MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 24, 1994

COMMAND PERFORMANCE (12-24-44) As WW II continues, Armed Forces Radio broadcasts its third Christmas special, a two-hour extravaganza with an outstanding cast of stars from stage, screen and radio:  Bob Hope, Xavier Cugat and the orchestra, Jerry Colonna, Virginia O’Brien, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Ginny Simms, Jimmy Durante, Dinah Shore, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Kay Kyser, Frances Langford, Dorothy Lamour, Johnny Mercer, Danny Kaye, W. C. Fields, Judy Garland, Spencer Tracy and Lee J. Cobb.

MAYOR OF THE TOWN (12-23-44) Lionel Barrymore stars for the ninth time as Ebenezer Scrooge in the annual presentation of the classic Charles Dickens story, “A Christmas Carol”, pre-empting his usual family comedy program.

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (12-19-44) McGee snoops for Christmas gifts in the hall closet.  Teeney and the kids sing “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”