Lum and Abner – Thanksgiving Dinner With Lum. 481121 (Retro Plus)
Today's show notes are provided by the Jot 'Em Down Journal of December, 1998. Lum’s ”romance” of Miss Rowena, begun on the November 7 broadcast, begins to take on some…
Al Jolson (Kraft Music Hall) Thanksgiving with Dorothy Lamour. 471127
Telling about his Thanksgiving wishes, Al gets into his first song. Playlist California Here I Come. (Al Jolson) Oscar LaVant talks politics, and his wife wanting to run for office.…
Philip Marlowe – The Hard Way Out. 481128
It's the holidays, and Philip tries to get away from the usual crowd. Mr Quigg has a problem with an embezzling employee, but why does he want him to stay…
Bing Crosby (NBC Kraft Music Hall) Christmas with Fay Bainter. 421224
Playlist: adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful). Bing Janet Blair jokes with Bing, and is worried about inviting John Scot Trotter over for dinner. Ken Carpenter and Bing joke…
Command Performance (AFRS) Bob Hope Christmas. 421224
Though Command Performance has been on the air to the troops for most of the preceding year, this is the first time it has been broadcast over public networks. Elmer…
Fred Allen (CBS Texaco Star Theater) Amateur Of the Month. 410101
Al Goodman opens with a song, Change in the Weather. Jimmy Wallington introduces that man who goes on and on, Fred Allen in person. They swap insults on marriage, and…
Eyes Aloft (NBC) The Christmas Week_Special. 421221
Featuring: Ken Carpenter, the Sportsmen. A Christmas message goes out to the aircraft warning service. A tale from December last year, 1941. Two observation posts in the wintery, rolling mountains…
NBC News Roundup with John MacVane. 420104
From London, war reports from across the globe come in. Decisions from government officials, shared ideas in industry and critics of some of the war strategies. Air power is the…
White House (MBS) Christmas Tree Ceremony. 411224
In the Whitehouse, the tree is being lit on the front lawn for the first time. The community celebration has hundreds of secret police in attendance as both FDR and…
Franklin D Roosevelt () Christmas Broadcast. 411224
The president speaks on the tradition and symbolism of the holidays. Tribute is given for those who are serving overseas this Christmas. Keeping peace for the sake of little children…