VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 3rd, 1999

SAVINGS BOND SHOW (1949) Actor Alan Ladd presents an all-star group of performers supporting the 1949 United States Savings Bond Drive: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Irene Dunne, Lionel Barrymore, Jo Stafford, Al Jol­son, Roy Rogers and the Riders of the Purple Sage, Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Ed­ward G. Robinson, Jack Benny, Rochester, Edward Arnold, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Berry Garrett, Jules Munchen, Red Skelton, Verna Felton, Robert Armbruster and the orchestra, John Snyder, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the President of the United States, Harry Truman. Ken Carpenter an­nounces. Treasury Department, ABC. (61 min­utes in two segments)

RECOLLECTIONS AT THIRTY (11-14-56) Host Ed Herlihy presents program number 18 in this 33-part series commemorating NBC’s 30th anniversary: Shell Chateau with Wallace Beery and Judy Garland; Rudy Vallee introduces Ber­gen and McCarthy for the first time on radio; Jean Sablon; Sigmund Spaeth, the Tune De­tective; John McCormack. Sustaining, NBC. (24 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (4-28-71) Actor Hal Peary recalls his days on the air as “The Great Gild­ersleeve” and other as­pects of his career in a re­corded telephone conver­sation with Chuck Schaden. Hal Peary died in 1985 at the age of 80. (19 min)

FIBBER MC GEE AND THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF RADIO (5-19-74) Jim Jordan stars as Fibber McGee with Chuck Schaden as a radio fan in the fourth program in this seven-part series. Special guest is Hal Peary who appears as Throckmorton P. Gild­ersleeve. The Wednesday Programs: Duffy’s Tavern; Gangbusters; Kay Kyser; Mr. District Attorney; Eddie Cantor; The Great Gilder­sleeve. Larry Thor announces. Chrysler Airtemp Air Conditioning. (54 min in two seg­ments)

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 Laxitive, WLS, Chicago (11 min)