REMEMBERING EDDIE CANTOR

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 18, 2000 

LEGEND OF EDDIE CANTOR (1971) George Jesse!l narrates a tribute to the legendary en­tertainer, featuring numerous excerpts from Cantor radio broadcasts. (16 min & 19 min)

EDDIE CANTOR SHOW (1-31-45) Eddie wel­comes guests George Burns and Gracie Allen who arrive to help cheer him up on his 53rd birthday. Cast features Harry Von Zell, Leonard Seuss, Nora Martin, Bert Gordon, the Mad Russian. Bristol Myers, NBC. (28 min)

SUSPENSE (12-22-49) “Double Entry” star­ring Eddie Cantor in “an unusual story of cleri­cal crime at Christmas time.” Eddie helps his co-worker get money so he can return em­bezzled funds. Cast includes Sidney Miller. Harlow Wilcox announces. AutoLite, CBS. (29 min)

EDDIE CANTOR’S SHOW BUSINESS (1950s) Eddie plays disc jockey and offers nostalgic stories about his contemporaries: Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis, Fanny Brice, Al Jolson, Will Rogers, Jimmy Durante. AFRS rebroad­cast. (23 min)

RAILROAD HOUR (1-3-49) “Whoopee” star­ring Eddie Cantor with Gordon MacRae and Eileen Wilson in a radio version of Cantor’s 1928 musical, produced on Broadway by Florenz Ziegfeld. AFRS rebroadcast. (30 min)

EDDIE CANTOR SHOW (3-6-47) Eddie wel­comes guest Al Jolson to exchange stories about how they first met and imitate each other’s style in songs. Harry Von Zell an­nounces. Edgar “Cookie” Fairchild and the or­chestra. Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, NBC. (30 min)