The Bing Crosby Show
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The Bing Crosby Show was an American situation comedy television series starring legendary crooner Bing Crosby and his real-life wife Kathryn Grant, airing in the mid-1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Bing Crosby Show canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609469 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Bing Crosby Show Context triple: [Kathryn Grant, notableWork, The Bing Crosby Show]
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A.
The Perry Como Show
The Perry Como Show was a popular American television variety series featuring singer Perry Como, known for its relaxed style, musical performances, and celebrity guests during the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show was a long-running American radio and television variety program featuring comedian Bob Hope’s monologues, sketches, and celebrity guests.
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C.
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program was a popular American radio and television comedy series starring comedian Jack Benny, known for its running gags, character-driven humor, and influential role in early broadcast entertainment.
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D.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show was a popular mid-20th-century American radio and television sitcom featuring the comedic duo George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen, known for its vaudeville-style humor and breaking of the fourth wall.
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E.
The Loretta Young Show
The Loretta Young Show was an American anthology drama television series of the 1950s and early 1960s, hosted by and starring actress Loretta Young, known for its moral themes and her iconic, glamorous introductions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Bing Crosby Show Target entity description: The Bing Crosby Show was an American situation comedy television series starring legendary crooner Bing Crosby and his real-life wife Kathryn Grant, airing in the mid-1960s.
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A.
The Perry Como Show
The Perry Como Show was a popular American television variety series featuring singer Perry Como, known for its relaxed style, musical performances, and celebrity guests during the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show was a long-running American radio and television variety program featuring comedian Bob Hope’s monologues, sketches, and celebrity guests.
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C.
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program was a popular American radio and television comedy series starring comedian Jack Benny, known for its running gags, character-driven humor, and influential role in early broadcast entertainment.
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D.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show was a popular mid-20th-century American radio and television sitcom featuring the comedic duo George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen, known for its vaudeville-style humor and breaking of the fourth wall.
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E.
The Loretta Young Show
The Loretta Young Show was an American anthology drama television series of the 1950s and early 1960s, hosted by and starring actress Loretta Young, known for its moral themes and her iconic, glamorous introductions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
situation comedy
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| airedOnDayOfWeek | Sunday ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Bing Crosby Show (1964 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastType | network television ⓘ |
| character |
Bing Collins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ellie Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Janice Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Joyce Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1960s ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresRealLifeSpouses | true ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1964 ⓘ |
| format | half-hour series ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeStructure | self-contained weekly stories ⓘ |
| hasFamilyTheme | yes ⓘ |
| hasWorkplaceTheme | yes ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1965 ⓘ |
| mediaType | live-action ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of Bing Crosby's few regular television series ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 26 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | Bing Crosby singing the series theme ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| plotSummary | follows a former crooner who becomes an engineering consultant while raising a family ⓘ |
| producer | Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Bing Crosby Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starIsSinger | Bing Crosby as legendary crooner ⓘ |
| starring |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kathryn Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| themeMusicComposer |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fred Karger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-1960s American television ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Bing Crosby Show Description of subject: The Bing Crosby Show was an American situation comedy television series starring legendary crooner Bing Crosby and his real-life wife Kathryn Grant, airing in the mid-1960s.
Referenced by (3)
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