 39 episodes were produced and broadcast live from Hollywood, making "The Ed Wynn Show" the first program to do so, and transmitted via kinescope to New York.The show also served as the commercial television debuts of comedian Groucho Marx, singer/actress Dinah Shore, comedy team The Three Stooges, Hattie McDaniel, Buster Keaton, Leon Errol and husband and wife comedy team Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.