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Abbott and Costello, “Hunting Guide with Claire Trevor,” originally broadcast January 14, 1943. This NBC Radio Network comedy features Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, with guest star Claire Trevor. With wartime meat shortages on their minds, Bud and Lou head for the Pine Tree hunting lodge in search of game—and find Claire Trevor serving as their unexpectedly capable hunting guide. A bear-hunting out...

The Jack Benny Program presents “Jb 1934 - 09 - 28 Last Show of Season - Rise of the House of Rawchild,” originally broadcast September 28, 1934. This was episode 26 of Jack Benny’s General Tire season on NBC’s Red Network. For the season-closing broadcast, Jack Benny and the regular company gather for a comedy sketch set at a General Tire banquet. Film-comedy favorite Bert Wheeler guests, alongsi...

Burns and Allen, “The Burns and Allen Show 1943 - 11 - 16 (12) Guest - Walter Pidgeon,” originally broadcast November 16, 1943. This CBS broadcast is episode 12 of the 1943–44 season and features George Burns, Gracie Allen, and guest star Walter Pidgeon, with Bill Goodwin. When movie star Walter Pidgeon becomes the Burns and Allen’s new next-door neighbor, Gracie sees an opportunity for matchmakin...

Fibber McGee and Molly — “Parking the Car,” originally broadcast February 22, 1956. This archival episode finds the long-running radio-comedy favorites in a typically domestic predicament centered on parking the car. Starring Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly, the program brings its familiar blend of neighborhood comedy, comic frustration, and warm husband-and-wife banter to an every...

Abbott and Costello, “Lou Inherits Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars,” originally broadcast January 21, 1948. In this ABC radio comedy, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are joined by Sid Fields as Lawyer Melonhead, with Susan Miller featured as vocalist. Lou learns he may be heir to $800,000 from “Diamond Jim” Costello, but a dispute over which grandson has the rightful claim sends Bud and Lou hunting for...

The Jack Benny Program, “Mileage Rationing Special,” originally broadcast December 1, 1942. This is a wartime public-service special featuring Jack Benny rather than a regular series installment. As nationwide gasoline rationing begins, Benny joins Eddie Cantor, George Burns and Gracie Allen for comedy and music encouraging conservation and cooperation with the new mileage rules. Dinah Shore, Bill...

Burns and Allen, “Gracie’s Last Minute Christmas Gift,” originally broadcast December 18, 1947, is episode 16 of the 1947–48 NBC Maxwell House Coffee Time season. George Burns and Gracie Allen star, with Hans Conried and Gale Gordon also appearing. With Christmas fast approaching, George tries to learn what Gracie wants for a gift—but Gracie’s written clues turn the search into a baffling holiday...

Fibber McGee and Molly — “Listening to Carols” (episode 344), originally broadcast December 22, 1942. In this Christmas-week visit to Wistful Vista, Fibber grumbles about children singing carols while Molly and young Teeny put his holiday spirit to the test. Familiar visitors, including Harlow Wilcox and Mrs. Uppington, add to the seasonal domestic comedy, with music by Billy Mills and His Orchest...

Abbott and Costello presents “Investment Advice” (also cataloged as “Back Home Again”), originally broadcast October 5, 1944. In this AFRS-titled archival episode, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are joined by announcer Ken Niles, vocalist Connie Haines, and the Freddie Rich Orchestra. Back in Los Angeles after a visit to his uncle’s farm, Lou has $75 burning a hole in his pocket and turns to Bud for...

The Jack Benny Program presents “J. B. Goes 194x - Xx - Xx Front Line Theater - Ham for Sale,” originally broadcast March 27, 1944. This Armed Forces Radio Service version retitles a Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre episode also known as “Why Jack Is Not Going to Appear on the Show.” Jack Benny finds himself eager to join a prestigious Screen Guild radio production featuring Barbara Stanwyck and B...

Burns and Allen, “Gracie Is Late for the Show,” originally broadcast February 24, 1941. This is broadcast No. 35 of the series’ Hormel Spam run on NBC Red Network. With airtime approaching at NBC Radio City, George Burns is left waiting for Gracie Allen and bandleader Artie Shaw. Their late arrival sparks a lively web of comic misunderstandings, with advice columnist Beatrice Fairfax joining the p...

Fibber McGee and Molly, “Clean Closet—Mrs. Carstairs Is Coming” (episode 443), originally broadcast June 5, 1945. Jim Jordan stars as Fibber opposite Marian Jordan as Molly in this NBC comedy, written by Don Quinn and Phil Leslie and sponsored by Johnson’s Wax. At 79 Wistful Vista, Molly begins sorting out the McGees’ famously overcrowded hall closet, but Fibber quickly takes charge of a job that...

