WOW! Late night legend Steve Allen was STILL MAD at NBC! Go WAYBACK ON WEDNESDAY and find out why!

Exclusive interview with the "Father of Late Night TV Comedy," Steve Allen (1921-2000). His historic platform was a little show called simply, "Tonight." From its inception in 1953 through 1957, Steve Allen hosted a wild and zany array of late night regulars and guests who quickly turned what was once considered "dead air" into a lucrative money machine for the NBC network. Allen liked to put comedic twists on everything and even had Elvis Presley, in one of his earliest TV appearances, dressed in white tie and tails to sing the hit song, "Hound Dog," to a docile Basset hound on "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show," on July 1, 1956. When Allen left late night for Prime Time, he was slotted against the reigning King of Sunday nights, CBS' Ed Sullivan. He did well until his second year when an easy going gambler named "Maverick" dropped into a competing slot on ABC. In Steve Allen's amazing career, the comedian/author/composer hosted multiple variety shows, starred in movies, was a regular panelist on "I've Got a Secret" and wrote over 2,000 songs, including his own theme song, "This Must Be the Start of Something Big." When Allen went to NBC and asked for copies of his old, original "Tonight" episodes, he was shocked when told that they didn't exist. Still upset over the information, Steve joined host Rob Word from Disney's Top of the World resort in Orlando to discuss that and other amazing career highlights for this 1977 interview. WOW-04

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