VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 3, 1982

BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW (10-31-46) George and Gracie welcome guest Jack Carson on Halloween. George and Jack enter an acting contest. Mel Blanc is the happy postman. MaxwelI House Coffee, NBC. (7:01; 5:33; 16:48)

THE WHISTLER (9-15-48) “Uncle Ben’s Widow” starring Jeff Chandler. A woman is told that her husband’s “accidental” death is really murder. Signal Oil Co., CBS. (10:24; 17:46)

WILL OSBORNE AND HIS ORCHESTRA (9-13-48) Remote broadcast from ”the beauti­ful Marine Dining Room of the world famous Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago.” First show in a Monday night series. Vocals by Will Osborne and Warren Gale. Tunes include “It Only Happens With You,” “That Old Feeling,” “Begin the Beguine,” “You Can’t Be True Dear,” and “Blue Moon.” Sustaining, NBC. (9:50; 8:10; 11:40)

A DATE WITH JUDY (1940s) Frank Sinatra makes a guest appearance as Judy dreams of her idol. Louise Erickson is Judy, Richard Crenna is Oogie Pringle. Tums, NBC. (14:35; 15:20)

RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE (3-16-51) Dick Powell stars. This time he’s up against a human bomb. A madman has 100 sticks of dynamite strapped to his body and threatens to blow up City Hall if the Mayor doesn’t jump off the building! Sustaining, NBC. (14:55; 15:40)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (4-9-50) Generous Jack gives a panhandler fifty cents! Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Frank Nelson, Mel Blanc, Artie Auerbach, Sara Berner and Frank Fontaine. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, CBS. (12:10; 15:00)