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Friday Feb 05, 2010
American Family Robinson - Pgm 60
Friday Feb 05, 2010
Friday Feb 05, 2010
We return once again to Centerville and "American Family Robinson", syndicated in the mid-1930s by the National Industrial Council (actually the National Association of Manufacturers) to promote conservative government economic polices.
For those of you that are new to the show, it's a particularly interesting little piece of history - the series was heard on over 300 stations and was the subject of a Congressional inquiry since stations weren't revealing what entity actually paid for the program. When NAM first scripted the show, they tried to buy time to get it on both CBS and NBC and the networks turned them down, deeming the material too political and propagandistic. Program 60 finds the Robinson clan fighting to save the family newspaper. Bob Robinson, practicing his sales pitch as he goes out to sell subscriptions, intends to prove to Betty that "scientific methods" can be used for selling. The show comes to us from an original World Broadcasting Inc. acetate transcription, matrix number 9355-3
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