On This Day, September 2: Bing Crosby Premiere and Paul Harvey
Also featured: Allen Funt.
September 2 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 2 across landmark network singing debuts, historical biographical vignettes, pioneering hidden microphone comedy, frontier adventure classics, youth espionage serials, and Hollywood romantic radio drama, Bing Crosby's historic solo network radio premiere for Cremo Cigars (1931), Paul Harvey in The Rest of the Story (1983), Allen Funt on Candid Microphone (1948), Adventure in Reading (1940), True Adventures of Junior G-Men (1936), and Curtain Time (1931–1983):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Just One More Chance with Bing Crosby and Cremo Cigars (CBS Premiere)" | CBS (WABC) 1931-09-02 11:00 PM EDST |
American Cigar Co. Cremo Cigars |
Bing Crosby (Vocals) | Carl Fenton Orchestra | ["Music", "Pop", "Vocal", "Bing Crosby", "Cremo Cigars"] |
Bing Crosby makes his solo network radio debut singing Arthur Johnston's Just One More Chance backed by Carl Fenton's Orchestra. |
| "Falwell, the Weak Twin with Paul Harvey and Bankers Life" | ABC Information 1983-09-02 |
Bankers Life & Casualty Insurance Policies |
Paul Harvey (Host) | Paul Harvey Jr. (Writer) | ["History", "Biography", "Rest Of The Story", "Paul Harvey", "ABC"] |
Paul Harvey reveals how a sickly twin brother survived childhood illness to become an influential national television evangelist. |
| "The Diamond Ring Pawn Dispute with Allen Funt and ABC" | ABC (WJZ) 1948-09-02 9:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Hidden-Mic Comedy |
Allen Funt (Host) | Allen Funt (Producer) | ["Comedy", "Hidden Camera", "Candid Microphone", "Allen Funt", "ABC"] |
Allen Funt secretly records hilarious reactions while attempting to pawn an obviously plastic novelty ring as a rare family heirloom. |
| "James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans with NBC Red" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1940-09-02 2:00 PM EDST |
Sustaining Educational Drama |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Helen Walpole (Writer) | ["Adventure", "Literature", "History", "Adventure In Reading", "NBC Red"] |
Scout Hawkeye and his Mohican companion Chingachgook guide British officers and two sisters through hostile frontier territory during the French and Indian War. |
| "The Black Leather Case (Part 3) with Dramatic Cast" | Syndication 1936-09-02 |
Sustaining Juvenile Serial |
Junior G-Men Cast | Syndicated Drama Staff | ["Children", "Adventure", "Junior G-Men", "FBI", "Syndicated"] |
Junior federal agents corner a syndicate courier at a railway station and restore a stolen black leather briefcase containing confidential defense formulas. |
| "Retake with Dramatic Cast and General Mills" | Mutual (WOR) 1938-09-02 10:00 PM EDST |
General Mills Wheaties & Bisquick |
Dramatic Cast | Harry Kogen Orchestra | ["Drama", "Romance", "Curtain Time", "General Mills", "Mutual"] |
A temperamental Hollywood movie director demands repeated takes of a climatic film sequence until a real-life romance blossoms between the co-stars. |