20

Leon Errol, The Modernaires

S1 • E21

Mitzi Green, William Farnum

Gloria Swanson, Gale Robbins, Bill Shirley

S1 • E22

Gloria Swanson, Gale Robbins, Bill Shirley

S1 • E23

Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner

S1 • E24

Ella Logan

S1 • E25

Helen Forrest, The Three Stooges

Ed approaches three CBS network executives (played by the Three Stooges) seeking help to improve his program.

Joe E. Brown, Ilona Massey, William Frawley

S1 • E26

Joe E. Brown, Ilona Massey, William Frawley

Richard Arlen, Ella Raines, The Firehouse Five Plus 2

S1 • E27

Richard Arlen, Ella Raines, The Firehouse Five Plus 2

Andy Devine, Sam Hearn, Andy Russell & Della Russell

S1 • E28

Andy Devine, Sam Hearn, Andy Russell & Della Russell

S1 • E29

Vera Vague

Ed and guest star Vera Vague are featured in a skit where the cruise ship on which they are sailing sinks and they are marooned on a desert island.

S1 • E30

Charles Laughton, Beverly Tyler

S1 • E31

Cesar Romero, Irene Hervey, Allan Jones

S1 • E32

Marie Wilson, Jack Holt

James Barton, Frank Fontaine, Joan Leslie, Preston Foster

S1 • E33

James Barton, Frank Fontaine, Joan Leslie, Preston Foster

S1 • E34

Cass Daley, The Charlivels

S1 • E35

Frances Langford, Fred Sanborn

Ed's guests include singer Frances Langford, comedy xylophonist Fred Sanborn, British comedian Ben Wrigley, and comic acrobats Dick and Dot Remy. In sketches, Ed plays a sultan with a harem and is the head of a dance school.