Omnibus
Season 5
195622 episodes
Episode 1
The American Musical Comedy
Oct 7, 1956
Episode 2
Androcles and the Lion
Oct 14, 1956
Episode 3
The Last Day of Manolete
Oct 21, 1956
Episode 4
My Heart's in the Highlands
Oct 28, 1956
Episode 5
Let There Be Farce
Nov 4, 1956
Episode 6
Moliere's School for Wives
Nov 11, 1956
The program has two segments: (1) "Moliere's School for Wives" (comedy play by Moliere), and (2) "Skull Session" (survey of college football in the U.S.).
Episode 7
Plays of the Irish Renaissance
Nov 18, 1956
The program has three segments: (1) "Plays of the Irish Renaissance" (scenes from works by Irish playwrights), (2) "The Era of Wonderful Nonsense" (documentary on crazy ways of making a living in the 1920s), and (3) "On the Bowery" (showing of an excerpt from a 1956 film dealing with the life of down-and-outs in a downtown area of New York).
Episode 8
The Blue Hotel
Nov 25, 195655m
The program has three segments: "The Blue Hotel" (adaptation of a Stephen Crane story), "The Children's Party" (comic monologue), and "Vest-Pocket Symphony" (harmonica music).
Episode 9
A Man Without a Country
Dec 2, 1956
Episode 10
The Fine Art of Murder
Dec 9, 1956
Rex Stout appeared in this presentation of a homicide as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe and Rex Stout would variously present it.
Episode 11
The Christmas Tie
Dec 16, 1956
The program has four segments: (1) "The Christmas Tie" (re-staging of the William Saroyan play produced in Season 1), (2) "The Spirit of Freedom" (re-enactment of Sandor Szabo's flight from Communism), (3) "Drug Store, Sunday Noon" (story), and (4) "Szabo Interview" (interview with the subject of segment 2).
Episode 12
Madeline Visits Omnibus
Dec 23, 1956
The program has five segments: (1) "Madeline and the Bad Hat" (adaptation of a children's story), (2) "Columbus Boychoir" (Christmas songs), (3) "Susie's Night Out" (film of a pet shop at night), (4) "Bill Baird's Marionettes" (puppet parody of Omnibus), and (5) "The Star of Bethlehem" (scientific explanation of the star in the Nativity story).
Episode 13
The Art of Choreography
Dec 30, 1956
The program has two segments: (1) "The Art of Choreography" (tracing the history of choreography from earliest times), and (2) "Master Gunmanship" (comedy feature on the art of pistol-shooting).
Episode 14
Oedipus, the King
Jan 6, 1957
The program has two segments: (1) "Oedipus, the King" (play by Sophocles), and (2) "Solo Khumbu" (excerpts from a film documentary on social life and customs in Nepal).
Episode 15
Introduction to Modern Music
Jan 13, 1957
The program has three segments: (1) "Introduction to Modern Music" (Leonard Bernstein discusses modern music and composers, including Bartok, Berg, Hindemith, Ives, Prokofiev, Schoenberg and Stravinsky), (2) "Out" (showing of a 1957 UN documentary about the influx of Hungarian refugees into Austria as a result of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution), and (3) "John Hersey Interview" (interview with the writer of segment (2))
Episode 16
Lee at Gettysburg
Jan 20, 1957
A verse drama treatment of the critical battle of the American Civil War.
Episode 17
The Big Wheel: the Burlesque Entertainment of Yesterday
Jan 27, 1957
The program has two segments: (1) "The Big Wheel" (a survey of the age of burlesque, featuring examples of acts of the period), and (2) "The Message" (showing of a 1956 UK film drama on the moral and ethical aspects of war).
Episode 18
The Theatre Breaks Loose
Mar 3, 1957
Episode 19
The Trial of Captain Kidd
Mar 10, 1957
Episode 20
How the F-100 Got Its Tail
Mar 17, 1957
Episode 21
The Fall River Legend: the Trial of Lizzie Borden
Mar 24, 1957
The program has two segments: (1) "The Trial of Lizzie Borden" (dramatization of the murder trial of Lizzie Borden), and (2) "The Fall River Legend" (dramatic ballet presentation of the Lizzie Borden story).
Episode 22
The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
Mar 31, 1957
The program has two segments: (1) "The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach" (Leonard Bernstein analyzes Bach's music and techniques, illustrated with an excerpt from 'The St. Matthew Passion' and other choral and orchestral works), and (2) "A Maine Lobsterman" (repeat showing of a feature from Season 3 about lobster-fishing in Maine).