Tag: Radio
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LIZ CHANGES HER MIND
June 24, 1949 “Liz Changes Her Mind” is episode #50 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 24, 1949 on the CBS Radio Network. This was the only “My Favorite Husband” episode to be repeated. It aired again on September 30, 1950. Synopsis ~ When Liz has trouble making up her mind, George…
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THE CAVALCADE OF AMERICA: “SKYLARK SONG”
June 21, 1948 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 War…
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LIZ LEARNS TO SWIM
June 11, 1950 “Liz Learns To Swim” is episode #92 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 11, 1950 on the CBS Radio Network. Synopsis ~ George makes a bargain with Liz: If she’ll learn to swim, they can go to the beach with the Atterburys for their vacation. “My Favorite Husband”…
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HERB VIGRAN
June 5, 1910 – November 29, 1986 Herbert Vigran was a character actor from the 1930s to the 1980s. Vigran was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but his family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, when he was 16. He married Belle Pasternack in 1952 and they had two sons. Over his 50-year career, he made over 350…
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FRANK NELSON
1911-1986 Frank Nelson was born on May 6, 1911 (three months before Lucille Ball) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He started working as a radio announcer at the age of 15. He later appeared on such popular radio shows as “The Great Gildersleeve,” “Burns and Allen,” and “Fibber McGee & Molly”. Aside from Lucille Ball, Nelson is…
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
May 1, 1944 On May 1, 1944, Lucille Ball joined the cast of the Screen Guild Players to perform in the radio broadcast “A Night To Remember” based on the 1942 film of the same name. SYNOPSIS: A mystery writer and his newlywed wife move into a Greenwich Village apartment and find themselves with a corpse…
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THE WONDER SHOW
1938-1939 “The Wonder Show” radio program was so named because it was sponsored by Wonder Bread, which at the time was made by Continental Baking Company, who also made Hostess Cakes. Wonder Bread is a brand of bread which originated in the United States in 1921 and was one of the first to be sold pre-sliced…
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RIP Doris Day
“I’m really in awe of Doris Day. I adore her.” ~ Lucille Ball Surprisingly, Lucille Ball never acted opposite Doris Day in films or television, but she did interview her for her CBS radio show “Let’s Talk To Lucy” #144 on the set of Do Not Enter (1965) on March 22, 1965. The film was…
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LUCY on HOUSE PARTY
February 1965 Art Linkletter (Host) was born in 1912 in Moose Jaw, Canada. He was the host of “House Party” (aka “The Linkletter Show”) which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and “People Are Funny,” on NBC radio and TV for 19 years. Linkletter had one of the longest marriages of any…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 