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''The Dennis Day Show'' is an American comedy/variety show that aired from 1953 to 1954 on NBC. The series stars singer and radio and television personality Dennis Day, whose career otherwise was rooted as a supporting cast member of the long-running ''The Jack Benny Program'' on CBS and later NBC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dennis Day )〕 ==Overview== From 1952 to 1953, Day hosted the related ''RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day'',〔 which on February 8, 1952, included the first episode of Day's own subsequent series. ''The RCA Victor Show'' aired at 8 pm Fridays. In the spring of 1952, the ''RCA Victor Show'' alternated with ''The Ezio Pinza Show'', starring Italian opera singer Ezio Pinza, also sponsored by RCA.〔Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', p. 211〕 In the revamped ''The Dennis Day Show'', Day portrays a single bachelor who lives in a Hollywood apartment priced above his income level, but considers this arrangement essential to his hopes of succeeding in show business. Cliff Arquette portrays Charley Weaver, a name he later adopts for his own show business career. This Charley Weaver is the custodian in Day's building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Jack Benny Show''; ''The Dennis Day Show'' )〕 Other supporting cast members were Hal March and Jeri Lou Jones.〔 One of the writers for the Day series was Paul Henning, later with ''The Real McCoys'' and ''The Beverly Hillbillies''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Dennis Day Show'' )〕 On April 12, 1954 one of the last episodes of the series was entitled "The Party Pooper", with Elisha Cook, Jr. as a guest star. Among Day's directors was Rod Amateau, later in the same role with CBS's ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis''. Other occasional cast members were the comedian Billy Barty, who plays a leprechaun in one segment, Parley Baer, also a regular on ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' and subsequently ''The Andy Griffith Show'', and George O'Hanlon, later the voice of George Jetson on ABC's ''The Jetsons''.〔 ''The Dennis Day Show'' aired at 9 pm ET on Mondays opposite the third season of CBS's ''I Love Lucy'', starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. It preceded ''Robert Montgomery Presents'' on NBC.〔Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', 1953-1954 network television schedule, appendix〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dennis Day Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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