HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, January 7, 1989

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (1-1-52) As the McGees go visiting on New Year’s Day, they learn their friends’ resolutions. Jim and Marion Jordan star as the leading citizens of Wistful Vista. Cast includes Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Arthur Q. Brian, Dick LeGrand, Harlow Wilcox, the King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Pet Milk, NBC. (8:30, 11:50; 7:30)

EDDIE CANTOR SHOW (1-3-45) After a show at the Hollywood Canteen, the gang is invited to Eddie’s house for a New Year’s party. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson joins Cantor and the regulars: Leonard Seuss, Nora Martin, Bert Gordon and Harry Von Zell. Sal Hepatica, 1pana, NBC. (9:10; 9:10; 11:30)

SUSPENSE (12-28-58) “The 32nd Of December” starring Frank Lovejoy as a man who is compelled to buy an unusual antique clock. Cast includes Joan Banks and Barney Phillips. Announcer is Larry Thor. Sustaining, CBS. (10:10; 9:00)

MILTON BERLE SHOW (12-30-47) Uncle Milty presents a “Salute to New Year’s” with regulars Pert Kelton, Jack Albertson, Mary Shipp, Dick Varney, Frank Gallop, Ray Bloch and the orchestra. In a “recap of 1947,” Milton tells how he got his radio show and later relates the events of last year’s New Year’s Eve. Phillip Morris Cigarettes, NBC. (10:10; 7:45; 9:30)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (12-27-42) In a remote broadcast from the Vanderbilt Theatre in New York, Jack and the gang perform before an audience of servicemen on leave. Guest conductor Benny Goodman joins the regulars: Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson. Phil Harris is in the service so guest Fred Allen subs for him in Jack’s annual New Year’s Fantasy. Allen is Uncle Sam and Benny is the “old year.” Grape Nuts, NBC. (8:10; 20:10)

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (12-29-44) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll star as radio’s all-time favorites. Andy is upset that he has not yet received an invitation to Miss Jackson’s New Year’s party. Rinso, NBC. (9:50; 6:25; 14:35)