Tag: Radio
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BILL STERN’S SPORTS NEWSREEL
May 24, 1946 “Bill Stern’s Sports Newsreel” was heard on NBC radio from 1937 to 1953, and CBS radio from 1953 to 1956. Until 1951, the fifteen-minute show was known as the Colgate Sports Newsreel. There were many guest stars and each show shared a story. The broadcast was heard under several different titles over…
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THEY CALLED HER MOUSEY
May 22, 1947 Directed by Mark Sloan Music Composed by Jack Miller Dramatized by Robert Sloan from the story “They Called Her Mousey” as it appeared in Reader’s Digest Radio Reader’s Digest was a compilation of short stories for radio, much like the print edition was to books. It began on CBS in 1942 sponsored by Campbell…
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HER HUSBAND’S AFFAIRS
May 22, 1949 Screen Directors Playhouse was a radio anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and original directors of the films were sometimes involved, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations, and a brief “curtain call”…
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MRS. COOPER THINKS LIZ IS PREGNANT
May 21, 1950 “Mrs. Cooper Thinks Liz is Pregnant” is episode #89 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 21, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz tells George’s mother that she’s ill so the older Mrs. Cooper won’t try to come to Liz’s bridge game, but George’s Mother thinks Liz is really pregnant, and tells…
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SCREEN DIRECTOR’S PLAYHOUSE: MISS GRANT TAKES RICHMOND
May 19, 1950 Screen Directors Playhouse was a radio anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and original directors of the films were sometimes involved, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations, and a brief “curtain call”…
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NUMEROLOGY
May 14, 1950 “Numerology” is episode #88 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 14, 1950. Synopsis ~ Mr. Curry, George and Liz’s landlord, is raising the rent, supposedly on instructions from his late wife, Bernice. Liz figures that she can fix things with a crooked Ouija Board. Notes: This program was a…
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ANNIVERSARY PRESENTS
May 13, 1949 “Anniversary Presents” (aka “Tenth Anniversary Presents”) is episode #43 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 13, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ George and Mr. Atterbury buy presents for their wives, and Iris’s present, a mink coat, is delivered to Liz’s house by mistake. This episode was…
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THE HEALTH FARM
May 7, 1950 “The Health Farm” is episode #87 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 7, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris are fed up with their husbands taking them for granted, so they check in to a fat farm. This episode features elements that later went into the “I Love Lucy” episodes “The Diet” (ILL…
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OVERWEIGHT
May 6, 1949 “Overweight” (aka “The Five-Dollar-A-Pound Diet”) is episode #42 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 6, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ After viewing some old home movies, Liz and Iris decide to go on a diet. Although far from a direct transcription, some elements of this radio script…
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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
May 3, 1943 The Screen Guild Theater presents Nothing But The Truth, which was a 1941 Paramount Pictures release. Produced by: Arthur Hornblow Jr. Directed by: Elliott Nugent Written by: Ken Englund, John Hartman Synopsis ~ Gwen Saunders teams up with her uncle’s employee, Steve Bennett, in an attempt to double her $10,000 investment in the family firm. If she can…
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