EASTER GREETINGS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 25, 1989

PHIL HARRIS — ALICE FAYE SHOW (4-2-50) As Phil tells his daughters the story of the Easter Bunny, the girls think their father really believes, so they hire Mel Blanc to appear as the Easter Bunny. Cast includes Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley, Robert North, Jeanine Roos, Ann Whitfield, Arthur Q. Brian. Rexall, NBC. (10:25; 6:48; 11:10)

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (4-14-49) “One Foot In Heaven” stars George Brent in the Hartzell Spence story of a Methodist preacher with “one foot in Heaven and one foot on God’s green Earth” as he sets up a parsonage in a small Iowa town. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (14:30; 14:40)

MEL BLANC SHOW (4-8-47) The Chamber of Commerce organizes an Easter Egg hunt with prizes provided by local businessmen. Mel offers a one hundred dollar prize. Cast includes Mary Jane Croft, Hans Conned, Joe Kearns, Alan Reed, Jim Backus, the Sportsmen, Victor Miller and the orchestra. Announcer is Bud Heaston. Colgate-Palmolive, CBS. (10:10; 13:20)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (5-28-51) “Showboat” starring Katherine Grayson, Howard Keel, Ava Gardner, Marge and Gower Champion, William Warfield, and Jay C. Flippin in the radio version of MGM’s 1951 movie musical about life on the Mississippi in the early 1900s. William Keighley, host. AFRS rebroadcast. (18:50; 17:05; 16:30)

LIFE WITH LUIGI (4-8-52) J. Carrol Naish stars as Luigi Basco, the “little immigrant” with Alan Reed as Pasquale, Hans Conried as Schultz, Jody Gilbert as Rosa, Mary Shipp as Miss Spaulding. In a letter to his Mama, Luigi tells of his plans for Easter. Wrigley’s Gum, CBS. (12:10; 17:55)