VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 25th, 1999

DUFFY’S TAVERN (1950s) Ed Gardner stars as Archie the manager whose old Grammar School teacher, checking up on her former pupils, visits him in the Tavern. “She was the dame that learned me everything that I know,” says Archie. Syndicated. (28 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (4-10-79) Actor Michael Rye (who was known as Rye Billsbury earlier in his career) talks about his broadcasting days in a conversation with Chuck Schaden recorded at Paramount Pictures studios in Hollywood, California. (16 min)

GUNSMOKE (6-11-49) First audition show. “Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye” starring Rye Billsbury as United States Marshal Mark Dillon who travels from Dodge City to the town of Gouge Eye to check out a crooked gambling casino. CBS. 131 min)

RECOLLECTIONS (2-6-57) Program 25: American Album of Familiar Music; Ethel Barrymore; Your Hit Parade; Bing Crosby; Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians; Duncan Sisters. Sustaining, NBC. (24 min)

GUNSMOKE (7-13-49) Second audition program. “Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye” starring Howard Culver as United States Marshal Mark Dillon. Same story as in the 6-11-49 audition show, but with a different cast which includes June Foray, Gerald Mohr, Vic Perrin, Jack Krushen, B. J. Thompson, Jay Novello. CBS. (31 min)

GUNSMOKE (8-30-52) “The Juniper Tree” starring William Conrad as United States Marshal Matt Dillon, with Parley Baer as Chester Proudfoot. A horse rancher is accused of try-ing to steal money from a gambler. Cast includes Vivi Janis, Paul DuBov, Bill Lally, John Dehner, Michael Ann Barrett. Sustaining, CBS. (30 min)