VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 28, 1979

BILL STERN’S SPORTS NEWSREEL (3-22­46) Sports stories — “some legend, some here-say, all fascinating” — by the master sport-caster. Guest is Babe Ruth. NBC, Colgate. (14:25)

BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY (4-4-39) The first episode in the series after being off the air since 1936. Dr. Heuer experi­ments with an Electro-Hypnotic Ray. CBS, Popsicle. (14:40)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is LEON LICHTEN­FELD, an old-timer who recalls the early days at Chicago’s WGN and the Drake Hotel. (19:50; 20:30)

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY MUSIC HALL (1959) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in their 30th Anniversary Broadcast recall their early years as they are “interviewed” by Amos, Andy and George “Kingfish” Stevens. CBS, Sustaining. (16:50)

EDDIE CANTOR SHOW (11-27-47) Eddie serves Thanksgiving dinner to his kidnappers. NBC, Pabst. (10:20; 11:32; 6:35)

DRAGNET (4-13-50) Jack Webb stars as Joe Friday with Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero. Hitchhiking bandits attack service­men. NBC, Fatima Cigarettes. (17:50; 11:10)

MUSICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BING CROSBY (1954) Part 4. Bing sings Mexicali Rose, Tumbling Tumblingweeds, Did Your Mother Come From Ireland, You Are My Sunshine, The Waiter, the Porter and the Upstairs Maid, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie, and others. (4:50: 6:07; 4:00; 5:50; 5:52)