On This Day, September 2: Rudy Vallee and Vera Lynn
Also featured: USS Missouri Signatures.
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 classic variety comedy and crooning hours, retrospective BBC wartime musical tributes, big band orchestral celebrations, daytime serial drama, historic naval surrender recordings, and syndicated travelogue adventures, Rudy Vallee welcoming Stoopnagle and Budd on The Royal Gelatin Hour (1937), Dame Vera Lynn's wartime retrospective (1967), Paul Whiteman (1946), Virginia Payne in Ma Perkins for Oxydol (1949), The Surrender of Japan signatures (1945), and Armchair Adventures (1937–1967):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Guests Stoopnagle and Budd with Rudy Vallee and Royal Gelatin" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1937-09-02 8:00 PM EDST |
Standard Brands Royal Gelatin |
Rudy Vallee, Budd | Connecticut Yankees | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Music", "Rudy Vallee", "Royal Gelatin"] |
Rudy Vallee welcomes comedy duo Stoopnagle and Budd for absurdist invention sketches and satirical musical monologues. |
| "Vera Lynn Wartime Reminiscence on BBC via WRVR" | WRVR / BBC Relay 1967-09-02 |
Sustaining Musical Special |
Dame Vera Lynn | BBC Concert Orch. | ["Music", "Interview", "History", "Vera Lynn", "BBC"] |
Vera Lynn recounts wartime concert tours for Allied troops and performs nostalgic anthems including We'll Meet Again. |
| "Labor Day Swing Melodies with Paul Whiteman" | ABC (WJZ) 1946-09-02 9:00 PM EDT |
National Guard Recruiting Service |
Paul Whiteman Orch. | Glenn Derringer & Rhythm | ["Music", "Big Band", "Swing", "Paul Whiteman", "ABC"] |
The King of Jazz leads his orchestra in vibrant modern orchestral arrangements and ragtime standards on Labor Day. |
| "Labor Day at the Lumberyard with Virginia Payne and Oxydol" | CBS (WCBS) 1949-09-02 1:15 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Oxydol Laundry Soap |
Virginia Payne (Ma) | Charles Egelston & Forbes | ["Soap", "Drama", "Ma Perkins", "Virginia Payne", "Oxydol"] |
Ma Perkins counsels a distressed neighbor whose son threatens to drop out of high school to work at the Rushville lumberyard. |
| "Allied Signatures on the USS Missouri with World Broadcast Pool" | Worldwide Relay 1945-09-02 |
Sustaining Historic Coverage |
Gen. Douglas MacArthur | Allied Supreme Command | ["News", "History", "WWII", "Surrender", "USS Missouri"] |
International radio commentators record the official pen signatures concluding hostilities between Allied nations and the Empire of Japan. |
| "Mission of Friendship with Dramatic Adventure Cast" | Syndication 1952-09-02 |
Sustaining Travel Adventure |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Harry S. Goodman (Prod) | ["Adventure", "Drama", "Travel", "Armchair Adventures", "Syndicated"] |
An American goodwill emissary travels into remote Himalayan mountain villages negotiating peace between rival tribal clans. |