The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1954–1955
- Surviving broadcasts
- 13
- Genre
- comedy
Ryan Ellett Coming off working on a year-long television series entitled The Dennis Day Show (also referred to as The RCA Victor Show ) that ran from 1953 to 1954, Dennis Day returned with another namesake series in 1954, this one for radio. In June of 1954 it was announced that Mytinger & Casselberry Inc., distributor of the Nutrilite food supplement product, was going to enter the world of radio advertising by sponsoring its first show. The new series was to feature Dennis Day in a half-hour music-variety format. This is the Single Episodes Page. The Maintained Set includes extras not found here. It is located…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
5 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1954, in original transmission order.
- 1. , The Guests Rosemary Clooney and Jimmy Durante · 19 Sep 1954
- 2. , The Guests Patty Andrews and Race Gentry · 3 Oct 1954
- 3. , The Guests Peggy Lee and Willard Waterman · 10 Oct 1954
, The Guests Rosemary Clooney and Jimmy Durante
19 Sep 1954 · 28 min
Broadcast 19 September 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
, The Guests Patty Andrews and Race Gentry
3 Oct 1954 · 28 min
Broadcast 3 October 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
, The Guests Peggy Lee and Willard Waterman
10 Oct 1954 · 28 min
Broadcast 10 October 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
, The Guests Cab Calloway and Peggy Constance
17 Oct 1954 · 28 min
Broadcast 17 October 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
, The Guests Rosemary Clooney and Dick Shannon
24 Oct 1954 · 28 min
Broadcast 24 October 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
, The Guests Corky Hale and Ken Murray
31 Oct 1954 · 24 min
Broadcast 31 October 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
, The Guests Mel Blanc and Patty Andrews (AFRS # )
7 Nov 1954 · 25 min
Broadcast 7 November 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
, The Guests Vera Ellen and Johnny Mercer (AFRS # )
2 Jan 1955 · 25 min
Broadcast 2 January 1955. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1954–1955
Other series the network carried while Dennis Day Show was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Dennis Day Show
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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