Have a question? Need assistance? Use our online form to ask a librarian for help. The Library of Congress has materials related to the Original Amateur Hour in a variety of formats and in several divisions. These materials include recordings of the radio program hosted by Bowes, photographs, administrative materials, contestant applications, and film reels of the television program hosted by Ted Mack.
Major Bowes
Major Bowes Amateur Hour | Old Time Radio
Reproduction is prohibited. Talent Contest The amateur talent contest craze was at its height in the s, and Major Bowes stepped in to take advantage of it. At the height of the depression, this popular show made the major a rich man, making two million a year — twice that of Al Jolson , and Jack Benny. Poor folks traveled from all over the country to be on the New York show.
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Listen Listening The host and creator of the show was a man named Edward Bowes, known to his listening audience as Major Bowes. How did it all start? Well, he built it from the ground up - literally. Credit Wikimedia Commons.
The guy is irrelevant.
Im trying to find a video.
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is that ed norton in drag is that dr disrespect?!
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