Christmas Eve At The Front Special (CBS)- Bob Hope. 431224 (retro646)
Merry Christmas! Bonus Tracks: Keith shares a few thoughts on this special, and warns of audio qualirty issues in doing live remotes in the old radio days. Dick Haymes and…
Christmas Special (NBCB) Christmas On The Blue Network. 441225 (retro645)
Merry Christmas! Bonus Tracks: Keith shares some thoughts on the show, and the real service people who are featured in the show. Canadian Women Serving Overseas (CBC) Marietta McPherson. 431220…
LUM AND ABNER – Lum Prepares To Meet The New Teacher. 441019
Anticipating the arrival of the new school teacher, Lum wants to paint the inside of the school house. Abner points out that he had been against it before. Why the…
Bob Hope (Pepsodent Preview) Kingman Arizona, with Virginia Bruce. 430411
Bob "Gunnery School" Hope jokes about the lack of women at the camp. Dry air, military life, health, and jokes about local attractions are included. Pinball, rationing, copper mines, KP,…
LUM AND ABNER – A Play About Merchant Marines. 441005
Lum has had trouble containing himself over his win to be back on the school board. Today we find him pitching a play he wrote to promote the Merchant Marine.…
Retro OTRDiary 39 Veterans Day Special, with GI Jive and Command Performance. (retro640)
In this installment of the Retro Radio Diary, Keith announces what will follow in the episode, and with a nod to fans of Lum and Abner, we get the show…
Fred Allen – Les Miserables, orson Welles. 421018.
Sending the show out to the troops, Fred appends a special message to the beginning of the show. Still trying out a few new cast members, Fred jokes with his…
Command Performance – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby. 430925
Hosted by Bob Hope, he has brought his cast from his USO tour, Francis Langford and Tony Romano. Bob takes time to crack a few jokes about his recent travels.…
Jubilee – Erskine Hawkins, Nat King Cole. ep45, 430920
Host Ernie Whitman introduces Erskine Hawkins, who kicks off the show with , the Bicycle Bounce. Leo 'Scatman' Watson sings, or make that scats, a tune, hence his name. I'm…
Command Performance – Frank Sinatra, Victor Borge, Bogie And Bacall. 450830
Host is Frank Sinatra. He sings, Is it the Sun or You. Victor Borge talks with Frank about his dog, and his childhood. He plays the Warsaw Concerrto. Humphrey Bogart…