Forbush Franks Are Frankier Franks

Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding had to make some adjustments when NBC signed them to do a 15-minute daily radio show in 1951. Their exploits on WHDH in Boston went for a half an hour. And much of it was ad-libbed so the show tended to go all over the place at times.

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Hawaii Welcomes Jack Benny

Television and movie studios weren’t exactly friendly in the early ‘50s, so it was a real coup when Marilyn Monroe guest starred on Jack Benny’s TV show opening the 1953-54 season.

The show’s basis came from a trip that Benny and his wife Mary Livingstone took to Hawaii with George Burns and Gracie Allen.

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A is For Atom

A is For Atom won at least nine awards for the John Sutherland studio as it propagandised how atomic energy was great for all humanity.

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