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The Comedy-O-Rama Hour The Wireless Theatre Company [ 1 ] The Auntie Mabel Hour , broadcast on the 1960s pirate radio station Radio City , off the British coast.
The Eddie Bracken Show is an American old-time radio situation comedy. It was broadcast on NBC from January 28, 1945, to May 27, 1945, and on CBS from September 29, 1946, to March 23, 1947. [ 1 ]
The Judy Canova Show is an American old-time radio comedy-variety program. It was broadcast on CBS July 6, 1943 – June 27, 1944, and on NBC January 13, 1945 – June 30, 1951, and December 29, 1951 – May 28, 1953. [1] Each version differed from the others to some extent, although comedy and music remained the focal points. [2]
Goodwin had another radio program a decade later. The 55-minute [5] Bill Goodwin Show was broadcast on NBC radio beginning March 25, 1957. It was carried by 95 of the network's affiliates and sponsored by Schick razors. [6] This program was a variety show with Robert Linn and the Hi-Fi's quartet providing music and David Ketchum doing comedy ...
The Bob Burns Show (also known as The Arkansas Traveler) was an American old-time radio comedy program that starred comedian Bob Burns.The program derived from a character Burns performed for five years on Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall entitled "The Arkansas Traveler".
Vincent Terrace, in his book, Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows, wrote, "Many of the skits revolved around Bud and Lou's efforts to succeed in some sort of business venture." [2] The sketches were often culled from their vaudeville act. [3] Abbott and Costello became one of the top radio comedy acts of the 1940s. [4]
The Danny Kaye Show featured singing, instrumental music, and various kinds of comedy sketches. [2] In Nobody's Fool, Martin Gottfried wrote about the program: "Everything about it was to be top drawer, beginning with Kaye's then record salary of $16,000 a week (compared to the $100 apiece he had been paid for three minor CBS radio shows in 1940)."
The First Nighter Program was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from November 27, 1930, to September 27, 1953. [1] The host was Mr. First Nighter (Charles P. Hughes, Macdonald Carey , Bret Morrison , Marvin Miller , Don Briggs and Rye Billsbury, later known as Michael Rye ).