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America After Dark is a lost television broadcast from a lowly rated late-night talk show that featured the reunion of all 5 Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo).[1]
Background
Chico Marx, the eldest, was booked to appear at the opening of the Fifth Season, a comedy play written by Sylvia Regan on February 18, 1957[2]. To support this, Chico’s younger brothers Adolf (Harpo), Julius Henry (Groucho), Milton (Gummo) and Herbert Manfred (Zeppo) attended and sat in the audience.
With this golden opportunity, the producers wasted no time to arrange for all of them to meet in Chico’s dressing room for some photographs prior to/after their own 5-minute segment (at 11:15pm). Jack Lescouli hosted.[3]
Preservation
To date, no copies of this classic comedy goldmine have turned up. In any chance of this, a kinescope would have to be sought after, as it was the prevalent recording device for television in the 50s. Due to the show’s lack of popularity, (Jack Paar, Steve Allen and Pat Weaver among others tried to host it, to no avail) the show’s broadcasts were scrapped and is lost altogether.
The series would be adapted in the famous Tonight Show years later.[4]