The Most Important People (also known as Mr. and Mrs. Carroll) is a 15-minute musical variety show on the DuMont Television Network, hosted by orchestra leader Jimmy Carroll (1913–1972) and his wife Rita Carroll. The show aired Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30pm EST from October 18, 1950, to April 13, 1951. The title referred to babies, since the sponsor was Gerber's Baby Food.
Episode status As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.
See also List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts 1950-51 United States network television schedule List of local children's television series
References
Bibliography David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
External links
DuMont historical website