VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, May 27, 2000

MY FAVORITE HUSBAND (1940s) Lucille Ball and Richard Denning star as Liz and George Cooper, “two people who live together and like it” with Bea Benaderet, Gale Gordon, and Hans Conried. At the Bank’s annual outing, George and Mr. Atterbury are captains of the two baseball teams. Of course, the wives want to play! AFRS rebroadcast. (24 min)

MOLLE MYSTERY THEATRE (1940s) “The Doctor and the Lunatic.” Jeffrey Barnes tells “an exciting study in crime,” the story of an unknown madman with a strange obsession. Molle Shave Creme, NBC. (29 min)

FRED WARING SHOW (12-5-47) Excerpt. Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians offer a salute to Disney films on Walt Disney’s 46th birth­day. Music includes songs from “Fun and Fancy Free,” “Saludos Amigos,” “Song of the South,” and “Pinocchio.” Fred takes a brief look at Walt’s career. Green Giant Foods, NBC. (17 min)

COUPLE NEXT DOOR (12-11-58) Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce star. Mr. Piper has a problem with the plastic floor covering in the bathroom. Francine Meyers is Betsy. Jell-O and Good Luck Margarine, CBS. (16 min)

MONITOR (5-11-55) Excerpt. NBC’s innova­tive weekend service, offering news, features, commentary, comedy and music. Segments feature John Cameron Swayze with the news; Bob and Ray; Art Van Damme Quintet; Roger Price; Bill Lawrence for the New York Times; John Chancellor; Frank Gallop. Sustaining, NBC. (29 min & 29 min)

MYSTERY IS MY HOBBY (12-17-47) “Death Has Blue Eyes” stars Glenn Langan as Barton Drake. A woman is accused of killing her step­father. Cast includes Willard Waterman, Betty Lou Gerson, Ken Christie. Syndicated. (26 min)