Speaking of Radio

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Gene Autry’s sidekick on the Melody Ranch show and he had also appeared on the National Barn Dance program long before his stint as Mr. Haney on TV’s Green Acres program.  We met poolside at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, California before a meeting of the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters.  The country-western wit was born June 19, 1915 and was 75 at the time of this short chat, which is almost a stand-up comedy routine!  He died January 8, 1994 at age 79.

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Those Were the days, we produced a limited series of audio vignettes selected from programs originally heard between 1970 and 2020.

Twenty episodes were presented on selected TWTD programs between October 2019 and April 2020.

Chuck Schaden hosts

Annual Thanksgiving Show

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (11-29-53) Jack, Rochester, Mary Livingstone, Bob Crosby, Don Wilson, the Sportsmen, Dennis Day, Mel Blanc, Artie Auerbach. Thanksgiving at the Benny house. Lucky Strike Cigarettes.

ELGIN THANKSGIVING SHOW (11-25-48) An excerpt of the annual two-hour show presented by the Elgin Watch Company. Dean Martin, Vera Vague, Jerry Lewis.

THE LIFE OF RILEY (1940s) Riley invites the Gillises (and their turkey) for Thanksgiving dinner. William Bendix, John Brown, Alan Reed.

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (11-24-47) George Tobias, Mercedes McCambridge and Ralph Bell star in “Us Pilgrims,” a story of an immigrant’s idea of a first Thanksgiving. Dupont.

DURANTE AND MOORE SHOW (11-22-46) The nose and the haircut present a Thanks-giving Opera with Jimmy as Miles Standish. Garry as John Alden. Rexall.

BING CROSBY SHOW (11-24-54) Bing recalls his Thanksgiving memories.

MILTON BERLE SHOW (11-25-47) “Salute to Thanksgiving” with Jack Albertson, Pert Kelton, Dick Varney, Frank Gallop. Phillip Morris Cigarettes.

On the Air 1-5 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 1977 on WNIB, Chicago