Conflicting sources are citing different launch dates for Steve Allen's Disney Channel series, Steve Allen's Music Room, back at a time when the channel was a premium cable service.
The multi-talented Allen was backed by an all-star jazz combo, with whom he'd sit in on piano with a separate piano on the main stage. Comedy was kept to a minimum, usually a casual wisecrack or twenty.
Current HBO talk show host Bill Maher was Allen's announcer back then. Nearly 30 years earlier, Allen had helped future game show icon Gene Rayburn get started by having Rayburn as his announcer on The Tonight Show. Vintage clips are sprinkled in along with some photos, such as in this case with featured guests Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme:
This one has a 1983 copyright, and if the poster is correct, this would've been the series opener. However, some sources say it started in 1982, and those that claim 1984 would be incorrect.
Rating: A.
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