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Songs from the Year 1950. Counting down, with a few honorable mentions, to the top hit of the year.

40 Gene Krupa Bonaparte’s Retreat 1950

39 Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers Tzena Tzena 1950

38 Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters Quicksilver 1950

37 Sammy Kaye It Isn’t Fair 1950

36 Perez Prado Mambo Number 5 1950

Honorable mention:

41 Guy Lombardo Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) 1950

34 Perry Como & Betty Hutton Bushel & a Peck 1950

33 Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby Play a Simple Melody 1950

32 Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters Hoop-Dee-Doo 1950

31 Frankie Laine The Cry of the Wild Goose 1950

30 Nat King Cole Orange Colored Sky 1950

Honorable Mention:

51 Tony Martin & Fran Warren I Said my Pajamas (and Put On My Pray’rs) 1950

28 Russ Morgan Beloved, Be Faithful 1950

Honorable Mention:

57 Percy Faith All My Love 1950

59 Russ Morgan Sentimental Me 1950

Spike Jones 1950 Chinese Mule Train (Freddy Morgan, vocal)

24 Billy Whitlock Hop Scotch Polka 1950

23 Paul Weston Nevertheless (I’m in Love With You) 1950

22 The Andrews Sisters I Wanna Be Loved 1950

21 Gordon Jenkins My Foolish Heart 1950

20 The Ames Brothers Sentimental Me 1950

19 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown 1950

18 Eve Young One Silver Dollar 1950

17 The Mills Brothers Daddy’s Little Girl 1950

16 Eileen Barton If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d Have Baked a Cake 1950

15 Bing Crosby Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1950

14 Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy 1950

13 Dinah Shore Dear Hearts & Gentle People 1950

12 Sammy Kaye Harbour Lights 1950

11 Patti Page All My Love 1950

10 Billy Eckstine My Foolish Heart 1950

9 Doris Day Bewitched (bothered & bewildered)1950

8 The Ames Brothers Rag Mop 1950

7 The Andrews Sisters I Can Dream, Can’t I? 1950

6 Phil Harris The Thing 1950

5 Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers Goodnight, Irene 1950

4 Teresa Brewer (Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music! 1950

3 Patti Page Tennessee Waltz 1950

2 Anton Karas Third Man Theme 1950

1 Nat King Cole Mona Lisa 1950

The barber business has yet to make a dent in the business from Mose Moots. Today Lum has a new idea to put the bite on the rival barber. Will a price war break out? Cedric carries a sign to advertise the new deal from Mose. Lum tries to appeal to Cedric’s loyalty, but Mose sure pays good.

Lum feels that Mose is being unfair, and trying to take away all the business that he doesn’t have, yet. Lum has tried to give some visiting hillbillies a shave and haircut, but when they didn’t take him up[ on it, he asked them if they’d just stand in line outside.

Will it motivate folks to visit Lum when they see a line of shaggy haired hillbillies that doesn’t get any shorter? More hillbillies show up to get paid to stand in line. Will Lum need an advance on his wages as delivery boy? Not only is Lum’s cost going up, the hillbillies are scaring people off, and now they demand a raise. Lum has an idea to get him out of his jam.

Bob “Broadcasting from March Air Base” Hope tries out a few introductions to this rehersal show, and sings the opening along with his announcer in place of the Six Hit and a Miss. Jokes are drected to life on and off the base, Airplanes, flying, birds, bombers, girls, dating, parachutes, the chow hall, and more. Francis Langford sings, You Are Everything I Love.

Francis joins Bob to talk about their trip to the air basest jokes about wrinkles get flubbed. Despite the flubs, the laughs are big. Bob tells about his big reception to the base. Mary Jane Kroft joins the jokes to joke about the soldiers. Muscles, marching, dating, and more mixed up lines. The girls tell secrets on Skinny Ennis, his dates, and trying to jump from airplanes. Bob thinks he could make it in the military, if he had the right job. Skinny Ennis plays, Take the A Train.

As a stuffy, upscale type, Bob is Reginald, and gets dressed with the help of his valet. Francis Langford arrives to learn of his deep desire to become a 2nd Lieutenant. How will he fit into the lowly pay scale, and mundane routine? Packing all his necessities, Bob sets out.

On the tough side of the tracks, Bob plays Herman, and with Mary Jane Kroft as his girlfriend, he gets ready to respond to the draft. Topics of family in jail, shortages of rubber, and army haircuts, and more. Other family members have gone into various branches of service, and Bob tells about their jobs. Verna Felton makes an appearance to give Bob some motherly advice. Skinny Ennis is joined by the Six Hits and a Miss to sing, I’m Off To Yokahama.

In another chapter in the Life of Bob Hope, we follow the young life of Bob from birth. The nearly spoiled Bob makes it to school, the boy scouts, and makes it to his high school prom. Now in the Army with Skinny Ennis at March Field, Bob leaves off his dreams with beautiful starlets. Jerry Kolonna joins the fun with jokes about army life, and peeling potatoes. Marching, tough sergeants, discipline, the shooting range, becoming a pilot, and more. Francis administers an aptitude test, and acts as nurse to see if the guys qualify to become pilots. Will doctor Kolonna’s mental and medical exam get the guys in?

Transcript: Episode 9

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Cast:

Judy: Barbara Jean Wong

Jimmy: Unknown

Cinnamon Bear (Paddy O’Cinnamon): Buddy Duncan.

Crazy Quilt Dragon: Joseph Kearnes.

