The Big Show
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The Big Show was a lavish, star-studded NBC Radio variety program from the early 1950s, hosted by Tallulah Bankhead and featuring top entertainers of the era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Big Show canonical | 1 |
| The Miz and Big Show | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10548412 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Show Context triple: [NBC Radio, notableProgram, The Big Show]
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A.
The Big Show
The Big Show is a 1932 Broadway stage play best known today for starring the celebrated American actress Tallulah Bankhead.
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B.
The Big Show-Off
The Big Show-Off is a 1945 American comedy film featuring actress Frances Drake in a prominent role.
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C.
The Big Brawl
The Big Brawl is a 1980 martial arts action-comedy film starring Jackie Chan in his first major Hollywood role.
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D.
Umaga
Umaga was a Samoan-American professional wrestler best known for his dominant, wild-man persona in WWE during the mid-2000s.
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E.
The Wrestlers
The Wrestlers is a painting by American Ashcan School artist George Luks that vividly depicts the raw energy and physicality of a wrestling match.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Show Target entity description: The Big Show was a lavish, star-studded NBC Radio variety program from the early 1950s, hosted by Tallulah Bankhead and featuring top entertainers of the era.
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A.
The Big Show
The Big Show is a 1932 Broadway stage play best known today for starring the celebrated American actress Tallulah Bankhead.
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B.
The Big Show-Off
The Big Show-Off is a 1945 American comedy film featuring actress Frances Drake in a prominent role.
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C.
The Big Brawl
The Big Brawl is a 1980 martial arts action-comedy film starring Jackie Chan in his first major Hollywood role.
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D.
Umaga
Umaga was a Samoan-American professional wrestler best known for his dominant, wild-man persona in WWE during the mid-2000s.
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E.
The Wrestlers
The Wrestlers is a painting by American Ashcan School artist George Luks that vividly depicts the raw energy and physicality of a wrestling match.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NBC Radio program
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radio variety show ⓘ |
| announcer |
Ed Herlihy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimmy Wallington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfEpisodes | 57 ⓘ |
| broadcaster | National Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Dirk Van Deventer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1952-04-20 ⓘ |
| featuredPerformer |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethel Merman NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Groucho Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Durante NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Jose Ferrer NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurence Olivier NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Marlene Dietrich NERFINISHED ⓘ Tallulah Bankhead NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivien Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1950 ⓘ |
| format | 90-minute radio variety program ⓘ |
| genre | variety show ⓘ |
| host | Tallulah Bankhead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAs | answer to television competition ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1952 ⓘ |
| musicDirector | Meredith Willson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | NBC Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Tallulah Bankhead’s witty hosting style
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lavish production values ⓘ star-studded guest list ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| orchestraLeader | Meredith Willson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| presenter | Tallulah Bankhead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Deems Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCost | high-budget ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 90 minutes ⓘ |
| sponsor |
American Tobacco Company
NERFINISHED
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RCA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1950-11-05 ⓘ |
| timeSlot | Sunday afternoon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Show Description of subject: The Big Show was a lavish, star-studded NBC Radio variety program from the early 1950s, hosted by Tallulah Bankhead and featuring top entertainers of the era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Miz and Big Show