TWTD Archive – November 3, 1984
A VISIT WITH FRAN ALLISON
Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 3, 1984
KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE (10-13-52) Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison and the Kuklapolitans. Radio version of the popular TV series. The trio talk about their first meeting. Sustaining, NBC. (9:261
OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be FRAN ALLISON recalling her career on television in Kukla, Fran and 011ie and on radio as Aunt Fanny on the Breakfast Club in a conversation recorded in her Van Nuys, California home on March 22, 1984. (23:53)
KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE (10-14-52) Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison. 0llie discusses a letter sent by NBC executives urging them to be more descriptive on radio! Sustaining, NBC. (9:29)
BREAKFAST CLUB — Excerpts from 1960, 1961, and 1953 featuring Fran Allison as Aunt Fanny and the host of the Breakfast Club, Don McNeill, NBC. (3:21; 3:06; 3:00)
MEET THE MEEKS (9-20-47) Fran Allison costars with Forrest Lewis, Vera Vaughn and Arthur Peterson. Mortimer Meek tries unsuccessfully to catch up on his sleep on his day off. NBC. (11:30; 8:05; 10:50)
KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE (10-15-52) Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison, Jack Fascinato. Fletcher Rabbit, the mailman, tries to find a whistle. Fran sings, “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter.” Sustaining, NBC. (9:26)
EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION
MONITOR (5-11-55) An isolated hour of NBC Radio’s weekend service, the forerunner of modern-day news-and-feature/all talk radio. John Cameron Swayze, the NBC Weather Girl, Bob and Ray, the Art Van Damme Quintet, Roger Price, Show Business Reviews, Bill Lawrence, John Chancellor, Frank Gallop, many others. Sustaining, participating sponsors, NBC. (14:35; 14:55; 13:45; 15:30)
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