VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 7, 1984

STAN FREBERG SHOW (7-14-57) First program in the legendary series of comedy-variety broadcasts by the nation’s number one satirist. A great regular cast includes Daws Butler, June Foray, Peter Leeds, Peggy Taylor, the Jud Conlon Rhythmaires, Billy May and his orchestra. Freberg’s Fables: “Incident at Los Voraces,” (NOTE: All 15 programs in this series will be presented on Those Were The Days during July and August.) Sustaining, CBS. (7:15; 10:40; 11:50)

ACADEMY AWARD (6-8-46) “The Ruggles of Red Gap” starring Charles Laughton and Charlie Ruggles in a radio version of their 1935 motion picture. Laughton plays a butler hired by Rug¬gles, an uncouth Westerner. House of Squibb, CBS. (12:56; 16:08)

QUIZ KIDS (7-4-48) Quizmaster Joe Kelly tests the knowledge of Joel Kupperman, Lonny Lunde, Rene Templeton, Nancy McCleery, Nannette Ecktor. Program begins its 9th year on the air on this Independence Day broadcast. Alka Seltzer, One-A-Day Vitamins, NBC. (9:40; 20:15)

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (10-17-48) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll star with Lou Lubin, Eddie Green, Jeff Alexander’s Orchestra and Chorus. the Kingfish gets a job selling real estate. Rinso, CBS. (10:50; 8:30; 9:04)

MAN CALLED X (3-3-51) Herbert Marshall is Ken Thurston with Leon Belasco as Pagan Zoldschmidt with Will Wright, Ted deCorsia, Harry Bartell. Pagan is stopped at customs when an agent discovers opium in his baggage. Participating sponsors, NBC. (11:25; 14:50)

STAN FREBERG SHOW (7-21-57) Second show in the series. Interview with the Abominable Snowman; Great Moments in History; Rock Around Stephen Foster. Sustaining, CBS. (8:05; 8:15; 12:45)