Sit Back with Jack
| Sit Back with Jack | |
|---|---|
| Genre | music variety |
| Presented by | Jack Shapira Marsh Phimister |
| Composer | Frank Lewis |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Frank Rosler |
| Production location | Winnipeg |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 17 April – 26 June 1960 |
| Related | |
| The Show That Jack Built | |
Sit Back with Jack is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1960.
Premise
[edit]This Winnipeg-produced series featured Jack Shapira and his band. Each episode featured a "Shapira Sound Track" segment of location footage filmed in Winnipeg on subjects such as the Canadian Pacific Railway freight yards or scenes of Friday evening shopping. Guests during the series run not only included professional musicians such as Bud & Travis, Frank D'Rone and Ray Eberle, but amateur performers such as Father Clayton Barclay (a harpsichord player), Wally Keep (a singing taxi driver), Vince Lovallo (a singing blacksmith) and Bobby Swartz (ventriloquist, operating his dummy Elmer).[1]
Scheduling
[edit]This half-hour series was broadcast Sundays at 1:00 p.m. from 17 April to 26 June 1960.
References
[edit]- ^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Sit Back With Jack". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
[edit]- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Sit Back With Jack". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.