Christmas time is in full swing, and Ed's playing his usuals, and I'm glad to be back home after being out of town last week.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2014 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. December 20, 1959. CBS net, WROW, Albany New York aircheck. "The Red Mystery Matter". Sponsored by: Winston, 4-Way Cold Tablets, Fitch Shampoo, Yardley. Johnny is asked to track down his favorite fishing guide, who happens to be missing! Something's "fishy" about this Christmas story! Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Forrest Lewis, Alan Reed, Lawrence Dobkin, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Barney Phillips, Mel Torme (testimonial for 4-Way Cold Tablets). 25:57. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. July 28, 1949. Program #8. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Juanita Laskey has been reported missing by her mother. The story takes place at Christmas, despite the July broadcast date (which is subject to correction). Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, Raymond Burr. 30:37. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. December 25, 1955. CBS net. "Twelfth Night". Sponsored by: Chesterfield, L & M. Eban Hakes has walked all the way from the Ozarks, just to kill Joff Monger. A family feud going on for years is about to break out in Dodge...but never on Sunday! The script was used again on Gunsmoke on December 25, 1955 (see cat. #59418) and on the Gunsmoke television series on December 28, 1957. The system cue is added live. William Conrad, Parley Baer, John Meston (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), John Dehner, George Fenneman (commercial spokesman), Vic Perrin, Helen Kleeb, Howard McNear, Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), Georgia Ellis, George Walsh (announcer). 25:47. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
8:30 The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny 12/22/51 Christmas Shopping for Cuff Links (CBS) (24:40). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
9:00 The Life Of Riley. December 23, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: Pabst Beer. Riley has embezzled the money is the family's Christmas Club account. John Brown, Irving Brecher (producer), Reuben Ship (writer), Bobby Ellis, Barbara Eiler, Alan Reed, Jimmy Wallington (announcer), William Bendix, Paula Winslowe. 29:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Cavalcade Of America. December 25, 1944. Red net. "America For Christmas". Sponsored by: DuPont. A well-done music-and-story tour around America. Walter Huston (host), Peter Lyon (adaptor), A. L. Bodkin (author), The Sportsmen, Gayne Whitman (announcer), Robert Armbruster (conductor), Woody Guthrie (composer), Earl Robinson (arranger), Dick Ryan (doubles), Bob Jellison (doubles), Tom Holland (doubles), John McIntire (doubles), Howard McNear (doubles), Griff Barnett (doubles), Pinky Parker (doubles), Paul McVey (doubles), Lou Merrill (doubles), Frank Graham (narrator, performer), Polly Connell, Herb Lytton (doubles), Jack Zoller (producer, director). 29:20. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. March 10, 1947. CBS net. "It's A Wonderful Life". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. Tired of his life on Earth, a man finds out what it's like never to have been born. Edwin Maxwell, Janet Scott, Noreen Gammill, Cliff Clark, Norma Jean Nilsson, Leo Cleary, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Victor Moore, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), William Johnstone, John McIntire, Philip Van Doren (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Frank Capra (screenwriter), Frances Goodrich (screenwriter), Albert Hackett (screenwriter), Jo Swerling (screenwriter), Susan Blanchard (intermission guest), Norman Field, Franklyn Parker, Ann Carter, Charles Seel, Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Edward Marr. 1 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Hey Gina! You had a good trip?