VARIETY OF SHOWS (Preempted for “A Tribute to Frank Nelson”)

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 27, 1986

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (6-1-45) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll star with Hattie McDaniel and the Mystic Knights of the Sea Quartet. Andy and theKingfish start a male escort service. Last show of the 1944-45 season. Rinso, NBC. (18:40; 11:42)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (4-26-54) “Detective Story” starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker, recreat­ing their original screen roles in this radio version of the 1951 motion picture about life at New York’s 23rd police precinct. Douglas is a hard-hitting detective, Parker his ignored wife. Cast includes William Conrad and Herb Vigran. Lux Soap, CBS. (14:30; 14:00; 16:55)

SONGS BY SINATRA (2-27-46) Frank Sinatra welcomes guest Jimmy Durante who gives “The Voice” a singing lesson. Pied Pipers, Axel Stordahl and the orchestra. AFRS rebroadcast. (11:25; 18:05)

ROCKY FORTUNE (1953) Frank Sinatra stars as “the fancy free and footloose young gentleman” who is mistaken as a prize fighter and is forced to participate in a rigged boxing match. AFRS rebroadcast. (11:33; 11:43)

X MINUS ONE (3-28-56) “A Pail of Air.” On a frozen Earth, the young are sent out to scoop up a pail of air so it can be heated indoors to provide “breath­ing air.” Sustaining, NBC. (15:44; 13:08)