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LET’S PRETEND  #1 - CBS (80) (Cassette or CD)
12/19/42  Prince Gigi and the Magic Ring
5/04/46 Jorinda and Joringal
8/10/46 Story of Faithful John
LET’S PRETEND  #2 - AFRS (80) (Cassette or CD)
#328  The Golden Fleece
#330 Song of Hiawatha
#332 Aladdin and His Lamp
POLITICAL RADIO PREMIUM - Tape One  (90)
10/27/38 The Columbia Workshop "Air Raid" by Archibald Macleish, starring Orson Welles
1942  Paul Robeson sings "Battle Hymn"   (14")
8/14/45  "14 August"  Norman Corwin's prayer of peace for the end of WWII, read by Orson Welles.  (15")
9/27/45 Arch Oboler's Plays  #24 of 26  "The Family Nagashi" Japanese-American war hero Ben Nagashi comes home to confront the racism that led to his family's internment. Starring Elliot Lewis
POLITICAL RADIO PREMIUM - Tape Two  (90)

 
 
 
1943 CBS Special "An Open Letter on Race Hatred" by William N. Robson. Stars Jackson Beck - Winner of The Peabody Award
10/26/47 "Hollywood Fights Back"  (Against The House Un-American Activities Committee)  Week One of Two - 50 Stars speak out as they leave for the hearings in Washington DC that resulted in the blacklist of The Hollywood Ten.
11/02/47 "Hollywood Fights Back"  Week 2   
The hearings have been suspended, but the outrageous actions of the committee are reported by it's many opponents from Hollywood, Broadway, and Politics.  Among those heard are Charles Boyer, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Groucho Marx, Keenan Wynn, and dozens more.
DESTINATION FREEDOM
WMAQ, Chicago - NBC 
(90)
7/04/48 “Railway to Freedom”  Harriet Tubman
8/28/49 “Segregation, Inc.”  Washington DC
10/10/48 “Little David”  Joe Louis
NORMAN CORWIN PREMIUM TAPE #1  (90)
 
 
 
4/18/44 Columbia Presents Corwin  #7 "Untitled" w/Fredric March. Moving portrait of slain soldier Hank Peters.
5/13/45  All Network Special for the end of WWII in Europe (60") "On A Note of Triumph"  Narrated by Martin Gabel, music by Bernard Herrmann, song by Woody Guthrie 
NORMAN CORWIN PREMIUM TAPE #2
 
Columbia Workshop  4/10/39 They Fly Through the Air
Columbia Presents 26 by Corwin
#1 5/04/41  “Radio Primer”  
#5 6/01/41 “Appointment”
THE COLUMBIA WORKSHOP - CBS - 1942   (90)
1/18/42 “At the Sign of the Lark”  John McGovern
1/25/42 “Man without a Shadow”  Lureen Tuttle
2/01/42 “Jenny, the Bus Nobody Loved” by Robert Nathan
DISASTER ON THE AIRWAVES (90)
Golden Age of Radio 2/01/86
 
The day after the Challenger explosion.  A review of tragedies that touched our lives, from the original broadcasts. Produced by Shugg and Schmid. Includes the following:
Will Roger's last broadcast, Lux Radio Theater 6/28/37 with no show guest Amelia Ehrhart, Hindenburg Crash 5/07/37, USS Squalis 1939, Pearl Harbor, Glenn Miller Tribute, FDR Death April 1945, Empire State Building Crash 7/28/45, Buddy Clark 1949, Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, JFK, Malcolm X, Gus Grissom, Martin Luther King, RFK, Lunar Landing. 
The show also includes X Minus One #15, 8/25/55 "The Cold Equation" the tragic story of a stowaway on a space flight.
HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR-ARMED FORCES RADIO Mail Call   # 91 5/17/44  Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante
Mail Call #130 Bergen & McCarthy, Ingrid Bergman, Marion.Hutton
G I. Journal Bob Hope, Bette Davis, J Colonna, A Treacher, Mel Torme
WWII IN THE PACIFIC  FROM PEARL TO PEACE   (90)
 
A collage of actualities and radio drama, produced by Shugg and Schmid,
for The Golden Age of Radio on December 7, 1983.  Plus: Mutual News
 2/10/45 Interviews with Purple Heart Winners (15)
STAGE  DOOR CANTEEN (90)
 
