Ethel and Albert

The Love Nest from the 1920 George M. Cohen musical comedy production Mary. music by Louis A. Hirsch, & words by Otto A. Harbach.

Original Air Dates: 1953 - 1954 (NBC), 1955 (CBS), 1955 - 1956 (ABC)

Just a love nest, cozy and warm,
Like a dove breast, down on the farm,
A veranda with some sort of clinging vine,
Then a kitchen where some rambler roses twine;
In a small room, tea set of blue,
There's the ball room, dream room for two,
Better than a palace with a gilded dome,
Is the love nest you can call home!

Had been a long-running network radio series since 1944 starring Peg Lynch & Richard Widmark; on TV it had first been tried as a segment of "The Kate Smith Show" in 1952. The theme was also the theme of another well-known couple which had another sitcom on radio and TV: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.