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Sunday Feb 01, 2009
Dinah Shore, Pgm 94
Sunday Feb 01, 2009
Sunday Feb 01, 2009
Here's another radio show that appears to be "lost". Originally broadcast January 31, 1946 on NBC, it's "Birdseye Open House" (aka "Dinah Shore's Open House"), and distributed as Program 94 in the "Dinah Shore" series on AFRS. In this episode, the guest is Groucho Marx. The cast does a sketch about a gambler (Groucho) on a riverboat and Groucho sings "Hooray for Captain Spaulding". The site radiogoldindex.com lists the network version of the show, but only the last fifteen minutes survive of that recording.
"Bird's Eye Open House" was a well-done musical variety series with Dinah Shore as hostess and Harry Von Zell announcing. It was broadcast in the mid-40s, originating at KFI in Los Angeles, and is best remembered for Groucho's frequent appearances. The movie careers of the Marx Brothers were in decline at the time and Groucho was seeking out a great deal of radio work; he can be heard as a guest on several shows from the period including programs such as "Command Performance", just a few years before his rapier wit would be tapped for "You Bet Your Life". The show was transferred from an original vinyl AFRS transcription. Updated 2/3/09 - Corrected "Birdseye" name.Version: 20240320
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