The Glowing Dial Broadcast Archives
April, 2007

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This Week's Glowing Dial Program Schedule:

This episode of the Glowing Dial is lovingly dedicated to the memory of
John Inman (1935-2007)
"Mr. Humphries" on "Are You Being Served?"
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Don't look now but there's a huge pink elephant doing the space walk on the front lawn! ... APRIL FOOL'S!!!
in
EPISODE NET 57
 
of
The Glowing Dial
in which we present four shows all having to do with or aired on April Fool's Day.

   The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - "The April Fool's Day Adventure"
originally aired April 1, 1946 on MUTUAL
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell announcing.
Sponsor: Petri Wines

Bob Hope Show - "Eddie Cantor"
from El Monte High School in El Monte, California
originally aired April 1, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Barbara Jo Allen (Vera Vague), Trudy Erwin, Desi Arnaz & His Orchestra, Eddie Cantor, Wendall Niles announcing.
Sponsor: Pepsodent

Boston Blackie - "The Wayward Bus Driver"
originally aired April 1, 1947 in SYNDICATION
Starring: Richard Kollmar.
Sponsor: varied according to market

My Favorite Husband - "April Fool's Day"
originally aired April 1, 1949 on CBS
Starring: Lucille Ball, Richard Denning, Ruth Perrott, Gale Gordon, Gerald Mohr, Jack Edwards, Jerry Hausner, Bob Lemond announcing.
Sponsor: Jell-O

running time: 2 hours, 39 minutes, 9 seconds

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Philco RadioClick to hear the Program of 4-22-2007

New Program coming 5-13-07

This Week's Glowing Dial Program Schedule:

Big John & Steve tug at your pant leg and say,
"Hey, Mister!"

in
EPISODE NET 58
  of
The Glowing Dial
in which we present 4 different "Mister" shows from radio's past.

Meet Mr. McNutley - "Ray's Other Life"
show also known as "The General Electric Comedy Theater" or "The Ray Milland Show"
originally aired March 18, 1954 on CBS
Starring:
Ray Milland, Phyllis Avery, Gordon Jones, Verna Felton, Joan Banks, Mary Jane Croft, Jean Vander Pyl, Charlie Cantor, Del Sharbutt announcing.
Sponsor: G.E. Radios & G.E. Televisions

Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons - "The Nightmare Murder Case"
originally aired December 14, 1944 on CBS
Starring:
Bennett Kilpack, Jim Kelly, Larry Elliott announcing.
Sponsor: Kolynos Toothpaste (Whitehall Pharmical Company)


Mr. Chameleon - "The Perfect Maid Murder Case"
originally aired December 29, 1948 on CBS
Starring: Karl Swenson, Frank Butler, Howard Claney announcing.
Sponsor: Bayer Aspirin


Mr. District Attorney - "The Case Of The Money Machine"
originally aired April 11, 1951 on NBC
Starring: Jay Jostyn, Vicki Vola, Len Doyle, Maurice Franklin as the voice of the law, Fred Uttal announcing.
Sponsor: Bristol Myers (Sal Hepatica & Vitalis)


running time: 2 hours, 34 minutes, 58 seconds

Special Note: Audio restoration on the featured episode of "Meet Mr. McNutley" in this edition of The Glowing Dial was done by Jerry Haendiges.  Click here to take advantage of his audio restoration services.  Click here to purchase these and other high quality old time radio programs from Jerry Haendiges.

We always try to give as complete info as we have at hand.  If you have any additions or corrections, please e-mail us at glowingdial@yahoo.com .
Hey, we make mistakes too ;-)

Note: Clicking on the series title will take you to a log / episode guide for that series.

Note: Clicking on an actor's name will, when a link is present, take you to The Internet Movie Database listing for that particular actor.