FUN AND FOOLISHNESS ON THE AIR
(Rescheduled from an earlier date)

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, June 4, 1988

PEOPLE ARE FUNNY (Jan., 1954) Art Linkletter puts the contestants through their paces and offers a 1965 Hudson Jet automobile to the listener who identifies Mr. “X”. Milky Way and Mars Candies, CBS. (16:25; 12:55)

LIFE WITH LUIGI (4-1-52) J. Carrol Naish stars as Luigi Basco with Alan Reed as Pasquale who plays an April Fool’s joke to try to scare Luigi into marrying Rosa. Wrigley’s Gum, CBS. (13:50; 18:00)

TEXACO STAR THEATRE (4-9-35) Ed Wynn, the Perfect Fool, appears as the Texaco Fire Chief with announcer Graham McNamee and Eddie Duchin and the orchestra. Texaco Oil Co., NBC. (10:20; 7:40; 9:40)

OUR MISS BROOKS (1-15-50) On Friday the 13th, Walter Denton plays practical jokes on school principal Osgood Conklin. Eve Arden stars as Miss Brooks, Richard Crenna is Denton and Gale Gordon is Conklin with Jeff Chandler as Mr. Boynton and Jane Morgan as Mrs. Davis. Colgate, Lustre Creme, CBS. (10:09; 19:01)

IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT (1940s) Tom Howard tries his luck with zany panelists George Shelton, Lulu McConnell and Harry McNaughton. Sustaining, MBS. (11:00; 9:20; 8:00)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (2-2-43) Jim and Marion Jordan star with Bill Thompson, Harlow Wilcox, the King’s Men and Billy Mills and the orchestra. Fibber and Molly decide to clean out their hall closet. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (10:24; 12:57; 7:54)