VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, August 12th, 2000

BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW (10-21-41) George and Gracie star with singer Jimmy Cash, an­nouncer Bill Goodwin. George tries to stay calm so he won’t have high blood pressure for an exam by an insurance doctor (Elliott Lewis). Swan Soap, NBC. (29 min)

LIFE OF RILEY (1940s) William Bendix stars as Chester A. Riley with Paula Winslowe as Peg, John Brown as Digger, Bobby Ellis as Jun­ior. Riley lectures his son on the facts of love and finds out that Junior is in love with his teacher. AFRS rebroadcast. (26 min)

CHARLIE MC CARTHY SHOW (4-21-40) Edgar Bergen stars with Charlie, Mortimer Snerd, singer Donald Dixon, guest Charles Laughton, and announcer Ben Alexander. Laughton reads “The Little Match Girl,” then trades insults with McCarthy. Aesop’s Fable: “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” Chase and Sanborn Coffee, NBC. (29 min)

SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS (10-5-50) “Cham­pagne For Caesar” starring Ronald Colman, Vincent Price, Art Linkletter, Barbara Britton, Audrey Totter with Joe Kearns in a radio ver­sion of the 1950 film, a comedy spoof of tele­vision giveaway quiz shows. A brainy show biz type nearly wins the entire fortune of the sponsor’s soap company. Sustaining, ABC. !11 (28 min & 29 min)

HALLS OF IVY (1-23-52) Ronald and Benita Colman star with Gale Gordon. Ivy College decides to honor an alumnus who is a World War I Medal of Honor winner. Voice of America rebroadcast. (27 min)