VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 25, 2000

MURDER AT MIDNIGHT (1946) “Nightmare” with Elspeth Eric and Walter Vaughn. A woman has nightmares that she is being smothered by her husband. Syndicated. (26 min)

BOB HOPE SHOW (2-12-46) From Santa Bar­bara State University, Bob welcomes guest Betty Hutton who joins regulars Jerry Colonna, Frances Langford, Skinnay Ennis and the or­chestra. Bob and Betty do a skit about a coun­try bumpkin who goes to New York to visit the Stork Club. Betty sings “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief.” AFRS rebroadcast. 130 min)

DRAGNET (9-17-49) During a routine traffic stop, a police officer is shot. Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday and Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero investigate. From the series’ first sea­son on the air. Sustaining, NBC. (31 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO: The Jack Benny Pro­gram (1-14-95) The conclusion of the twelve-part series features recollections by Don Wil­son, George Balzer, Dennis Day, Jack Benny, and Joan Benny. Excerpts: Jack introduces the Sportsmen (5-29-49); Sportsmen sing “Old Jack Benny Had a Farm” (3-23-47); Jack plays violin with Sportsmen (11-23-47); Special Quartet: Bing Crosby, Andy Russell, Dick Haymes, Dennis Day (3-16-47); Si, Sy rou­tines; Cimmaron Rolls sequence (1953); Birth­day surprise for Jack (2-15-42); Radio honors (1-31-37). (36 min)

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (9-15-49) “Anna and the King of Siam” starring Deborah Kerr as the spirited British schoolteacher who is hired to tutor the royal children of the King of Siam. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (29 min)

RECOLLECTIONS (4-10-57) The last program in the series. Ed Herlihy presents: Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys; Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore in a scene from “Camille”; Shirley Temple; Bill “Bojangles’ Robinson; Mar­ian Anderson’s radio debut; Coon-Sanders Nighthawks. Sustaining, NBC. (29 min)