VARIETY OF SOUNDS

Originally broadcast WDCB
Saturday, October 8, 2005 

OUR MISS BROOKS (3-13-49) Eve Arden stars as Miss Brooks, English teacher at Madison High School. Mr. Conklin (Gale Gordon) asks Miss Brooks to investigate prob­lems in the school cafeteria. Cast includes Richard Crenna (Walter Denton), Jeff Chandler (Mr. Boynton), Jane Morgan (Mrs. Davis), Gloria McMillan (Harriet Conklin), Leonard Smith (Stretch Snodgrass). Palmolive Soap, Lustre Creme Shampoo, CBS. (29 min)

GREEN HORNET (10-4-45) “The Stuffed Panda” belonging to a little girl helps the Green Hornet get the goods on a bad guy. Bob Hall appears as Britt Reid with Raymond Toyo as Kato and Jim Irwin as Mike Axelrod. ABC. (26 min)

IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT (9-18-48) Tom Howard moderates a panel of experts: George Shelton, Harry McNaughton and Lulu McConnell. Typical questions: “What do we eat with a salad fork?” “In what state is the Grand Canyon of Arizona” and “In what sea­son of the year do autumn leaves fall?” Ken Roberts announces with Harry Salter and the orchestra. Sustaining, CBS. (29 min)

THE WHISTLER (8-28-49) “The Eager Pigeon” features Jack Webb and Kay Brinker. Pleased to earn some fast money, a shady character agrees to help out a well-to-do woman he meets in a bar. Bill Forman as the Whistler. Marvin Miller announces. Signal Oil, CBS. (29 min)

SEALTEST VARIETY THEATRE (10-28-48) Hostess Dorothy Lamour welcomes guests Jack Carson and Boris Karloff. Boris takes Dottie on a tour of his mysterious house; Jack and Dottie present “Life on the Mississippi.” Sealtest Foods, NBC. (27 min)

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (9-5-39) Jim and Marian Jordan star as the residents of Wistful Vista, back from vacation, “loaded with out-of-focus snapshots and fish” and planning a big fish dinner for their friends. First show of the 1939-40 season features Bill Thompson.