WAS BUCK ROGERS THE CORRECT ANSWER TO NUMBER EIGHT?
GREAT GREETINGS AGAIN...
This set of 15 Great Greetings deals with a number of heroes and heroines from Network Radio's Golden Age plus a few of its unforgettable stars. As with our first set of Great Greetings, we'll give you the multiple choice of three answers to match each of the show openings that had become familiar to millions. Are they familiar to you? The correct answers are posted below.
1/ “Jello, again!”
A. Jack Benny
B. Jack Pearl
C. Phil Baker
2/ (EXCITED CROWD VOICES) “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s…”
A. Captain Midnight
B. Sky King
C. Superman
3/ (ORGAN STING) (ANNC): “Battling the raging elements! (STING) Fighting the savage wilderness! (STING) Striking at the enemies of man and nature! One man’s name resounds from the snow capped mountains down across the sun baked plains….”
A. Mark Trail
B. Sergeant Preston of The Yukon
C. Silver Eagle
4/ ANNC: “…The story that asks the question, ‘Can this girl from a little mining town in the West find happiness as the wife of a wealthy and titled Englishman?’”
A. John's Other Wife
B. Our Gal Sunday
C. The Second Mrs. Burton
5/ ANNC: “…it's your favorite stories as told by your favorite story teller…a man whose voice is familiar to millions of theater goers and radio listeners…”
A. Bill Stern‘s Colgate Sports Newsreel
B. John Nesbitt’s Passing Parade
C. Ted Malone’s Between The Bookends
6/ (SLOW HOOFBEATS ON PAVEMENT) ANNC: “There it is…an echo of the past…an exciting past…a romantic past…the era of the horse and carriage… gas-lit streets and free-for-all football games. The era of one of the most beloved heroes in American fiction…"
A. David Harum
B. Frank Merriwell
C. Jack Armstrong
7/ “Hello, everybody…”
A. Dinah Shore
B. Jessica Dragonette
C. Kate Smith
8/ ANNC; “Stand by to raise ship! Blast off in minus five, (ORGAN STING), four, (STING), three, (STING), two, (STING), one, (STING), zeerroo! (EXPLOSION). As roaring rockets blast off for distant planets and far flung stars, we take you to the age of the conquest of space with…”
A. Buck Rogers In The 21st Century
B. Tim Corbett, Space Cadet
C. X Minus One
9/ ANNC: “And now meet …. Friend to those who have no friend, enemy to those who make him an enemy.”
A. Boston Blackie
B. The Fat Man
C. The Thin Man
10/ “Hello, anybody, here‘s…”
A. Henry Morgan
B. Jack Paar
C. Joe Penner
11/ ANNC: “It’s O. Henry’s beloved badman who rides the romantic trail that leads sometimes to adventure, often to danger, but always to beautiful senoritas…”
A. The Cisco Kid
B. Red Ryder
C. Tennessee Jed
12/ "Evenin', Folks. How y'all?"
A. Judy Canova
B. Kay Kyser
C. Sammy Kaye
13/ ANNC: “The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.”
A. Dragnet
B. Gangbusters
C. The Lineup
14/ "Heigh-ho, everyone..."
A. Paul Whiteman
B. Rudy Vallee
C. Vincent Lopez
15/ ANNC: " Uh-uh, uh-uh! Don't touch that dial! Listen to..."
A. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet.
B. A Day In The Life of Dennis Day
C. Blondie
Many of these questions are simple for most fans of Network Radio's Golden Age, but there are a couple foolers in there that just might surprise you. We'd be interested to know how well you do with them at: tojimramsburg@gmail.com And if you've never seen them, check out our first set of salutory stumpers, Great Greetings.
Now for the correct responses to our Great Greetings Again.
1/ A. Jack Benny was sponsored by General Foods’ Jello for seven years and charged with making its Jello gelatin dessert a household name. He did. (See Sunday At Seven, Benny’s Double Plays and Sunday’s All Time Top Ten.)
2/ C. The Adventures of Superman was a kids’ favorite on Mutual and ABC during the five o’clock hour trough the 1940’s
3/ A. Outdoorsman Mark Trail was given one of the longest introductions of any program in Network Radio.
4/ B. Frank & Anne Hummert’s Our Gal Sunday, with its theme, Red River Valley, was a midday fixture on CBS for 22 years.
5/ B. John Nesbitt, narrator of his Passing Parade, wandered among all four networks during his 14 years of telling 15 minute stories researched by his dozen research/writers who also teamed to produced over 70 two-reel Passing Parade films for MGM from 1938 to 1949.
6/ B. Frank Merriwell was the young hero of over 200 “dime novels” by Burt L. Standish, (aka Gilbert Patten), written from the 1890’s to the 1930’s and a Saturday morning NBC Radio feature in the late 1940’s.
7/ C. Kate Smith used the friendly salutation throughout her radio and television careers and her 1933 Paramount film was titled with the expression. (See Kate’s Great Song.)
