(untitled)
April 20, 1952 rich
No audio currently held for this broadcast — status: missing from the surviving collection.
Synopsis
The series finale closed out Groucho Marx and Fred Allen's two-part vaudeville reminiscence, awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle prize on-air to John Van Druten for "I Am a Camera" (performed in excerpt by Julie Harris and William Prince), and gave Ethel Merman and George Sanders a spoof of Merman's Broadway vehicle "Call Me Madam." Portland Hoffa closed the run bantering with Bankhead and Merman about a hoped-for Paris vacation against Fred Allen's preference for Redbank, New Jersey, before Bankhead thanked the cast and Meredith Willson's chorus sang a final "My Darling" in her honor.
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Cast
Cast: Fred Allen, Phil Foster, Gilbert W. Gabriel, Julie Harris, Portland Hoffa, Groucho Marx, Ethel Merman, William Prince, George Sanders, John Van Druten, Earl Wrightson
Editorial Notes
- Guest list from Martin Grams, "The Big Show: The Lost 1952 Broadcasts".
Production Notes
- Final broadcast of the series; Ray Charles conducted the chorus. Announcers were Ed Herlihy and Bert Cowlan; NBC's own files reportedly do not record which announcer voiced the American Chicle commercials that night.