Tag: Radio
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RIP GLORIA MCMILLAN
1933-2022 Gloria McMillan is probably best known to the world as Harriet Conklin on the radio and television sitcom “Our Miss Brooks” (starring Eve Arden). She also played the role in a 1956 big screen version of the show from Warner Brothers. She began playing the role in 1948 on radio. The character was daughter…
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MY FAVORITE HUSBAND ~ Season 1, Part 2 (Cooper)
January 7, 1949 – July 1, 1949 “My Favorite Husband” ~ Season one aired on CBS Radio from July 5, 1948 to July 1, 1949. There were 51 half hour episodes. Starting in January 1949, the characters would have their last name changed to Cugat, the character of Cory Cartwright would was phased out, Gale…
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MY FAVORITE HUSBAND ~ Season 1, Part 1 (Cugat)
July 5, 1948 – December 26, 1948 “My Favorite Husband” ~ Season one aired on CBS Radio from July 5, 1948 to July 1, 1949. There were 51 half hour episodes. Starting in 1949, the characters would have their last name changed to Cugat, the character of Cory Cartwright would was phased out, Gale Gordon…
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LOVELY, MARRIED & RENEWED
June 24, 1949 “Never underestimate the power of your studio audience in either direction.” Those red-tinted words of wisdom come from the lady of the pink-tinted tresses, Lucille Ball. "I’ve learned that if you play up to your studio audience, the listeners at home have a tendency to feel left out. If you go to…
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‘MY GOOD WIFE’ v ‘MY FAVORITE HUSBAND’
June 23, 1949 “My Good Wife,” an added starter on KNBC, 6:30 p.m. PST Fridays, is another comedy about a young married couple, as if we needed another one. I must admit this one is a little different. This married couple, Steve and Kay Emerson, are not nearly so fast with a wisecrack as, say,…
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THE ELVES
September 2, 1949 “The Elves” is episode #52 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 2, 1949. This was the first episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND which concluded on June 25, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and George arrive home from vacation to find that someone has been ordering strawberry ice…
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REDEMPTION OF LOTTIE MOON
June 13, 1950 The Cavalcade of America ran on NBC Radio from 1935 to 1953. It featured events from American history, usually dramatizing the positive aspects of the nation’s past. Additionally, the show attempted to end criticism of its sponsor, the Du Pont Company due to negative publicity from profiting by producing gunpowder during World…
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HAIR DYED
June 10, 1949 “Hair Dyed” aka “Liz Gets Her Hair Dyed” is episode #48 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 10, 1949 on the CBS Radio Network. Synopsis ~ After George warning Liz about the dangers of idle gossip, Liz’s chatty and absent-minded hair stylist forgets what she’s doing and mistakenly dyes…
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LIZ IN THE HOSPITAL
May 27, 1949 “Liz in the Hospital” (aka “Liz Goes To The Hospital”) is episode #45 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 27, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ The doctor pays a house call to see what’s wrong with George, and discovers that Liz needs to have her tonsils…
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SAM EDWARDS
May 26, 1915 Sam George Edwards was born in Macon, Georgia, into a show business family. His first role was as a baby in his mother’s arms. He appeared on radio in the 1930s in the Adventures of Sonny and Buddy, one of the first radio serials ever syndicated, and later in The Edwards Family,…
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