No, Jimmy Stewart did not make a phone answering machine outgoing message! But, Rich Little did and he could sound as much like Stewart as anyone. Little’s cassette tape with ten different messages was issued by Radio Shack (43-419). Actually, Stewart’s impersonation was heard twice on the tape. The first time was at the beginning…
The Six Shooter Rides Again
The Six Shooter Rides Again is a set of two cassettes released in England (Hodder Headline Audio HH541). This was the second set of The Six Shooter which the company had released. All four sides of the cassettes were identical, except for being numbered one through four. As you can see, no titles were listed…
Boy Scouts of America Celebrity Endorsements #2
This is a 7-inch, small hole, 33 1/3 RPM record (CB557A/CB557B) featuring 14 celebrity announcements for the Boy Scouts. It was produced by The Boy Scouts of America, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Except for one track, it is the same as the disc produced for the North Brunswick, New Jersey scouting area (see blog posted on…
Firecreek – Radio Spots
The film Firecreek starring Stewart and Henry Fonda was released in January of 1968. Warner Brothers-Seven Arts issued a special 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record (WBSA-4890) with five spots to help promote the film on radio. Stewart’s voice is not heard on any of the five tracks. Here are the two 60-second spots: There also…
Super Furry Animals – Shoot Doris Day
On their 2002 album, Rings Around the World (XL Recordings BXL 026CD), the Super Furry Animals had a song titled Shoot Doris Day. The song has this line, presumably inspired by the film The Man Who Knew Too Much, “Sentimentality pause as Jimmy Stewart ignores her question. The song title, by the way, refers to…
The Roosevelt Years: 1939
The is part of a series of shows on President Roosevelt which were produced and narrated by John Salisbury and broadcast on KXL, Portland, OR, in 1973. This particular show features soundbites from many celebrities, including: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, the Andrews Sisters, Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh,…
Bill of Rights Program
A special set of six 12-inch, 78 RPM records of the December 15, 1941, broadcast of We Hold These Truths was prepared for each of the participants in the program. The sets were made by Studio & Artists Recorders of Hollywood, CA. The records were housed in a six sleeve album stamped with the name…
Christmas Seal Campaign 1959
We can now add another Christmas Seal Campaign to the list of those on which Mr. Stewart’s message can be heard – 1959. As with the ones for 1958, 1961-1964, this was issued on a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc pressed by RCA Custom Records (KM8R-0585): Those celebrities appearing on the other side of the…
Chesterfield Supper Club
Perry Como was normally the host of the Supper Club, but for 13 weeks in the summer of 1947, that position alternated between Tex Beneke and Frankie Carle. The final summer host on September 5th was Tex Beneke. It was the last show for the summer and Como was set to return the following week…
Betty Crocker (A New Find)
As discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, the Betty Crocker radio show was on the air for 29 years. Several women, including Zella Layne, Betty Bucholz and Adelaide Hawley, played the role of Betty Crocker on the program through the years. At the time our book was published, we had only been able to…
