Throwback Thursday Comedy Showcase: Louis Nye as Gordon Hathaway on the Steve Allen Show in 1956

Today we're time traveling back to 1956 when one of the most popular TV shows was the Steve Allen Show. One of the best segments of the weekly show was the Man on the Street interview that Allen conducted with Louis Nye, Don Knotts, and Tom Poston. 

Nye played the pretentious country-club braggart Gordon Hathaway, with his catchphrase, "Hi-ho, Steverino," that made him one of the favorites on Allen's show.

Louis Nye was born Louis Neistat in Hartford, Connecticut in 1914. Nye's parents were both Yiddish speaking Jews from the Russian Empire. Nye attended Weaver High School, but he was not a good student. "My marks were so low," he explained, "that they wouldn't let me in the drama club. So I went down to WTIC Radio, auditioned, and got on a show." 

Here is a Man on the Street video clip from 1956. Enjoy!

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