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(untitled)

April 13, 1952 rich

Cast: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Peggy Lee, Groucho Marx, Jackie Miles, George Sanders

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

Synopsis

Groucho Marx and Fred Allen reminisced together about their vaudeville days in a two-part bit that continued into the following week's finale. Groucho sang his own new novelty number, "There's a Place Called Omaha, Nebraska," George Sanders sang an aria from Verdi's "Otello," and Bankhead read Carl Sandburg's "Chicago" as part of a station-anniversary salute to WMAQ.

Sources:martingrams.blogspot.com, otrsite.com

Editorial Notes

• Guest list from Martin Grams, "The Big Show: The Lost 1952 Broadcasts".