We have a Father's Day show, and as regulars know the one thing OTR does really, really poorly is father/family shows. So brace yourselves, Jack Benny could be good, Nightbeat is a solid B show, and Mystery is My Hobby looks fun...
How you feeling?
And, yes, it's a Father's Day show Ed is putting on.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 23, 1958. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Denver Dispersal Matter." Don Ricardo is the beneficiary on four different policies, for over $200,000! Just a coincidence? Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Peter Leeds, Frank Gerstle, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Barney Phillips, Jack Johnstone (producer, director, writer), Forrest Lewis, Edgar Barrier. 25:47. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. November 3, 1953. Program #220. NBC net. "The Big Rain." Sponsored by: Chesterfield, Fatima. Cecil Johnson is suspected of beating Grace Dillon. Her husband, however, had been heard threatening her life. The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the product. Ben Alexander, Ben Hogan (Chesterfield testimonial), George Fenneman (announcer), Hal Gibney (host), Harry Bartell, Jack Kruschen, Jack Webb, John Robinson (writer), Vivi Janis, Walter Schumann (conductor). 29:42. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. August 26, 1956. Program #93. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "No Sale." The last show of the season. Two toughs come to town and demand that Kitty sell them the Long Branch Saloon, and it looks as if they're going to get their way! See cat. #39972 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell, John Meston (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny. June 18, 1939. Red net. Sponsored by: Jell-O. The cast goes down to the railroad station to leave for Waukegan. Carmichael the bear is going along too! The last program on which Kenny Baker appears. Andy Devine, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Kenny Baker, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Eddie Anderson, Harry Baldwin, Ed Beloin (writer, performer), Bill Morrow (writer), Cliff Nazarro, Frank Nelson, Blanche Stewart. 29:18. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:00 Father Knows Best. June 14, 1951. NBC net. Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee (one commercial heard). The family plans a Father's Day picnic; physical preparations begin. Robert Young, June Whitley, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nilsson, Herb Vigran, Stanley Farrar, Roy Bargy and His Orchestra, Bill Forman (announcer), Ed James (writer). 27:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
9:30 The Life Of Riley. June 16, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Pabst Beer. It's Father's Day, and Riley winds up with a TV. Two TV's in fact! William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, John Brown, Irving Brecher (producer, transcriber), Jimmy Wallington (announcer), Reuben Ship (writer), Alan Lipscott (writer), Louise Erickson, Bobby Ellis, Lou Kosloff (music). 29:05. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Night Beat. December 28, 1951. NBC net. Sustaining. Ben Troy's wife is having a baby, and Ben's almost going into labor himself! A two-voice drama. Frank Lovejoy, William Conrad, Warren Lewis (producer, director), David Ellis (writer), Mary Marcus (editor), Robert Armbruster (music), Don Rickles (announcer). 29:18. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 Mystery is My Hobby. #17 Some Fatherly Advice (Synd) (24:08). These episodes are not organized chronologically or numerically on the Index, and I did not find this synopsis.
Father Knows Best from 1951 when Ike was still General Eisenhower.