Elliott Lewis as the Roly Poly Policeman,

While sailing with Captain Taffy and the Candy pirates, the twins spot their Silver Star pinned to the chest of the Rolly Polly Policeman. Leaving the pirates behind, the twins set out to explore a new, and mysterious island. Once Jim and Judy explain their story, the Rolly Polly Policeman agrees to give them back their star. Before they can get together, more trouble pops up, and the Silver Star gets away again.

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Curiosity over Phil’s latest hit record has even Alice wondering what the Thing is. Phil heads to his band practice. Will he share the royalty check fairly with his musicians? Will there be a mutiny in the band, or taking extra jobs to cover the high cost of living? Remley has taken a babysitting job. Phil has a way with cute, little baby Myrtle… or is she a Clyde. How will Phil xplain the baby to Alice? She sings, Ask Me How Do I Feel.

The search for the baby’s mother is on, as Phil and Alice knock on doors. Remley can’t remember which of the 18 babies who he was watching, that this one is. After checking every house in the neighborhood, they try the children’s shelter, where Julius is volunteering. The girls join the fun to tease Phil about his acting, and hit songs. They sing, the Thing for Kids.

Phil pitches collecting toys for needy kids at Christmas time.

Note: Phil is often referred to in the show as Wonga, his middle name. Also to his Indian heritage. He really has no Indian blood, but is said to have had a Cherokee friend of the family who helped raise him.

Opening the Christmas season with the holiday parade last week, Jack talks about the event. Is Jack’s horsemanship as great as he makes it out to be? Mary saw the parade, and shares secrets on Jack and his horse. Phil Harris enters, loaded with jive lingo, to be teased about his fashion sense. Dennis enters with his mother. He picks up on the jive talk, but Mrs Day isn’t feeling well after the Thanksgiving dinner. After an interruption at the door, Dennis sings, At the End of My Prayer.

Though Jack compliments Dennis, his mother takes offense. Discussing Chinese proverbs leads Don into a sponsor message. Jack introduces the annual football classic murder mystery. Jack assigns parts, and football positions. An alleged real football player, Dynamite Dugan, is brought out, and interviewed by Jack. Phil plays, In My Merry Oldsmobile.

The cast gather, and the mystery begins, titled: That Ain’t Ketchup on the Grass. Jack coaches, and criticizes the team. Jokes, sassiness, and a threatening note fly. Will Dynamite Dugan be safe? The play by play fun finds a winning team, until a gunshot kills Dynamite, and the mystery goes into next week.

Note: Frank Nelson is the football announcer.

Saddled with extra duties, Connie complains to Mrs Davis about her driver’s ed students. Walter’s tragic tidings mean he can hardly keep himself from eating the last of the French toast for breakfast. But he’ll force himself.

Keeping up with rival principal, Mr Brill, the band may have to suffer through a tuba solo by Mr Conklin. At school, Connie learns from Harriet about how hard her dad has been practicing. I wonder how the Flight of the Bumble Bee will sound on the tuba? A little sabotage could help Connie’s cause.

At lunch, Connie tries to enlist the help of Mr Boynton in keeping their principal from going through with his plan. Sabotage could still be the answer to keep the Conklin car from being repaired. Stretch gets his driving lesson in the freshly fixed car. Let’s see how long it stays that way. The plot thickens when Conklin plans to take the train. Is all hope lost?

Transcript: Episode 8

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Cast:

Judy: Barbara Jean Wong

Jimmy: Unknown

Cinnamon Bear (Paddy O’Cinnamon): Buddy Duncan.

Crazy Quilt Dragon: Joseph Kearnes.

Cy Kendall as Captain Taffy, the Pirate, and Chief Cook and Bottle Washer (Indian Chief)

In our last episode, Jim and Judy were left in a tight spot when the Candy Pirates came onto the scene. Are the kids in danger? Are the pirates going to be as bad as the Inkapoo Indians? The pirate tell their story in song when the twins and Cinnamon Bear are captured and taken to their pirate ship.

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Transcription: Episode 7

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Cast:

Judy: Barbara Jean Wong

Jimmy: Unknown

Cinnamon Bear (Paddy O’Cinnamon): Buddy Duncan

Crazy Quilt Dragon: Joseph Kearnes.

Elvia Allman as Penelope the Pelican

Elliott Lewis as Presto the Magician

Crazy Quilt helps Jim, Judy and The Cinnamon Bear get past the Inkapoo Indians.

They meet an odd man who turns out to be Presto the Magician.

He’s not a bad man, just a bad magician. Through his bad magic, the pelican is turned up, only without the Silver Star.

Note Wikipedia: Episodes began at Thanksgiving and ended at Christmas, with one episode airing each night. The show was created by a group of merchants as an advertising promotion, and was recorded in only a few weeks. It was produced by Lindsay MacHarrie, who also provided the voice of Westley the Whale and several other characters.

Business for barber Edwards has been less than spectacular. To boost sales, he shows off his new idea to Abner. Personalized mugs with shaving soap in them. Each customer will have one with his own name when he comes in for a shave. Who belongs to the names on the mugs? Nobody Abner recognizes.

Lum’s use of psychology begins to make Abner worry about his friend. Is Lum srtanding out from the crowd? Abner tries to cheer him up anyway… to the point of wanting to slide himself. To be patriotic, some of the names on the mugs include Churchill, and Roosevelt. Patriotic, or false advertising, is what Abner wonders.

Trying to clarify where such people live around town, Abner is confused how Lum knows them, or whether he’ll mail them a shave. A phone call could mean business for Lum. The whole shift at the defense plant want mugs with personalized names… if Lum can manage to spell them.