Comedy – Page 7 – Retro Radio Podcast

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Command Performance – Rosalin Russell, Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Wakely, Judy Canova. ep79, 430814

By Keith August 14, 2021Command Performance, Music

Hosted by actress Rosalyn Russel. She turns the show over to bandleader, Xavior Kugot, who plays, Brazil. Judy Canova talks about her night out with the glamour girls of Hollywood,…

Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone and Don Wilson posing for a photo in 1938.

Lux Radio Theater – Brewster’s Millions (Jack Benny, Mary Livingston). ep120, 370215

By Keith August 8, 2021Comedy, Drama, Lux

Features Jack Benny and Mary Livingston. After the opening commercials and introductions, the story begins in the offices of Jack Brewster. His nephew is a man in a desperate financial…

Command Performance – Greer Garson, Gloria Warren, Nelson Eddy, Cass Daley. ep78, 430807 .

By Keith August 7, 2021Command Performance, Music

Host is Greer Garson. She introduces the Orchestra The AEF orchestra plays, I Know That You Know. mail bag request has the man who does the voice of Goofy to…

Spike Jones – Summer Show (The War is Over). 450729.

By Keith July 29, 2021Music, Spike Jones

Performing at Santa Monica Naval Hospital. Playlist: 1. Francis, Sunnyside of the Street. 2. Francis talks about the sailors, and their social activities off base with Ken Carpenter. 3. Spike…

Jubilee – Ethel Waters, Johnny Mercer. ep88, 440724

By Keith July 3, 2021Jubilee, Music

Hosted by Ernie Whitman. International Sweethearts of Rhythm play, Digging Dice. At the requests of the mailbag, the Four Vees sing, I Cried For You. Ethyl Waters dedicates her song…

Spike Jones – Jack Carson. 450624

By Keith June 24, 2021Music, Spike Jones

Hosted by Francis Langford and Spike Jones. Announcer, Ken Niles. sponsored by Chase and Sandbourne. Broadcast from Birmingham Hospital in San Fernando Valley, CA. Playlist: A Friend of Yours. Francis…

Command Performance – Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford. ep71, 430619

By Keith June 19, 2021Command Performance, Music1 Comment

Hosted by Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore. Dinah sings, I Don't Want Anybody At All. After a dip into the mail bag, Vaughn Monroe chats with the hosts, then sings,…

Command Performance – Betty Hutton, Amos And Andy. ep69, 430605

By Keith June 5, 2021Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Betty Hutton. After a dip into the mail bag, she introduces Woody Herman. The band plays, Four or Five Times. In answer to the mail bag, sounds that…

Jubilee – International Sweethearts of Rhythm. ep82, 440531

By Keith May 31, 2021Jubilee, Music

The date is sometimes listed as 440529. Hosted by Ernie Whitman, who lays down the jive for the sweethearts of rhythm. The Sweethearts open with a jazzy instrumental tune. Ernie…

Command Performance – Dinah Shore, Sportsmen, Ruth Hussey, Carlos Ramirez. ep68, 430522

By Keith May 22, 2021Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Dinah Shore. She sings, Taking a Chance on Love. Sportsmen sing, In My Arms. Bill Thompson, voice actor of most of the voices from the Fibber McGee and Molly…