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To get the feature started, Keith shares some history of Bing Crosby’s early years, from his birth in 1903, up to the events that led to his launch with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Bonus tracks heard in the background include a small collection of Bing’s early hits:
- MakeBelieve (1928, with Paul Whiteman)
- When The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day. (1931)
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart. (1934)
There’s a small connection to our first feature to Bing Crosby. besides the fact that both of today’s episodes aired on the same date. In real life, Bing was golfing buddies with Chet Lauck, and Tuffy Goff, as well as several other Hollywood stars of the time.
First up, let’s make a visit to Pine Ridge, then go right into the second feature with Bing, on the Woodbury program.
Lum and Abner – Circus Will Open Saturday. 350319
Horlicks: There’s nothing like Horlicks for weight control. Hey, I wonder. If they could have an arm wrestling match, who would win: Horlicks, or SlimFast?
In Pine Ridge, Squire has been busy arranging the circus side show. Lum is afraid he’s going to be in trouble with the way Squire stretches the truth. At the end of last episode, it was revealed that Cedric had been playing the part of the Wild Man from Borneo.
Lum and Abner talk about some of the aftermath of it. Lum mentions some residual complaints over the recent flashlight giveaway, and some folks who still haven’t recieved them yet. He sends his apologies through the party line.
Side note to young listeners: the party line was the 1930’s version of the Internet, and email.
Squire pops in to put some final touches on the circus preparations. He wants Lum to be a trapese artist. Abner gets talked into being the lion tamer.
Horlick Letter: A mom writes in who had a baby who was becoming puny. After going on a diet of Horlicks, she’s now just a big baby. Hey, that didn’t sound right. She’s big and strong as all the other babies.
Woodbury Show – First Song – Old Faithful. ep59, 350319
Ken Carpenter, Bing Crosby, Marian Nancy, Georgie Stoehl Orchestra.
Playlist:
- Old Faithful (opening line only).
- Blame It On My Youth (Bing Crosby).
- Japanese Sandman (Georgie Stoehl and his Orchestra).
- Things Might Have Been So Different (Marian Nancy).
- Easy to Remember (Bing Crosby).
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Georgie Stoehl Orchestra).
- Bing and Tally Irwin try to remember wheere they last saw each other, horse racesand memory troubles.
- Old Faithful (reprise).
- Lullabye of Broadway (Bing Crosby).
Note: We learn that Paul Whiteman has been a nationally known orchestra leader now for 20 years, and Bing sang with him for part of that time. Also the Japanese Sandman was one of Whiteman’s hits. The song, Old Faithful, the top cowboy song in the nation, was written in England.
