The following article appeared in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, April 24, 1957: A check of the next day’s edition of Star and Stripes radio listing reveals that the show is listed for broadcast in the 8 p.m. time slot: Because the show is not available, we can only speculate on…
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Bob Hope Show – April 22, 1953
This was one of several appearances by Stewart on the Bob Hope Show. At this point in time the program was sponsored by Jell-O and was broadcast by NBC Wednesday nights from 10-10:30 p.m. Although Stewart’s photo didn’t appear in any ads for the show, Hope’s did. This one appeared in the Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY:…
Tales of Mystery and Suspense Volume 3
This single cassette, featuring two Suspense programs was issued by Greatapes in 1994. One of the two shows included is Jimmy Stewart’s December 1, 1949, broadcast of Mission Completed…
Focus on Youth Part 1
Focus on Youth Inc. had its beginnings at Jimmy Stewart’s alma mater, Princeton University, in 1974. Billing itself as “America’s Student Produced Press Conference of the Air,” its executive producer and moderator was Garth R. Ancier. It’s main production was a half-hour weekly program titled Focus on Youth. The syndicated program was heard on more…
This Is It
Since the publication of Jimmy Stewart on the Air, more information about the Army Day Drama for 1946 has come to light. Most importantly, we now know that the title of the show was This Is It, not Army Day Drama. The show remains unavailable, but we now know this information. First, here is a…
Bud’s Bandwagon #542
This was Stewart’s second appearance on the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service program (see Bud’s Bandwagon # 423 for the earlier show). The program was broadcast sometime early in 1955. Stewart talked about his new film, The Far Country, but wasn’t actually in the studio when the program was recorded. Instead, host Bud Widom…
Buck Fuffalo – God Bless John Wayne
Texas singer Buck Fuffalo has crafted a song about his hero, John Wayne. One of the verses in the song mentions Jimmy – “You know he shot old Liberty Valance to save Jimmy Stewart’s Life.” He also made a video for the song. The video has some footage from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,…
Boy Scout Recording Session – 1957
Mr. Stewart often did his recording of material for the Boy Scouts of America at the C.P. MacGregor Studios in Los Angeles, CA. We have in our collection several of these 7-inch master tapes. The material from his March 22, 1957, session will be presented in this blog. We are going to include the entire…
Flight 101
When you listen to Fight 101, it will sound like a normal radio show, complete with music and sound effects. You’ll hear the crackle and pops as the record player’s needle moves through the grooves of the record. But, this was not recorded to be used on the radio. Instead, Jimmy Stewart recorded this program…
Hollywood’s Best: The Thirties
This is a single CD issued by TCM Turner Classic Movies Music/Rhino Movie Music (R2 72907) in 1997. Stewart is involved only on track 12, Easy to Love (Alternate Version). In the film, Born to Dance, he appears to be singing the song with Eleanor Powell when, in fact, her vocals were dubbed by Marjorie…
