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Jack Benny
JACK BENNY 1937  PREMIUM    (90) 3/21/37  From The Hotel Pierre, NYC #25 of season
 4/04/37  Springtime in Hollywood #27 of season
 4/11/37  Buck Benny Rides Again w/ Burns & Allen  #28 of season
JACK BENNY 1940 SHOWS  (90) 11/17/40  # 7 of season with Mary Martin (east coast)
11/24/40  # 8 Don Wilson Just Got Married  (east coast) 
12/01/40  # 9 Jack Is Sick In Bed
JACK BENNY 1940 SHOWS   (90) 12/08/40  # 10 Packing For New York
12/15/40  # 11 From The Ritz Hotel, NYC    
12/22/40  # 12 Christmas Shopping in NYC
Fred Allen
FRED ALLEN SHOWS   (90) 2/03/46  "Picadilly" (Oklahoma Parody) w/ Bea Lillie
5/12/46 "Casablanca Spoof" w/S. Greenstreet  (AFRS)
3/23/47 Rogers & Hammerstein, who sue Fred for previous week’s show
FRED ALLEN SHOW PREMIUM   (90) 3/20/40 Town Hall Tonight  60" A Classic!
Captain Ramshaw, the Eagle, Escapes
10/21/45 Guest: Frank Sinatra
Texaco Star Theater
TEXACO STAR THEATER Fred Allen Tape 11 (90) (commercials and music removed at time of recording)
11/20/40 Captain Knight and Eagle Return, Radio Shows
11/27/40  Dance Teacher, Department Store Dilemma
TEXACO STAR THEATER  Fred Allen Tape 12 (90) (commercials and music removed at time of recording)
12/04/40  Adelaide Bishop-Child Soprano, Fetlock Bones
12/11/40  Prof. Hechler-Flea Trainer, Doc Allen-Dentist
TEXACO STAR THEATER  Fred Allen Tape 13 (90) (commercials and music removed at time of recording)
  12/18/40 Stewart Canin-Boy Violinist, Paul Revere
  12/25/40 Otto Hoffendorf-Baloney Stuffer, Metro Univ.
Bob and Ray
MATINEE WITH BOB AND RAY (90) Tape 01
From their earliest daily half-hours - WHDH-Boston. Spontaneous, unscripted hilarity!
Tuesday 08/09/49
Tuesday 08/16/49
Wednesday 09/16/49
MATINEE WITH BOB AND RAY (90) Tape 02 Monday 11/14/49
Tuesday 11/15/49
Friday 12/09/49
MATINEE WITH BOB AND RAY (90) Tape 03 Saturday 12/10/49
Monday 12/12/49
Wednesday 12/14/49
MATINEE WITH BOB AND RAY (90) Tape 04 Thursday 12/15/49
Monday 12/19/49
Tuesday 12/20/49
BOB AND RAY PREMIUM  (90) 12/12/49 Matinee with Bob& Ray WHDH-Boston (30")
1953 NBC Morning Show -with live audience 
9/29/59 B&R Present the CBS Radio Network
And 2 more shows from the Fall of 1959, One Feller's Family, etc.
Mel Blanc
MEL BLANC TRIBUTE PREMIUM  (90) Audience Warm-up, followed by an episode of Mel's Fix-It Shop
Burns & Allen
highlights - Happy Postman
Abbott and Costello -Alaska sketch
GI Journal - Tarzan sketch with Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball, and Johnny Weissmuller
Judy Canova Show  8/31/46  highlights
GI Journal  #87  with Jack Benny
Lucille Ball
LUCILLE BALL COMEDY Premium  (90) Screen Directors' Playhouse #20 5/22/49  "Her Husband's Affairs"  With Elliot Lewis, Director Sylvan Simon
My Favorite Husband 3/24/51"Shopping for   Dresses" 
I Love Lucy - First  Radio Show  2/27/52
LUCILLE BALL ON SUSPENSE Premium Orson Welles Almanac - possibly 10/31/41 - an early  appearance, reading Dorothy Parker poems (5")
1/13/44   Dime A Dance; 10/25/45  A Shroud For Sara
10/14/48   A Little Piece of Rope
Henry Morgan
HERE'S HENRY MORGAN  April 20, 1985 (90) Week One - Interview including many highlights from Morgan's career, from WOR staff announcer to his own daily 15" show, WWII service in the AFRS, weekly network comedy series, later radio and TV work, and much, much more. 
Originally broadcast on The Golden Age of Radio
Produced by Jack Shugg and Max Schmid - 2 parts - get both tapes!
HERE'S HENRY MORGAN  April 27, 1985 (90) Week Two - Conclusion of the interview - don’t forget - get both tapes!
HERE'S MORGAN PREMIUM - His original daily comedy show (90) 3/26/42 Other Henry Morgan 4/16/42 Dodgers Game, Circus bit
5/07/42 Mother's Day 5/18/42 Bugs, Vitamins, Artificial Smells
6/04/42 Cashing a Check 7/09/42 Rumor Mongers, Rhumba Flakes
Vic and Sade
BEST OF VIC & SADE Vol One (90)  6/04/41 Grand Old Lodge Lady;  7/12/43  Lodge Regalia
2/04/44 Sleepers Beware;  5/01/44 Lodge Holiday Home Visits
3/12/42  Little Tiny Petite Pheasant Feather Tea Shoppe
(RUSH)  Letter To Walter;  8/06/42  Christmas Cards C.O.D.
9/29/44  Goodbye (Final Broadcast)
SMILE AGAIN-VIC & SADE Volume Two 8/18/42  Attic Cleaning;  11/20/42  Smelly Clark The Barber
  1/04/43  Honorary Lodge Titles For Sale; 12/15/43 Color of Gumpox' Eyes
  1/25/44  Missouri State Home for The Tall
 9/22/44  Vic's Unheard News;  9/28/44  Vic Duns Kleebergers
   Date?   TV Soundtrack  New Lodge Catalog
VIC & SADE  Volume Seven
The Sacred Stars of the Milky Way   (90)
6/05/39  YY Flirch in Town Looking  for Vic   
2/16/41  Manual For Wives of Skybrothers (aka Wives's Rule Book)
12/27/42  Lodge Regalia Out on Loan; (Rush)  Lodge Speech Rehearsal 
1/07/43  Fred Might Join Lodge;  (Russell)  Lodge Robe Alterations
  1/26/43  Honorary Lodge Member - Pom Pom Cordova
 10/27/43  Thimble Club Ladies Meeting
VIC AND SADE PREMIUM TAPE - MAY 2001 10/01/42  Cherry Phosphates; 10/11/43  Vic’s Dinner Guest
10/15/43  Sewing Buttons; 12/27/43  Invoice Preparations
  2/03/44  Fifty Pairs of Pants;  3/01/44  The Joke on Sade
Jean Shepherd
JEAN SHEPHERD  2005
“EXCELSIOR YOU FATHEAD”
COMPANION
CD (or tape upon request)
Sampler compiled by Eugene Bergmann to illustrate Shep’s work, from his start at WOR in the ‘50s to the ‘70s, and beyond
1. Blues I Love to Sing (14:31)
2. Secret Decoder Pin (09:31)
3. Sheik of Araby (02:01)
4. Og & Charlie (13:33)
5. Boodle‑Am Shake (03:11)
6. Ambition‑Robert Service (01:55)
7. Army Life (13:14)
8. Head Thumping, Jew's Harp (03:37)
9. MONY MONY MONY (01:55)
10. Beer a la Nose Flute (01:06)
11. A Pot to P*** In (01:52)
12. Yes Sir, That's My Baby (01:21)
13. Cartoon Scenery (03:58)
14. The Bear Missed the Train (04:52)
15. Keep Your Knees Loose (01:11)
JEAN SHEPHERD Live at the Limelight #19 (90) WOR AM  July 09, 1966  The Great Ice Cream Riot
JEAN SHEPHERD 100 Series #106C 12/23/74 Pipe for Christmas; 12/24/74 Red Rider BB Gun Story
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM  #107  (90) Feb 03, 1965  WWII - Nostalgia Vs. The Way It Was
Feb 04, 1965  Pigeon Company - Old WWII Cruiser
JEAN SHEPHERD  WOR-FM  #109 (90) February 12, 1965 Rude Noises in Company K; Latrine Duty
February 18, 1965 Midwestern Drugstores and Drive-Ins
JEAN SHEPHERD  WOR-FM #141  (90)  7/23/65  Tennis Date with First Love;  7/26/65  Americans and their Cars
JEAN SHEPHERD  WOR-FM #164 (90)
 
