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Jack Haley - Little Lord Fontleroy. 381028.

Jack and the cast joke about grooming and being well dressed. A swinging tune from the singers. Jack is urged to learn charm and poise. Virginia Medows sings, swinging Annie Laurie through the Rye. Jack turns to his family album to tell about Fontleroy Haley at age 10. Though poor and hungry, Jack sets out to make good and make his mark on the world. Kitzel is Jack's conscience who haunts him and guides his decisions. Jack and Virginia wrap up with a duo, Don't Cross Your Fingers Cross your ...

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Grand Ol Opry - Red Foley with Guest Hank Snow. 500121.

At this time in the history of the Grand Ol Opry, the show featured regulars: Red Foley, Minnie Pearl, Rod Brassfield, The Old Hickory Singers, and Wally Fowler's Oakridge Quartet. Today they are joined by guest singer, Hank Snow. Get ready to relax and enjoy some good old time country music and humor. Bonus Track: Abbott and Costello. Artie Stebbens Bee Farm. 1945.

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Phil Harris Alice Faye - Phil Takes a Self Improvement Course. 461201.

The premise of the episode is recent classes that Phil has been taking. He has to write a report but is having trouble concentrating. After a long night of school work, Phillus and Alice sneak in on their sleeping dad to wake him, and manage to tell secrets on him. At breakfast Alice wants to hear what Phil has written for his homework. He wants to get inspiration from hanging out in the pool hall. Instead, Phil is off to rehearsal. Phil sings, If You're Ever Down in Texas Look Me Up. Frank ...

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Mel Blanc - The Chinese Philosopher. 460610.

Actually, the date is most likely from 1947, and this is one of the last shows in the series. Mel and his girlfriend look over his old high school yearbooks. Her father, Mr. Colby is expecting a Chinese Philosopher to arrive and be speaker at an important social function. Mel gets his friend Zookie to pick the man up at the train station, a situation doomed for embarrassment. Mel's rival, Hartley Benson stops in to give Mel a hard time related to their education, or lack of one. Also to l ...

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Abbott and Costello - Burt Gordon, The Mad Russian. 431230.

Bud and Lou talk about dogs. Soon, Ken Niles and Verna Felton arrive to be insulted about her looks. Freddie Rich plays, Holiday for Strings. Lou is facing a law suit, so a duscussion based on lawyer jokes begins, along with plays on words. Next Lou wants to borrow money for his legal fines, and Bud zaps him with some twisted math logic. Connie Haines sings, Talk Me Into It Baby. Verna Felton is back to arrest Lou. Fortunately Bud has hired a top lawyer, the Mad Russian. Though Lou just wan ...

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Amos and Andy - Candy for Caroline. 431203.

A couple gangsters cross paths with the Kingfish, who rents them space in the lodge hall. Meanwhile, Andy finds true love... again. Andy wants to print a special note for his gal, but the new printing business in the lodge hall isn't that kind of a printer. Whith all that green ink in the shop, they must be working on things for St Patricks Day instead of Valentines Day. If you know what I mean. After snooping around, Andy finds that he left his box of candy for his new girl, Caroline in ...

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Jack Benny - Charlie Chan In Radio City. 341111

We roll the clock way back to an early classic from Jack Benny. There are som audio glitches that arrise through the show, but the worst is over at the beginning. As is usual for shows during this era, somebody has taken liberties and snipped out musical numbers. Once the show gets under way, Jack begins with a fake news report, which was his style in his first couple years on the air. The middle segment deals with Jack and Mary interviewing a man who is supposed to be a Shakespearean ac ...

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Phil Harris and Alice Fay - A Job at Rexall for Willie. 481107.

In this show, Alice drives Phil to band practice, where Phil tries to run through some music. He ends up singing his popular hit, Bill Jackson, also known as the Poker Song. Remley is upset when he learns that Willie is trying to get him off the show. The two of them speak to the sponsor about Willie. Phil and Remley come to the conclusion that if they can get Willie a job with the sponsor, it will get Willie off their backs. Will it work? Somehow you know it will backfire. After Alice ...

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Fibber McGee and Molly - Lost Engagement Ring. 370607.

Molly is facing a day of house cleaning. She knows that she can get more done if Fibber isn't hanging around. Before she can start, Molly discovers that her diamond engagement ring is missing. Besides having Fibber help her look for it, all their friends stop by including Mrs. Uppington, Mayor LaTrivia, the Old Timer, and Teeny. After Fibber takes heroic measures to clean up and look for the valuable ring, he not only discovers it, but that he has been duped by Molly. Billy Mills plays up ...

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Fred Allen - Christmas With Jack Benny. 371222.

