Radio Digest (June 1932-Mar 1933)

Selections 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:15 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m 10:00 p.m 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:45 p.m. 8:45 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 10:45 p.m 7:15 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. -WEAF — Voice of Firestone -WJZ — Death Valley Days (Pacific Coast Borax Co.) -WEAF— A. and P. Gypsies -WABC — Pillsbury Pageant— Street Singer -WEAF — Parade of the States — WJZ— With Canada's Mounted (Canada Dry) — WABC — Robert Burns Panatela Program Tuesday -WEAF — Blackstone Plantation Program -WEAF— True Story Hour -WJZ — Sisters of the Skillet (Procter & Gamble) -WABC — Gerardine Program ( La Gerardine, Inc.) -WABC — Ben Bernie's Orchestra (Blue Ribbon Malt) , — WJZ — McCravy Brothers, the Hearthside Singers Wednesday 11:00 p.m —WABC — Maxwell House Program -WEAF— "Big Time" (Stanco, Inc.) -WEAF— Halsey Stuart Program —WJZ — Jack Frost Melody Moments —WEAF — Goodyear Program -WJZ — O. Henry Stories; dramatic program -WEAF— Mobiloil Concert (Vacuum Oil Co.) —WEAF— Coca Cola Program , — WEAF — Nellie Revell: Voice of Radio Digest Thursday 8:00 p.m. — WEAF — Fleischmann Hour (Standard Brands, Inc. 8:15 p.m.— WJZ— Rin Tin Tin Thriller (Chappel Bros.) 9:00 p.m. — WEAF — Big Six of the Air (Chevrolet Motor Co.) 9:00 p.m. — WJZ — Blackstone Plantation Program 9:30 p.m. — WJZ — Thompkins Corners (General Foods, Inc.) 10:00 p.m. — WJZ — A. and P. Dance Gypsies 10 :45 p.m.— WABC— Phil Spitalny's Orch., and Jay C. Flippen 11:45 p.m.— WABC— Bing Crosby Friday 8:00 p.m. — WEAF — Cities Service Concert Orchestra 8:00 p.m. — WJZ — Nestle Program (Lamont-Corliss Co.) 8:30 p.m.— WJZ— Ivory Program— B. A. Rolfe's Orch. 8:30 p.m.— WABC — Du Pont Program (E. I. Du Pont de Nemours) 9:00 p.m.— WEAF — Clicquot Club Program 9:00 p.m.— WABC— Kodak Week End Hour; Nat Shilkret's Orch., Thelma Kessler 9:30 p.m.— WEAF— Pond's Program 9:30 p.m. — WJZ — Armour Program 10:00 p.m. — WEAF— Sampler Orchestra 10:00 p.m. — WJZ — Whiteman's Pontiac Chieftains Saturday 7:15 p.m. — WEAF — "Laws that Safeguard Society"; Dean Archer 8:15 p.m. — WEAF — Civic Concerts Service Program 9 :30 p.m.— WEAF— Club Valspar Program 10:15 p.m— WABC — Columbia Institute of Public Affairs 10:45 p.m. — WABC — Arthur Tracy, Street Singer 12:00 mid.— WEAF— Buddy Rogers a prime favorite with the younger generation, if you get what I mean. Anyway, Mr. Kellogg advertises his corn flakes and so forth twice daily on the chain, and then puts on a private Chicago show too, making three appearances for each story. Well, why not? Most of the shows for children either only succeed in boring them to death or in exciting them to such an extent that it takes several "Johnny, come to supper" calls before Johnny gets himself untangled 39 from a wild maze of adventure long enough to gobble down a meal, which results only in giving him either a tummy ache or a night mare. The "Singing Lady" programs are much milder in character — in fact they're so mild you can give them in large doses to the very small youngsters, with no ill effects. "BLUE RIBBON MAL" — Ben Bernie— CBS— local outlet WBBM, Tuesdays, 8:00-8:30. Friends tell me I have a misplaced sense of humor. People who aren't so friendly — and incidentally not so polite either — say it's perverted. And friends whose acts have already been reviewed by me anyway, say I've no sense of humor at all. So what's a person supposed to think. Anyway, the cause for the controversy is that I maintain Ben Bernie is one of the most unfunny people on the air. His flow of "I hope you like it" isn't quite so bad; but when he gets off onto a tangent of persistently repeating dance number titles, I nearly run berserk — or however it is you run when you get kinda batty. He's got such a swell band that it seems a shame he has to laugh at his own jokes. That sentence doesn't seem to make sense somehow — but I'm listening to him right now, and I'm going a bit battier every minute. You see folks, it isn't a matter of listening where you will, when you're trying to catch ALL the programs. I'm sorry if I appear to be a little cynical tonight; it's a mistake, because really I'm not such a bad person. Only it riles my Irish to have a person go smart-alecky on me every time he gets on the air. I'll have to give him credit though, his commercial plugs for the old Alma Maker (the pun is his, not mine) are really worthy of a Blue Ribbon. And I know that thousands of folks listen for him all the time. So that must make him good. I dunno — maybe it is kinda perverted after all! "JOE PALOOKA"— Columbia— WBBM— Tues. & Thurs., 5:45 Chi. time. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then "Padded Fists" is twice as good as I thought it was. Incidentally, since our previous review it's been sold. Guess I'll try writing a skit myself and reviewing it — then it'll sell and I'll quit work. But that's beside the point. Joe Palooka, while nicely done and ably played, is more or less a second "Padded Fists." For Joe, like Prince, wins the attention of the public through an accidental fight with another chap, outside the ring. And each has a disapproving mother. Joe Palooka, from the popular Chicago comic strip, is ably played by Ted Bergman, ex-manager of a New York gym. I'm told several fellows who know their left and right hooks are connected with the skit, from Ted Husing who announces it, to Ham Fisher who draws the cartoons. So it's really swell!