St. Patrick’s Day Comedy, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Jerry Lewis is 84…..
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt (Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Celebrating the holiday with Fred Allen, Duffy’s Tavern and Burns & Allen; Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston in a Lux Radio’s version of “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.”
And lots of birthdays this week led by Jerry Lewis, busy as ever and 84 on Tuesday the 16th. We’ll also have birthday specials for Mercedes McCambridge (Lights Out, Studio One); announcer Art Gilmore (Frank Race); Kermit Murdock (The Chase); Jody Gilbert (Rosa in Life With Luigi); composer Rex Koury (Gunsmoke) and character actor Edward Everett Horton (in back to back episodes of The Screen Guild Theatre.)
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Mercedes McCambridge
Kermit Murdock
Jody Gilbert with Joe Oakie & William Powell (in Shadow of the Thin Man.)
Edward Everett Horton
Rex Koury (Gunsmoke composer)
Just heard Duffy’s Tavern. Could the character of Willy possibly have been played by Rex Harrison? It sounded an awful lot like him.
Great bunch of shows this week, as usual, Greg. Y’all know I LOVE “Gunsmoke.” I’ve been having a great time for the past few weeks listening to “Gunsmoke” and “Have Gun Will Travel” on the radio and then watching them on Encore’s Western Channel each weekday evening. I’ve finally decided neither one medium is better than the other; each TV show is excellent but different from the radio show. What do the rest of you think?
Driving home tonight I listented to the Fred Allen show (6pm ET) and was reminded of the old Vitaphone cartoons I watched on afternoon TV as a kid. Maybe it was the guy doing animal sounds. The strangest things pop into my head sometimes.
That picture of Kermit Murdock is from the original Star Trek….circa 1967 I think.
Happy Birthday Rex Kouri! His theme song and transition music between the commercials and programming is what made me start to listen to Gunsmoke in the first place. Now it’s my favorite OTR show.