Posted on 04/05/2015 1:56:23 PM PDT by Vision
Happy Easter all...He is Risen!
An Easter and baseball lineup tonight...LOVE the Jack Benny “walking in the Easter Parade” episode...some Lucille Ball...classic “Who’s on first”...and oddly, ending with the Aldrich Family which doesn’t seem like the strongest close.
How’s your day going? It’s beautiful in the mid Atlantic. Play Ball!
We have some baseball and Easter shows, including the the show with the classic Abbott & Costello "Who's On First" routine. The "Gunsmoke" sounds like a very good one, and, of course, Ed plays Jack Benny's Easter Parade show every year, this being no exception.
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7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. September 15, 1957. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The JPD Matter". A brewery is facing steep competition...from a new factory planning to dynamite it out of existance! Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Dan Cubberly (announcer), Eleanor Audley, Jeanne Bates, G. Stanley Jones, Alan Reed, Austin Green. 25:42. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. June 21, 1953. Program #209. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Revolt". Henry Borg has disappeared...and for an unusual reason. See cat. #47088 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Hal Gibney (announcer), Paul Coates (writer), Walter Schumann (music), Vic Perrin, Irene Tedrow. 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. June 10, 1956. CBS net. "Daddy-O". Sponsored by: Chesterfield, L & M. Shortly after Kitty buys a half-interest in the Long Branch Saloon, her father comes to Dodge. Mr. Russell convinces Kitty to sell the saloon, move to New Orleans with him, and invest in his freight business! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on June 1, 1957. The system cue has been deleted. William Conrad, John Meston (writer), John McIntire, Lawrence Dobkin, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Fenneman (commercial spokesman), George Walsh (announcer). 25:30. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
8:30 Jack Benny 04/17/49 Walking in the Easter Parade (CBS) (26:06). Synopis is missing from the Index.
9:00 My Favorite Husband. March 24, 1951. CBS net. Sponsored by: Jello. Will the girls be able to lose weight and get a new Easter outfit? Lucille Ball, Richard Denning, Gale Gordon, Frank Nelson, Bea Benaderet, Shirley Mitchell, Isabel Scott Rorick (creator). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Maxwell House Coffee Time. March 25, 1948. NBC net. Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. There are only two more shopping days until Easter, and Gracie's wants a new outfit. The production commercial in based on the song, "April Showers." Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson and His Orchestra, Tobe Reed (announcer), Gale Gordon, Hans Conried, Frank Nelson, Keith Fowler (writer), George Burns, Gracie Allen, Paul Henning (writer). 28:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Abbott and Costello Show. April 17, 1947. NBC net. Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco. The opening routine is about girls. Costello is going to play baseball with the New York Yankees. This leads to the famous, "Who's On First" routine. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra, Michael Roy (announcer), John Brown, Elvia Allman, Will Osborne and His Orchestra, Nat Wolff (producer, director), Marilyn Maxwell, Bert Cordon (sound effects), John Pawlick (engineer). 29:17. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 The Aldrich Family. April 14, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: Jell-O, Minute Rice. Henry starts the day with a bowl of Grape Nuts, then announces that he's going to be the shortstop on the school baseball team. Grape Nuts is mentioned during the story twice more. Ezra Stone, Jackie Kelk, Dan Seymour (announcer), Clifford Goldsmith (creator), Norman Tokar (writer), House Jameson, Katharine Raht, Edward Jurist (writer), Jack Miller (music), George Burns (promotional announcement), Gracie Allen (promotional announcement), Bill Goodwin (promotional announcement). 29:43. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Hi, Vision! No, the Easter Bunny blew us off. No candy, no pretty colored eggs—NOTHING! :-)
How was your day and week? Any news?
Looking forward to a nice evening. Wish Ed was playing Fred Allen show from 11/25/45 (classic baseball bit).
The Orioles opener is tomorrow. Excited that baseball is back.
Oh, all that sounds nice, and you’re a baseball fan, so the time is great now.
Our week was quiet, and today was busy. It’s raining on our barbecue right now (chicken), but we have this big umbrella that we can open over the grill, so it doesn’t get wet.
8:30 Jack Benny 4/17/49 "Walking in the Easter Parade" Program #691
Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester Van Jones" Anderson, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Mel Blanc (Professor Le Blanc), Artie Auerbach (Mr. Kitzel), Sheldon Leonard (sinister guy) ; Vocals - The Sportsmen Quartet ; Writers - Sam Perrin, Milt Josefsberg, George Balzer, John Tackaberry, Al Gordon, Hal Goldman ; Producer/ Transcriber - Hilliard Marks ; CBS ; Jack will be Easter strolling down Wilshire Boulevard to La Brea. Rochester reads Jack's diary entries about his trip to New York the City from the flight on April 4 to the April 14 departure for home on the Sante Fe Super Chief train. Dennis Day sings "Easter Parade".
Thanks, SteelYourFaith! Happy Easter! I hope you’ve had a good one.
Vision, I’ve never told you about the game Keith and I play when Dragnet comes on. The intro to the show is always the same, with the announcer guy setting up the crime, and then he always says, “Your job, [blank].” Then Joe Friday comes on and describes the weather in Los Angeles. He’ll say something like, “It was Tuesday, March 7th. It was [blank] in Los Angeles.” Our game is to guess the two blanks, and today, I got both of them! “Your job—find him,” and “It was warm in Los Angeles.” :-) When he said “June,” Keith said “hot,” and I said “warm.”
I do the umbrella thing too.
Hey, thanks. I’ll save that. Love this episode and the singing.
How you been?
And Ben usually goes into (this just went wrong) and I'm feeling bad or something.
This could be the wife's cooking, sunburn, whatever.
Yeah, they have to fill time with Ben’s wife or other issues. :-)
Was that even a complete story?
Kitty’s Dad comes to town and she gets into a fight with him?
....Happy Easter...
Well, he tried to “commandeer” her—not really her, but her money. She called his bluff and sent him packing.
Ed’s switching up the lineup...
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