Two + hours of Comedy

First a look at this day in History.

Then Screen Directors Playhouse, originally broadcast February 17, 1950, 74 years ago, It’s In The Bag starring Fred Allen. A flea circus operator searches for a hidden fortune within a Louis XIV chair. An adaptation of Allen’s 1945 motion picture.

Followed by The Halls of Ivy starring Ronald and Benita Coleman, originally broadcast February 17, 1950, 74 years ago, The Chinese Student. Dr. Hall uses the opportunity of an address in the Ivy chapel to speak of tolerance and brotherhood, after a Chinese student leaves Ivy because of prejudice.

Then The Danny Kaye Show, originally broadcast February 17, 1945, 79 years ago, Danny’s new dog. Danny's new dog, causes Danny to be evicted from his hotel room during the housing shortage. The cast does "Uncle Dan'l's Cabin."

Followed by Abbott and Costello, originally broadcast February 17, 1949, 75 years ago, Sam Shovel at the Races. "Sam Shovel" solves, "The Case Of The Shakespearean Actor Who Robbed The Perfume Factory and Stole An Unlabeled Bottle Of Perfume" or, "Tabu or Not Tabu." How about, "The Case Of The Panhandler Who Pawned His False Teeth" or, "Beggers Can't Be Chewers."

Finally Lum and Abner, originally broadcast February 17, 1942, 82 years ago. Changing the Clock. War Savings Time has come to Pine Ridge, well, at least to the Jot 'Em Down Store!

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