The Shemp years also marked a major milestone: the Stooges' first appearance on television. In 1948, they guest-starred on Milton Berle's popular "Texaco Star Theater" and Morey Amsterdam's "The Morey Amsterdam Show". By 1949, the team filmed a pilot for ABC-TV for their own weekly television series, titled "Jerks of All Trades". Columbia Pictures blocked the series from going into production, but allowed the Stooges to make television guest appearances. The team went on to appear on "Camel Comedy Caravan" (also known as "The Ed Wynn Show"), "The Kate Smith Hour", "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "The Frank Sinatra Show" and "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre", among others.