Editing Steve Allen (section)

==== Westinghouse ====
From 1962 to 1964, Allen recreated ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' on a new show, ''The Steve Allen Show'', which was syndicated by Westinghouse TV. The five-nights-a-week taped show was broadcast from an old vaudeville theater at 1228 North Vine Street in Hollywood that was renamed ''[[The Steve Allen Playhouse]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theater/1419 |title=Filmarte Theatre |location= Los Angeles |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date=2013-02-21}}</ref> The new Allen show could be programmed by local stations as an alternative to the networks' late-night shows, but many stations opted to broadcast the Allen show during the daytime hours.

The show was marked by the same wild, unpredictable stunts, and comedy skits that often extended across the side street to an all-night food outlet known as the Hollywood Ranch Market, where Allen had a hidden camera spying on unsuspecting shoppers. On one show, he had an elephant race down the side street, much to the annoyance of the occupants of the neighboring houses. On this show, he originated the term "little black things" in reference to anything regarding food, and the term "larger than Steve Allen's breadbox" in reference to any item under discussion. He also presented Southern California eccentrics, including health food advocate [[Gypsy Boots]], quirky physics professor Dr. [[Julius Sumner Miller]], wacko comic Professor [[Irwin Corey]], and an early musical performance by [[Frank Zappa]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Slaven|year= 1996| title= Electric Don Quixote| pages= 35–36}}</ref>

During one episode, Allen placed a telephone call to the home of Johnny Carson, posing as a rating company interviewer, asking Carson if the television was on, and what program he was watching. Carson did not immediately realize the caller was Allen. A rarity is an exchange between Allen and Carson about Carson's guests, permitting him to plug his{{who|date=May 2022}} own show on a competing network.

One notable program, which Westinghouse refused to distribute, featured [[Lenny Bruce]] during the time the comic repeatedly was being arrested on obscenity charges. Footage from this program was first telecast in 1998 in a Bruce documentary aired on [[HBO]]. [[Regis Philbin]] briefly took over hosting the Westinghouse show in 1964.

The show also featured many jazz songs played by Allen and members of the show's band, the [[Donn Trenner]] Orchestra, which included such virtuoso musicians as guitarist [[Herb Ellis]] and flamboyantly comedic hipster trombonist [[Frank Rosolino]] (whom Allen credited with originating the "Hiyo!" chant later popularized by [[Ed McMahon]]). While the show was not an overwhelming success in its day, [[David Letterman]], [[Steve Martin]], [[Harry Shearer]], [[Robin Williams]], and a number of other prominent comedians have cited Allen's "Westinghouse show," which they watched as teenagers, as being highly influential on their own comedic visions.

Allen later produced a second half-hour show for Westinghouse, titled ''[[Jazz Scene USA]]'', which featured West Coast jazz musicians such as Rosolino, [[Stan Kenton]], and [[Teddy Edwards]]. The short-lived show was hosted by [[Oscar Brown, Jr.]]