Abbott and Costello, “42 - 10 - 15 Bank Robbery with Marlene Dietrich,” originally broadcast October 15, 1942. This NBC Red program, sponsored by Camel cigarettes, is cataloged as episode 15 in one established numbering system. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello begin with radio-studio comedy alongside announcer Ken Niles, vocalist Connie Haines, and sound man Mel Blanc before Lou is swept into a bank-ro...

The Jack Benny Program presents “Jb 1932 - 05 - 02 First Show,” originally broadcast May 2, 1932. This premiere is episode 1 of Benny’s Canada Dry radio run. In his first paid professional radio appearance, Jack Benny serves as master of ceremonies for a music-filled broadcast from the Roof Garden of New York’s New Amsterdam Theatre. Bandleader George Olsen and his orchestra are featured alongside...

Our Miss Brooks, “Helping Hands” (episode 306), originally broadcast September 11, 1955. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and Robert Rockwell as bashful biology teacher Philip Boynton. As the new school term approaches, Connie is eager to see Mr. Boynton again, but unsettling signs around Madison High—including Conklin’s so...

Our Miss Brooks presents “The Magic Christmas Tree,” episode 321, originally broadcast on CBS on December 25, 1955. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon, Robert Rockwell, Richard Crenna, and Jane Morgan among the familiar comedy ensemble. On Christmas Eve, Connie faces a quiet night at the cottage she shares with Mrs. Davis—until a young tree seller and a...

Our Miss Brooks, “Conklin the Bachelor” (episode 227), originally broadcast on CBS on December 13, 1953. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as the formidable Principal Osgood Conklin. At Christmastime, Connie’s plans for a dinner involving biology teacher Philip Boynton become tangled in Mrs. Conklin’s elaborate effort to rekindle her husband’s attentio...

Our Miss Brooks, “Audition Show (Eve Arden),” originally broadcast June 23, 1948. In this CBS audition presentation, Eve Arden introduces sharp-witted Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks; the episode is commonly cataloged as episode 0. A traffic accident brings Connie into an awkward first encounter with Madison High’s incoming principal, Osgood Conklin, played here by Will Wright. Written...

Our Miss Brooks presents “Eve Arden Biography.” Original broadcast date and episode number are not supplied. This archival program focuses on Eve Arden, the star whose quick-witted portrayal of English teacher Connie Brooks made Our Miss Brooks a radio comedy favorite. Old Time Comedy Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement,...

Our Miss Brooks, “Elopement with Walter” (episode 97), originally broadcast September 17, 1950. At Madison High’s fall-term opening, English teacher Connie Brooks finds Philip Boynton’s volunteer fire-department training consuming his evenings. When Boynton needs a two-story house for a ladder-rescue practice, Connie spots an opportunity involving Principal Osgood Conklin’s home. Eve Arden stars a...

Our Miss Brooks, “Hobbies” (AFRS), originally broadcast January 10, 1954, is episode 231 of the classic schoolroom comedy starring Eve Arden as English teacher Connie Brooks. Also known as “Mr. Conklin’s Wax Effigies,” this Armed Forces Radio Service transcription features Gale Gordon, Robert Rockwell, Richard Crenna, Gloria McMillan, and Jesslyn Fax. Principal Osgood Conklin orders the Madison Hi...

Our Miss Brooks, “Mr. Boynton’s Parents,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 8, 1949, is episode 40 of the classic schoolroom comedy. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Jeff Chandler as the ever-elusive Philip Boynton. In this Mother’s Day-themed episode, Connie is named “Mother Away From Mother” just as Mr. Boynton prepares to introduce her to his visiting parents...

Our Miss Brooks, “Faculty Cheerleader,” originally broadcast September 18, 1949. Commonly cataloged as episode 58, this back-to-school comedy stars Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and Jeff Chandler as Mr. Boynton. As Madison High prepares for its first football game of the season, Conklin revives the idea of selecting a faculty...

Our Miss Brooks, “Tears for Mr. Boynton,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 10, 1955. This is episode 284 of the classic schoolroom comedy starring Eve Arden as English teacher Connie Brooks, with Robert Rockwell as the earnest Mr. Boynton. At Madison High, two boys with especially tearful tales win Miss Brooks’s sympathy. When Connie enlists Mr. Boynton to help set things right, the situation...

Our Miss Brooks, “The Dancer” (also known as “The Balloon Dancer”), originally broadcast October 29, 1950, is episode 103 of the classic CBS comedy. Eve Arden stars as Madison High’s ever-resourceful English teacher, Connie Brooks, alongside Gale Gordon as the formidable Principal Osgood Conklin. After an eye examination leaves Connie’s vision temporarily blurred, she finds herself helping cover C...