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Does anyone have any copies of Blue Playhouse? OTRR has a 41 episode log which shows 6 episodes are known to exist. Goldin lists 6 episodes (one of which is Little Blue Playhouse) as well. All I have ever found is a four minute clip from the start of one episode.

I'm looking for two episodes for an upcoming interview with Tommy Cook:

Everyman's Theater 1941-03-07, "Problem Papa."
Plays For Americans 1942-02-08, "Paul Reverski."

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Awesome!!!

Hello, I'm new here. I'm looking for some episodes from the Pepsodent show with Bob Hope, I've listed the dates I'm looking for below:
05-20-1941 Priscilla Lane
05-27-1941 Dorothy Lamour & David Butler
10-14-1941 Paulette Goddard
10-21-1941 Angelo Rossi
01-27-1942 Robert Young
03-09-1943 James Cagney
03-16-1943 Alan Ladd
03-23-1943 Merle Oberon
03-30-1943 John Garfield
10-12-1943 Dorothy Lamour
10-19-1943 Joan Leslie
10-26-1943 Veronica Lake
11-16-1943 Ida Lupino
11-30-1943 Linda Darnell
12-07-1943 From Mare Island
02-15-1944 Bing Crosby
04-18-1944 Gene Tierney
04-25-1944 William Bendix
10-24-1944 From Treasure Island, SF
10-31-1944 Virginia Mayo
03-06-1945 Linda Darnell
01-07-1947 Shirley Temple
01-14-1947 Beatrice Lillie
11-30-1947 Rose Bowl

I'd be grateful for anything anyone can find. I have a few rare episodes from this show and a few other Bob Hope shows that aren't commonly circulating that I can share in return.

Here's January 27, 1942:

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BobbyP wrote:Here's January 27, 1942:

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Thank you so much! As promised, here's the rare Bob Hope shows I have in return. I've listed which shows are included under the link below.
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Pepsodent Shows included:
3/25/1941 Guest Una Merkel
5/26/1942 Guest Bobby Jones
06/02/1942 Guest Frances Langford
02/01/1944 Guest Cass Daley (AFRS version)
02/21/1944 Guest Carole Landis (AFRS version)
03/14/1944 From Jacksonville NAS Florida (AFRS version)
02/26/1946 Guest Jane Wyman (AFRS version)

New Swan Shows included:
10/12/1948 Guest Doris Day
05/17/1949 Guests Doris Day and Lucille Ball
01/31/1950 Guests Doris Day & Arthur Godfrey
02/28/1950 Look Awards Guests Doris Day & Olivia de Haviland

Here is what I have for the 440418 Guest - Gene Tierney show.   This was played by John and Larry Gassman on their Same Time Same Station show several years ago and I recorded it.  This is from smaller Presto discs so there is no open or close.  There are no commercials and no singing, although Frances Langford does start one song which abruptly ends.  Gene Tierney's introduction is also missing, although after his opening monologue when a female performer is on stage with him, Bob does call her Gene several times.  On the Jack Benny show of 440416 Jack's gang was performing at the base Bob's brother George Hope was stationed at and he was in the audience (George that is!) so Jack's crew did a parody of the Bob Hope Show.  Bob mentions this when they are getting ready for the skit portion of this show and so Bob returns the favor by doing a parody of the Jack Benny show, which is the title I used for this file.  What I have runs 22 min 12 sec.  Here is my We Transfer link (expires in 7 days)

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Here's a poor quality mp3 of Bob Hope 44-02-15 (215) Guest - Bing Crosby

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lasombra wrote:Here's a poor quality mp3 of Bob Hope 44-02-15 (215) Guest - Bing Crosby

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This one is actually from October 23, 1945. Bing doesn't appear in it.

