Episodes

Thursday May 13, 2010
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 28
Thursday May 13, 2010
Thursday May 13, 2010
Let's drop in again on the gang of "Nonsense and Melody", a quarter-hour of comedy and music syndicated by Transco, recorded in the Freeman-Lang Studios in late 1934.
Program 28 in the series kicks off with Johnny Kiado, the "Accordion Wizard", performing his composition, "Accordion Rhythm". Bernadine Miller sings "A Needle in a Haystack" and the band performs a "Blue" medley. Hosts Frank Gill, Jr. and Bill Doemling perform in a sketch called "The Steamship Murder Case". The Three Jack Tars perform "Or Were You Fooling?"
The show was digitized from an original red vinyl Bruce Eells and Associates - Broadcasters Program Syndicate transcription pressed in the 1940s.

Sunday Mar 21, 2010
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 27
Sunday Mar 21, 2010
Sunday Mar 21, 2010
Here's another fun quarter hour of "Nonsense and Melody", a series syndicated by Transco starting in circa 1935. The series was recorded in the Freeman Lang Studios in late 1934.
Program 27 is one of my favorites in the series. Hosts Frank Gill, Jr. and Bill Doemling, who were comedians at KHJ, do an intro to the show that quickly seques into a hot jazz number, "It's Wonderful Weather for Love", sung by Jean Cowan. The Three Jack Tars do a great novelty tune called "An Animal Trainer Am I". The framing device for the series is a cruise and this week they're in Vienna, so Gill and Doemling do an opera sketch, "Babes in the Hollywoods".
The show was digitized from an original red vinyl Bruce Eells and Associates - Broadcasters Program Syndicate transcription pressed in the 1940s.

Sunday Feb 14, 2010
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 26
Sunday Feb 14, 2010
Sunday Feb 14, 2010
We haven't heard episodes of "Nonsense and Melody" in quite some time, so I'll start putting up the remaining episodes in my collection of this syndicated comedy variety show produced by Transco in 1935-36.
The show takes the form of a kind of world cruise and the troop has just left Switzerland. Featured comedians Gill and Doemling kick off the program, introducing a number by a crack banjo player giving us a jazzed up version of "Oh Susanna". Fifi sings a sexy little French number then Gill and Doemling doing a sketch where a drunk man visits a real estate agent. The Jack Tars close out the show with an unidentified song.
The program was transferred from an original red vinyl Bruce Eells and Associates vinyl transcription that dates from a later reissue of the show in the 1940s.

Monday Nov 10, 2008
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 25
Monday Nov 10, 2008
Monday Nov 10, 2008
Once again we spend another quarter hour with comedians Gill and Doemling as they play host to "Nonsense and Melody", a syndicated Transco program from 1935-36.

Thursday Sep 04, 2008
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 24
Thursday Sep 04, 2008
Thursday Sep 04, 2008
Comedians Gill and Doemling highlight "Nonsense and Melody", a breezy little comedy variety show produced by Transco in 1935-36. We pick up this week with episode 24 in the series. Jean's having a party at her hotel as the troupe visits Venice, so we get lots of jokes about canals in the comedy sketch portion of the show. Songs include "If I Had a Million Dollars and You" (with interesting Hawaiian slide guitar backing) and "Cherry Berry Bin" done as a gondolier song. The Jack Tars perform "Be Still My Heart".

Friday Aug 08, 2008
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 23
Friday Aug 08, 2008
Friday Aug 08, 2008
We turn once again to the Transco syndicated musical comedy show, "Nonsense and Melody", featuring Gill and Doemling from 1935-36. We last left the series with episode 20 a few weeks ago in the blog and I'm missing the disc containing show numbers 21 and 22. So, picking up with episode 23 in this post, the cast is in Rome. Jean Cowan sings a song about "rock and roll". (No, it's not about some obscure forerunner to Elvis Presley or Little Richard - it's about the "Rocking Rhythm of the Sea".) The accordion player takes a turn and the Three Jack Tars do "Okay Toots". The comedy sketch is about Ceasar and Brutus.

Wednesday Jul 02, 2008
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 20
Wednesday Jul 02, 2008
Wednesday Jul 02, 2008
Comedians Gill and Doemling play host to another episode of the Transco syndicated musical comedy show, "Nonsense and Melody", originally recorded in 1935-36. The program was transferred directly from an original red vinyl Bruce Eells and Associates transcription probably pressed in the 1940s.


Wednesday Jul 02, 2008
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 19
Wednesday Jul 02, 2008
Wednesday Jul 02, 2008
Once again, we dive into a couple of episodes of "Nonsense and Melody", a Transco syndicated program from circa 1935-36 featuring comedians Gill and Doemling on a ship taking a world cruise. The show is transferred from a red vinyl Bruce Eells and Associates transcription probably pressed in the 1940s.


Saturday Jun 07, 2008
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 18
Saturday Jun 07, 2008
Saturday Jun 07, 2008
Note: This episode of the series may be objectionable to some listeners because of racial stereotyping themes. Gill and Doemling play host to another episode in the Transco series "Nonsense and Melody" from circa 1935-36. The show takes place on board a ship going on a world cruise. A comedy sketch about the "old South" and the Kentucky Derby takes up most of the run time of program 18. Songs include "Fifi" by our female vocalist and the Jack Tars sing "Twenty Four Hours in Georgia".


Saturday Jun 07, 2008
Nonsense and Melody - Pgm 17
Saturday Jun 07, 2008
Saturday Jun 07, 2008
Once again we join comedians Gill and Doemling in another episode of this Transco syndicated series dating from circa 1935-36 that takes place on board a ship on a world tour.