
Post or Modify Date: December 17, 21
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Series: "AVALON TIME"
NBC-RED AVALON Cigarettes
Stars: Red Foley `a true singer of American Songs', Kitty O'Neill
'The laughing lady', The Neighbor Boys, The Rhythm Singers,
The Avalon Chorus and a 16-piece orchestra.
MC: Del King Announcer: Peter Grant
Orchestra Director: Phil Davis
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*na* "ANDREWS SISTERS" 1 10-01-38 :30:00*
*na* "SMOOTHIES, BABES AND LITTLE, 2 10-08-38 :30:00* Red Foley-"Going Back to Texas" and
CHARLIE RYAN" with the chorus "When Mother Nature
Sings Her Lullaby". Orchestra-"A
Tisket A Tasket", and "Swinging in the
Corn." Comedy of Kitty O'Neill. Show
opens with a college medley;
California's "Big C", NYU's
"Palisades", and Notre Dame's "Victory
March" Guest Stars: 'Smoothies' " -
Babes and Little and Charlie Ryan;
"What you Gonna do When There Aint No
Swing" and "What Goes on Here in my
Heart"
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 3 10-15-38 :30:00* Red Foley-"Small Fry", "Goldmine in
the Sky" with the chorus; The Neighbor
Boys-"All Aboard"; Orchestra-"You
Never Know", "Study in Brown", and
"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" with
the Chorus. Program opens with a
college medley; Princeton's "Cannon
Song", Stanford's "The Cardinal is
Waving", and Texas "The Eyes of
Texas."
*na* "THE SMOOTHIES" 4 10-22-38 :30:00* Red Foley-"Empty Saddles" with the
Chorus; Phil Davis & Orch-"Pagan Love
Song"; Guests, The Smoothies
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 5 10-29-38 :30:00*
*na* "THE SMOOTHIES" 6 11-05-38 :30:00* Red Foley, "Monday Morning" and "Boots
and Saddles"; The Neighbor Boys, "Oh
Mona"; Orchestra, "Tarantula" and "So
Help Me'; and Bob Strong's
arrangement of "So Help Me; Guest
Stars, The Smoothies, "Dinner Music
for a Pack of Cannibals", and "In the
Shade of the old Apple Tree", weekly
College Medley, "Minnesota Rouser",
"Fight Alabama" and "Anchors Aweigh"
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 7 11-12-38 :30:00*
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 8 11-19-38 :30:00* Red Foley, "Down on the old
Plantation", and "Carry me back to old
Virginny" with the Chorus; The
Neighbor Boys, "All God's Chilluns got
Wings"; Bob Strong's arrangement of
"Who Blew out the Flame" and "Study in
Brown"; Entire ensemble "All Ashore";
Kitty O'Neill, weekly College Medley,
"Fight for California", "Palisades"
and "Victory March"
*na* "THE ANDREWS SISTERS" 9 11-26-38 :30:00* Red Foley, "I Aint Gittin no Place",
"Silver on the Sage" with the Chorus
and "Big Dipper"; Bob Strong's
arrangement of "Chop Sticks"; The
Neighbor Boys, "Going Down the
Valley"; weekly college medley.
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 10 12-03-38 :30:00* Red Foley, "Small Fry" and "When
Mother Nature Sings a Lullaby" with
the Chorus; The Neighbor Boys, "Open
up Those Pearly Gates", Orchestra
under Phil Davis, "Flying Down to Rio"
and "Pagan Love Song", Guests, Tom.
Dick and Harry, "Bessa From Odessa";
Production Number, "The Cotton
Pickers' Congregation"
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 11 12-10-38 :30:00*
111 "GUEST: RED SKELTON" 12 12-17-38 :29:41
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Total Number of Titles: 6 * running time is approximate only
Total Number of Programs: 12
Total Possible Episodes: 12 Missing Programs: 11 Total Programs in Collection: 1
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Series: "AVALON TIME"
NBC-RED AVALON CIG STARS: Red Skelton, Red Foley, Edna Stilwell,
Negro Quartet, Neighborhood Boys
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84148A "RED'S FIRST SHOW" 1 01-07-39 :30:00 Red Skelton's 1st Show Saturday
8:00 - 8:30pm
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 2 01-14-39 :30:00*
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 3 01-21-39 :30:00*
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 4 01-28-39 :30:00*
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 5 02-04-39 :30:00*
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 6 02-11-39 :30:00*
84148B "EGYPT" 7 02-18-39 :30:00 Edna Stillwell's 1st Show as a Regular
84149A "ALADDIN SKELTON" 8 02-25-39 :30:00
84149B "CINCINNATI" 9 03-04-39 :30:00 Broadcast from Cincinatti. Program is
interrupted for over 10 minutes to
hear Clem McCarthy's description of
the Santa Anita Handicapp Race.
