Welcome to VARIETY x AFRS, a collection of classic variety programs; many that aired on the Armed Forces Radio Service (a.k.a. the Armed Forces Radio Network). Programs include comedians, sketch comedy, music (singers & live bands), and ventriloquism.
AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Services) also known as AFN (American Forces Network) were variety programs that only broadcast to overseas military on their own government radio broadcast service. These services are actually still in production today. This podcast will cover the programs broadcast during WWII and thereafter.
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Welcome to VARIETY x AFRS, a collection of classic variety programs; many that aired on the Armed Forces Radio Service (a.k.a. the Armed Forces Radio Network). Programs include comedians, sketch comedy, music (singers & live bands), and ventriloquism.
AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Services) also known as AFN (American Forces Network) were variety programs that only broadcast to overseas military on their own government radio broadcast service. These services are actually still in production today. This podcast will cover the programs broadcast during WWII and thereafter.
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
AFRS presents Lionel Barrymore as host of a Thanksgiving Special. Starring: Dinah Shore, Wally Brown, Harry von Zell, John Charles Thomas, Fanny Brice/Baby Snooks, and more.
Groucho Marx isn't satisfied with his introduction. Judy Garland sings, "I Never Knew." And Groucho introduces Betty Grable as his "mom," and she goes along with the gag.
Bette Davis appears in, "It's A Swell Night." Afterwards, Charlie McCarthy flirts with Bette. Then W. C. Fields tells of his new movie, "The Big Broadcast of 1938" and jousts with Charlie McCarthy.
Guests Abbott and Costello are running a gas station. The first tune is "It's A Most Unusual Day." Guest Dick Powell and Dorothy appear in "Happy Ending," by Milton Geiger.
Produced by the U.S. Treasury Department. The goal was to promote people to buy saving bonds. It featured various famous Guest Stars including actors, singers, and comedians.
Featuring guest star, Bette Davis, on the Chase and Sanborn Hour. CSH was a variety program with songs and comedy. This episode aired September 12, 1937.
Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, Fred Allen, Mindy Carson, Jimmy Durante, Jose Ferrer, Portland Hoffa, Russell Knight, Frankie Laine, Ethel Merman, Danny Thomas, Meredith Willson
The premiere episode, Waiting Room. Gregory Peck and Dorothy Lamour appear in "Waiting Room" by Louis Vittes: Two people are in the waiting room of a heavenly railroad station.
Welcome to VARIETY x AFRS, a collection of classic variety programs; many that aired on the Armed Forces Radio Service (a.k.a. the Armed Forces Radio Network). Programs include comedians, sketch comedy, music (singers & live bands), and ventriloquism.
AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Services) also known as AFN (American Forces Network) were variety programs that only broadcast to overseas military on their own government radio broadcast service. These services are actually still in production today. This podcast will cover the programs broadcast during WWII and thereafter.
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
