"Midsummer Festival of Comedy"

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Chuck Schaden's "Those Were the Days" OTR program is devoting the month of August to Comedy. There's only one Benny show in the bunch, but there should be some great comedy from the descriptions.

These 4-hour broadcasts can be streamed live at http://www.wdcb.org (click on listen-live) using RealAudio each Saturday in August from 1:00-5:00 p.m. CDT. You can also listen to them at any time beginning the following Tuesday each week at http://www.nostalgiadigest.com/Those%20Were%20The%20Days.htm.

Here is the August schedule (date shown is the Saturday broadcast date):

August 5

Our Miss Brooks (11/21/48)
Fibber McGee and Molly (5/23/50)
Spike Jones Spotlight Review (11/5/48) with Dorothy Shea and guest star Jerry Colonna
Red Skelton Show (1/15/46)
Jimmy Durante Show (10/22/47) with guest star Victor Moore

August 12

Fred Allen Show (1946) with guest star Leo Durocher
Martin and Lewis Show (2/15/52) with guest star William Holden
Sears Radio Theatre (2/20/79) "The Trouble Maker" starring Jim Jordan, hosted by Andy Griffith
Burns and Allen (3/23/43) with Bill Goodwin, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Elvia Allman, Paula Winslowe

August 19

Jack Benny Program (12/12/43)
Eddie Cantor Show (3/7/45) with Nora Martin, Leonard Seuss, Billy Gray, Bert Gordon and Harry Von Zell (Part 1)
Eddie Cantor Show (3/14/45) (Part 2)
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (9/2/45)
Stan Freberg Show (8/18/57) (This is the show where the censor rewrites "Old Man River.)

August 26

Charlie McCarthy Show (10/5/47) with Don Ameche
Comedy Theatre (2/18/45) "The Milky Way" starring Robert Walker, James Gleason, Eve Arden and Nat Pendleton
Abbott and Costello (3/9/44) with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake (as Blondie and Dagwood)
Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show (3/5/50) with Gale Gordon (Part 1)
Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show (3/12/50) (Part 2)