VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 6th, 1999

RECOLLECTIONS AT THIRTY (7-4-56) Pro­gram 4 of 33. Ed Herlihy hosts this series featuring audio clips from NBC’s 30 year broad­cast history. Rudy Vallee; Clark and McCullough; Lum and Abner; Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa; 1936 band remote; Al Jolson. Sustaining, NBC. (25 min)

MOLLE MYSTERY THEATRE (1940s) “The Creeper.” When a killer stalks red-headed women in New York, the wife of a detective fears she may be the next victim. Molle Shave Creme, NBC. (29 min)

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW (5-1-49) Phil and Remley (Elliott Lewis) help with Spring Cleaning. Rexall, NBC. (29 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (2-19-75) Announcer Ken Carpenter recalls his broadcast career in a conversation with Chuck Schaden re­corded in Mr. Carpenter’s Brentwood, California home. He died in 1984 at the age of 84. (30 min)

PHILCO RADIO TIME (10-15-47) Bing Crosby stars with guest Dinah Shore, the Rhythmaires, John Scott Trotter and the orchestra, and an­nouncer Ken Carpenter. In a sketch, Bing vis­its Dinah’s home in Tennessee where Ken Carpenter plays Dinah’s father. Later, Bing and Dinah spoof “Your Hit Parade” with a new show they call “Your Flop Parade,” sponsored by “Food” (with Ken Carpenter promoting the product!). Philco, ABC. (29 min)

NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE (1-14­-45) “Murder By Fire” or “Nick Carter and the Mystery of the Midnight Alarm” starring Lon Clark as Nick, Helen Choate as Patsy. Nick rescues a girl from a burning factory. Lin-X Products, MBS. (27 min)