Lamp Unto My Feet

Lamp Unto My Feet was an American ecumenical religious program that was produced by CBS Television and broadcast from 1948 to 1979 on Sunday mornings.[1]

Lamp Unto My Feet
GenreReligious anthology
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkCBS Television
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Color
Audio formatMonaural
Original release21 November 1948 –
21 January 1979

Overview

The program used a combination of drama, music, and dance to explore the histories, cultures and theological philosophies of the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths.[2][3]

In 1979 this program and another long-running CBS religious series, Look Up and Live, were combined to form a new show called For Our Times (April 28, 1979 to 1988), sponsored by the National Council of Churches, New York Board of Rabbis, and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.[4][5]

Guest Stars

Notable guest stars included Mahalia Jackson, Kim Hunter, Luther Adler, Edward Mulhare, Arthur Hill, and Aline MacMahon.

See also

The show was satirized on a 1976 episode (Season One, Episode One) of SCTV as 'Match Onto My Feet', with Joe Flaherty as Father John Duffy attending a Passover celebration of the Dithers family that ends up a disaster due to the misbehavior of the children, disagreements about the family business, and a misapplication of the rites by the family patriarch, Sid Dithers (Eugene Levy).

References
  1. "George Crothers, 89, Television Producer". The New York Times. December 7, 1998. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  2. "Lamp unto my feet - 1949-12-25 - The Christmas story". Moving Image Collections, Library of Congress. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  3. Arthur Shulman & Roger Youman (1966). How Sweet It Was. Bonanza Books. p. 487.
  4. TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Nobel. 2004. p. 398. ISBN 978-0-7607-5634-8.
  5. Internet Movie Database


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