RADIO TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT BY
Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 25th, 2000
BOB HOPE SHOW (12-9-48) Guest Bing Crosby joins regulars Doris Day, Four Hits and a Miss, Jack Kirkwood, Les Brown and his band of Renown, and announcer Hy Averback. Comedy and early Christmas shopping are on the agenda. Swan Soap, NBC. (28 min)
THIS IS MY BEST (12-19-44) “The Plot to Overthrow Christmas” by Norman Corwin. Orson Welles stars as Nero, who proposes “jazzing up” Christmas carols to do away with goodwill at Christmastime. All the baddies in Hell vote to poison Santa Claus (Ray Collins) and Nero is elected to travel to the North Pole to do the deed! John Brown appears as the Devil. Cresta Blanca Wine, CBS. (29 min)
CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER (12-19-46) Staats Cotsworth stars as Casey, with Leslie Woods as Ann and John Gibson as Ethelbert. Tony Marvin announces. While Christmas shopping in a department store, Casey witnesses a pickpocket in action. Anchor-Hocking Glasswear, CBS. (30 min)
STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD (12-12-53) “Time For Christmas” starring Anita Louise. A young girl tries desperately to get her mother a cuckoo clock for Christmas. Carnation Milk, CBS. (28 min)
GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (12-10-47) Harold Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve who decides to do his Christmas shopping early this year. Cast features Walter Tetley as Leroy, Louise Erickson as Marjorie, Lillian Randolph as Birdie. Kraft Foods, NBC. (31 min)
OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be Jim Benes, morning news editor of WBBM Newsradio, author of “Chicago Christmas, One Hundred Years of Christmas Memories.” Published by Cornerstone Press, it’s a decade-by-decade look at Chicago’s Yuletide seasons of the past.
Updated: 11/25/25 9:30 pm C.S.T.
Coming Next Week – “RADIO TO PLAN YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST BY“ – December 2nd,, 2000
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