Stan Freberg Show - August 18, 1957 - Stan runs afoul of the CBS Censor by singing Old Man River, while an episode of Face the Funnies turns ugly

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Hour 1 - The Lives of Harry Lime -- August 17, 1951- In New York City, Governor James Hadley offers Harry $15,000 to free him with a blackmail plot. It’s 1942 and Harry Lime has returned to New York as he’d heard that an old and important enemy of his wanted to see him. He went to the hotel where he was staying supposedly incognito and made himself available at the bar. It was some time and many drinks later that he was approached at the bar by a women who told him that he was the only one who could save him – his old enemy Governor James Hadley.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Hour 1 - The Lives of Harry Lime -- August 17, 1951- In New York City, Governor James Hadley offers Harry $15,000 to free him with a blackmail plot. It’s 1942 and Harry Lime has returned to New York as he’d heard that an old and important enemy of his wanted to see him. He went to the hotel where he was staying supposedly incognito and made himself available at the bar. It was some time and many drinks later that he was approached at the bar by a women who told him that he was the only one who could save him – his old enemy Governor James Hadley.

"Martin and Lewis" - August 16, 1949. Dean and Jerry try to get guest Victor Moore to co-sign a note for $4000 so they can buy a nightclub.

"Martin and Lewis" - August 16, 1949. Dean and Jerry try to get guest Victor Moore to co-sign a note for $4000 so they can buy a nightclub.

"This is Your FBI"- "The Dime A Dance Stickup." Originally broadcast August 15, 1952. Stacy Harris played the lead role of fictional Special Agent Jim Taylor.

"This is Your FBI"- "The Dime A Dance Stickup." Originally broadcast August 15, 1952. Stacy Harris played the lead role of fictional Special Agent Jim Taylor.

71st anniversary of the end of World War 2 -- Victory in Japan day (V-J Day). The news and sounds of the end of World War 2, and Norman Corwin’s Fourteen August performed by Orson Welles from August 14, 1945.

71st anniversary of the end of World War 2 -- Victory in Japan day (V-J Day). The news and sounds of the end of World War 2, and Norman Corwin’s Fourteen August performed by Orson Welles from August 14, 1945.

"The Chase and Sanborn Hour" - August 13, 1939. Charlie is planning a hiking trip. Guest Joan Blondell and Don appear in a Hollywood comedy, "Stardust," by Cyril Kramer. Vera Vague lectures about travel to England. Charlie stages his own version of "Stardust," called "Fishing Prohibited," or "No Casting Today."