On This Day, September 5: Fitch Bandwagon and Morecambe
Also featured: Wise, Harry Nile.
September 5 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 5 across Hollywood songwriter Mack Gordon on The Fitch Bandwagon for Fitch Shampoo (1943), British comedy legends Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise on The Morecambe and Wise Show (1976), two modern radio dramas on Jim French's Imagination Theatre (Chick Bowdrie western in 2004; Harry Nile mystery in 2010), Irish island folklore on Twenty Years A-Growing (1977), and symphony woodwinds education on Your Symphony Scrapbook (1953), Mack Gordon (1943), Arthur Fiedler (1953), Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise (1976), and Larry Albert (2010):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Guest Mack Gordon with Cass Daley and Henry Levine" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1943-09-05 7:30 PM EWT |
F.W. Fitch Co. Fitch's Shampoo |
Mack Gordon & Cass Daley | Henry Levine Orchestra | ["Music", "Variety", "Fitch Bandwagon", "Mack Gordon", "Fitch Shampoo"] |
Hollywood lyricist Mack Gordon performs his chart-topping film hits, exchanges comedic banter with Cass Daley, and introduces swing numbers. |
| "How Tickled Am I with Morecambe and Wise" | BBC Radio 2 1976-09-05 |
BBC Sustaining British Comedy Variety |
Eric Morecambe & Wise | Peter Knight Orchestra | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Morecambe and Wise", "BBC", "British Comedy"] |
Eric and Ernie perform classic vaudeville crosstalk routines, stage a ridiculous mock opera, and trade insults about Ernie's plays. |
| "Louis L'Amour Theater: Bowdrie Passes Through" | Syndicated Radio 2004-09-05 |
Sustaining Western Audio Drama |
Jim French Troupe | Louis L'Amour (Author) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Imagination Theater", "Louis LAmour", "Audio Drama"] |
Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie rides into an isolated frontier territory to resolve a deadly boundary feud between rival cattle barons. |
| "The Adventures of Harry Nile: Nothing Is Forever" | Syndicated Radio 2010-09-05 |
Sustaining Private Detective |
Larry Albert & Pat French | Jim French (Director) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Imagination Theater", "Harry Nile", "Larry Albert"] |
Seattle private eye Harry Nile investigates a string of jewel thefts targeting high-stakes poker players at an underground club. |
| "Shipwrecks with BBC Radio Drama Troupe" | BBC Radio 4 1977-09-05 |
BBC Sustaining Irish Literature Drama |
BBC Dramatic Troupe | Muiris Ó Súilleabháin | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Twenty Years A Growing", "BBC", "Irish Literature"] |
A lyrical radio adaptation portraying islanders on the Great Blasket off Ireland's western coast salvaging timber from an Atlantic shipwreck. |
| "Burnett Atkinson and the Piccolo with Arthur Fiedler" | Syndicated Radio 1953-09-05 |
Standard Oil Co. School Broadcast |
Burnett Atkinson (Piccolo) | Arthur Fiedler (Host) | ["Music", "Educational", "Symphony Scrapbook", "Burnett Atkinson", "Arthur Fiedler"] |
Piccolo virtuoso Burnett Atkinson demonstrates the range, tone, and orchestral role of woodwind instruments with musical examples. |