2001: A RADIO ODYSSEY – Pt 4

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, January 27th, 2001

MAN CALLED X (9-30-44) Herbert Marshall stars as Ken Thurston who travels to India for mystery and intrigue… and to deliver a letter to a maharajah. Leon Belasco is Pegan Zeldschmidt. Lookheed Aircraft, BLUE. Network. (29 min)

JIMMY DURANTE SHOW (3-10-48) Actor Van Johnson joins Schnozzola on the campaign trail, along with Peggy Lee, Candy Candido, Alan Reed, Howard Petrie, Crew Chiefs, Ray Bargy and the orchestra. Jimmy wants to rearrange the 48 states. Rexall, NBC. (30 min)

SPORTS FINAL (3-12-48) Fahey Flynn presents all the day’s sports news, including spring exhibition base¬ball scores, prize fighting, relay games, race results, golf, bowling, and “a new sport the Chicago White Sox are thinking of taking up!” Art Mercier announces. Nelson Brothers Furniture Stores, WBBM, Chicago. (14 min)

GRAND MARQUEE (5-1-47) “The First hundred Years” starring Olan Soule in a light-hearted comedy about a young husband who comes home from work to find his wife not there, dinner not made, and the breakfast dishes still in the sink! George Stone announces. (Rayve Shampoo, NBC. (29 min)

LIGHTS OUT (8-10-43) “Sakhalin” is Arch Oboler’s story of a murderous Russian prison official during the time of the Czars. Ironized Yeast, CBS. (29 min)

FORD V-8 REVUE (1936) Bob Crosby and his swing band with the Freshmen Trio and singer Nappy Lamare in a program of popular music. Selections include “It’s You I’m Talking About, Baby” and “The Glory of Love.” Ford Motor Co., Syndicated. (1 5 min)

DIMENSION X (4-15-50) “With Folded Hands” narrated by Norman Rose. Set in the year 2006, this is a story of a robot that is always at your service. Cast includes Alex-ander Scourby and Bryna Rayburn. Sustain-ing, NBC. (29 min)

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JACK BENNY AND HIS FRIENDS – Pt 1

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, February 3, 2001

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (11-24-46) Jack welcomes guest Edward G. Robinson who joins the cast in a Benny version of the film, “The Killers.” Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie “Roch­ester” Anderson, Don Wilson, Sportsmen. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, NBC. (26 min)

SCREEN DIRECTORS’ PLAYHOUSE (2-3-50) “The Sea Wolf” starring Edward G. Robinson in a radio version of his 1941 film. A brutal sea captain matches wits with an accidental passenger. RCA Victor, NBC. (27 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (11-9-41) Jack, Mary Livingstone and the gang talk about the film he just started working on in Hollywood. Guest is Leo Durocher, manager of the Brook­lyn Dodgers. Jell-O, NBC. (31 min)

FRED ALLEN SHOW 11946) Guest Leo Durocher joins Fred for a “baseball operetta,” culled from Gilbert and Sullivan, “The Brook­lyn Pinafore.” The Allen’s Alley question is “What is your reaction to this new drive on gambling and gamblers?” The response comes from Senator Claghorn, Titus Moody, Mrs. Nussbaum and Falstaff Openshaw. United Net­work. (25 min)

SPORTS NEWSREEL (12-28-45) Bill Stern pre­sents the outstanding sports stories of the year 1945 and welcomes guest Jack Benny. Col­gate Shave Creme, NBC. (14 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (10-23-99) Beverly Washburn talks about her career as a child actress (who appeared with Jack Benny on radio and television) in a conversation with Chuck Schaden recorded at the Friends of Old Time Radio convention in Newark, New Jer­sey. (13 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (4-23-50) Jack and Mary go to the neighborhood school to see the Beverly Hills Beavers present their version of “The Jack Benny Show.” Beverly Washburn portrays Mary Livingstone in the sketch. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, CBS. (27 min)