The Joe Franklin Show

The series was the oldest known television talk show, running uninterrupted from 1951 to 1993. It was hosted by the experienced comedy writer Joe Franklin, the credited creator of the talk s... Read allThe series was the oldest known television talk show, running uninterrupted from 1951 to 1993. It was hosted by the experienced comedy writer Joe Franklin, the credited creator of the talk show genre. Franklin was considered an authority on the popular culture of the early 20th c... Read allThe series was the oldest known television talk show, running uninterrupted from 1951 to 1993. It was hosted by the experienced comedy writer Joe Franklin, the credited creator of the talk show genre. Franklin was considered an authority on the popular culture of the early 20th century, and the episodes typically focused on veteran performers of show business. He also... Read all