Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

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WHAT'S NEW Twenty-eight years ago Fanny Brice created her incorrigible Baby Snooks. Morton Downey congratulates Guy Lombardo on his Twenty-fifth Anniversary in radio. By DALE BANKS Ralph Edwards and Nellie Lutcher egg on a shy Truth or Consequences contestant. Len Doyle (Harrington), Vicki Vola (Miss Miller) and Jay Jostyn (Mr. D. A.) relax before attending to the Serious business of airing Mr. District Attorney. A backward look: The New Year rolls around and once again — Father Time literally has nothing but time on his hands. Now in radio this isn't bad. For instance, a lot of entertainers would like to have even a small share of the Lombardo time. Guy is celebrating his twentyfifth year in radio, and twentieth year as bandleader at the Hotel Roosevelt in New York City. . . . Running neck and neck with Lombardo is Ben Grauer who has spent twenty memorable years before the mike, and is currently one of radio's most sought after announcers and commentators. . . . Amos 'n' Andy, an American institution as immortal as Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan, are enjoying their twenty-third season on the air, the first two years of which were aired as Sam 'n' Henry. It is interesting to note that after more than two decades, this upper Lenox Avenue set still polls an estimated twenty-five million listeners weekly. * * * On November 20, 1929, The Rise of The Goldbergs made its air debut, and, with the exception of two years when the show took to the stage under the title "Me and Molly," has been a listening must ever since. Twenty years after its air premiere, The Goldbergs bowed on television and on January 17, 1950, will celebrate its first TV birthday. . . . Not too far behind The Goldbergs is turkey-in-the-straw-flavored Lum and Abner which first hoed-down over a Hot Springs, Arkansas, station in 1931. Eight performances later it went network, and the Jot 'em Down store is now as well known as Macy's or Marshall Field's. * * * The misadventures of The Aldrich Family originated as a stage production. "What A Life!", which ran on Broadway for well over a year. The first radio versions were three tenminute skits aired on the then-popular Rudy Vallee program. These made such a hit that Henry was installed as summer re