The Joey Bishop Show (1961–1965)
He wasn't originally a talk show host
2 August 2011
Warning: Spoilers
I was young, but, I still don't remember the show lasting 4 seasons. Anyway, during the first season, Joey wasn't a talk show host. he was just a schmo still living with his mother. The kicker was the Double Exposure episode, wherein two hoods, Lee Van Cleef and Neville Brand, kidnap Joey Barnes thinking that he's Joey Bishop. They only believe he isn't, after seeing the 'real' Joey Bishop on TV, filling in for Jack Paar, I think. (I'm pretty sure this was before Johnny Carson took over.) The final scene has Joey Barnes meeting Joey Bishop, in the same frame. (Good effect.) The two hoods show up, are confused, and believing that the real Joey Bishop would never admit it, (which he had), kidnap Joey Barnes, again.
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