Accompanying booklet with foreword by George Burns (49 p. : ill. ; 13 x 14 cm.) containing historical, biographical, and program notes, as well as bibliographical references, inserted in container.
Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Edgar Bergen, Eddie Cantor, Jim and Marian Jordan, William Bendix, Ed Gardner, Harold Peary, Eve Arden, Fred Allen, Don Ameche, Frances Langford, Bobby Ellis, Jackie Grimes, and others.
Originally broadcast Nov. 29, 1942-Dec. 14, 1952, except for the episode of The Bickersons, a pilot recorded on Dec. 13, 1947 that was never aired.
Contents:
The Jack Benny program (2-15-48) / (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie Anderson, Don Wilson) -- The Burns and Allen show (1-2-47) / (George Burns, Gracie Allen, Verna Felton, Mel Blanc, Bill Goodwin) -- The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy show (5-23-43) / (Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Charles Boyer) -- The Eddie Cantor show (1-6-43) / (Eddie Cantor, Tommy Dorsey, Dinah Shore, Bert Gordon, Hattie McDaniel) -- Fibber McGee & Molly (4-6-43) / (Jim and Marian Jordan, Arthur Q. Bryan) -- The life of Riley (4-8-49) / (William Bendix, John Brown, Burt Lancaster) -- Duffy's tavern (11-9-51) / Ed Gardner) -- The great Gildersleeve (11-29-42) / (Harold Peary) -- Our Miss Brooks (8-21-49) / (Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler, Richard Crenna) -- The Fred Allen show (10/28/45) / (Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Edgar Bergen) -- The Bickersons (12/13/47) / (Don Ameche, Frances Langford) -- The Aldrich family (12-14-52) / (Bobby Ellis, Jackie Grimes)