VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 31st, 1999

RED SKELTON SHOW (2-25-47) The Skelton Scrapbook of Satire discusses “Travel to Hawaii” and features Junior, the mean little kid and Clem Kadiddlehopper. GeGe Pearson, Verna Felton, Wonderful Smith, Pat McGeehan, Anita Ellis, David Forester and the orchestra, Rod O’Connor. Raleigh Cigarettes, NBC. (9:10; 10:30; 12:25)

ADVENTURES BY MORSE (1944) “The Cobra King Strikes Back” — Chapter Nine: “The Fangs and Teeth of the Enemy.” Sustain­ing. (14:10; 11:57)

THE LIFE OF RILEY (11-10-50) William Bendix is Riley, Paula Winslow is Peg, John Brown is Digby O’Dell and Gillis, Barbara Eiller is Babs and Bobby Ellis is Junior. Riley tries his luck in a “guess the number of beans in a bowl” contest. Pabst Blue Ribbon, NBC. (12:40; 13:05)

THE BIG STORY (12-15-47) “The Case of the Final Curtain” stars Les Tremayne as Aubrey Maddocks of the Hartford Daily Current whose “big story” is dramatized. Pall Mall Cigarettes, NBC. (15:40; 13:00)

PHILCO RADIO TIME (6-2-48) Bing Crosby with the last show of the 1947-48 season. Guests are violinist Joe Venuti, cartoonist Ham Fischer and comedian Fred Allen. Philco, ABC. (8:18; 10:58; 10:40)

ADVENTURES BY MORSE (1944) “The Cobra King Strikes Back” — Chapter Ten and the concluding episode: “The Amazing End of an Expedition.” Sustaining. (12:30; 13:15)