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(untitled)

February 3, 1952 rich

Cast: Fred Allen, Vera Lynn, Ethel Merman, Jerry Colonna, Johnny Johnston

No audio currently held for this broadcast — status: missing from the surviving collection.

Synopsis

Cathleen Nesbitt joined Bankhead in a repeat staging of the comedy sketch "A Matter of Perspective," first performed more than a year earlier -- which Fred Allen, Jerry Colonna and Portland Hoffa then spoofed. Ethel Merman traded an insult routine with Bankhead, Vera Lynn sang "Tulips and Heather," and Jan Murray performed his "Fight Routine."

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Editorial Notes

• Fred Allen, Vera Lynn, Ethel Merman, Jerry Colonna, Johnny Johnstone (Haendiges log)