EASTER GREETINGS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 2, 1988

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (4-10-55) As Jack and Mary Livingston stroll up Wilshire Boulevard on Easter Sunday, they bump into the Beverly Hills Beavers, Bob Crosby, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, The Sporstmen, Mr. Kitzel, Frank Nelson, Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard, Arthur Q. Brian. Mary and Jack sing, “Happy Easter.” Lucky Strike Cigarettes, CBS. (14:40; 11:15)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (5-16-49) “April Showers” starring Jack Carson, Dorothy Lamour and Robert Alda in a radio version of the 1948 film. A story of backstage fif in the good old days of Vaudeville. Cast includes Alan Reed, Willard Waterman, Howard McNear, Bill John­stone, Bobby Ellis. William Keighley is the producer. Lux Soap, CBS. (26:00; 17:15; 16:50)

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW (4-17-49) Alice has invited her daughters’ school principal to dinner on Easter Sunday. Elliott Lewis is Frankie Remley, Robert North is Willy, Walter Tetley is Julius, and the Harris girls are played by Jeanine Roos and Anne Whitfield. Rexall, NBC. (18:45; 9:05)

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (3-30-45) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll star as radio’s all-time favorites. Sapphire has saved some money for a new Easter hat, but the Kingfish has other ideas. Rinso, NBC. (8:45; 8:55; 12:32)

FIBBER McGEE and MOLLY  (1948)