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The Best Episodes of The Steve Allen Show

Every episode of The Steve Allen Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Steve Allen Show!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Steve Allen Show Season 4 Episode 28 - The Three Stooges, Connie Russell, David Allen, Lenny Bruce
    9.2/10(10 votes)

    #1 - The Three Stooges, Connie Russell, David Allen, Lenny Bruce

    S4:E28

    The Stooges do their well-worn "Knife Throwing Maharaja" bit without improvisations, Bruce does a monologue about junkies, then moves on to a maudlin song story about loneliness, and Poston and Nye join Steve in a skit about two washed up song writers guesting on Perry Como.

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  2. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 2 - Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, Imogene Coca, Milton Berle, Steve Lawrence & Edye Gorme
    7.3/10(17 votes)

    #2 - Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, Imogene Coca, Milton Berle, Steve Lawrence & Edye Gorme

    S1:E2

    Episode features include Elvis Presley, wearing a tuxedo and singing "Hound Dog" to a mournful basset hound; Andy Griffith explaining Shakespeare's Hamlet in a comedy monologue; Imogene Coca starring in a skit where she tries to tell her husband she's pregnant; Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme doing an opera spoof while wearing viking costumes and Imogene Coca, Andy Griffith and Elvis Presley doing a spoof of country music television programs.

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  3. The Steve Allen Show Season 5 Episode 7 - Jack Kerouac, William Bendix, Frankie Laine, Pam Garner
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Jack Kerouac, William Bendix, Frankie Laine, Pam Garner

    S5:E7

    William Bendix plays the father in a sitcom scene set in three different ways, once without canned laughs, then with, and then played extra violently. "The Allen Report to the Nation" topic is the common cold. As the Question Man, Steve blows a line. Jack Kerouac reads a few lines from his book, "On The Road". Steve and Don do a skit/ad about a man who packs his empty bags in his 1960 Plymouth and never goes anywhere.

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  4. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 1 - Premier with guests Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Kim Novak, Vincent Price, Wally Cox, Sammy Davis, Jr.
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Premier with guests Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Kim Novak, Vincent Price, Wally Cox, Sammy Davis, Jr.

    S1:E1

    Skits include unlikely endorsements putting Wally Cox in prison, Dane Clark in a bar fight and Vincent Price as a hit and run victim, and later, a gangster scene with Steve and Kim Novak with an educational bent. Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope make only cameos. Sammy Davis Jnr. does imitations and is seen with the Will Maston Trio.

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  5. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 3 - Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Palance, Vic Damone, Margaret Truman, Gogi Grant
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Palance, Vic Damone, Margaret Truman, Gogi Grant

    S1:E3

    Todays guests are Sammy Davis, Jr./Jack Palance/Don Adams/Margaret Truman.

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  6. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 4 - Buddy Hackett, Count Basie & his Orchestra, The Four Lads
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Buddy Hackett, Count Basie & his Orchestra, The Four Lads

    S1:E4

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  7. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 5 - James Mason, Pamela Mason & Portland Mason, Rise Stevens & Jan Peerce, Roger Ray, Eddie Condon, Dayton Allen, Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - James Mason, Pamela Mason & Portland Mason, Rise Stevens & Jan Peerce, Roger Ray, Eddie Condon, Dayton Allen, Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander

    S1:E5

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  8. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 6 - Judy Holliday, Tony Bennett, Carmen Cavallaro, Louis Nye, Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five, The 321st National Military Drill Team
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Judy Holliday, Tony Bennett, Carmen Cavallaro, Louis Nye, Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five, The 321st National Military Drill Team

    S1:E6

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  9. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 7 - Frank Sinatra, Don Adams, Julius LaRosa, Mamie Van Doren, Eddie Lawrence, Augie & Margo
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Frank Sinatra, Don Adams, Julius LaRosa, Mamie Van Doren, Eddie Lawrence, Augie & Margo

    S1:E7

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  10. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 8 - Buddy Hackett, Andy Williams, Jaye P. Morgan & the Morgan Brothers, Gregory Ratoff, The Ice Capades
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Buddy Hackett, Andy Williams, Jaye P. Morgan & the Morgan Brothers, Gregory Ratoff, The Ice Capades

    S1:E8

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  11. The Steve Allen Show Season 1 Episode 9 - Ann Sheridan, Fats Domino, Georgia Gibbs, Steve Lawrence, Smith & Dale
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Ann Sheridan, Fats Domino, Georgia Gibbs, Steve Lawrence, Smith & Dale

    S1:E9

    Skits include Smith and Dale doing their "Still Alarm" routine, with Louis Nye,and Steve, Georgia Gibbs and Steve Lawrence do a takeoff on a 30's band remote.Fats Domino is presented a "Cashbox" magazine award.

