RADIO TO GET INTO
THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT BY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 25th, 1989

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (12-19-39) Jim and Marian Jordan star with Hal Peary as Gildersleeve, Isabel Randolph as Mr. Uppington, Bill Thompson as the Old Timer, plus Harlow Wilcox, Billy Mills and the orchestra, singer Jimmy Shields. A week before Christmas, a package arrives from Uncle Sycamore. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (8:20; 12:10; 9:00)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapters 7 and 8. Mr. Presto, the Magician; the Candy Pirates. (13:00; 13:00)

SUSPENSE (12-22-57) “Dog Star” featuring Evelyn Rudy, Shirley Mitchell, Dick Beale, Shep Menkin, Jack Krushin, Ben Wright. A little girl, hoping to get a dog for Christmas, receives one in an unexpected way when a Russian satellite crashes near her home. AFRS rebroadcast. (12:56; 9:05)

SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE (12-23-49) “Miracle on 34th Street” stars Edmund Gwenn in a radio version of the 1947 film. A department store Santa is on trial to prove he’s the real Santa Claus. Sustaining, NBC. (14:50; 15:35)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapters 9 and 10. The Roly-Poly Policeman; Professor Whiz, the Educated Owl, and Fraidy Cat. (13:00; 13:00)

ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE (12-22-50) “Case of the Slaughtered Santas” stars Sidney Greenstreet as Wolfe with Lawrence Dobkin as Archie. Wolfe investigates the murder of several sidewalk Santas. Sustaining, NBC. (13:35; 13:40)