ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SHOW

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 21, 1987

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (11-22-42) Hal Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve with Walter Tetley as Leroy, Earle Ross as Judge Hooker, Lillian Randolph as Birdie, Shirley Mitchell as Lelia Ransom, Dick Legrand as Mr. Peavy. Gildy invites Hooker to Thanksgiving dinner while Leroy has to portray John Alden in a school play. Cast includes Verna Felton, Frank Nelson. Lots of WWII flavor throughout this broadcast. Kraft foods, NBC. (14:25; 15:45)

MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE TIME (11-21-40) Master of Ceremonies Dick Powell presents the stars Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks and Hanley Stafford as Daddy, plus special guest Jack Benny. Regulars include an­nouncer Don Wilson, Mary Martin, Meredith Willson and the orchestra. Trying to get Snooks to fall asleep after Thanksgiving dinner, Daddy tells the story of the first Thanksgiving. Maxwell House Coffee, NBC. (18:58; 10:25)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 9. The Roly Poly Policeman. (13:00)

LET GEORGE DO IT (11-20-50) “Cause for Thanksgiv­ing” stars Bob Bailey as George Valentine, private eye, with Virginia Gregg as his secretary, Brooksie. On Thanksgiving Day, a 10-year-old boy is so scared that he can’t — or won’t — talk. Standard Oil Co., MBS. (14:45; 15:00)

SONGS BY SINATRA (11-21-45) Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Maxwell, Louis Prima, the Pied Pipers, Axel Stordahl and the orchestra on the eve of the first peacetime Thanksgiving after World War H. Patriotic flavor throughout the program. Old Gold Cigarettes, CBS (6:58; 11:30; 8:35)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 10. Professor Whiz, the educated owl, and Fraidy Cat. (13:00)

DURANTE-MOORE SHOW (11-22-46) It’s “the Nose and the Haircut,” Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore. The boys present a Thanksgiving opera with Jimmy as Miles Standish, Garry as John Alden. Howard Petrie, announcer, Roy Bargy and the orchestra. Rexall Drugs, CBS. (11:20; 10:00; 8:05)