VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, June 5th, 1999

FIBBER MC GEE AND THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF RADIO (4-28-74) Jim Jordan stars as Fib­ber McGee, with Chuck Schaden as a fan of old-time radio. For the first program in this seven-part series Fibber tunes in to his 1934 Superheterodyne radio to listen to some Sun­day programs from radio’s Golden Age: Jack Benny; The Shadow; War of the Worlds; Char­lie McCarthy; Will Rogers; The Bickersons. Larry Thor announces. Chrysler Airtemp Air Conditioning. (54 min in two segments)

SUSPENSE (5-22-47) “Her Knight Comes Riding” starring Virginia Bruce as a woman who suspects her husband is a murderer. Cast includes Joe Kearns, Howard Duff, Wally Maher. Roma Wines, CBS. (28 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (12-13-73) Writer Phil Leslie, co-writer (1943-56) of Fibber McGee and Molly, talks about his broadcasting career in a conversation with Chuck Schaden re­corded in Hollywood, California. Phil Leslie died in 1988 at the age of 79. (43 min)

THE PASSING PARADE (1942) Storyteller John Nesbitt presents “the procession of rich men, poor men, beggar men, thieves… the Passing Parade.” Stories about a hero, a queen and a doctor: Sgt. Alvin C. York, Cleopatra, Dr. Clippen. Nesbitt’s California Orange Drink, Syndicated. (14 min)

RECOLLECTIONS AT THIRTY (10-17-56) Ed Herlihy hosts program 15 in this 33-part se­ries commemorating NBC’s 30th anniversary: Fanny Brice; Joe Penner; Ginger Rogers; Mickey Rooney; Bob Hope with Brenda and Cobina; Judy Garland in her first radio appear­ance. Sustaining, NBC. (24 min)