The H & H Radio™ Podcast Episode 8
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Intro music was “Doin’ The Uptown Lowdown” by Joe Venuti’s Blue Six, in the background, which was from 1933 – a veritable oldies tune by the time our feature was first aired. It was September 14, 1941 that Kraft presented “The Great Gildersleeve”, episode 3, broadcast on NBC. Funny stuff!
The H & H Radio™ Podcast Episode 7
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This week, I introduced the episode with a song timely to the main feature and to the era titled, “Praise The Lord, And Pass The Ammunition” by one of my favorite groups of the time, The Merry Macs. The feature presentation is a classic episode of The Johnson’s Wax Program with Fibber McGee and Molly, first broadcast on NBC on February 23, 1943.
The H & H Radio™ Podcast Episode 6
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On a sad note, Patty Andrews, the lead singer of the super-famous Andrews Sisters, passed away at her home in L.A. the day before yesterday at the age of 94. She, with her sisters, aired several live broadcast shows from ABC and CBS between 1944-1951. The show I am featuring on this episode was originally broadcast on Wednesday, November 28, 1945, sponsored by Nash-Kelvinator. This show epitomizes a few iconic performances of the 20th century – notably, The Andrews Sisters perform their most famous WWII-era hit, “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Their guests on this week’s broadcast? A comedy duo by the name of Abbott and Costello – and, yes (!), they do their most famous hit too, “Who’s On First”. Aspects of this episode made me fall in love with the era all over again, those from what has been called The Greatest Generation.