FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, June 16, 2007

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (6-21-42) Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, whose niece and nephew — Marjorie and Leroy — decide to get him an easy chair for Father’s Day. Cast features Walter Tetley, Lurene Tuttle, Lillian Randolph, Earle Ross, Paula Winslowe, Sam Hearn, Mel Blanc and Frank Nelson. Kraft Foods, NBC. (30 min)

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW (6-12­49) First of two consecutive and related pro­grams. Frankie Remley (Elliott Lewis) has become the foster father of a French orphan. Since the boy can speak only French, Phil and Frankie try to teach him English. Cast: Walter Tetley, Robert North, Peggy Webber, Ann Whitfield, Jeanine Roos. Rexall, NBC. (29 min)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (3-20-50) “Father Was a Fullback” starring Paul Douglas and Maureen O’Hara in a radio version of the screen comedy about a befuddled college football coach who tackles problems on the field as well as at home. William Keighley is host. Cast includes Norma Jean Nilsson, Jim Backus, Willard Waterman, Eddie Firestone Jr., Gil Stratton, Ruth Perrott. Lux Soap, CBS. (21 min & 18 min & 18 min)

FATHER KNOWS BEST (6-14-51) Robert Young stars as Jim Anderson. A planned Father’s Day picnic for the neighborhood gets out of hand. Jean VanderPyl as Margaret, Rhoda Williams as Betty, Ted Donaldson as Bud, Norma Jean Nilsson as Cathy. Maxwell House Coffee, NBC. (29 min)

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW (6-19­49) Second of two programs. It’s Father’s Day and Frankie’s French orphan is still stay­ing with him, so Frankie decides he needs to find a wife to give the boy a proper home. He places an ad in the Police Gazette. Rexall, NBC. (29 min).