November 02, 1965(?)  American Dream Sales Pitch
November 08, 1965  Success Through Spells  (noisy)
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM  #150  (90)
 
 August 20, 1965  The Edge of Nowhere - Fired from WOR
 August 23, 1965  Exporting The Real American Culture
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM  #76 (90)   1/16/64 Probable (Thurs) Great Indiana Blizzard
 1/17/64 (Fri) Big Snow Hits NY; Indiana HS Basketball
JEAN SHEPHERD-WOR-FM  #89 Thurs AM & PM (90) Aug 13, 1964 AM (no op.)  Vic & Sade Quiz, Morning People,   
             Morning  Exercise show; Insults MacAlear & WOR at end
Aug 13, 1964 PM  Bearded Shep At Business Lunch,  Brits in Ad World
JEAN SHEPHERD-WOR-FM  #90  Friday AM & PM  (90) Aug 14, 1964 AM (tape warp at top) Last Fill-in show; Baseball,
                Radio Trivia, Heinz Air Show Aviator (ends on side 2)
Aug 14, 1964 - Night  (no op.) - No Talent; Army Piano Prodigy
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM  #93  (90) Sept 15, 1964  World’s Fair Remote;  Sept 18, 1964  More World’s Fair

JEAN SHEPHERD ‑ WOR‑FM  #95  (90)

Oct 23, 1963  Unconscious Humor‑The Young Old Man (missing last few secs)
Oct 1963/4?  The Turnpike World ‑ Driving and Philosophy (starts low)

ON THE ROAD WITH JEAN SHEPHERD - TAPE  #25  c.1969  Remote From Agra, India; From the Dining Car on the Last Ride of the Domeliner
Shep's First Syndicated Shows Starting Late 1964 #1 (90) #03 The Magic of Radio; #33 Going to the Races, Brits Have No Taste
Shep's First Syndicated Shows #2 (90) #37 One Man Radio Station; #43 Old Movies on TV; Laurel & Hardy
Shep's First Syndicated Shows #3 (90) #59 The Look on the Face through Past Ages; #60 Amos & Andy Quiz; Opera Faustus
Shep's First Syndicated Shows #4 (90) #37 One Man Radio Station; #43 Old Movies on TV; Laurel & Hardy
Shep's First Syndicated Shows #5 (90) #?? Getting a Tattoo; #?? Decadence Around the World
JEAN SHEPHERD SYNDICATED SHOWS 1966 FHC (90) 1. The Yellow Brick Road to Oz; 2.Harmony the Master Plan
JEAN SHEPHERD SYNDICATED SHOWS - 1966 - FHC 1. The Yellow Brick Road to Oz
2.Harmony - the Master Plan