RADIO TO WRAP, BAKE
AND DECORATE BY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 19, 1987

LUM AND ABNER (1944) Chester Lauck and Norris Goff present their annual Christmas story, first pre­sented in 1933. The scene is Pine Ridge on Christmas Eve. Lum, Abner and Grandpappy Spears are headed east out of town to bring supplies to a young couple (named “Joe” and “Mary”) staying the night in a barn. Miles Laboratories, BLUE Network. (14:30).

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 23, Paddy O’Cinnamon gets stuck in a pile of Christmas stickers. (12:00)

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (12-18-46) Harold Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve with Walter Tetley as LeRoy, Lillian Randolph as Birdie, Richard LeGrand as Mr. Peavy and Louise Erickson as Marjorie. LeRoy expects to get a motor scooter for Christmas, but his uncle tries to talk him out of it. Kraft Foods, NBC. (15:56; 14:14)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 24. Judy, Jimmy and Paddy O’Cinnamon attend the Christmas Tree Parade! (12:00)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (12-23-45) Guests Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Colman are scheduled to visit Jack’s home lor Christmas dinner. Cast for this first post-war Christ­mas show includes Mary Livingstone, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Phil Harris, Larry Stevens, Mel Blanc, and Don Wilson. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, NBC. (12:10; 17:00)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 25. Captain Tin Top returns the star, but the Crazy Quilt Dragon steals it! (12:00)

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (12-24-46) The traditional Christmas show stars Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as radio’s all-time favorites. Andy gets a job as a depart­ment store Santa to earn money to get Amos’ daugh­ter a doll for Christmas; Amos tells Arbadella the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. Rinso, NBC. (16:15; 13:15)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 26. The final epi­sode in our adventure. Do our heroes find the star for their Chirstmas tree? (12:00)