VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 29th, 2000

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (2-24-44) Bing Crosby welcomes guests Phil Silvers and Marilyn Max-well. The “Time Machine” takes listeners back to 1933; Phil wants to make Bing a success by handling all of Crosby’s business affairs. Kraft Foods, NBC. (29 min)

SAVOY BOXING MATCHES (9-3-46) Announcers Fahey Flynn and John McCormick are ringside at the Savoy Indoor Arena in Chicago to describe the bouts between CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) and Savoy boxers. Flynn gives the blow-by-blow description while McCormick offers background. South Center Department Store, WBBM, Chicago. (31 min)

CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER (3-7-47) “The Mysterious Lodger” stars Statts Cotsworth as Casey with John Gibson as Ethelbert and Leslie Woods as Ann. Mrs. Myers’ boarder, a paroled murderess, is killed. Tony Marvin announces. Anchor-Hocking Glass, CBS. (29 min)

IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT (9-4-42) Tom Howard moderates a panel of zanies: Harry McNaughton, Lulu McConnell, George Shelton, trying to answer such difficult questions as, “What beverage do we get from tea leaves?” Music by the Corn Cobblers. Piel’s Beer, MBS. (30 min)

HAPPY ISLAND (2-5-45) Comic Ed Wynn appears as King Bubbles of Happy Island, who takes a job as warden of the State Prison. Cast features Jim Backus, Minerva Pious, singer Jerry Wayne, announcer Paul Douglas. AFRS rebroadcast. (30 min)

THEATRE FIVE (1960s) “Incident on U. S. 1” starring James Earl Jones as a lone gunman who holds up a diner on the highway. Fred Foy announces. Syndicated, ABC. (20 min)