On This Day, September 3: Spike Jones and Herbert Marshall
Also featured: Amos 'n' Andy.
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 madcap musical parodies for Coca-Cola, international espionage capers along the Suez canal, classic comedy hospital misunderstandings, wilderness suspense dramas, homespun western variety, and BBC medical satire, Spike Jones with Martha Tilton (1948), Herbert Marshall as The Man Called X (1946), Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos 'n' Andy (1943), Barry Kroeger on High Adventure (1950), Pat Buttram for Wrigley's (1957), and Struck Off and Die (1943–1993):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Guest Martha Tilton with Spike Jones and Coca-Cola" | CBS (KNX) 1948-09-03 8:00 PM EDT |
The Coca-Cola Co. Spotlight Revue / Coke |
Spike Jones & Band | Martha Tilton & Weaver | ["Comedy", "Music", "Spike Jones", "Martha Tilton", "Coca Cola"] |
Spike Jones and his musical satirists unleash frantic sound-effect orchestral takeoffs with guest vocalist Martha Tilton. |
| "The Port Said Smuggling Ring with Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston" | CBS (KNX) 1946-09-03 8:30 PM EDT |
General Motors Frigidaire Appliances |
Herbert Marshall (X) | Leon Belasco & Kennedy | ["Espionage", "Adventure", "The Man Called X", "Herbert Marshall", "Frigidaire"] |
Secret agent Ken Thurston travels to the Suez canal to intercept contraband munitions bound for insurgent factions in the Middle East. |
| "Amos Is in the Hospital with Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll" | NBC (WEAF) 1943-09-03 7:00 PM EWT |
Lever Brothers Rinso Soap Powder |
Freeman Gosden (Amos) | Charles Correll (Andy) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Amos n Andy", "Freeman Gosden", "Rinso"] |
Andy and the Kingfish tiptoe into the municipal hospital ward to comfort Amos while misinterpreting the head doctor's chart notes. |
| "Woman in the Woods with Barry Kroeger" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-09-03 4:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Adventure Drama |
Barry Kroeger (Host) | Mutual Drama Cast | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "High Adventure", "Barry Kroeger", "Mutual"] |
A surveyor traversing an isolated Canadian forest encounters a terrified heiress hiding from armed kidnappers. |
| "Sweet Leilani with Pat Buttram and Wrigley's Spearmint" | CBS (KNX) 1957-09-03 1:45 PM EDT |
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Wrigley's Spearmint Gum |
Pat Buttram (Host) | The Cass County Boys | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Pat Buttram", "Just Entertainment", "Wrigleys"] |
Pat Buttram delivers homespun country humor and introduces western harmony standards headlined by Sweet Leilani. |
| "Birth and Death with Dr. Phil Hammond" | BBC Radio 4 1993-09-03 |
Sustaining Medical Satire |
Dr. Phil Hammond | Dr. Tony Gardner | ["Comedy", "Satire", "Struck Off And Die", "BBC Radio 4", "Phil Hammond"] |
Practicing physicians Phil Hammond and Tony Gardner present satirical sketch reflections on clinical maternity wards and hospital bureaucracy. |