CHRISTMAS EVE

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 24th, 1983

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 23. Paddy O’Cinnamon gets stuck in a pile of Christmas stickers! (11:50)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (12-24-40) Jim and Marion Jordan and an excellent cast: Mel Blanc, Harold Peary, Gale Gordon, Isabel Randolph, Harlow Wilcox, the King’s Men, Billy Mills and the Orchestra. Fibber and Molly, enjoying a warm fire, get a package from the Bon Ton Department Store with Gildersleeve’s name on it. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (9:06; 11:10;8:45)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 24. Judy, Jimmy and Paddy attend the Christmas Tree Parade! (12:00)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (12-24-44) Jack and the gang: Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Phil Harris, Larry Stevens, Andy Devine. A short circuit gives Jack problems as he and Mary trim the Christ­mas tree. Cast includes Joe Kearns, Verna Felton, Frank Nelson. Jack offers a touching Holiday message to our servicemen overseas. AFRS rebroadcast. (10:30; 17:00)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 25. Cap­tain Tin Top returns the Star, but the Crazy Quilt Dragon steals it! (12:20)

SHERLOCK HOLMES (12-24-45) “The Night Before Christmas” starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson. It’s Christ­mas Eve, 1888, and Holmes agrees to take a case requiring him to dress as Santa Claus and keep an eye on gifts at a party. Suggested by an incident in “The Blue Carbuncle” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Petri Wines, MBS. (17:15; 10:45)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 26. The final episode in our adventure. Do our heroes find the star for the Christmas tree? (12:45)

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (12-24-46) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as radio’s all-time favorites in the 1946 edition of their traditional and classic Christmas show. Andy gets a job as a department store Santa to earn a doll for Amos’ daughter. Later, Amos tells Arbedella the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. RINSO, NBC. (16:15; 13:15)

NOTE: Throughout our broadcast this Christ­mas Eve we’ll try to make contact with the United States NORAD Security System to track the flight of Santa Claus from the North Pole to the U.S.A. Weather permitting and if communications are in order, we hope to have five reports from NORAD. (:55; :50; :45; 1:05; 1:15)