SPOTLIGHT ON GALE GORDON

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, January 28, 1989

OUR MISS BROOKS (2-6-49) Gale Gordon appears as Osgood Conklin in support of Eve Arden who stars as schoolteacher Connie Brooks. Conklin announces a new “crackdown plan” for Madison High School: more discipline, less horseplay. Cast features Jeff Chandler, Dick Crenna, Arthur Q. Brian, Frank Nelson. Palmolive, CBS. (12:05; 18:09)

MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE TIME (12-4-47) Gale Gordon appears as Mr. Judson, a wealthy Texan, in support of George Burns and Gracie Allen. George thinks he’s a better singer than Bing Crosby so Gracie tries to get guest Bing to retire. Cast features Hans Conreid, Bill Goodwin, announcer Toby Reed, Meredith Willson and his orchestra. Maxwell House Coffee, NBC. (11:30; 8:55; 5:55)

INTERPLANETARY ADVENTURES OF FLASH GORDON (1935) Gale Gordon stars as the amazing interplanetary adventurer in an isolated episode from the series. Flash and Dale in the Prison City of the Hawkmen. Hearst Comic Weekly, MBS. (15:37)

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (10-18-49) Gale Gordon appears as Mayor LaTrivia in support of Jim and Marion Jordan as Fibber and Molly. Molly wants to sell kisses to raise funds for the Community Chest Drive. Cast includes Bill Thompson, Arthur Q. Brian, Bud Stevens, the King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (9:48; 13:55; 7:00)

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW (5-15-49) Gale Gordon is featured as the sponsor, Mr. Scott in support of Phil and Alice. Scott throws a party and Frankie Remley (Elliott Lewis) is not invited. Rexall, NBC. (10:25; 6:48; 11:10)

INTERPLANETARY ADVENTURES OF FLASH GORDON (1935) Gale Gordon stars as Flash in another isolated episode from the series: “Under the Influence of Lithium.” Hearst Comic Weekley, MBS. (15:30)

MY FAVORITE HUSBAND (1949) Gale Gordon appears as bank president Mr. Atterbury, in support of Richard Denning and Lucille Ball. George tries to get enough courage to ask Atterbury for a raise. Frank Nelson is featured in the cast. AFRS rebroadcast. (12:45; 8:30)