It's Superbowl Weekend, and we've got a salute to football courtesy of THE MILTON BERLE SHOW from 1947. We'll also hear Al Hodge as THE GREEN HORNET, and Burgess Meredith stars in CAVALCADE OF AMERICA, and the story Rain Fakers.
Episode Segments:
Radio's Golden Age: The Green Hornet and Milton Berle GREEN HORNET (2-7-42) “Reservoir For Murder” starring Al Hodge as the Hornet. A reporter for the Daily Sentinel witnesses the destruction of the city reservoir. Sustaining, NBC BLUE.
MILTON BERLE SHOW (11-4-47) It’s a “Salute to Football” with Pert Kelton, Jack Albertson, Mary Shipp, Billy Sands, John Gibson, Al Kelly, announcer Frank Gallop. Philip Morris Cigarettes, NBC.
Radio's Golden Age: Cavalcade of America CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (12-30-46) “Rain Fakers” starring Burgess Meredith as a meteorologist who recalls how he saved a town during a drought. DuPont, NBC.