All existing segments of rare show from the archives of the American Theater Wing*
12/03/42  with Louella Parsons, Bob Benchley, Benny Goodman, Connie Boswell, Eddie Green - Heavy click pt 2
* Date? (1st half only) with James Melton  (Donkey Serenade), Brian Donlevy, Gregory Ratoff, Jeanne Cagney
*  8/12/43 "Oklahoma" with Rogers & Hammerstein, Mary  Martin, Una Merkel, Jack Smith (rough open)
*12/03/43  (first half only) Dame May Whittey, Eric Blore, Ginny Simms, Tommy Dorsey "I Got Rhythm"
NBC BIG PARADE OF STARS Promo Discs For 1942-43 Season  Intended for use with live continuity, these  short highlights and cast  messages were
provided by the sponsors to promote the new season. Includes:
One Man's Family, Mister District Attorney (7 segments), Truth Or Consequences with Ralph Edwards, Abie's Irish Rose, John W. Vandercott News of the World, Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou (2), Maxwell Time w/ John Conte, Frank Morgan and Meredith Wilson (4, Aldrich Family (8), Joan Davis with Rudy Vallee and Billie Burke (2), Telephone Hour (2), Doctor I. Q. (5),  John L. Sullivan on the Victory Tax, Mel Allen introduces Truth or Consequences, Jack Benny Show, "Meanest Man in the World" plug. Total time 73 minutes. 
Plus, from transcription: 12/07/41 Jourgens Journal - In this rare historic program, Walter Winchell reports on Pearl Harbor, as it is happening. (15")
ONE MAN'S FAMILY by Carlton E. Morse  (90) Early Wartime Episodes
4/25/43 Bk 46 Ch 3 "Poisoned Cattle" 2nd half only
5/02/43 Bk 46 Ch 4 "Reunion with Marine Jack Barbour"
7/25/43 Bk 47 Ch 3 "Further Information Concerning a Secret Mission" -  1st half only
8/29/43 Bk 47  Ch 8  "Claudia Says Goodbye to Her Family"
One Man's Family by Carlton E. Morse - The Classics    (90)
5/27/45 Bk 54 Ch 9   "Jack Barbour Leaves for the Pacific"
Heart-wrenching drama of wartime separation.
4/27/47 Bk 62  Ch 5  "Fifteenth Anniversary Special"
 
Nov/Dec1947 segments Complete organ theme and music bridges plus show excerpts featuring Clarence Hartzell as Cousin Jediah
One Man's Family by Carlton E. Morse - Holiday  Shows    (90)
  All feature Clarence Hartzell, who was Uncle Fletcher on Vic & Sade, as a very similar member of the Barbour Clan, Cousin Jediah.
12/14/48 Bk 64  Ch 12    "Conclusion of a Treasure Hunt"
12/21/48 Bk 64  Ch 13    "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
12/29/48 Bk 64  Ch 14    "New Years Eve with the Barbour Clan"
One Man's Family by Carlton E. Morse - continuation   (90)
 
1/04/48 Bk 65  Ch 1  "The Dying Fires of Europe"
1/11/48  Bk 65  Ch 2  "Teddy Barbour After 2 Years"
1940's  Radio Premium 78s - Program Highlights "One Man's Family Looks At Life"
One Man's Family Premium - The Book of Pinky  4 1/2 Hours on three (90) tapes.  The complete story compiled from
 22 consecutive episodes of the daily 15" show.
Monday, Oct. 23, 1950 to Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1950
Book 79, Chapters 11-15;  Book 80 Chapters 1-17
The saga of Pinky's fall from grace, as he quits school and is forced
to go to work for Father Barbour to pay his debts, and his scheme
to marry a rich girl to bail him out.  Funny and touching. 
NOTE: The first tape contains 6 complete episodes. The other two
tapes contain all the dramatic elements, but several repetitive
commercials have been  removed to fit it all on three cassettes.
Trust me, if you've heard one Tabcin commercial, you've heard
them all!  Ditto Alka-Seltzer! 
NIGHTWATCH: A LOOK BACK - Two 90" tape set (counts as two selections) 2-hour documentary on the first radio program to feature
real police in action in the field. Original WBAI broadcast
date March 19, 1982. Produced by Jack Shugg and Max Schmid
3-hour package will include two complete episodes from the series.
FUNNY BUSINESS  STEVE ALLEN INTERVIEW  June 6, 1983 (2x60)
2 hours - counts as one selection.
Produced by Jack Shugg and Max Schmid. Includes several cuts from his records Funny Fone Calls, with Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Red Skelton, Johnny Carson, as well as an oral history of the start of The Tonight Show, the story behind Schmock!, discussion of his cohorts on television, and other aspects of Steve's varied career.  He also analyzes the great radio comedians (with sound bites).