Classic Radio 12-03-25 - The Big Show and Chase and Sanborn

Update: 2025-12-03

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Variety on a Wednesday

First, a look at this day in History.

Then, The Big Show starring Tallulah Bankhead, originally broadcast December 3, 1950, 75 years ago. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. does a scene from "State Secret." Margaret Truman matches wits with Tallulah. The cast does "The Margaret Truman Program," with a funny commercial for banks and money. Phil Silvers (sounding very hoarse) does a satire on the movies he's starred in.

Followed by The Chase and Sanborn Hour with Rudy Vallee, originally broadcast December 3, 1939, 86 years ago. Charlie McCarthy has started a Christmas shopping service. Guest Maureen O'Hara, John Archer and Charlotte Treadway appear in, "Rendezvous With Tomorrow," by Hilda Lawrence. Arthur Treacher appears as the perfect butler, who is now a "swingster." Charlie and Maureen do a scene from, "Jamaica Inn...Long Island.".

Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast December 3, 1947, 78 years ago, Through Claudia’s Eyes. Mama and Claudia are going to paper the closet shelves. A visit to Julia (Claudia's sister-in-law) in a beauty parlor. Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star.

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