CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 20, 1985

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (1956) A special Armed Forces edition of the Benny show with Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc, Joe Kearns, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Elliott Lewis, Artie Auerbach, Benny Rubin, and guests June Allyson and Frances (Mrs. Edgar) Bergen. Jack nod Mary are doing their Christmas shopping. This is an original broadcast using a composite script composed of material from previous Ifunny Christmas shopping shows. AFRS. (14:05; 15:45; 16:30)

CHRISTMAS LANE (1940s) Special Christmas broadcast starring Pat O’Brien as the cop on the beat on “Christmas Lane.” He collars a young­ster who has just thrown a brick through the window of a local factory. Syndicated. (12:48; 14:57)

GUEST STAR (1950s) “Stand-In For Santa” starring MacDonald Carey with Frank Nelson and Anne Whitfield. U. S. Treasury Depart­ment. (14:45)

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (12-23-45) Harold Peary, Walter Tetley, Lillian Randolph. Gildy hides his Christmas gifts in the wood closet. Kroft Foods, NBC. (12:00; 18:40)

HIS WONDERS TO PERFORM (1940s) Special Christmas broadcast starring Dorothy Lamour as a singer who discovers she has unknowingly signed a contract for a booking on Christmas. Her daughter is disappointed. Syndicated. (14:35; 12:05)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (12-23-41) Jim and Marion Jordan as the McGee’s of Wistful Vista who receive a door chime for Christmas but have no idea who sent the gift. King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (9:38; 11:10; 7:43).