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{{Infobox television
| image = Vacation playhouse.jpg
| caption =
| alt_name =
| runtime = 30 minutes▼
| creator = [[Richard Michaels]]
| director = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hy Averback]]
| executive_producer = Warren Lewis <br> [[William Dozier]]▼
* [[Richard Crenna]]
* [[Claudio Guzmán]]
| editor = Bill Heath <br> Robert L. Swanson▼
* [[Jerry Hopper]]
* [[Fletcher Markle]]
* [[Norman Z. McLeod]]
* [[Gene Reynolds]]
* [[Barry Shear]]
* [[Don Taylor (American actor and director)|Don Taylor]]
* [[Richard Whorf]]
* [[Don Weis]]
}}
| voices =
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| theme_music_composer =
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| composer = [[Jerry Fielding]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 5▼
| num_episodes = 47▼
* Warren Lewis
* [[William Dozier]]
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hal Kanter]]
* [[Arthur Julian]]
* [[Jack Donohue (director)|Jack Donohue]]
* Stanley Shpetner
* [[Edward H. Feldman]]
* Jim McGinn
}}
| location = {{Plainlist|
* [[Desilu Studios]]
* [[CBS Television City]]
}}
* Bill Heath
* Robert L. Swanson
}}
▲| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
* Bing Crosby Productions
* [[Desilu Productions]]
* [[Four Star Television]]
* [[Universal Television]]
}}
| network = [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1963|7|22}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1967|8|28}}
▲| num_series =
▲| num_episodes = 47
▲| num_seasons = 5
▲| list_episodes =
}}
'''''Vacation Playhouse''''' is an American [[Anthology series|anthology]]
==Background==
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==Production==
''Vacation Playhouse'' premiered on July 22, 1963,<ref name="brooks" /><ref name=tvobsecurities19561967/> airing as a summer replacement for the [[Sitcom|situation comedy]] ''[[The Lucy Show]]''; a voiceover introduced each episode with "While Lucy's on vacation . . . it's ''Vacation Playhouse''."<ref name="lb">{{cite book |last1=Monush |first1=Barry |title=Lucille Ball FAQ: Everything Left to Know About America's Favorite Redhead |date=2011-06-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-55783-940-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNCGDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Vacation+Playhouse%22&pg=PT277 |access-date=May 27, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Among episode directors were [[Richard Crenna]], [[Jack Donohue (director)|Jack Donohue]],<ref name=etp/> [[Don Taylor (American actor and director)|Don Taylor]], {{Citation needed |date=August 2023}}, and [[Bud Yorkin]].<ref name=pph/> Producers included Donohue,<ref name=etp/> [[Hal Kanter]], Arthur Julian,{{Citation needed |date=August 2023}} and [[Norman Lear]]. Other directors included [[Bud Yorkin]].<ref name=pph/> Studios involved in the production of pilots aired on ''Vacation Playhouse'' included Bing Crosby Productions, [[Desilu Productions]], [[Desilu Studios]], [[Filmways]], [[Four Star Television]], [[CBS Television City|Television City]], and [[Universal Television]].{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} Stars appearing in episodes of the series included [[Eve Arden]], [[Orson Bean]], [[Richard Benjamin]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Edgar Buchanan]], [[Wally Cox]], [[James Franciscus]], [[Ethel Merman]], [[Barry Nelson]], [[Suzanne Pleshette]], [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Soupy Sales]], [[Brenda Vaccaro]], [[Jerry Van Dyke]], and [[Ed Wynn]].<ref name=tvobsecurities19561967/>
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==Broadcast history==
During 1963, ''Vacation Playhouse'' aired on Mondays from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]], premiering on July 22 and concluding on September 23.<ref name=tvobsecurities19561967/> It returned in the summer of 1964 in the same time slot, running from June 15 to September 14.<ref name=tvobsecurities19561967/> During its third season in 1965, the series moved to Friday nights from 9:30 to 10:00
==Episodes==
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! Season !! Episodes !! Season Premiere !! Season Finale
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| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1963|7|22}}
| style="text-align:center;" | {{End date|1963|9|23}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1964|6|15}}
| style="text-align:center;" | {{End date|1964|9|14}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1965|6|25}}
| style="text-align:center;" | {{End date|1965|9|10}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1966|7|4}}
| style="text-align:center;" | {{End date|1966|9|5}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | {{Start date|1967|7|3}}
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|}
Season
===Season 1 (1963)===
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| WrittenBy = [[Valentine Davies]] & {{nowrap|Norman Z. McLeod}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1963|7|22}}
| ShortSummary = A suitor falls for identical twin sisters
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1963|7|29}}
| ShortSummary = A pretty young woman finds herself in possession of a magic lamp that has transported a 1,000-year-old [[genie]] to the present. Starring [[Diane Jergens]], [[Gustavo Rojo]], [[Wallace Ford]], and [[George Grizzard]].<ref name=tvobsecurities19561967/><ref name=tvobsecuritiesstatus/
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| WrittenBy = [[Howard Leeds]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1963|8|26}}
| ShortSummary = A rock band seeking its big break that travels around the
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1963|9|9}}
| ShortSummary = A young couple that live on a [[houseboat]] and drive a
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1963|9|16}}
| ShortSummary = A small-town
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| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1963|9|23}}
| ShortSummary = A woman who owns a [[nightclub]] in the South [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] patronized by sailors must keep 3,000 of them away from her daughter
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| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1964|6|15}}
| ShortSummary = On his hectic first day on the job as the only male member of the teaching staff of an
