* 1948 – Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.

During that year, legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini made his first of ten TV appearances conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and Texaco Star Theater, starring comedian Milton Berle, became television's first gigantic hit show.

As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater ( 1948 – 55 ), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as " Uncle Miltie " and " Mr. Television " during TV's golden age.

His last radio series was The Texaco Star Theater, which began September 22, 1948 on ABC and continued until June 15, 1949, with Berle heading the cast of Stang, Kelton and Gallop, along with Charles Irving, Kay Armen, and double-talk specialist Al Kelly.

In 1948, NBC decided to bring Texaco Star Theater from radio to television, with Berle as one of the show's four rotating hosts.

It turned out that everyone waited until the end of the Texaco Star Theater before going to the bathroom ".

The Texaco Star National Academic Championship premiered July 1, 1989, on the Discovery Channel.

* 1961 – Texaco introduces the " The Man who wears the Star " campaign with the " Texaco Star Theme " written by W. A.

* 1988 – Texaco and Saudi Aramco agree to form a joint venture known as Star Enterprise in which Saudi Aramco would own a 50 % share of Texaco's refining and marketing operations in the eastern U. S. and Gulf Coast.

It was identified as well with such entertainment legends as Bob Hope, Jack Benny and Milton Berle ( many of their shows were originally sponsored by Texaco – see Texaco Star Theatre, which includes the sponsorship lyrics of the opening theme: " We're the men of Texaco, We work from Maine to Mexico ...").

:* Texaco Star Theater Oct. 4, 1939 on CBS.

:* Texaco Star Theater Jan. 3, 1943 on CBS.

:* Texaco Star Theater June 4, 1944 on CBS.

* June 8 – Milton Berle becomes the first United States television star with the debut of Texaco Star Theater ( later The Milton Berle Show ) on NBC ( 1948 – 1953 ).

An advertisement for the October 12, 1938 Texaco Star Theatre.

The roots of Texaco Star Theatre were in a 1930s radio hit, Ed Wynn, the Fire Chief, featuring the manic " Perfect Fool " in a half hour of vaudevillian routines interspersed with music.

The first Texaco Star Theatre ( spelled Theatre for most of the radio show's run ) was on October 5, 1938.

In 1940, the show became a star vehicle for, with the show re-titled Texaco Star Theatre with Fred Allen and the program airing on October 2, 1940.

He presided over Texaco Star Theatre from 1940 – 42 as an hour-long show on Wednesday and then Sunday nights, to 1942 – 1944 as a half-hour show, until Allen withdrew from work for over a year on his doctor's advice.

They didn't settle on Berle — who hosted a freshly revived radio version in spring 1948 — as the permanent host right away ; he hosted the first television Texaco Star Theater in June 1948 but was originally part of a rotation of hosts ( Berle himself had only a four-week contract ).

He was a smash once the new full season began, Texaco Star Theater hitting ratings as high as 80 and owning Tuesday night for NBC from 8 – 9 p. m.

With Berle at the helm, Texaco Star Theater was credited heavily with driving American television set sales heavily ; the number of TV sets sold during Berle's run on the show was said to have grown from 500, 000 his first year on the tube to over 30 million when the show ended in 1956.

Texaco Star Theater was also the highest rated television show of the 1950 – 1951 television season, the first season in which the Nielsen ratings were used.

As phenomenally popular as Texaco Star Theater was, it was hardly an undisturbed appeal.

During this time, Gertrude Berg and Arlene McQuade appeared as their characters of Molly and Rosalie, respectively, when they guested on NBC-TV's Texaco Star Theater starring Milton Berle.

* 1948-The Texaco Star Theater, starring Milton Berle, becomes the first major successful U. S. television program ; The Toast of the Town also debuts

Publicity photo for the premiere of Texaco Star Theater, 1940.

