Charles Correll? No.
Kate Smith? No.
Jack Benny? No.
Harry Von Zell? Yes.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Greatest all-around radio performer in 1937?
Eddie Cantor? No.
Charles Correll? No.
Kate Smith? No.
Jack Benny? No.
Harry Von Zell? Yes.
Charles Correll? No.
Kate Smith? No.
Jack Benny? No.
Harry Von Zell? Yes.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Radio's Gunsmoke sometimes came on Saturday afternoons
I'll bet most of you thought Gunsmoke came on during prime time (or later.) After all, this was an adult show, with adult themes, right?
Well in 1955, in Portsmouth, Maine - here's a schedule that shows Gunsmoke coming on at 12:30 in the afternoon on a Saturday.
Well in 1955, in Portsmouth, Maine - here's a schedule that shows Gunsmoke coming on at 12:30 in the afternoon on a Saturday.
Amos 'n' Andy 'n' the Roosevelts
It would be hard to imagine anyone calling ultra-liberal, Democrat-supremes Franklin or Elanor Roosevelt 'racist' but here is a blurb from December of 1935 about them having dinner with Amos 'n' Andy actors Freeman Gosdin and Charles Correll.
 |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