Oops, sorry.

gathol wrote:Here is what I have for the 440418 Guest - Gene Tierney show.   This was played by John and Larry Gassman on their Same Time Same Station show several years ago and I recorded it.  This is from smaller Presto discs so there is no open or close.  There are no commercials and no singing, although Frances Langford does start one song which abruptly ends.  Gene Tierney's introduction is also missing, although after his opening monologue when a female performer is on stage with him, Bob does call her Gene several times.  On the Jack Benny show of 440416 Jack's gang was performing at the base Bob's brother George Hope was stationed at and he was in the audience (George that is!) so Jack's crew did a parody of the Bob Hope Show.  Bob mentions this when they are getting ready for the skit portion of this show and so Bob returns the favor by doing a parody of the Jack Benny show, which is the title I used for this file.  What I have runs 22 min 12 sec.  Here is my We Transfer link (expires in 7 days)

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lasombra wrote:Here's a poor quality mp3 of Bob Hope 44-02-15 (215) Guest - Bing Crosby

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BobbyP wrote:

lasombra wrote:Here's a poor quality mp3 of Bob Hope 44-02-15 (215) Guest - Bing Crosby

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This one is actually from October 23, 1945. Bing doesn't appear in it.

lasombra wrote:Oops, sorry.

Thanks again to everyone for the help! The Gene Tierney one was especially one I was trying to find for a while now. While poking around the net, I found three more Pepsodent Shows I didn't have, including one that was on the initial list I posted, in the link included below:
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Pepsodent Shows included:

02/03/1942 From March Field CA
09/29/1942 From Sands Point Naval Base Seattle WA
10/12/1943 Guest Dorothy Lamour

And as a special measure of thanks, here's four assorted radio specials in this link below:
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Radio Specials included:

01/12/1929 Cascade Tunnel Dedication Ceremonies
10/21/1929 Light's Golden Jubilee (complete 1 hr 11min version, other versions floating around are edited to around 35 min)
08/03/1938 A Tribute To Irving Berlin
06/03/1945 Major Glenn Miller Day

While we are on The Bob Hope Show, would anyone happen to have the complete broadcast of 420922 from Fort Lewis near Seattle WA? Goldin does list it, but all I have ever found is a 3 minute clip from the opening into Bob's monologue.

The Pepsodent Show. September 22, 1942. Red net, KDKA, Pittsburgh aircheck. Sponsored by: Pepsodent, Bulova Watch (local). The program originates from Camp Lewis, Seattle. The first show of the season. Frances sings, "Take Me, I'm Yours." The program has a feature called, "Meet The Army." Private Howard Duff is interviewed! Bob and Howard go to work at the Colonna Shipyard! After the program and station I. D., the start of "The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton" is heard. Bob Hope, Wendell Niles (nnouncer), Frances Langford, Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra, Howard Duff, Barbara Jo Allen (as "Vera Vague"), Jerry Colonna, Truman Bradley (announcer for Red Skelton). 30:09. Audio Condition: Excellent. Complete.

06/03/1945 Major Glenn Miller Day

This one should be dated 06/05/1945.

Here's one you requested:
Bob Hope 47-01-07 Ep016 Guest-Shirley Temple

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gathol wrote:While we are on The Bob Hope Show, would anyone happen to have the complete broadcast of 420922 from Fort Lewis near Seattle WA?  Goldin does list it, but all I have ever found is a 3 minute clip from the opening into Bob's monologue.

The Pepsodent Show. September 22, 1942. Red net, KDKA, Pittsburgh aircheck. Sponsored by: Pepsodent, Bulova Watch (local). The program originates from Camp Lewis, Seattle. The first show of the season. Frances sings, "Take Me, I'm Yours." The program has a feature called, "Meet The Army." Private Howard Duff is interviewed! Bob and Howard go to work at the Colonna Shipyard! After the program and station I. D., the start of "The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton" is heard. Bob Hope, Wendell Niles (nnouncer), Frances Langford, Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra, Howard Duff, Barbara Jo Allen (as "Vera Vague"), Jerry Colonna, Truman Bradley (announcer for Red Skelton). 30:09. Audio Condition: Excellent. Complete.

I looked all over, and I couldn't find this one. Here's the rest of what I have for Hope's 1942 shows, if it helps any.
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Shows included:
01/20/1942 Guests Edward Everett Horton & Betty Hutton
03/03/1942 Guests Babe Ruth & Betty Hutton
05/05/1942 Guest Claudette Colbert
10/13/1942 Guest Bette Davis
12/29/1942 From Long Beach Ferry Command

BobbyP wrote:06/03/1945 Major Glenn Miller Day

This one should be dated 06/05/1945.

Fixed the filename on the link I uploaded now. Thanks!

lasombra wrote:Here's one you requested:
Bob Hope 47-01-07 Ep016 Guest-Shirley Temple

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Thanks again for another Hope show! Here's some more assorted rarities in return:
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Shows included:
1929 - The Sunny Meadows Radio Show
1929 - Brunswick Brevities - The Colonial Club Orchestra
03/01/1929 Maytag Frolics Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
08/27/1929 Brunswick Brevities Red Nichols
1938 - The Shopworn Angel air trailer (Leo Is On The Air)
07/04/1942 Homage To George Gershwin
12/09/1945 Jerome Kern Memorial Special
1949 - Sorrowful Jones air trailer (Paramount Is On The Air)

Hello again! I'm grateful for all of the Bob Hope shows that all of you helped find for me, and I'm still open for any more you all have to send me. Today I'm looking for some Bing Crosby shows for myself and a friend of mine and some other assorted shows for myself as well. Here's my request list below:

Kraft Music Hall (RadioGOLDINdex shows all of these as still being extant):
10/01/1942 Guest Cass Daley
10/15/1942 Guests Cass Daley & Charlie Ruggles
10/22/1942 Guest Judy Canova
10/29/1942 Guests Bob Hope & Eve Arden
11/29/1942 Guests Ella Mae Morse, Freddie Slack, & Maxie Rosenbloom

(These following KMH shows listed below aren't listed on RadioGOLDINdex, but I have heard of them being extant)
02/08/1940 Guests Walt Disney & Ralph Bellamy
02/15/1940 Guests Marlene Dietrich & Frank Albertson
03/07/1940 Guests Priscilla Lane, Rudolph Ganz & Howard Hill
11/28/1940 Guests Tommy Dorsey & Charles Boyer
12/05/1940 Guests Errol Flynn & Cliff Nazarro
02/06/1941 Guests Paul Robeson & Lew Ayres
05/22/1941 Guests Humphrey Bogart & Kay Kyser
09/18/1941 Guest Janet Gaynor
11/13/1941 Guests Joe DiMaggio & Ruth Hussey
11/26/1942 Guests George Tobias & Janet Blair
12/03/1942 Guest Dorothy Lamour
12/17/1942 Guests Jinx Falkenberg, Richard Haydn, Cliff Edwards
12/31/1942 Guests Johnny Mercer, Betty Hutton, & Richard Haydn

Other Bing Crosby Shows (RadioGOLDINdex also shows all of these as still being extant):
05/28/1934 Woodbury Show - 1st song "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming"
03/29/1936 Paul Whiteman's Birthday Party
11/23/1944 Let's Talk Turkey To Japan - 6th War Loan Program
04/21/1946 Can You Tie That?
08/26/1946 Music For The Wounded
04/18/1948 A Question Of Pianos

Other shows (all are listed by RadioGOLDINdex as still being extant):
12/08/1932 - The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Guests Bert Lahr, Margaret Sullavan, Gertrude Niesen, Harold Vermilyea
05/04/1933 - The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Guests Margaret Sullavan, Alice Faye, Tom Powers
04/19/1934 - The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Guests Gloria Swanson & Tom Powers
06/14/1934 - The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Guests Margaret Sullavan, Willie Howard, Eugene Howard
10/25/1934 - The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Guest James Cagney
08/08/1936 - Shell Chateau, Guests Margaret Sullavan, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland
1937 - On The Avenue air trailer (20th Century Fox Is On The Air)
1937 - You Can't Have Everything air trailer (20th Century Fox Is On The Air)
1938 - Sally, Irene And Mary air trailer (20th Century Fox Is On The Air)
05/12/1941 - The Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street - The Pied Piper Of Harlem
1942 - Orchestra Wives air trailer (20th Century Fox Is On The Air)
06/03/1942 - It's Time To Smile (The Eddie Cantor Show) Guest Veronica Lake
08/11/1943 - A Date With Judy - Judy Writes A Play
04/25/1949 - Theatre U.S.A. Guests Margaret Sullavan, Ella Fitzgerald

As always, I have some rarities to provide for everyone in return (this time some rare Frank Sinatra shows, other musical shows, and more assorted rarities). Thanks again!

Here are 4 of the other shows

A Date with Judy

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Chamber Music Society

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A 20th Century Fox - You Can't Have Everything

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Can You Tie That

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Here are the Fleischmanns you requested:

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I'd love to get my hands on all the "missing" KMH shows myself, including every one you have listed. This very excellent online log from the UK contains many notes suggesting that a lot of them have indeed been... somewhere... in past years, but certainly don't seem to be readily available today:

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gathol wrote:While we are on The Bob Hope Show, would anyone happen to have the complete broadcast of 420922 from Fort Lewis near Seattle WA?  Goldin does list it, but all I have ever found is a 3 minute clip from the opening into Bob's monologue.

The Pepsodent Show. September 22, 1942. Red net, KDKA, Pittsburgh aircheck. Sponsored by: Pepsodent, Bulova Watch (local). The program originates from Camp Lewis, Seattle. The first show of the season. Frances sings, "Take Me, I'm Yours." The program has a feature called, "Meet The Army." Private Howard Duff is interviewed! Bob and Howard go to work at the Colonna Shipyard! After the program and station I. D., the start of "The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton" is heard. Bob Hope, Wendell Niles (nnouncer), Frances Langford, Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra, Howard Duff, Barbara Jo Allen (as "Vera Vague"), Jerry Colonna, Truman Bradley (announcer for Red Skelton). 30:09. Audio Condition: Excellent. Complete.

I looked all over, and I couldn't find this one. Here's the rest of what I have for Hope's 1942 shows, if it helps any.
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Shows included:
01/20/1942 Guests Edward Everett Horton & Betty Hutton
03/03/1942 Guests Babe Ruth & Betty Hutton
05/05/1942 Guest Claudette Colbert
10/13/1942 Guest Bette Davis
12/29/1942 From Long Beach Ferry Command

BobbyP wrote:06/03/1945 Major Glenn Miller Day

This one should be dated 06/05/1945.

Fixed the filename on the link I uploaded now. Thanks!

lasombra wrote:Here's one you requested:
Bob Hope 47-01-07 Ep016 Guest-Shirley Temple

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Thanks again for another Hope show! Here's some more assorted rarities in return:
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Shows included:
1929 - The Sunny Meadows Radio Show
1929 - Brunswick Brevities - The Colonial Club Orchestra
03/01/1929 Maytag Frolics Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
08/27/1929 Brunswick Brevities Red Nichols
1938 - The Shopworn Angel air trailer (Leo Is On The Air)
07/04/1942 Homage To George Gershwin
12/09/1945 Jerome Kern Memorial Special
1949 - Sorrowful Jones air trailer (Paramount Is On The Air)

Thanks for looking. This excerpt runs 3 min 41 secs and has the show opening and the first of the monologue. Hopefully the rest will show up one day. To give credit where credit is due I downloaded (or recorded, I really don't remember) this some years back from the Marr Sound Archive at UMKC, back when they had some clip examples up. We transfer link expires in 7 days.

420922 Ft Lewis WA - excerpt only - incomplete - Marr

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Here's Theatre USA 490428 Ep025 Stage Door. The date is three days off from your request but it has Ella Fitzgerald and Margaret Sullavan.

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Wildcat44 wrote:Here are 4 of the other shows

A Date with Judy

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Chamber Music Society

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A 20th Century Fox - You Can't Have Everything

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Can You Tie That

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kschriever wrote:Here are the Fleischmanns you requested:

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I'd love to get my hands on all the "missing" KMH shows myself, including every one you have listed.  This very excellent online log from the UK contains many notes suggesting that a lot of them have indeed been... somewhere... in past years, but certainly don't seem to be readily available today:

