Inside U.S.A. With Chevrolet is an American television revue-style[1] variety program that was broadcast on CBS September 29, 1949 – March 16, 1950.
Those stars included Celeste Holm, Oscar Levant,[7] Charles Boyer,[6] Margaret O'Brien,[8] Lucille Ball, Boris Karloff, Ethel Merman, and David Niven.
[1] Hayes, "in the role of a contemporary minstrel", traveled across the United States, giving the audience information about the natural wonders of America and its people's diversity to complement each episode's songs, dances, and comedy sketches.
[1] Dancers performed large production numbers that viewers might have had trouble appreciating on the small TV screens of that time.
[6] Critic Jack Gould, in The New York Times, cited Inside U.S.A. as an example of the difficulty of adapting "the knowhow of Broadway" to television.
[10] Reviewing the program's first two episodes, media critic John Crosby described Inside U.S.A. as "the closest thing to straight revue yet seen on television", and he praised the "wit, charm, and .
[16] Writers of sketches and music used on the program included Franklin P. Adams, Marc Connelly, Howard Dietz, Corey Ford, Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Moss Hart.