VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, January 9th, 1999

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (6-22-36) Jim and Marian Jordan star as the McGees, in charge of the Wistful Vista Employment Agency. Cast includes Hugh Studebaker, Bill Thompson, Isabel Randolph, Harlow Wilcox, Ted Weems and the orchestra with singer Perry Como and whistler Elmo Tanner. Johnson’s Wax, NBC BLUE. (29:20)

RECOLLECTIONS AT THIRTY (6-20-56) Pro­gram 2 of 33. Ed Herlihy looks back at NBC’s history to recall a 1934 Radio City Party; Clara, Lu and Em; Fred Allen and Don McNeill; the 1934 Baer-Carnera fight; In­formation Please. Fred Collins announces. Sustaining, NBC. (25:23)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (7-3-73) Jim Jordan, who starred as “Fibber McGee” from 1935­1959, reminisces about his radio days in a con­versation with Chuck Schaden recorded in Mr. Jordan’s home in Beverly Hills, California. He died in 1988 at the age of 91. (21:47; 15:14; 27:15)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (3-5-40) Jim and Marian Jordan star as the McGees of Wistful Vista. When Molly gets the dictionary from the hall closet, she is hit by an avalanche! This is the first time the famous closet gag was used! Cast features Hal Peary, Isabel Randolph, Bill Thompson, Harlow Wilcox, King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (29:05)

MOUNTAIN THEATER (1942) Music and fun in the morning with the Prairie Ramblers: Chick Hurt, Jack Taylor, Salty Holmes, Alan Crockett. Jack Stillwell announces. Sketch: “Seven Keys to Bald Plate.” Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative, WLS, Chicago. (11:10) 

PASSING PARADE (1942) Storyteller John Nesbitt presents “the procession of rich men, poor men, beggar men, thieves… the Passing Parade.” Stories about a hero, a queen and a doctor: Sgt. Alvin C. York, Cleopatra, Dr. Crippen. Nesbitt’s California Orange Drink, Syndicated. (14:20)