In Breaking Walls episode 149 we’ll spend March of 1944 with Hal Peary and The Great Gildersleeve.

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Highlights:

• The Men And Women On The Front Lines of War War II in March 1944

• Hal Peary and the Birth of Gildersleeve on Fibber McGee and Molly

• The First Ever Sitcom Spin Off and The Great Gildersleeve Premieres

• Registering To Vote

• Mid March 1944 News with NBC War Telescope

• Gildy Wants to Run For Mayor

• The Campaign Photo

• A Night In A Foxhole

• Looking Ahead to Easter Sunday 1944

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The reading material used in today’s episode was:

• On The Air — By John Dunning

• Network Radio Ratings — By Jim Ramsburg

As well as articles from:

• Broadcasting Magazine

• The Library of Congress

• The New York Times

• Radio Daily

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On the interview front:

• Ken Carpenter, Alice Faye, Shirley Mitchell, Frank Nelson, Hal Peary, Lilian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle spoke with Chuck Schaden. Hear these chats at Speakingofradio.com.

• Shirley Mitchell also spoke with Jim Bohannon in 1987.

• Howard Duff spoke to Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these interviews at Goldenage-WTIC.org

• Don Quinn spoke with Owen Cunningham

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Selected music featured in today’s episode was:

• Besame Mucho — By Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

• Danse Macabre — By Camille Saint-Saëns

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A special thank you to Ted Davenport, Jerry Haendiges, and Gordon Skene.

For Ted go to RadioMemories.com, for Jerry, visit OTRSite.com, and for Gordon, please go to PastDaily.com.

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Thank you to:

Tony Adams

Steven Allmon

Orson Orsen Chandler

Phil Erickson

Gerrit Lane

Jessica Hanna

Perri Harper

Thomas M. Joyce

Ryan Kramer

Earl Millard

Gary Mollica

Barry Nadler

Christian Neuhaus

Ray Shaw

Filipe A Silva

John Williams

Jim W.

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