"...where all the women are strong and the children are above average."
Pabst Blue Ribbon Town
Stars: Groucho Marx (until 6/17/44), Kenny Baker (after that)
[Danny Kaye also had some involvement.]
Sponsor: Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Network: CBS
Aired: 1943-1944
Type of Show: Variety
NB: Segued into The Kenny Baker Program
Perry Mason
Star: John Larkin
Sponsors: Tide, Camay
Network: CBS
Aired: 1943-1955
Type of Show: Soap Opera (yes!)
NB: Very different from the later TV show. These were
the same cases as seen in the CBS television series. But since this
was a soap opera a case didn't have to be completed in one airing.
This series would spinoff a TV soap opera, The Edge of Night.
The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show (also known as "The Fitch
Band Wagon")
Stars: Phil Harris, Alice Faye (Mrs. Phil Harris),
Elliot Lewis, others
Sponsor: Fitch hair products, Rexall drug stores
Network: NBC
Aired: 1946-1954
Type of Show: Situation Comedy (w/added musical
selections)
NB: The Fitch Band Wagon was a variety program
which was taken over by the Harrises as a situation comedy after World
War Two.
Host: Garrison Keillor
Sponsor: Lands' End (don't let anyone tell you Public Radio
is noncommercial!)
Network: Public Radio International (PRI), formerly known as
American Public Radio (APR)
Aired: Since the mid 1970s (still on the air)
Type of Show: Variety
NB: This two hour show is probably the only thing young
people can see what OTR was like today. The programs are aired
live and heard around the world.
Garrison Keillor
Radio Programs beginning with "P"