Tag Archives: Marlin Hurt
Fibber McGee and Molly’s Beulah: A Female African American Role on Radio played by a White Man
Beulah first appears at 79 Wistful Vista on Jan 25, 1944. At her first utterances there are peals of laughter from the studio audience, almost before she has said anything funny. Fibber McGee and Molly hire Beulah for one day … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly, Great Gildersleeve, NAACP, Old Time Radio
Tagged Arthur Q. Bryan, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, Don Quinn (writer), Harlow Wilcox, Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Marlin Hurt, Phil Leslie (writer), Ransom Sherman, Shirley Mitchell, The King's Men
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Patriotic Radio, How Fibber Won the War
The wave of American Patriotism during the Second World War is a phenomenon that may seem foreign to modern audiences. But this genuine feeling of involvement in the War was nearly universal. A good example of this is the popular … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly, Gale Gordon, July 4, Old Time Radio, Patriotic, Propaganda
Tagged Arthur Q. Bryan, Bea Benaderet, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, Don Quinn (writer), Harlow Wilcox, Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Marlin Hurt, Phil Leslie (writer), Shirley Mitchell, The King's Men
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