On This Day, September 1: Your Hit Parade and Bob
Also featured: Ray, Jack Kirkwood.
September 1 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 1 across national pop music hit parades, trailblazing Boston radio satire, domestic situation comedy, and early Thirties musical revues, Your Hit Parade for Lucky Strike (1937, 1945), Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding on WHDH Boston (1948, 1949), At Home with the Kirkwoods (1946), and Kraft's Salad Bowl Revue (1933–1949):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby? with Al Goodman, Freddie Gibson, and Lucky Strike" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1937-09-01 10:00 PM EDST |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Al Goodman & Orch. | Freddie Gibson & Clark | ["Music", "Pop", "Countdown", "Your Hit Parade", "Lucky Strike"] |
Al Goodman counts down the nationwide top ten sheet-music tunes including Johnny Mercer's Have You Got Any Castles, Baby? |
| "I Wish I Knew with Lawrence Tibbett, Joan Edwards, and Lucky Strike" | CBS (WABC) 1945-09-01 9:00 PM EWT |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Lawrence Tibbett, Edwards | Mark Warnow Orchestra | ["Music", "Pop", "Countdown", "Your Hit Parade", "Lucky Strike"] |
Lawrence Tibbett and Joan Edwards perform the week's leading radio and jukebox hits concluding with Harry Warren's I Wish I Knew. |
| "The Case of the Mark of Cain with Dramatic Mystery Cast" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1933-09-01 9:00 PM EDST |
Kraft-Phenix Cheese Miracle Whip Dressing |
Dramatic Mystery Cast | Fred Waring & Pennsylvanians | ["Mystery", "Variety", "Salad Bowl Revue", "Kraft", "NBC Blue"] |
A dramatic radio mystery within a musical variety revue depicts a detective piecing together clues surrounding a branded criminal mark. |
| "Running a Russian School of Acting with Jack and Lillian Kirkwood" | CBS (KNX) 1946-09-01 7:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Domestic Comedy |
Jack & Lillian Kirkwood | Jack Kirkwood (Writer) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Jack Kirkwood", "CBS", "Domestic"] |
Jack and Lillian attempt to earn extra household income by transforming their living room into an avant-garde Stanislavski method acting studio. |
| "Bob Returns to the Program on WHDH Boston with Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding" | WHDH Boston 1948-09-01 |
Sustaining Boston Radio Satire |
Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding | Elliott & Goulding | ["Comedy", "Satire", "Bob And Ray", "WHDH", "Parody"] |
Ray Goulding welcomes Bob Elliott back from a brief vacation and they immediately launch into spontaneous commercial parodies and deadpan interviews. |
| "How to Answer a Telephone School with Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding" | WHDH Boston 1949-09-01 |
Sustaining Satirical Sketch |
Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding | Elliott & Goulding | ["Comedy", "Satire", "Bob And Ray", "WHDH", "Parody"] |
Bob and Ray lampoon vocational education programs by demonstrating absurdly formal etiquette drills for answering residential telephone calls. |