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Comedian Jonathan Winters hosts his first of two American television network variety shows, broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1957.

It was a show basically about laughing until you were in tears, or just falling down, doubling over with laughter...a show for the whole family, with some of the funniest comic people on earth, who ad-libbed much of the humorous lines, with such ease and naturalness. I personally couldn't even LOOK at Steve Allen without breaking up. I was just a kid, then. My parents loved the show, too, with Louis Nye and all. Steve was a gift to us, giving us hours of enjoyment, and relief from a (at the time) sad world.

Jonathan Winters' premiere weekly variety show has guests Red Skelton, Barbara Eden, Ivan Dixon, and the rock group The Doors. Red and Jonathan mime two lusty lumber-jacks, and Maude Frickert discusses "Sex and the Senile Girl." In sketches, Jonathan is the prudish husband of a mini-skirted Mrs. (Abby Dalton), and spoofs the movie "In the Heat of the Night, portraying a Southern sheriff who's flummoxed by a crafty suspect. Improvisational Spot: Jonathan creates off-the-cuff humor with a towel.

Steve, Louie, Jayne and Dayton perform a hip version of "The Taming Of The Shrew", The Allen Report looks at doctors. Frye does a group of impressions of various celebrities, including William F. Buckley and Bobby Kennedy.

Highlights of this episode include: Winters portrays Grannie Maude Frickert; a comedy sketch with Abby Dalton about an arguing husband and wife; and a spoof of "Death of a Salesman." Performances by guests Peggy Lee, Oscar Peterson, and Louis Nye who performs a vaudeville number.

Steve takes us to different spots on campus, including the towers and a Shakespearean acting lesson. Nabors, Conway and Henry are uncredited as an incompetent singing group in a small segment.

A "Newlywed Game" satire has Steve & Jayne as bikers and Sonny & Cher as a square nerdy couple. A "Prickly Heat" telethon includes cliché impressions by Byner and terrible songs by Jayne.

Jonathan's guests include Art Carney, who performs with the Robert Banas Dancers; singer Connie Francis; and Peter, Paul & Mary. Cast members perform a spoof of films depicting life in the Armed Forces during World War I which features a cameo appearance by Johnny Carson.