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Gangbusters - "A Date With Death" (06-04-49) - The Jack Benny Program - May 31, 1942 – Best of The JELL-O Years
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
The Case Of The Date With Death (Aired June 4, 1949)
The initial series was on NBC Radio from July 20 - October 12, 1935. It then aired on CBS from January 15, 1936 to June 15, 1940, sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive and Cue magazine. From October 11, 1940 to December 25, 1948, it was heard on the Blue Network, with various sponsors that included Sloan's Liniment, Waterman pens and Tide. Returning to CBS on January 8, 1949, it ran until June 25, 1955, sponsored by Grape-Nuts and Wrigley's chewing gum. The final series was on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 5, 1955 to November 27, 1957. It was once narrated by Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr., former head of the New Jersey State Police. The radio series was adapted for DC Comics, Big Little Books and a 1942 movie serial. The 1952 Gang Busters TV series was reedited into two feature films, Gang Busters (1954) and Guns Don't Argue (1957).
THIS EPISODE:
June 4, 1949. Program #583. CBS network origination, syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York aircheck. "The Case Of The Date With Death". Sponsored by: World Wide Handicrafts. WRVR rebroadcast date: March 12, 1973. 24:48. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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Best of The JELL-O Years
May 31, 1942 – After 8 years with JELL-O the Jack Benny Show is changing sponsors (it’s still the parent company General Foods). They are doing a clips show or “A Cavalcade of Last 8 Years with JELL-O”. Clips include: How Jack met Rochester, Buck Benny Rides Again, Andy Devine, Jack saves Fred Allen’s life, Lost Horizon, Dennis Day’s first appearance, Mary’s mother, Carmichael the Polar Bear and the gas man, Mr. Billingsley, Don’s wife, and the New Year’s Eve fantasy.
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The Case Of The Date With Death (Aired June 4, 1949)
The initial series was on NBC Radio from July 20 - October 12, 1935. It then aired on CBS from January 15, 1936 to June 15, 1940, sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive and Cue magazine. From October 11, 1940 to December 25, 1948, it was heard on the Blue Network, with various sponsors that included Sloan's Liniment, Waterman pens and Tide. Returning to CBS on January 8, 1949, it ran until June 25, 1955, sponsored by Grape-Nuts and Wrigley's chewing gum. The final series was on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 5, 1955 to November 27, 1957. It was once narrated by Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr., former head of the New Jersey State Police. The radio series was adapted for DC Comics, Big Little Books and a 1942 movie serial. The 1952 Gang Busters TV series was reedited into two feature films, Gang Busters (1954) and Guns Don't Argue (1957).
THIS EPISODE:
June 4, 1949. Program #583. CBS network origination, syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York aircheck. "The Case Of The Date With Death". Sponsored by: World Wide Handicrafts. WRVR rebroadcast date: March 12, 1973. 24:48. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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Best of The JELL-O Years
May 31, 1942 – After 8 years with JELL-O the Jack Benny Show is changing sponsors (it’s still the parent company General Foods). They are doing a clips show or “A Cavalcade of Last 8 Years with JELL-O”. Clips include: How Jack met Rochester, Buck Benny Rides Again, Andy Devine, Jack saves Fred Allen’s life, Lost Horizon, Dennis Day’s first appearance, Mary’s mother, Carmichael the Polar Bear and the gas man, Mr. Billingsley, Don’s wife, and the New Year’s Eve fantasy.