VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally Broadcast WLTD
Saturday, September 3, 1983

THE BIG SHOW (11-12-50) Hostess Tallulah Bankhead welcomes Fanny Brice, Groucho Marx, Ezio Pinza, Jane Powell, David Brian, Hanley Stafford, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy, Jimmy Wallington and Meredith Willson and his orchestra. The second program in the series of blockbuster all-star radio broadcasts which attempted to lure radio listeners away from their television sets. Lots of music and comedy in this 90-minute production as most of the Big Show guests turn up on a special edition of Groucho’s “You Bet Your Life.” Pinza sings “September Song,” Powell offers “It’s A Most Unusual Day,” and Groucho sings “Some Enchanted Evening.” Participating Sponsors, NBC. (15:10; 15:20; 9:50; 10:45; 10:10; 12:05; 16:35)

DR CHRISTIAN (11-26-49) “Cupid’s Boom­erang” stars Jean Hersholt as the good doctor and Rosemary DeCamp as nurse Judy Price in a script submitted by a listener. Vaseline Products, CBS. (15:48; 9:06)

CAN YOU TOP THIS (1940s) The laughs are provided by the great storytellers: Harry Hirschfield, Senator Ford, Peter Donald, Harold Hoffman. Ward Wilson is emcee. AFRS Rebroadcast. (14:34)

FAMOUS JURY TRIALS (9-25-48) “The Irene Miller Case” featuring Eric Dressler, Frank Readick, Alice Frost, Ed Fuller. Irene Miller is accused of murdering her employer. Sustaining, ABC. (18:50; 9:40).