September 27, 1954 –
Steve Allen sat down at his piano and the Tonight Show premiered nationally on NBC on this date.
Steve Allen’s high-energy wit and appreciation for the emerging medium lent itself to spontaneous, original humor. He put cameras on the street and tried to find unscripted comedy in random interviews with passersby. He was a comedy adventurer, jumping into vats of funny stuff like Jell-O, or dressing up in a suit of tea bags and lowering himself into a giant cup of hot water.
The Haus of Dcaligari 