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Line 3: \| format = [[Variety show]] \| runtime = 60 minutes with commercials \| starring = [[Johnny ~~Olsen~~Olson]], host (1953); [[Virginia Graham]], host (1954) \| country = {{USA}} \| network = [[DuMont Television Network\|DuMont]] Line 10: \|}} '''''The Strawhatters''''' was an American television summer [[variety show]] that aired on the national [[DuMont Television Network\|DuMont]] network from May 27, 1953 until September 1953, and again in 1954, from June until [[September 8]] of that year. Episodes of the program had also been seen on [[WNYW#History\|WABD]], the [[New York City]]-area DuMont station, in 1952, before it aired nationally. For 1954, the program was retitled ''Summer in the Park''. Filmed at [[Palisades Amusement Park]] in [[New Jersey]], across the [[Hudson River]] from New York City, ''The Strawhatters'' featured talent shows, musical entertainment, and diving exhibitions. ''The Complete Directory to Primetime Network and Cable TV Shows'' (8th edition, 2003) called ''The Strawhatters'' "essentially an hour-long advertisement for Palisades Amusement Park." The program was hosted and emceed by [[Johnny ~~Olsen~~Olson]] in 1953, and [[Virginia Graham]] in 1954. ==See also== [[List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network]] [[List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts]] ==Bibliography== David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia: [[Temple University Press]], 2004) Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York: [[Penguin Books]], 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8 *Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'', Third edition (New York: [[Ballantine Books]], 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1 ==External links==