In 1940, Allen moved back to CBS Radio with a new sponsor and show name, Texaco Star Theater airing every Wednesday at 9: 00 pm ET on CBS, then Sundays at 9: 00 pm in the fall of 1941.

( Texaco revived Texaco Star Theater in 1948 on radio, and more successfully on television, making an American icon out of star Milton Berle ).

In some ways, The Big Show was an offspring of the old Allen show: his one-time Texaco Star Theater announcer, Jimmy Wallington, was one of The Big Show's announcers, and Portland Hoffa made several appearances with him as well.

* Donald O ' Connor on " Texaco Star Theater " ( 1954-55 ) at Classic TV Info.

Margaret Whiting was a regular guest on variety shows and talk shows throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town, when the musical series focused on Whiting's hometown of Detroit ; The Big Record, The Bob Hope Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Tony Martin Show, The David Frost Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The George Jessel Show, The Guy Mitchell Show, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Nat King Cole Show, Over Easy, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, The Patti Page Show, The Red Skelton Hour, The Steve Allen Show, The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Texaco Star Theater, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Virginia Graham Show, and The Voice of Firestone.

Texaco (" The Texas Company ") is the name of an American oil retail brand.

Its flagship product is its fuel " Texaco with Techron ".

The Texaco brand is strong in the U. S., Latin America and West Africa.

The resulting " Teague " Texaco station design is a functional white building with green trimmings featuring one or more service bays for " Washing ", " Marfak Lubrication ", etc., an office area with large plate glass window for display of tires, batteries, and accessories, along with " Men " and " Ladies " restrooms featuring Texaco-green tile walls and floors.

Sky Chief is dispensed from a silver gas pump in contrast with the red pump used for Fire Chief gasoline – a move that lasts many years until the early 1960s. 1939 Texaco tanker truck by Dodge on display at the Henry Ford Museum.

The " Registered Rest Room " program is later copied by other oil companies and continued at Texaco until the energy crises of the 1970s, which was caused by oil embargoes.

Texaco is associated with the Havoline brand of motor oil and other automotive products.

Lewis Lapham, a founder of Texaco and great-grandfather of long-time Harper's Magazine editor Lewis H. Lapham, spent summers with his family at their estate that is now Waveny Park next to Talmadge Hill and the Merritt Parkway.

Dwight is home to one of only three banks designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the First National Bank of Dwight, as well as an historic U. S. Route 66 Texaco gas station, Ambler's Texaco Gas Station, and a 1891 railway station.

Dwight is also home of the first Keeley Institute, the John R. Oughton House, the Ambler's Texaco Gas Station, Frank L. Smith Bank, and the Pioneer Gothic Church.

The station is commonly referred to as " Brent's Texaco " even though Texaco plays no part in the store's operation anymore.

It is known as the birthplace of Texaco.

Valero is also one of the United States ' largest retail operators with approximately 6, 800 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and the Caribbean under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon, and Texaco brands.

Perhaps one of the most well-known of these is the US-based Global Climate Coalition ( GCC )-comprising fossil fuel and automobile companies such as Exxon, Texaco and Ford.

There is the Pentagon Island Grade Separated Junction ( GSJ ) with the A61 near Chaddesden and the Texaco Pentagon Service Station.

In Old St Mellons there is a Texaco petrol station, newsagent and convenience store, hairdresser and a Post Office which closed in 2009.

There is a large BP service station here and a Texaco one further north near a roadside restaurant.

The Sinclair Refinery ( built in 1910 by Texaco ) is located on Southwest Boulevard.

Tsing Yi North Bridge is also called Tsing Tsuen Bridge () which connects the Tam Kon Shan Interchange of Tsing Yi Island and Texaco Road Roundabout of Tsuen Wan, across the Rambler Channel.

Two shops are located in the vicinity ; SuperValu is the main store in the village, and Londis is located at the Texaco petrol station just outside the village.

There is an old / unused Texaco Petrol Station on The Highway and a corner shop & hair salon opposite ' The Upper Cock '.