84150A "INCOME TAX PROBLEMS" 10 03-11-39 :30:00
84150B "KING ARTHUR SKELTON" 11 03-18-39 :30:00
84151A "MARCO POLO SKELTON" 12 03-25-39 :30:00 Red Foley is ill. Curt Massey fills
in for him.
84151B "APRIL FOOLS DAY" 13 04-01-39 :30:00
84152A "SKELTON'S FLEA CIRCUS" 14 04-08-39 :30:34 Easter Program
84152B "SKELTON DICOVERS AMERICA" 15 04-15-39 :30:00 The Engineer was plugged into the
wrong line for the first three minutes
before switching to Skelton.
84153A "ROBIN HOOD" 16 04-22-39 :30:00
84153B "NIGHT WATCHMAN IN THE BANK" 17 04-29-39 :31:27
84154A "NAPOLEAN BONAPART SKELTON" 18 05-06-39 :30:00 First Broadcast from Chicago
84154B "PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN" 19 05-13-39 :30:00
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 20 05-20-39 :30:00*
84155A "EDNA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY" 21 05-27-39 :30:00
84155B "THE STOLEN PLANS - EAST COAST 22 06-03-39 :30:00 Listen For The Differences Between
BROADCAST" these 2 Shows
84156A "THE STOLEN PLANS - WEST COAST 22 06-03-39 :30:00 Listen For The Differences Between
BROADCAST" these 2 Shows
84156B "DINNER AT THE RESTRAUANT" 23 06-10-39 :30:00
84157A "AT THE UNIVERSITY" 24 06-17-39 :30:00
84157B "POLICEMAN'S BALL" 25 06-24-39 :30:00
84158A "TO VACATION OR NOT TO 26 07-01-39 :30:00 Bill Thompson Guests
VACATION"
84158B "FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC" 27 07-08-39 :30:00 Curt Massey Joins the Cast, Replacing
Red Foley. Independence Day Program
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 28 07-15-39 :30:00*
84159A "THE MOUNTAIN HOTEL" 29 07-22-39 :30:00
84159B "DANGEROUS DAN MCGREW" 30 07-29-39 :30:00 Disc #2 is very bad-Hardly
understandable.
84160A "TRIP TO MOUNT BALDY" 31 08-05-39 :30:00 Format Change - Three new weekly
features: "Headline Holcomb", "A Slice
Of Life", "Send Out Skelton".
84160B "MOODY BROTHERS" 32 08-12-39 :30:00
84161A "AT THE MOVIES" 33 08-19-39 :30:00
84161B "HIGH SCHOOL DANCE - BABY 34 08-26-39 :30:00
SITTING"
84162A "KILLER HITCHHIKERS" 35 09-02-39 :30:00
84162B "NAGGING WIFE" 36 09-09-39 :30:00
84163A "DINNER WITH EDNA" 37 09-16-39 :30:00
84163B "ASKING FOR A RAISE" 38 09-23-39 :30:00
84164A "MEETING THE IN-LAWS" 39 09-27-39 :30:00 Show Moves to Wednesday 8:30pm. Dick
Todd becomes show's singer.
84164B "YOUNG COUPLE ON PAY DAY" 40 10-04-39 :30:00
84165A "WORLD SERIES BASEBALL GAME" 41 10-11-39 :30:00 GUEST: Richard B. Gilbert, Publisher
of Metronome
84165B "EXPECTANT FATHER" 42 10-18-39 :30:00
84166A "NEW PUBLICITY AGENT" 43 10-25-39 :30:00
84166B "LADY BARBER" 44 11-01-39 :30:00
84167A "TROUBLE WITH THE LANDLADY" 45 11-08-39 :30:00
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 46 11-15-39 :30:00*
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 47 11-22-39 :30:00*
*na* ?? Title Unknown ?? 48 11-29-39 :30:00*
84167B "NEWLYWEDS ON THEIR HONEYMOON" 49 12-06-39 :30:00
84168A "CATERING" 50 12-13-39 :30:00
84168B "HOUSE-HUSBAND" 51 12-20-39 :30:00 Cliff Arquette's 1st appearence
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Total Number of Titles: 42 * running time is approximate only
Total Number of Programs: 52
Total Possible Episodes Are Unknown Missing Programs: N/A Total Programs in Collection: 42
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Overall Series Totals
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Total Number of Titles: 48
Total Number of Programs: 64
Total Possible Episodes: 64 Missing Programs: 21 Total Programs in Collection: 43
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