In 1951, the week of May 13-19 was declared National Defense Week and there were parades and speeches in cities around the country as a tribute to the Armed Forces. The final day of the celebrations, May 19th, was also known as Armed Forces Day. Also on that final day, Jimmy Stewart was part of…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Martha Deane Show #3
Mr. Stewart appeared on three documented Martha Deane shows as discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. None of the shows is available. The host of the Martha Deane Show was actually Marian Young Taylor. She hosted the show for 32 years on WOR-AM, in Manhattan. Her announcer was George Hogan. Stewart’s final appearance on…
James Stewart Stars as…The Six Shooter 1
We Americans are not the only ones obsessed with Jimmy Stewart’s radio career. The British also issued a series of cassettes featuring shows from The Six Shooter series. The first of these was issued in 1996 by Hodder Headline Audiobooks (HH350). This was a 2-cassette set, packaged differently than most U.S. sets. The plastic case…
Hi Jinx (May 17, 1949)
Although Stewart is listed as having been a guest on this Jinx Falkenburg program by Gerard Molyneaux in his excellent book, James Stewart A Bio-Bibliography, we have thus far been unable to confirm the appearance. Newspaper listings, like the one below from the New York Times, do not mention the names of any guests for…
Twenty Questions
Children had been playing this game for years before it made the airwaves. One child would think of something, and then the other(s) would ask questions to try to narrow down and finally guess what that person was thinking about. One of the first questions usually asked was “is it animal, vegetable or mineral?” Fred…
Jimmy Stewart for the United Jewish Appeal
Jimmy Stewart recorded a 60-seond spot for the 1960 United Jewish Appeal. His, and messages by Jack Benny, Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Robert Ryan and Cornel Wilde, were issued to radio stations on a 7-inch, 45 RPM record. While a copy of the original record has thus far eluded us, we do have a copy…
Time Capsule
This is a new radio show that we discovered after the publication of Jimmy Stewart on the Air. The show is not available and little is known about it. What we do know comes from two short articles in the February 14, 1953, edition of Billboard magazine. The second article is actually much longer, but…
The Six Shooter – The Double Seven
The Double Seven, also known as Ranchers vs. Sodbusters and Half-Way Creek, was broadcast on May 13, 1954. A short preview of the show was published in the Oakland Tribute, Oakland, CA, on the day of the broadcast. Joining Stewart in the cast were Lamont Johnson as Clint Sutton, Gerald Mohr as Gid Babscomb, Bob…
Radio’s Greatest Comedies
At least two different Radio’s Greatest Comedies sets were issued by Great American Audio. One was an 8-cassette set housed in a cardboard box open on one side. Below are scans of the bottom and sides of the box. The other was a 4-cassette set which came in a small wooden crate: Stewart was a…
Nancy Craig Program
The Nancy Craig Program was broadcast by ABC from New York City weekdays at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. Mr. Stewart appeared on the show on May 11, 1949. The program is not available. This listing appeared in the New York Times on the day of the broadcast. Stewart’s latest film, The Stratton Story, was set…
