Buzzy Wuzzy

{{Short description|American TV series or program (1948)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television |presenter= Jerry Bergen<br>Imogene Coca |country= United States |language=English |runtime=15 minutes |network=ABC |first_aired = {{Start date|1948|11|17}} |last_aired = {{End date|1948|12|08}} }} '''''Buzzy Wuzzy''''' is an early American variety/comedy series that aired on ABC on Wednesday nights from 7:30 pm to 7:45 pm Eastern Time from November 17 to December 8, 1948.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present |year=2007 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Buzzy+Wuzzy+Comedy+Variety%22&pg=PA199 p. 199] {{access-date|July 24, 2024}}.</ref>

Many newspapers listed the series as '''''The Jerry Bergen Show''''' in their television schedule section.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/552352644/?match=1&terms=%22Jerry%20Bergen%22 Television Wednesday, ''York Daily Record'' (York, PA), November 17, 1948, page 26]</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/480428442/?match=1&terms=%22Jerry%20Bergen%22 Television, ''Evening Courier'' (Camden, NJ), November 17, 1948, page 20]</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/1040035370/?match=1&terms=%22Jerry%20Bergen%22 WMAL- Channel 7, ''The Washington Daily News'' (Washington DC), November 17, 1948, page 60]</ref>

==Synopsis== Jerry Bergen and Imogene Coca were hosts of the short-lived series, which consisted of comedy skits and variety acts.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA150&dq=Buzzy+Wuzzy+television+series&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Buzzy%20Wuzzy%20television%20series&f=false Terrace, Vincent, ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2nd Edition'', page 150, McFarland, 2014]</ref> This was Imogene Coca's first network television program,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gU3uBwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA119&dq=Buzzy+Wuzzy+television+series&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Buzzy%20Wuzzy%20television%20series&f=false Reed, R. M. & Reed, M. K., The Encyclopedia of Television, Cable, and Video, page 119, Springer Science & Business Media, 2012]</ref> and she was hired by M.J. Productions, a packaging and marketing firm, which sponsored the series.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT14&dq=Buzzy+Wuzzy+television+series&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLwNbwpa2HAxUJAHkGHTgTCX04ChDoAXoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=Buzzy%20Wuzzy%20television%20series&f=false TV Medium Used to Sell Packager's New Video Shows, ''The Billboard'', November 27, 1948]</ref>

==Episode status== The series was broadcast live, and there are no known recorded episodes.

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=tt0379087}}

Category:1948 American television series debuts Category:1948 American television series endings Category:1940s American variety television series Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming