Best broadcasts of 1939-40 (1940)

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Contents jljulslsuislslzjisljulsljuljijulsjlslslsl^^ PREFACE . v BEST SCRIPTS . i “My Client, Curley,” by Norman Corwin and Lucille Fletcher . . 3 “In the Fog,” by Milton Geiger . 23 “The Dark Valley,” by W. H. Auden . 33 “For Richer — For Richer,” by True Boardman . 44 “This Lonely Heart,” by Arch Oboler . 69 “The Clinic,” by Ted Key . 86 BEST COMEDIES . 109 Jack Benny . ill Fred Allen . 131 Burns and Allen . 167 Bob Hope . 185 The Aldrich Family . 203 BEST VARIETY SHOW . 231 The Pursuit of Happiness . 231 BEST EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTS . 249 Meet Mr. Weeks . 249 “The Human Adventure” . 262 BEST WESTERN . 279 The Lone Ranger . 279 BEST DAYTIME SERIAL . 300 Pepper Young’s Family . 300 BEST TALK . 31 1 President’s Address to Science Congress . 311 BEST MUSICAL CONTINUITIES . 316 The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street . 316 The John Kirby Show . 323 xiii