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Featured Harlow Wilcox as announcer and the Billy Mills Orchestra which opens with an instrumental. Then Victor describes his piano and even the rest of his cast in musical fashion. Then Pat Friday sings, Sentimental Journey. Victor tells the story of pocahontas, as only he can. Billy Mills plays a medley of patriotic tunes. Followed by Victor joining in for an instrumental with a more classical flavor. Pat Friday is accompanied by Victor as she sings, We Meet Again. Victor talks about baseball. Henry Russel Sextet sings, Acapulco. The program featured highlight is Victor performing a Norwegian Rhapsody. Billy Mills plays, The Continental.
who is this Danish pianist, and how did he get his own Summer replacement show? The short story is that he was a Jewish entertainer in Denmark who fled Nazi oppression. Since his wife was American, he set out for an entertainment career in the United States. It didn’t work out well, so he got a job pumping gas. He lost his job because his boss felt his heavy accent was too hard for customers to understand. Fortunately tallent agents remembered him, and when Bing Crosby needed someone for his show, the job went to Victor. At the season’s end, he had become so popular that he not only was a regular for the whole season, he got his own show, which started on July 3, 1945.
