The Edsel Show
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The Edsel Show was a 1957 live television special sponsored by Ford to promote its new Edsel automobile, featuring Bing Crosby and other major entertainers in a variety-style program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Edsel Show canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Edsel Show Context triple: [Lindsay Crosby, notableWork, The Edsel Show]
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A.
Edsel automobile
The Edsel automobile was a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful car brand produced by Ford in the late 1950s, now remembered as a classic example of a major marketing failure.
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B.
Jay Leno’s Garage
Jay Leno’s Garage is a television and web series in which comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno showcases, reviews, and drives an extensive range of classic, exotic, and unique vehicles from his renowned car collection.
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C.
Little Deuce Coupe
"Little Deuce Coupe" is a 1963 hot rod–themed studio album by the Beach Boys that helped define their early car-culture sound.
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D.
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Solid Gold Cadillac is a 1956 American satirical comedy film about a small shareholder who challenges corporate corruption, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
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E.
L’Auto
L’Auto was a French sports newspaper best known for creating and organizing the Tour de France.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Edsel Show Target entity description: The Edsel Show was a 1957 live television special sponsored by Ford to promote its new Edsel automobile, featuring Bing Crosby and other major entertainers in a variety-style program.
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A.
Edsel automobile
The Edsel automobile was a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful car brand produced by Ford in the late 1950s, now remembered as a classic example of a major marketing failure.
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B.
Jay Leno’s Garage
Jay Leno’s Garage is a television and web series in which comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno showcases, reviews, and drives an extensive range of classic, exotic, and unique vehicles from his renowned car collection.
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C.
Little Deuce Coupe
"Little Deuce Coupe" is a 1963 hot rod–themed studio album by the Beach Boys that helped define their early car-culture sound.
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D.
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Solid Gold Cadillac is a 1956 American satirical comedy film about a small shareholder who challenges corporate corruption, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
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E.
L’Auto
L’Auto was a French sports newspaper best known for creating and organizing the Tour de France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
television special
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variety show ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | live coast-to-coast telecast ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | black-and-white television ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Frank Telford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredBrand |
Edsel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredMusicPerformer |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary Clooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredProduct | Edsel automobile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live before a studio audience ⓘ |
| followedBy | subsequent Bing Crosby television specials ⓘ |
| format | live television broadcast ⓘ |
| genre |
musical television
ⓘ
variety television ⓘ |
| hasPart |
comedy segments
ⓘ
commercial segments for Edsel ⓘ musical performances ⓘ |
| isA | one-off television special ⓘ |
| location | Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | promotion of the Edsel automobile ⓘ |
| notableFor | early color videotape recording experiments ⓘ |
| notableGuest |
Frank Sinatra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary Clooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 1 ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1957-10-13 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| presenter | Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | William O. Harbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | CBS Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | television promotion for the Edsel automobile ⓘ |
| runtime | 60 minutes ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Edsel division of Ford Motor Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindsay Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary Clooney NERFINISHED ⓘ The Four Preps NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jonah Jones Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950s American television ⓘ |
| writer |
Bill Morrow
NERFINISHED
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Tom Adair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Edsel Show Description of subject: The Edsel Show was a 1957 live television special sponsored by Ford to promote its new Edsel automobile, featuring Bing Crosby and other major entertainers in a variety-style program.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.