RADIO COMICS ON SUSPENSE

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, May 20, 2000

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (10-9-451 Jim and Marian Jordan as the McGees. Fibber and Molly decide to buy an automobile, so they go to downtown Wistful Vista to check out the used car lots. Cast features Arthur Q. Brian, Bea Benaderet, Gale Gordon, Ken Christy, Harlow Wilcox, King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (29 min)

SUSPENSE (2-3-49) “Back Seat Driver” star­ring Jim and Marian Jordan in unusual dra­matic roles. A couple returning from a Satur­day night movie discover an unwanted pas­senger in their car. Cast includes Joe Kearns. Harlow Wilcox announces. AutoLite, CBS. (30 min)

ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET (3­27-49) When Ozzie tries to compliment Harriet, his compliments don’t seem to be received in the spirit in which they are given. David and Ricky Nelson play themselves, with John Brown as neighbor Thorny and Lurene Tuttle as Harriet’s mother. Verne Smith announces. International Silver Co., NBC. (29 min)

SUSPENSE (12-26-47) “Too Little to Live On” starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in unusual dramatic roles. A couple, caring for an invalid uncle, are anxious for him to die as they are in his Will. Cast includes Joe Kearns, Wally Maher, Frank Albertson, Jerry Hausner. Sus­taining, CBS. (30 min)

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW (4-24-49) Twentieth Century-Fox is after Alice to make a film and the studio executives want to offer a small part to Phil so she will agree to do the movie. Rexall, NBC. (29 min)

SUSPENSE (5-10-51) “Death On My Hands” starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye in unusual dramatic roles. This story of an accidental death and an attempted escape is produced by Elliott Lewis. AutoLite, CBS. (29 min)

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VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, May 27, 2000

MY FAVORITE HUSBAND (1940s) Lucille Ball and Richard Denning star as Liz and George Cooper, “two people who live together and like it” with Bea Benaderet, Gale Gordon, and Hans Conried. At the Bank’s annual outing, George and Mr. Atterbury are captains of the two baseball teams. Of course, the wives want to play! AFRS rebroadcast. (24 min)

MOLLE MYSTERY THEATRE (1940s) “The Doctor and the Lunatic.” Jeffrey Barnes tells “an exciting study in crime,” the story of an unknown madman with a strange obsession. Molle Shave Creme, NBC. (29 min)

FRED WARING SHOW (12-5-47) Excerpt. Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians offer a salute to Disney films on Walt Disney’s 46th birth­day. Music includes songs from “Fun and Fancy Free,” “Saludos Amigos,” “Song of the South,” and “Pinocchio.” Fred takes a brief look at Walt’s career. Green Giant Foods, NBC. (17 min)

COUPLE NEXT DOOR (12-11-581 Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce star. Mr. Piper has a problem with the plastic floor covering in the bathroom. Francine Meyers is Betsy. Jell-O and Good Luck Margarine, CBS. (16 min)

MONITOR (5-11-55) Excerpt. NBC’s innova­tive weekend service, offering news, features, commentary, comedy and music. Segments feature John Cameron Swayze with the news; Bob and Ray; Art Van Damme Quintet; Roger Price; Bill Lawrence for the New York Times; John Chancellor; Frank Gallop. Sustaining, NBC. (29 min & 29 min)

MYSTERY IS MY HOBBY (12-17-47) “Death Has Blue Eyes” stars Glenn Langan as Barton Drake. A woman is accused of killing her step­father. Cast includes Willard Waterman, Betty Lou Gerson, Ken Christie. Syndicated. (26 min)