VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, October 2, 1999

ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET (1­-23-49) The family and friends of the Nelsons are not thrilled when Ozzie tries out his new book of card tricks on them. International Sil­ver Co., NBC. (29 min)

THE SAINT (8-22-50) Vincent Price stars as “the Robin Hood of modern crime.” Investi­gating a murder, Simon Templar’s chief sus­pect is shot. Cast includes Arthur Q. Brian and Barbara Eiler. Sustaining, NBC. (29 min)

COUPLE NEXT DOOR (12-10-58) Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce star as Mr. and Mrs. Piper. He is a reluctant patient at the dentist’s of­fice. U. S. Steel, CBS. (15 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (9-8-71) Actor Vincent Price recalls his radio career in a conversation with Chuck Schaden re­corded in Chicago. Vincent Price died in 1993 at the age of 82. (15 min)

SUSPENSE (10-19-58) “Three Skeleton Key” starring Vincent Price in “that story about the rats” who invade a light­house. Cast includes Ben Wright and Lawrence Dobkin. Sustaining, CBS. (19 min) Those Were The Days listeners have voted SUSPENSE one of the 20 Best Old Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century.

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (5-25-48) Jim and Marian Jordan star with Bill Thompson, Arthur Q. Brian, Gale Gordon, Harlow Wilcox, Herb Vigran, Ken Christie, King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Molly has a tooth­ache so Fibber wants her to see a dentist. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (31 min) Those Were The Days listeners have voted FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY one of the 20 Best Old Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century.

RECOLLECTIONS (2-13-57) Host Ed Herlihy with program 26 in the 33-part series observing NBC’s 30th broadcast anniversary. A pro­gram with a Lincoln theme. Raymond Massey in a scene from Robert Sherwood’s play, “Abe Lincoln in Illinois;” Alexander Woolcott, the “Town Crier,” speaking about the Gettysburg Address; Frank Black and the NBC Orchestra. Sustaining, NBC. (24 min)