The final new Bob Hope Show had been broadcast in April of 1955. NBC kept the show on its schedule for the new season beginning in September, 1956. However, these shows were repeats. The same regulars, Margaret Whiting and Les Brown and his Band of Renown, were used for these programs. Guests stars, some from…
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V.I.P. Radio – V.I.P. Promos
V.I.P. Radio was a 1950’s radio subscription service whereby Stars International Inc. would provide various celebrity announcements to local radio stations to help them promote their stations. Mr. Stewart appeared on many of these recordings. On this particular disc, V.I.P. Promos (32-AX), the stars simply identify themselves and remind the listener that they are listening…
The Big Sound – Who Am I?
If you haven’t read any of the other The Big Sound blogs, let me begin by telling you that this was a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3/ RPM records issued to participating radio stations in the early 1960’s. Each disc featured short spots delivered by film, TV, music and sports celebrities, which the station could…
The Big Sound – Thought for the Day
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, The Big Sound included a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM records which radio stations could use to help promote their programs and specialties. By using this service, a station would have access to top movie and TV actors and sports figures that they normally would not…
The Bob Hope Show – January 28, 1953
This show was detailed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but news scans and audio will be presented here to complete the listing. The program was well advertised in the newspapers on the date of the broadcast. Here are two display ads. The first is from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Ca, and the second from…
Bob Hope Show – January 27, 1955
This particular Bob Hope Show was actually a composite of new material and previously aired segments. Several newspaper listings called it a repeat: Stewart’s photo didn’t make it into any advertising that we have located, but Hope’s did: Hope’s opening monologue was newly recorded for this program, but the Stewart sketch and some of the…
The Big Sound – Christmas Greetings
If you haven’t read any of the other The Big Sound blogs, let me begin by telling you that this was a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3/ RPM records issued to participating radio stations in the early 1960’s. Each disc featured short spots delivered by film, TV, music and sports celebrities, which the station could…
The Big Sound – Vote
This blog is being posted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November which makes it Election Day in the United States. That’s the perfect day to take a closer look at another The Big Sound disc on which Mr. Stewart appeared. The record is titled “Vote” Public Service (PS-2 R). Each of…
Bob Hope Cooks Lamb Ragout Espanol for Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy Stewart appeared with Bob Hope on Program 3 of the 1955 American Red Cross Fund Campaign. Thi was not a newly recorded program, but rather an edited one of the Hope program of April 22, 1953, on which Jimmy was the guest. Also heard in the program are Bill Goodwin, Hope’s announcer, and Margaret…
