Jimmy Stewart for Sealtest

Stewart appeared with Dorothy Lamour and Eddie Bracken on the May 26, 1949, edition of the Sealtest Variety Theater. Here are a few additions to what we had to say about this show in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. First, here’s a display ad that appeared in the Syracuse Herald-Journal on the day of the…

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Monitor (May 26, 1957)

Verification for Stewart’s appearance comes from two different listings. The first is from the New York Times and the second is from the St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg. FL. The Stewart segment is not available. The Sunday evening hosts for Monitor during this time period were Dave Garroway and Don Russell…

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A Tribute to Glenn Miller

As discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Jack Cullen had a show on CKNW, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, called Sunday Special. The show was 90-minutes in length. On one Sunday in 1971, he dedicated the entire program to Glenn Miller. He played lots of Miller music and talked with people who had been involved…

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The Six Shooter – The Shooting of Wyatt King

Broadcast on May 20, 1954, this show is also known by the titles The Wyoming Kid, Reluctant Hero and Wyatt King. A display ad for the program appeared in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY. These two previews appeared in the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, and the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Stewart’s co-stars were Bill…

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Suspense – Consequence #2

On May 19, 1949, Jimmy Stewart starred as Phil Martin in the play Consequence  for the second time on the Suspense series. He had first played the role on February 21, 1946 (see previous blog). The same script was used for this appearance, but the supporting cast was different. On this show, Betty Lou Gerson…

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New York Close-Up (Tex and Jinx)

Like so many of the other Tex McCrary-Jinx Falkenburg programs, Mr. Stewart’s appearance on this show would have been very difficult to confirm from newspaper listings alone. Most, like the one below from the May 19, 1953, edition of New York Times, simply listed a title: Fortunately, this particular program is a part of the…

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National Defense Week

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…

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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…

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