The Jimmy Dean Show

The Jimmy Dean Show was an hour-long weekly music and variety television show carried by ABC for three seasons and 86 episodes from September 19, 1963 to April 1, 1966 out of ABC Studio One in New York. The variety program featured country performers such as George Jones, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, and Dean's former band member Roy Clark, and pop artists like the Everly Brothers and Gene Pitney. Comics George Carlin, George Kirby, Bill Cosby, Jackie Mason, Don Adams, and Dick Shawn also appeared. Muppet character Rowlf the Dog (performed by Jim Henson) debuted as a regular on the show.