REMEMBERING BURGESS MEREDITH

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 11, 1998

EDDIE CANTOR SHOW (12-5-45) Cantor pre­pares for a confrontation with actor Burgess Meredith after Eddie was seen with Burgess’ wife, Paulette Goddard. Cast includes Bert Gordon, the Mad Russian, Thelma Carpenter, Leonard Seuss and the orchestra. Announcer is Kenny Delmar. Sal Hepatica, Trushay, NBC. (28:24)

RUDY VALLEE SHOW (2-1 1-37) Excerpt. Rudy introduces guest Burgess Meredith who ap­pears in a scene from his current Broadway stage success, Maxwell Anderson’s “High Tor.” NBC. (12:50)

THEATRE GUILD ON THE AIR (5-8-49) “Of Mice and Men” starring Burgess Meredith and June Havoc with George Matthews and John Hamilton. Radio version of John Steinbeck’s morality tale about George Milton, a migrant worker, and Lenny Small, his feeble-minded pal who try to live peacefully on a ranch. Roger Prior hosts. U.S. Steel Corporation, ABC. (21:25; 18:14; 15:52)

JUST ENTERTAINMENT (4-15-56) Variety show from Chicago with host Burgess Meredith, Felicia Sanders, Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads, and Melvin Douglas, all currently appearing in Chicago. Cesar Petrillo and the orchestra. Wrigley Gum, CBS. (23:44)

READER’S DIGEST RADIO EDITION (5-13-48) “A Hound Dog Man” starring Burgess Meredith in “a rip-snortin’, blood-chilling, red-blooded story from real life about a Texas wolf hunt.” Announcer is Jay Jackson. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (29:18)

BURGESS MEREDITH READS (Unknown) “There Shall Come Soft Rains.” Burgess Meredith tells the futuristic story of a futuris­tic house with no living inhabitants. “The voice clock announces, ‘Today is August 4, 2026 in the city of Allendale, California.— (17:20)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is Nostalgia Digest col­umnist and film historian BOB KOLOSOSKI who will join us for a look at the stage and screen career of BURGESS MEREDITH, who died Sep­tember 9, 1997 at the age of 89.