Nostalgia Channel

Classic Laughs with Burns and Allen

Episode Segments

H360: Burns and Allen

OTR Detective: Casey, Crime Photographer 9-11-47 “Graveyard Gerte” starring Staats Cottsworth. Casey and Ann meet a strange old lady in a cemetery at midnight. They also meet her strange friend Roger, a stuffed snake! Cast includes: Jan Miner and John Gibson. Tony Marvin (ann). Spon. by Anchor Hocking. CBS.


OTR Comedy Part 1: The Burns & Allen Show 11-17-42 “Hat Box Hostage” starring George Burns and Gracie Allen. Tootsie Sagwell buys a new hat, Gracie buys a live turkey. Cast includes: Bill Goodwin, Mel Blanc and Elvia Allman. Spon. by Swan Soap. CBS.

H360: The CBS Radio Workshop

OTR Comedy Part 2: The Burns & Allen Show 11-17-42 “Hat Box Hostage” starring George Burns and Gracie Allen. Tootsie Sagwell buys a new hat, Gracie buys a live turkey. Cast includes: Bill Goodwin, Mel Blanc and Elvia Allman. Spon. by Swan Soap. CBS.


OTR Drama: The CBS Radio Workshop 9-14-56 “A Pride of Carrots” starring June Foray. A well-written, clever allegory about the first astronauts to land on Venus and the talking vegetables that live there. Cast includes: Robert Nathan (Author & Narrator), Ted Bliss, Bill Thompson, Alan Reed and Daws Butler. Hugh Douglas (ann). Sustaining. CBS.

H360: The Life of Riley

OTR Horror: Lights Out 4-27-43 “Execution” starring Mercedes McCambridge. A Nazi officer hangs a woman for wounding a German soldier. He then hangs the same woman over and over again. The program is dedicated to the Second War Loan. Cast includes: Hans Conried and Lou Merrill. Frank Martin (ann). Arch Oboler (Producer, Director, writer). Spon. by Ironized Yeast. CBS.


OTR Comedy Part 1: The Life of Riley 4-20-51 “Riley and the Kiss in the Dark” starring William Bendix. Riley’s been kissed in the dark at a party. Who did it? The Riley kids think Riley is leaving Peg! Cast includes: Paula Winslowe, Barbara Eiler, Shirley Mitchell and John Brown. Harry Von Zell (ann). Spon. by Pabst Beer. NBC.

H360: The Whistler

OTR Comedy Part 2: The Life of Riley 4-20-51 “Riley and the Kiss in the Dark” starring William Bendix. Riley’s been kissed in the dark at a party. Who did it? The Riley kids think Riley is leaving Peg! Cast includes: Paula Winslowe, Barbara Eiler, Shirley Mitchell and John Brown. Harry Von Zell (ann). Spon. by Pabst Beer. NBC. .


OTR Mystery: The Whistler 5-26-47 “Fateful Friday” starring Bill Forman. A meek little accountant finds $40,000 in cash in his mailbox. A change in lifestyle and murder soon follows. Cast includes: Herb Butterfield and Jack Moyles. Marvin Miller (ann). Spon. by Signal Oil. CBS.

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