Jack Benny is the guest star on this Fred Allen episode. In these early days, Fred Allen had a one hour show. Jack barges in when Fred is introduced, and gets in a quick Jello plug. Town Hall news revolves around the weather of the recent cold wave. As the show progresses, enjoy the mellow and upbeat tunes of the Mills Brothers. Jack keeps trying to butt in as often as he can. Instead, Fred intrviews the man who runs the hamburger consession at the studio. Eventually Jack gets his moment at ...

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Cinnamon Bear - North Pole. 371224.

Just as Santa has taken off for his Christmas ride, the Crazy Quilt Dragon, once again has the Silver Star and is on the run. What would make him do such a thing? Crazy Quilt tries to make his get away by climbing the North Pole. There is a last minute tangle, and then... Hey, what do you expect? A sad ending? Jim and Judy are back at home, and try to tell their mom about their adventures. It couldn't have been only a dream... could it?

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Cinnamon Bear - Captain Tintop. 371223.

Captain Tintop is the hero of the day when he presents the Silver Star back to Jim and Judy. He reports on his adventure in regaining the star. This calls for a trip to the Banquet Hall. Time draws near for Christmas, and Santa has plans to take the twins home. But are they forgetting something?

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Cinnamon Bear - The Parade. 371222.

Santa's tin soldiers are investigating the mysterious green creature who seems to be causing trouble in recovering the missing Silver Star. Still, with Santa's men on the job, the twins rest easy while they learn more about Santa and his workshops. They take a ride on a Christmas train. The toys are all ready, and all that is left is to put them on parade. When the prade is done, good news arrives. The Silver Star is back.

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Amos and Andy - Annual Christmas Program. 411224.

From early in the run of the Amos and Andy show, they reran this Christmas episode. In later years it was expanded to fill the half hour time slot. I purposely chose this shorter version, just so I could cram in some Christmas music. Enjoy and have a Merry Christmas, and happy holiday season. This short program is a little different from the laer 30 minute version that follod in later years. It has Andy bringing over a bag of toys to Amos. His wife is out for some last minute shopping, an ...

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Cinnamon Bear - Santa Claus. 371220

Jim and Judy visit with Santa claus, who agrees to look over the Silver Star and try to repair it before Christmas. Not only that, but Santa promises to overhaul the tattered Crazy Quilt Dragon. The twins and Cinnamon Bear even get to ride in Santa's sleigh, as they tour his toy shops. As well as the day has gone, it ends on a down beat. Can you believe it? the Silver Star is missing again.

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Cinnamon Bear - The Bad Dolls. 371221.

When the Silver Star is once again missing, it's the Bad Dolls who took it. Santa prevents our heros from running after the dolls, he has his own ways of resolving the matter. With Santa handling the Silver Star situation, Jim, Judy, and Cinnamon Bear get to do more exploring in Santa's workshops. Things take a turn for the worse again when Santa gets some word about the missing star.

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Cinnamon Bear - Snowman. 371219.

The Cinnamon Bear was a favorite show of old time radio that was aired every Christmas during the classic days of radio. Jim and Cinnamon Bear read the special note for them that was pinned to the flying hat. They are told to fly to a land of ice and snow. The gang enjoy the sights below as they fly over the magical landscape. On the way, they try to imagine what awaits them, and why do they need to go to this frozen land? When they arrive at a palace, a friendly snowman helps them out. A ...

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Cinnamon Bear - Flying Hat. 371218.

The Cinnamon Bear was a favorite show of old time radio that was aired every Christmas during the classic days of radio. The Wintergreen Witch tries to turn our heros into frogs. After her last encounter though she has lost her magic powers. Even so she poses a real threat to Jim, Judy, Cinnamon Bear and Crazy Quilt. Will our heros get away? Will they get their star back? Will they ever find the Singing tree? Things look bleak when everybody grows too sleepy to stay awake. Imagine their s ...

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Cinnamon Bear - Wooden Indian. 371217.

The Cinnamon Bear was a favorite show of old time radio that was aired every Christmas during the classic days of radio. No sooner do the cowboys leave, than our heros are being chased by Indians. After being cornered, our heros bravely decide to turn and face their attackers, only to find a lone wooden Indian. He is willing to trade, but is his price too high? With Christmas getting closer, will our gang get the Silver Star repaired in time? Even more trouble arises when they run into th ...

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Bing crosby - Philco Radio Time Christmas 471224.

With some extra bonus tracks, this is a little longer program. In our feature, Bing Sings, then a short drama follows. 1). Come All Ye Faithful. 2). The Christmas Song. 3). Jingle Bells. Sponsor Break. 4). White Christmas. The Christmas Play: The Small One. A story that takes place in a Mexican village, and involves Pablo and his small donkey. Pablo is upset when his donkey doesn't want to do anything, but his father, Bing, tells him a story about another donkey from long ago, named ...

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