GREAT COMEDY TEAMS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, August 31, 1985

BOB AND RAY (10-5-59)  Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding present the CBS Radio network and offer sketches featuring Webley Webster, One Fella’s Family, Mary McGoon. Sustaining, CBS. (13:19)

CHARLIE MC CARTHY SHOW (10-12-47) Edgar Bergen with Charlie, Mortimer Snerd and guest Claudette Colbert in a show with a Columbus Day theme. Chase and Sanborn Coffee, Royal Puddings, NBC. (14:10; 17:10)

BOB AND RAY (10-6-59) The boys present Lawrence Fectenberger, Interstellar Officer Candidate. Sustaining, CBS. (13:08)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (1943) Jim and Marion Jordan star with Shirley Mitchell, Arthur Q. Brian, the King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra, Harlow Wilcox. Fred Nitney’s girl looks to McGee for a commission in the WACS. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (10:12; 12:12; 6:35)

BOB AND RAY (10-7-59) Sketches include the Treasury of Great American Speeches, Old West Dramatizations, Mr. I-Know-Where-They­Are. Sustaining, CBS. (13:04)

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (12-17-43) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as radio’s all-time favorites with guest Robert Benchley. The Kingfish and Andy talk to Benchley about the Kingfish’s domestic problems. Rinso, NBC. (14:10; 15:50)

BOB AND RAY (10-8-59) Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding with Barry Campbell and his theatri­cal venture; Doug Farrell and his Campaign Microphone. Sustaining, CBS. (13:55)

BURNS AND ALLEN (2-15-44) George and Gracie with Mel Blanc, Bill Goodwin, singer Jimmy Cash, Felix Mills and the orchestra, and guest Fred Astaire whose tap dancing bothers George. But George’s singing bothers Fred. AFRS rebroadcast. (8:20; 9:35; 6:20).

Updated: 8/21/19  5:20 am C.S.T.