Wonderful Town, U.S.A. St. Louis (Season 1, Episode 11)
TV Episode | Music

Wonderful Town, U.S.A.

St. Louis (Season 1, Episode 11)

TV Episode | Music

St. Louis is the setting for this show. Faye meets Sally Benson, a St. Louis author, who wrote the short stories the film "Meet Me in St. Louis" was based on. Nancy Reed and Andy Roberts sing the songs "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "The Boy ...See moreSt. Louis is the setting for this show. Faye meets Sally Benson, a St. Louis author, who wrote the short stories the film "Meet Me in St. Louis" was based on. Nancy Reed and Andy Roberts sing the songs "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "The Boy Next Door" from the film. Next, legendary St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns pitcher and now baseball broadcaster Dizzy Dean talks about his favorite places in St. Louis including the zoo and Forest Park. Then a choir sings "Sunday in the Park", the Pepsi-Cola man, dressed as a hot dog vendor, drops in and a chimp riding a motorcycle makes an appearance. Finally, Faye talks to jazz legend W.C. Handy who speaks about his life in St. Louis and how he wrote the song "St. Louis Blues". Thelma Carpenter sings the song to close the show. Written by Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Sally Benson Self Self See fewer	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Thelma Carpenter Self Self See fewer	The Wiz (1978)
Dizzy Dean Self Self See fewer	Dizzy & Daffy (1934)
Faye Emerson Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Between Two Worlds (1944)
W.C. Handy Self Self See fewer	Scarface (1932)
Skitch Henderson Self - Orchestra Leader Self - Orchestra Leader See fewer	The Knickerbocker Beer Show (1953)
Nancy Reed Self Self See fewer	Love in Tune (1946)
Andy Roberts Self Self See fewer	The Steve Allen Show (1950)
Joshua Shelley Pepsi-Cola man Pepsi-Cola man See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)