[1] An established entertainer and vaudeville regular, Murray had hosted comedy and variety series on CBS radio in the past.

The New York-based show featured popular guest stars and had an elaborate Hollywood and Vine set, and a large cast of singers and female dancers.

Laurie Anders began as one of the "Glamourlovelies" women of the show and emerged as a featured player after performing the song I Like the Wide Open Spaces and getting instant impact.

A young Stanley Kubrick photographed the show's mass audition for "beautiful girls - no experience necessary" for Look magazine in 1950.

[22] Marilyn Monroe's first ever appearance on television occurred on the show in March 1953, a segment filmed at the premiere of Call Me Madam.