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I've seen the UK log for the Bing Crosby radio shows, and it is indeed excellent. If Bing so much made a 1 second appearance on a show, it's probably listed there. Most of the 1hr Kraft Shows that Bing appeared in from 1935-1942, to my understanding, are considered lost today - NBC apparently junked the majority of them during the war when engineer Murdo MacKenzie was called up for the draft, and a storage closet he put copies of the show in was cleared out in the interim. Crosby himself kept good archives of his stuff, but most of his pre-1944 radio work is hard to find, as his personal libraries were mostly wiped out in a 1943 house fire that pretty much destroyed all he had at the time. The scripts do survive for all of the Bing KMH shows, though, so it's known what guest stars/songs were on the shows, but only a few of the 1hr Krafts survive today (I've only found 28 total and 2 partial (I can post these tomorrow), and asides from the ones I requested that were listed in RadioGOLDINdex, I don't think much more survives of the 1hr shows, the 1/2 hour shows from 1943 on seem to survive much more often, especially from 1944 on with AFRS being a major reason I would guess as to why).

gathol wrote:

Rainwater5439 wrote:

gathol wrote:While we are on The Bob Hope Show, would anyone happen to have the complete broadcast of 420922 from Fort Lewis near Seattle WA?  Goldin does list it, but all I have ever found is a 3 minute clip from the opening into Bob's monologue.

The Pepsodent Show. September 22, 1942. Red net, KDKA, Pittsburgh aircheck. Sponsored by: Pepsodent, Bulova Watch (local). The program originates from Camp Lewis, Seattle. The first show of the season. Frances sings, "Take Me, I'm Yours." The program has a feature called, "Meet The Army." Private Howard Duff is interviewed! Bob and Howard go to work at the Colonna Shipyard! After the program and station I. D., the start of "The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton" is heard. Bob Hope, Wendell Niles (nnouncer), Frances Langford, Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra, Howard Duff, Barbara Jo Allen (as "Vera Vague"), Jerry Colonna, Truman Bradley (announcer for Red Skelton). 30:09. Audio Condition: Excellent. Complete.

I looked all over, and I couldn't find this one. Here's the rest of what I have for Hope's 1942 shows, if it helps any.
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Shows included:
01/20/1942 Guests Edward Everett Horton & Betty Hutton
03/03/1942 Guests Babe Ruth & Betty Hutton
05/05/1942 Guest Claudette Colbert
10/13/1942 Guest Bette Davis
12/29/1942 From Long Beach Ferry Command

BobbyP wrote:06/03/1945 Major Glenn Miller Day

This one should be dated 06/05/1945.

Fixed the filename on the link I uploaded now. Thanks!

lasombra wrote:Here's one you requested:
Bob Hope 47-01-07 Ep016 Guest-Shirley Temple

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Thanks again for another Hope show! Here's some more assorted rarities in return:
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Shows included:
1929 - The Sunny Meadows Radio Show
1929 - Brunswick Brevities - The Colonial Club Orchestra
03/01/1929 Maytag Frolics Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
08/27/1929 Brunswick Brevities Red Nichols
1938 - The Shopworn Angel air trailer (Leo Is On The Air)
07/04/1942 Homage To George Gershwin
12/09/1945 Jerome Kern Memorial Special
1949 - Sorrowful Jones air trailer (Paramount Is On The Air)

Thanks for looking.  This excerpt runs 3 min 41 secs and has the show opening and the first of the monologue.  Hopefully the rest will show up one day.  To give credit where credit is due I downloaded (or recorded, I really don't remember) this some years back from the Marr Sound Archive at UMKC, back when they had some clip examples up.  We transfer link expires in 7 days.

420922 Ft Lewis WA - excerpt only - incomplete - Marr

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lasombra wrote:Here's Theatre USA 490428 Ep025 Stage Door. The date is three days off from your request but it has Ella Fitzgerald and Margaret Sullavan.

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Thanks again to everyone for their help! Here's some more rarities on deck for everybody:
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Included:
08/16/1940 Bing Crosby Presents
01/07/1942 Navy Relief Program
05/21/1942 Kraft Music Hall Guests Carole Landis, Virginia Weidler, Rear Admiral I.C. Johnson
06/07/1944  Frank Sinatra Show Vimms Vitamins Guest Jane Wyman
06/14/1944  Frank Sinatra Show Vimms Vitamins Guest Lana Turner
11/20/1944  Frank Sinatra Show Vimms Vitamins Guest Bing Crosby
05/28/1949 Your Hit Parade w Frank Sinatra & Jane Powell

Here's another from your list.
Eddie Cantor - It's Time To Smile 1942-06-03 - Veronica Lake

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