Posted on 12/24/2014 1:24:14 PM PST by Vision
Friends, it's Christmas Eve! Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.
Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.
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Merry Christmas Eve all!
I’m putting up a thread on a whim. Phil Harris shows are usually hilarious.
Have a great evening...am out to a dinner now...
Gee, a paucity of the Christmas murder mystery genre. Nero Wolf off the top of my head, Candy Matson too. Charlie Chan.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © J. David Goldin.
8:00 PM Eastern War Time Fibber McGee and Molly. December 23, 1947. NBC net. Sponsored by: Johnson's Wax. Fibber is outside shoveling snow, trying to find his lost key ring. Molly sings, "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" with The King's Men. Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, The King's Men, Harlow Wilcox, Phil Leslie (writer), Don Quinn (writer), Arthur Q. Bryan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon. 29:51. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. December 19, 1948. NBC net. Sponsored by: Rexall. Jack Benny plays Santa (for a price) for Phil's kids. See cat. #48212 for the same script broadcast a year later on December 25, 1949. Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Dick Chevillat (writer), Elliott Lewis, Jack Benny, Jeanine Roos, Ray Singer (writer), Robert North, Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley, Griff Barnett (Rexall druggist). 29:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 The Campbell Playhouse. December 24, 1939. CBS net. "A Christmas Carol." Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The definitive version of the classic story. Barrymore never was better. Charles Dickens (author), Lionel Barrymore, Orson Welles (producer, introducer), George Coulouris, Bea Benaderet, Ray Collins, Everett Sloane, Frank Readick, Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor). 1 hour. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
10:00 Lum & Abner 12/24/42 Christmas Eve at the Store (Alka-Seltzer) (Synd) (14:52). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
10:15 Lum & Abner 12/25/41 Traditional Christmas Show (Alka-Seltzer) (Synd) (14:20). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
10:30 Father Knows Best. December 24, 1953. NBC net. Sponsored by: Post 40% Bran Flakes, Sanka, Post Wheat Meal. It's Christmas eve and the family has unique ideas to celebrate it. Ted Donaldson, Jean Vander Pyl, Helen Strohm, Jeanette Nolan, Herb Butterfield, Ed James (creator), Paul West (writer), Robert Young, Rhoda Williams, Roz Rogers (writer), Bill Forman (announcer). 29:33. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
11:00 Duffy's Tavern. December 22, 1948. NBC net. Sponsored by: Bristol Myers. A Christmas show. Archie is depressed after not getting a Christmas bonus until a stranger pays him a visit. The script was used previously on the program on December 25, 1946. Jeff Chandler, Ed Gardner, Eddie Green, Charlie Cantor, Florence Halop (as "Miss Duffy"), Florence Baker, Robert Bruce (doubles), Scott Elliott, Bobby Ellis (doubles), Frank Gerstle, Betty Lou Gerson, Marvin Miller, Franklin Parker, Donald Woods, Rod O'Connor (announcer), John Morris (producer, director), Matty Malneck and His Orchestra. 29:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
11:30 The Cavalcade Of America. December 24, 1945. NBC net. "Names On The Land". Sponsored by: DuPont. A mythical tour of American towns whose names are odd, historical, funny, beautiful, or memorable. A great radio show, spoken in verse. The production uses the "Wright Sonovox." The broadcast originates from Hollywood. Robert Armbruster (composer, conductor), Frank Morgan, Peter Lyon (adaptor), Jane Lyon (adoptor), George R. Stewart (author), Jack Zoller (producer, director), Tom Collins (announcer), Gayne Whitman (commercial spokesman). 29:08. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Yes, I guess Ed is keeping it “light” Christmas. :-) I’d like some mysteries, too.
10:15 Lum & Abner 12/25/41 "Christmas Story" Keystone #103
Norris Goff (Abner Peabody. Doc Miller), Chester Lauck (Grandpappy Spears, Lum Edwards) ; Sponsor - Alka Seltzer ; Announcer - Loy Crosby ; Abner, Grandpappy Spears, and Lum are traveling through snow, following the East Star, bringing food and blankets to a family from over by Pleasant Valley staying in an old barn for the night. Doc Miller had told Grandpappy about the family. The wife is pregnant. Her husband, Joe, is a carpenter who has been out of work for a while. Lum and Abner talk about hiring Joe to build their loading dock. Doc delivers a "fine baby boy". 1941 performance of Lum & Abner's Traditional Christmas Story.
I'll be interested to see if the 12/24/42 Lum & Abner episode Ed has scheduled is legit. A few years back, in a laborious process, I acquired all the episodes available from the Lum & Abner Society. It was fairly complete but among the missing episodes was 12/24/42. Will be nice to ass it to my collection.
Oops -— that should be “add”. I be typing in the dark -— and those keys be close together.
Ah, thank you, SteelYourFaith! Your synopses are still greatly missed here. I know I’ve said that a thousand times before, though. :-)
Merry Christmas!
PS: That typo made me laugh out loud. :-)
Evening, all. Just popping in after church. Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas!
Merry Christmas Viking!
Merry Christmas, Viking!
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