The Guy Mitchell Show The Guy Mitchell Show The Guy Mitchell Show is a half-hour television variety program hosted by and starring recording artist Guy Mitchell, which was broadcast from October 7, 1957, to January 13, 1958. The series aired on Monday evenings at 8 p.m. Eastern time on ABC following a half-hour prime time version of "American Bandstand". "The Guy Mitchell Show" faced strong competition from "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", a situation comedy on CBS, and from John Payne's NBC Western, "The Restless Gun". Mitchell’s guest stars, performing songs, dances, or skits, included dancer and pianist Johnny Bach, Jack Carson,
Goodnight, Irene sometimes give the response "Well goodnight Irene!" when using a negative voice command, implying he is fed up. Goodnight, Irene "Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th-century American folk standard, written in 3/4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933. The lyrics tell of the singer's troubled past with his love, Irene, and express his sadness and frustration. Several verses refer explicitly to suicidal fantasies, most famously in the line "sometimes I take a great notion to jump in the river and drown," which was the inspiration for the 1964 Ken Kesey novel