Christmas Program (Aired December 24, 1944)
Chase and Sanborn found a gold mine with a wooden dummy when Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy began an 11-year run, starting May 9, 1937. The 1945 summer replacement series, with Spike Jones and Frances Langford as co-hosts, was titled The Chase and Sanborn Program. Although the series ended December 26, 1948, it was followed by a compilation show on NBC, The Chase and Sanborn 100th Anniversary Show (November 15, 1964), assembled by writer Carroll Carroll and narrated by Bergen. This became an annual event with The Chase and Sanborn 101st Anniversary Show (November 14, 1965), a Fred Allen tribute, followed by The Chase and Sanborn 102nd Anniversary Show (November 13, 1966), which turned out to be the last of the series.
THIS EPISODE:
December 24, 1944. NBC network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Charlie tries to recite, "The Night Before Christmas."Don Ameche as "Professor Gozola" gives Charlie a singing lesson. The first tune is "Don't Fence Me In." AFRS program name: "Christmas Program #3." Bill Forman (announcer), Don Ameche, Edgar Bergen, Joan Merrill, Ray Noble and His Orchestra, The Chorus Of The Great Lakes Naval Training Station. 30:15.
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