EASTER GREETINGS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 22, 2000

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (4-25-43) Harold Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. It’s Easter weekend and a crate of rabbits is delivered to the Gildersleeve household. Cast includes Lurene Tuttle as Marjorie; Lillian Randolph as Birdie; Walter Tetley as Leroy; Shirley Mitchell as Leila Ransom; Earle Ross as Judge Hooker; Dick LeGrand as Peavy. Kraft Foods, NBC. (30 min)

LIFE OF RILEY (4-5-47) William Bendix is Chester A. Riley who vows to discipline his son Junior, but gets into trouble himself. Dreft, NBC. (30 min)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (5-16-49) “April Show­ers” starring Jack Carson, Dorothy Lamour and Robert Aida in a backstage story of a family of entertainers and their struggles in show business. William Keighley is host. Cast fea­tures Bobby Ellis, Alan Reed, Willard Water­man, Howard McNear. Lux Soap, CBS. (26 min & 17 min & 17 min)

WELCOME TRAVELERS (4-12-53) Tommy Bartlett hosts an interview program broadcast from the College Inn of the Sherman House in Chicago. Ken Nordine announces. Proctor and Gamble, NBC. (31 min)

THE SHADOW (3-28-48) “Death and the Eas­ter Bonnet” stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston with Grace Matthews as the lovely Margo Lane. Margo buys an expensive hat, but it was meant for someone else. Andre Baruch announces. Blue Coal, MBS. (29 min)

Coming Soon:  April 30 – May 6, 2025

Chuck Schaden’s
30th Anniversary Show
“Thanks for Listening”

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 29, 2000

As we complete thirty years of Those Were The Days broadcasts we’ll express our appre­ciation with what we hope will be a very spe­cial program.

We’ll be broadcasting “live” —as always on Saturday afternoons— from the Radio Hall of Fame studio in the Museum of Broadcast Com­munications at the Chicago Cultural Center on Michigan Avenue at Washington Street. You’re invited to stop in and say “hello.” There’s no admission charge to the Museum or to the broadcast.

We’re working hard to make this an extra-special program and are planning many things to entertain you. We’ll share some memories of our thirty years on the air and, of course, include clips from our broadcasts.

Please join us at our studio… or tune us in on your radio… and don’t touch that dial!