Posted by This is Episode 12 of Retro Radio Revue. This week we are featuring programs that had an original air date between September 9 through September 15. We’ll hear episodes from Information, Please, Fibber McGee and Molly and The Sweeney and March Show.
This week’s episodes:
Information Please
September 12, 1941 – NBC network
Sponsored by Lucky Strike
Runtime: 28:58
Make up a menu of nursery rhymes which happen to mention food
Clifton Fadiman (moderator), John Kieran, Franklin P. Adams, Louis Bromfield, Margaret Leach, Milton Cross (announcer), L. A. Speed Riggs (tobacco auctioneer)
Fibber McGee and Molly
September 14, 1936 – Red Network
Sponsored by Johnson’s Wax
Runtime: 29:49
Fibber and Molly go to the Wistful Vista dance hall
Starring Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Bill Thompson, Harlow Wilcox, Ted Weems and His Orchestra, Perry Como, Elmo Tanner
The Sweeney and March Show
September 14, 1946 – CBS Network. Sustaining
Sponsored by Johnson’s Wax
Runtime: 29:40
There is a fire in Mr. Sweeney’s house
Starring Bob Sweeney, Hal March, Edwin Max, June Foray, Doris Singleton, George Fenneman, The Starlighters, Bob Lemond (announcer), Wilbur Hatch and His Orchestra, Irvin Lee
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