ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SHOW

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 21, 1981

GENE AUTRY’S MELODY RANCH (1940s) The Singing Cowboy is joined by Pat Buttram and the Cass County Boys for this Thanksgiving broadcast. Gene tells the story of a “Thanks­giving Kidnapping.” CBS. (8:30; 14:40)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapters 7 and 8. Presto the Magician; the Candy Pirates. (23:25)

MR. PRESIDENT (1940s) Edward Arnold stars as the President of the United States when the nation’s Chief Executive was asked to declare a day of national Thanksgiving. Sustaining, ABC. (15:33; 13:41)

LIFE OF RILEY (1940s) William Bendix stars as Chester A. Riley in a seasonal broadcast. Riley invites Gillis to Thanksgiving dinner. AFRS Rebroadcast. (11:45; 13:10)

AFRS THANKSGIVING SHOW (1944) Actor Lionel Barrymore hosts an all-star Thanksgiving Day broadcast for listeners to the Armed Forces Radio Service. Guests include Dinah Shore, John Charles Thomas, Baby Snooks and Daddy, Frank Morgan, and Harry Von Zell. AFRS. (11:50; 11:55; 5:45)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapters 9 and 10. The house of the Wintergreen Witch; into the Enchanted Forest. (23:40)

ABBOT AND COSTELLO SHOW (1940s) It’s Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on Thanks­giving Day. In a sketch, the boys portray John Alden and Miles Standish. Sustaining, ABC. (9:40; 6:40; 12:42)