RADIO TO PLAN YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST BY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 4, 1982

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapters 11 and 12. Fee Foo, the Friendly Giant; the Rhyming Rabbit and the Bumble Bee. (23:45)

RED SKELTON SHOW (12-17-46) Red’s Scrapbook of Satire looks at department stores with Cauliflour McPugg, Clem Kadiddle­hopper and Junior, the mean little kid. GeGe Pearson, Anita Ellis, Verna F leton, Rod O’Connor. Raleigh Cigarettes, NBC. (5:50; 10:35; 11:45)

RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE (12-25-48) “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Two reporters must help their managing editor give his wife an unusual holiday gift. Lyle Sudrow, Bernard Grant, Ross Martin, Luis Van Rooten. Story by Paul Gallico. Sustaining, NBC. (13:50; 13:30)

BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW (12-23-36) George and Gracie, singer Tony Martin, Henry King and his orchestra, announcer Ken Niles. The cast does a radio-oriented version of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with imitations of Jack Benny, Fred Allen and Eddie Cantor! Gracie sings “I Love You From Coast-to Coast.” Campbell’s Soup, CBS.  (11:15; 7:00; 9:15)

DUFFY’S TAVERN (1940s) A Christmas broadcast featuring Ed Gardner as Archie the manager of the Tavern and Jeff Chandler as “A Christmas Visitor.” Everyone’s going to a holiday party but Archie. Bristol Meyers, NBC. (8:40; 21:00)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapters 13 and 14. Through the picture frame to see the Winter­green Witch; Queen Melissa offers to help. (23:15)

Thank-you to Jim Haas for sending us a copy of this previously lost TWTD episode!