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.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
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.