REMEMBERING MY FAVORITE THINGS with some personal nostalgia as your host tip-toes back through the years for some scenes from his not-so-long-ago. Chuck is aided and abetted by such iconic figures as Al Jolson, Glenn Miller, Johnny Mathis, Kate Smith, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and the Mills Brothers.

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JULIE ANDREWS sings “My Favorite Things” on the Garry Moore television show in 1961. This was three years before she was cast in the movie, “The Sound of Music” and while she was starring on Broadway in “Camelot.” (2 minutes)

CHUCK SCHADEN AND HIS ICE CREAM – Robert Q. Lewis sings “I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream” in this slide show all about one of Chuck’s most favorite things! (2 minutes)

JOHNNY MATHIS sings “Brazil,” backed up by a fabulous orchestra in 1976.  (5 minutes)

THE JOLSON STORY – Musical highlights from the 1946 Columbia picture starring Larry Parks as Al Jolson. (9 minutes

BING CROSBY sings “White Christmas” in a scene from the 1942 film “Holiday Inn” with Marjorie Reynolds. (3 minutes)

DANNY KAYE AND VERA-ELLEN perform, “The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing” from the 1954 film, “White Christmas.”  (5 minutes)

BING CROSBY AND DANNY KAYE perform the “Sisters” number from the 1954 film, “White Christmas.” (2 minutes)

ANDREWS SISTERS are being filmed singing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” while recording a V-Disc for overseas military audiences in the early months of World War II. With Mitchell Ayers and the orchestra. (3 minutes)

THE GLENN MILLER STORY — James Stewart as Glenn Miller in the “In the Mood” scene from the 1954 film. (3 minutes)

DORIS DAY sings “It’s Magic” in a scene from the 1948 film, “Romance on the High Seas.” With Jack Carson. (4 minutes)

FRANK SINATRA sings “My Kind of Town,” “Downtown” and “Chicago” in this mix tribute to The Windy City that includes beautiful scenic photos of the City of Chicago. (8 minutes)

SPIKE JONES AND HIS CITY SLICKERS present “Chloe” as seen in the 1945 Paramount 4 minutes)  film, “Bring on the Girls.” (4 minutes)