A group of overseas soldiers gets a present from a variety troupe: America. Original Air Date: December 25, 1944
Archive for the ‘Christmas’ category
Episode 038: War Time Christmas #11: America for Christmas
Episode 037: War Time Christmas #10: Traditional Christmas Programs
A speech by Winston Churchill from the White House on Christmas Eve 1941 Amos puts his daughter to bed on Christmas Eve in this class Amos ‘n Andy Christmas story. Original Air Date: December 24, 1941 Lum, Abner, and Grandpappy Spears come bearing gifts to a stable where a child has been born to a […]
Episode 036: War Time Christmas #9: A Christmas Carol
Lionel Barrymore reprises his most famous old time radio roll as Ebenezer Scrooge in a A Christmas Carol. Original Air Date: December 23, 1943
Episode 035: War Time Christmas #8: Hop Harrigan
Hop and Tank crash in the Austrian alps and encounter an order of monks who are unaware of the war. Original Air Date: December 25, 1944
Episode 034: War Time Christmas #7: Kraft Music Hall
Bing Crosby hosts the Christmas edition of the Kraft Music Hall. Original Air Date: December 21, 1944
Episode 033: War Time Christmas #6: A Child is Born
A nativity play written by Stephen Vincent Benet. From the Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: December 20, 1943
Episode 032: War Time Christmas #5: Barbed Wire Christmas
A group of American POWs try to keep their spirits up at Christmastime during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge but the Nazi decision to cancel Christmas Mass threatens to turn Christmas into a blood bath. Original Air Date: December 16, 1952
Episode 031: War Time Christmas #4: Command Performance Christmas
Bob Hope hosts an all-star cast of performers for America’s Armed Forces including Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, the City Slicker, and Ethel Waters. Simulcast to America’s civilians. Original Air Date: December 24, 1942
Episode 030: Wartime Christmas #3: Roswell’s a Guest for Christmas
Riley has his boss’ s bratty son over for Christmas. Riley and family are determined to show him a good Christmas despite himself. Original Air Date: December 24, 1944
Episode 029: Wartime Christimas #2: Santa and the Pirates
Gracie has a dream about Santa and she and her duck have to rescue Santa’s toys from a pirate with a Russian accent. Original Air Date: December 22, 1942
Episode 028: Wartime Christmas #1: Christmas Bonus
An ex-con is fired from his job at a department store where a string of burglaries totaling $10,000 have occurred and decides to return to a life of crime. From the Whistler. Original Air Date: December 25, 1944