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  12. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 1 - Andy Williams, Milt Kamen, Gogi Grant, The Will Mastin Trio (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.), Marian Ann McKnight , The Baird Puppets
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Andy Williams, Milt Kamen, Gogi Grant, The Will Mastin Trio (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.), Marian Ann McKnight , The Baird Puppets

    S2:E1

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  13. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 2 - Billy Eckstine, Rin Tin Tin, Joni James, Professor Irwin Corey, Jose Molina, the Midwestern States Glee Club
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Billy Eckstine, Rin Tin Tin, Joni James, Professor Irwin Corey, Jose Molina, the Midwestern States Glee Club

    S2:E2

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  14. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 3 - Claudette Colbert, Mickey Rooney, Jerome Hines, Erin O'Brien, Joey Forman
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Claudette Colbert, Mickey Rooney, Jerome Hines, Erin O'Brien, Joey Forman

    S2:E3

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  15. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 4 - Abbott & Costello, Kukla, Fran & Ollie, Peggy King, Lionel Hampton, Don Lamond, Louis Bellson Mrs. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Abbott & Costello, Kukla, Fran & Ollie, Peggy King, Lionel Hampton, Don Lamond, Louis Bellson Mrs. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle

    S2:E4

    Todays guests are Abbott and Costello/Kukla, Fran and Ollie/Mickey Mantle/Lionel Hampton/Peggy King/Milt Kamen.

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  16. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 5 - Tony Bennett, Doretta Morrow, Mel Torme, Frances Faye, Guy Madison, Kathryn & Arthur Murray
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Tony Bennett, Doretta Morrow, Mel Torme, Frances Faye, Guy Madison, Kathryn & Arthur Murray

    S2:E5

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  17. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 6 - Peter Lawford, Frank Parker, The Harlem Globetrotters, Rocky Graziano, Olga James, Janik & Arnaut, cameo appearance by Julius LaRosa
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Peter Lawford, Frank Parker, The Harlem Globetrotters, Rocky Graziano, Olga James, Janik & Arnaut, cameo appearance by Julius LaRosa

    S2:E6

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  18. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 7 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alfred Drake, Erin O'Brien, T.C. Jones, Jim Henson & the Muppets, Rod Alexander Dancers, Les Brown & His Band of Renown
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alfred Drake, Erin O'Brien, T.C. Jones, Jim Henson & the Muppets, Rod Alexander Dancers, Les Brown & His Band of Renown

    S2:E7

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  19. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 8 - Jerry Lewis, Georgia Gibbs, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel, Buster Crabbe, cast members of "Jack and the Beanstalk"
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Jerry Lewis, Georgia Gibbs, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel, Buster Crabbe, cast members of "Jack and the Beanstalk"

    S2:E8

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  20. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 9 - Bob Hope, Duke Ellington & Orchestra, Gene Nelson, Betty Walker, Erin O'Brien, George Hamilton IV, Olsen & Johnson, World's Champion Women Boxers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Bob Hope, Duke Ellington & Orchestra, Gene Nelson, Betty Walker, Erin O'Brien, George Hamilton IV, Olsen & Johnson, World's Champion Women Boxers

    S2:E9

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  21. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 10 - Gene Autry, Jim Lowe, Betty Kean & Lew Parker, Floyd Patterson & Archie Moore, the Chicago Bears
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Gene Autry, Jim Lowe, Betty Kean & Lew Parker, Floyd Patterson & Archie Moore, the Chicago Bears

    S2:E10

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  22. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 11 - Charlton Heston, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ethel Waters, Bobby Van, Don Newcombe, Floyd Patterson, Archie Moore, Vince Martin & The Tarriers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Charlton Heston, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ethel Waters, Bobby Van, Don Newcombe, Floyd Patterson, Archie Moore, Vince Martin & The Tarriers

    S2:E11

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  23. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 12 - Anne Jeffreys & Robert Sterling, The Hi-Lo's, Bud Wilkinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Betty Kean & Lew Parker
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Anne Jeffreys & Robert Sterling, The Hi-Lo's, Bud Wilkinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Betty Kean & Lew Parker

    S2:E12

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  24. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 13 - Martha Raye, Alan Young, the Collins Kids, Ricky Vera, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, the Vienna Boys Choir
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Martha Raye, Alan Young, the Collins Kids, Ricky Vera, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, the Vienna Boys Choir

    S2:E13

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  25. The Steve Allen Show Season 2 Episode 14 - Tony Bennett, Andy Griffith, the New York Rangers, live premiere of the motion picture "Around the World in 80 Days"
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Tony Bennett, Andy Griffith, the New York Rangers, live premiere of the motion picture "Around the World in 80 Days"

    S2:E14

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Three Stooges, Connie Russell, David Allen, Lenny Bruce" is the best rated episode of "The Steve Allen Show". It scored 9.2/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/5/1959. This episode scored 1.9 points higher than the second highest rated, "Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, Imogene Coca, Milton Berle, Steve Lawrence & Edye Gorme".