On This Day, September 3: Fred Allen and Nick Carter
Also featured: Perry Como.
September 3 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 3 across legendary V-J Day comedy broadcasts uniting Fred Allen and Charlie McCarthy, hardboiled anatomical theft mysteries solved by Nick Carter, Perry Como's postwar musical supper club, classic radio theatre romantic comedies, psychological terror from Richard Thorne, and harmonic choral sessions with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, Fred Allen and Edgar Bergen (1945), Lon Clark as Nick Carter (1950), Perry Como (1945), Don Ameche and Barbara Luddy (1937), Richard Thorne in The Hall of Fantasy (1951), and Bing Crosby (1937–1962):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Guest Fred Allen on V-J Day with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy" | NBC (WEAF) 1945-09-03 8:00 PM EWT |
Standard Brands Chase & Sanborn Coffee |
Edgar Bergen & Charlie | Fred Allen (Guest) | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Charlie McCarthy", "Edgar Bergen", "Fred Allen"] |
Fred Allen trades acerbic insults with Charlie McCarthy in a special Labor Day and V-J victory celebration broadcast. |
| "The Case of the Misled Skeletons with Lon Clark as Nick Carter" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-09-03 6:30 PM EDT |
Cudahy Packing Co. Old Dutch Cleanser |
Lon Clark (Carter) | Charlotte Manson & MacGregor | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Nick Carter", "Lon Clark", "Old Dutch"] |
Nick Carter investigates a bizarre anatomical theft where human skeletons are swapped in a medical university ossuary to conceal a homicide. |
| "Fishing for the Moon on V-J Day with Perry Como" | NBC (WEAF) 1945-09-03 7:00 PM EWT |
Liggett & Myers Chesterfield Cigarettes |
Perry Como (Host) | The Satisfiers & Steele | ["Music", "Variety", "Chesterfield Supper Club", "Perry Como", "Chesterfield"] |
Perry Como croons romantic favorites led by Fishing for the Moon on a special celebratory Labor Day edition of the 15-minute supper club. |
| "Society Sally with Don Ameche and Barbara Luddy" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1937-09-03 10:00 PM EDST |
Campana Sales Co. Campana Italian Balm |
Don Ameche & Luddy | Charles P. Hughes | ["Comedy", "Drama", "The First Nighter Program", "Don Ameche", "Campana"] |
An ambitious manicurist masquerades as a wealthy European countess to crash a high-society charity gala in Manhattan. |
| "The Twisted Mind with Richard Thorne" | Mutual (WGN) 1951-09-03 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Psychological Horror |
Richard Thorne (Dir.) | Mutual Drama Cast | ["Horror", "Psychological", "Hall Of Fantasy", "Richard Thorne", "Mutual"] |
A psychiatrist experimenting with psychic telepathy finds his own subconscious thoughts invaded and tormented by a deceased patient's vengeful psyche. |
| "Guest Bob Mitchell Boys Choir with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney" | CBS (KNX) 1962-09-03 10:45 AM EDT |
Sustaining Daytime Music |
Bing Crosby & Clooney | Bob Mitchell Boys Choir | ["Music", "Variety", "Bing Crosby", "Rosemary Clooney", "Buddy Cole"] |
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney welcome the young vocalists of the Bob Mitchell Boys Choir for harmonious choral renditions and pop duets. |