January 24 My Best Friends, featuring Walt Disney character merchandise, becomes a regular participating sponsor of TWTD.
February 14 Memory Movie is “George Washington Slept Here” (1942) starring Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan.
May 23 Memory Movie is “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (1939) starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
June 1 Metro Golden Memories closes Morton Grove location, consolidates with MGM Shop in Chicago. TWTD continues broadcasting from the studio at this location.
Karl Pearson
July 11 “A Sound Picture — 1936-45” is a special 10-week summer series on TWTD with guest host and producer Karl Pearson, TWTD’s resident big band historian.
September 2 & 4 Chuck interviews Jack Benny’s writers George Balzer in Van Nuys, California; Milt Josefsberg in Hollywood, and actor Ed Prentiss (“Captain Midnight”) in Pacific Palisades, California.