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1964|7|20}}
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| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1964|7|27}}
| ShortSummary = A French dancer is determined to marry a handsome
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| WrittenBy = [[Cynthia Lindsay]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1964|8|3}}
| ShortSummary = An American tries to open a tourist service in
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| WrittenBy = [[William R. Cox]] & {{nowrap|[[William Faulkner]]}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1964|8|10}}
| ShortSummary = When a slick and lecherous city boy who works as a traveling photographer takes his camera into a rural area in the [[Tennessee]] hills to photograph a high school graduation, a beautiful country girl in need of a graduation dress captivates him, and he stirs up excitement when he tries to trade a dress for some favors.<ref name=tvobsecuritiesstatus/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/183751251418 |title=1960 TV AD~G.E. THEATER 'GRADUATION DRESS' by WILLIAM FAULKNER~STELLA STEVENS |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 30, 1960 |website= |publisher= |access-date=June 17, 2024 }}</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19640810&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "TV Key Previews," ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', August 10, 1964, p. 31.]</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19640810&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," ''Schenectady Gazette'', August 10, 1964, p. 18.]</ref> Starring [[Hugh O'Brian]], [[Stella Stevens]], [[Ellen Corby]], [[Buddy Ebsen]], [[Tom Nolan (actor)|Tommy Nolan]], and [[Susanne Sidney|Suzanne Sydney]]. A repeat of an episode which aired originially on ''[[General Electric Theater]]'' on October 30,
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1964|8|31}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1964|9|7}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1965|7|23}}
| ShortSummary = Alternative titles "Starr" and "Starr of the Yankees." A rookie
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1965|7|30}}
| ShortSummary = An expatriate American who operates a [[casino]] in
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| Title = Coogan's Reward
| DirectedBy = [[Don Taylor (American filmmaker)|Don Taylor]]
| WrittenBy = {{nowrap|Story: [[Richard Donovan (writer)|Richard Donovan]]}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1965|8|20}}<ref name=tvobsecuritiesstatus/>
| ShortSummary = An arrogant, conniving, and philandering [[war correspondent]] covering [[World War II]] in
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1965|9|3}}
| ShortSummary = At the reading of a will, two women who are distant cousins learn that they will inherit money, a [[townhouse]] in
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| WrittenBy = [[Milt Josefsberg]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1965|9|10}}<ref name=tvobsecuritiesstatus/>
| ShortSummary = After a soldier is discharged from the [[United States Army]] and returns to his home town to become the [[Newspaper editor|editor]] of a
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|7|4}}
| ShortSummary = On his hectic first day on the job as the only male member of the teaching staff of an
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|7|18}}
| ShortSummary = A woman who owns a [[nightclub]] in the South [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] patronized by sailors must keep 3,000 of them away from her daughter
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|7|25}}<ref name=tvobsecuritiesstatus/>
| ShortSummary = The adventures of all-American hero [[Frank Merriwell]], a [[Yale University]] student at the turn of the
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|8|1}}
| ShortSummary = A small-town [[fire chief]]'s brother-in-law is an eager but ineffectual [[Firefighter|fireman]] who shares a home with the chief and the chief's wife, although the chief always is trying to get him move out of the house. The chief has a perfect record of fire safety and control until his brother-in-law unconsciously
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|8|15}}
| ShortSummary = A pair of no-talent [[vaudeville]] performers searching for a great gig try a series of tricks to get a top agent and impresario in a
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|8|29}}
| ShortSummary = A young widow works as an
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|9|5}}
| ShortSummary = Eager to join the war effort during [[World War II]], a 16-year-old boy who looks older than he is joins the [[United States Army Air Forces]] and quickly rises to the rank of [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]]. Placed in command of a small air base in
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|7|3}}
| ShortSummary = A sweet old college professor invents a rejuvenation pill that makes anyone who takes it look 10 years younger, but only for a short time. He lets a pretty housewife try it, leading to an encounter with her errant husband in a [[nightclub]] and a teenage beach party
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|7|17}}
| ShortSummary = Two couples spend a hectic two days guarding [[United States dollar|$]]15,000 in cash. Starring [[Richard Benjamin]] and [[Brenda Vaccaro]].<ref name=tvobsecurities19561967/><ref name=tvobsecuritiesstatus/><ref name=schenectadygazette19660808/> A repeat of the episode<ref name=tvobsecurities19561967/> previously aired on August 8,
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| ShortSummary = A bumbling young man who owns a
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* {{IMDb title|0056792}}
* [https://ctva.biz/US/Comedy/VacationPlayhouse.htm Episode list at CTVA – The Classic TV Archive]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6PyCGMFHB4 ''Vacation Playhouse'' episode "My Boy Goggle"] on
[[Category:1963 American television series debuts]]
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[[Category:1960s American comedy-drama television series]]
[[Category:1960s American anthology television series]]
[[Category:Black-and-white American television shows]]
[[Category:CBS original programming]]
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