Duffy’s Tavern – Monty Woolley Christmas Program. 441222 (retro547)
In need of someone to play Santa, Archie talks with Duffy about getting their friend and famously bearded actor, Monte Wooley to play the part. Meanwhile he gets Eddie, and…
Command Performance – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra. ep190, 450906 (retro546)
Hosted by Bob Hope. Topics in his opening jokes include crowded hotels and elevators, full of soldiers, sailors, and starlets. Introduced as a favorite pin up girl, Judy Garland sings,…
Jubilee – Lucky Millinder, Jimmy Noone. ep38, 430802 .
Host Ernie Whitman. Playlist: 1. Lucky Millander kicks off with a song, Kangaroo Jump. 2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe sings, Down by the Riverside. 3. Jimmy Noone plays, I Know That…
Command Performance – Katherine Hepburn, Jesters, Ed Gardner, Kathryn Grayson. 430731
Hosted by Katherine Hepburn. Ted Lewis entertains by singing a medley in his mellow, slow singing way to help provide the answer to his signature question, "Is everybody happy?" Sounds…
Command Performance – Dinah Shore, Tommy Dorsey, Robert Benchley, Rise Stevens. ep76, 430724
Hosted by Dinah Shore, who leads off with Blow Gabriel Blow. After a dip into the mail bag, Tommy Dorsey's band plays, but without Tommy due to a last minute…
Command Performance – Bing Crosby, Betty Grable, Harry James. ep75, 430717
Hosted by Bing Crosby. He opens with a duet with Trudy Irwin, and a song, Wait for Me Mary. Harry James helps read from the mail bag, and with Helen…
Command Performance – Ronald Colman, Ella Mae Morse, Jeanette MacDonald, Ginny Simms. ep74, 430710
Hosted by Ronald Coleman. Ella May Morse sings, Thank Your Lucky Stars. At requests from the mail bag, sounds from home are recreated, namely a carnival barker. Mother Kahill plays…
Lux Radio Theater – The Show Off (Great Gildersleeve, Una Merkel). 430201 (retro530)
Greetings from Hollywood. Harold Peary, or the Great Gildersleeve, is cast in this hit play from the theater as Aubrey Piper. Talk, talk, talk. The women folk of the house…
Command Performance – Kay Kyser, Gertrude Niesen, Lena Horne, Rochester. ep73, 430703
Hosted by Kay Kaiser. A poem by Ishkabibble about Al Jolson is read. At the request of the mail bag Kay Kaiser's vocalists sing, Let's Get Lost. A movie scene…
Lux Radio Theater – Major And The Minor. 430531
Features Ray Milan, and Ginger Rogers. Ginger Rogers is a secretary who has become disillusioned by the big city. Ginger gets fired and leaves her lecherous boss. On the way…