8/ C. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet had a brief 26 week run of half hour episodes on ABC in 1952, but the television versions of his adventures ran from 1950 to 1955 on all four networks.
9/ A. Boston Blackie was first produced for NBC in 13 episodes during the summer of 1944 starring Chester Morris, then in 220 transcribed episodes over the next five years by Ziv Syndicated Productions with Richard Kollmar in the title role. (See Fred Ziv - King of Syndiction.)
10/ A. Satirist Henry Morgan drifted among Mutual, ABC and NBC over the decade from 1940 to 1950 with his nonchalant greeting, "Hello anybody, here’s Morgan.”
11/ A. The Cisco Kid was one of the most successful syndicated series ever created. Following its first two seasons on Mutual, Ziv Productions took over in 1946 and transcribed 833 episodes of the series over the next decade. (See Fred Ziv - King of Syndication.)
12/ B. Kay Kyser greeted audiences with his friendly drawl in one of Wednesday's top shows for a decade. (See Kay Kyser - The Ol' Professor of Swing and Wednesday's All Time Top Ten.)
13/ A. Dragnet revolutionized police drama when its first of 314 episodes debuted on NBC Radio in 1949, followed with a string of 276 episodes on NBC-TV beginning in 1951. (See Jack Webb’s Dragnet.)
14/ B. Rudy Vallee was Network Radio's first star crooner and had a Top Ten show for the first six seasons of the Golden Age. (See Thursday's All Time Top Ten.)
15/ C. Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake adapted the popular comic strip, Blondie, into even greater popularity with 28 Columbia movies and a ten year Network Radio series. (See Bloonn...dee!)
Copyright © 2019, Jim Ramsburg, Estero FL Email: tojimramsburg@gmail.com
This set of 15 Great Greetings deals with a number of heroes and heroines from Network Radio's Golden Age plus a few of its unforgettable stars. As with our first set of Great Greetings, we'll give you the multiple choice of three answers to match each of the show openings that had become familiar to millions. Are they familiar to you? The correct answers are posted below.
1/ “Jello, again!”
A. Jack Benny
B. Jack Pearl
C. Phil Baker
2/ (EXCITED CROWD VOICES) “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s…”
A. Captain Midnight
B. Sky King
C. Superman
3/ (ORGAN STING) (ANNC): “Battling the raging elements! (STING) Fighting the savage wilderness! (STING) Striking at the enemies of man and nature! One man’s name resounds from the snow capped mountains down across the sun baked plains….”
A. Mark Trail
B. Sergeant Preston of The Yukon
C. Silver Eagle
4/ ANNC: “…The story that asks the question, ‘Can this girl from a little mining town in the West find happiness as the wife of a wealthy and titled Englishman?’”
A. John's Other Wife
B. Our Gal Sunday
C. The Second Mrs. Burton
5/ ANNC: “…it's your favorite stories as told by your favorite story teller…a man whose voice is familiar to millions of theater goers and radio listeners…”
A. Bill Stern‘s Colgate Sports Newsreel
B. John Nesbitt’s Passing Parade
C. Ted Malone’s Between The Bookends
6/ (SLOW HOOFBEATS ON PAVEMENT) ANNC: “There it is…an echo of the past…an exciting past…a romantic past…the era of the horse and carriage… gas-lit streets and free-for-all football games. The era of one of the most beloved heroes in American fiction…"
A. David Harum
B. Frank Merriwell
C. Jack Armstrong
7/ “Hello, everybody…”
A. Dinah Shore
B. Jessica Dragonette
C. Kate Smith
8/ ANNC; “Stand by to raise ship! Blast off in minus five, (ORGAN STING), four, (STING), three, (STING), two, (STING), one, (STING), zeerroo! (EXPLOSION). As roaring rockets blast off for distant planets and far flung stars, we take you to the age of the conquest of space with…”
A. Buck Rogers In The 21st Century
B. Tim Corbett, Space Cadet
C. X Minus One
9/ ANNC: “And now meet …. Friend to those who have no friend, enemy to those who make him an enemy.”
A. Boston Blackie
B. The Fat Man
C. The Thin Man
10/ “Hello, anybody, here‘s…”
A. Henry Morgan
B. Jack Paar
C. Joe Penner
11/ ANNC: “It’s O. Henry’s beloved badman who rides the romantic trail that leads sometimes to adventure, often to danger, but always to beautiful senoritas…”
A. The Cisco Kid
B. Red Ryder
C. Tennessee Jed
12/ "Evenin', Folks. How y'all?"
A. Judy Canova
B. Kay Kyser
C. Sammy Kaye
13/ ANNC: “The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.”
A. Dragnet
B. Gangbusters
C. The Lineup
14/ "Heigh-ho, everyone..."
A. Paul Whiteman
B. Rudy Vallee
C. Vincent Lopez
15/ ANNC: " Uh-uh, uh-uh! Don't touch that dial! Listen to..."
A. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet.
B. A Day In The Life of Dennis Day
C. Blondie
Many of these questions are simple for most fans of Network Radio's Golden Age, but there are a couple foolers in there that just might surprise you. We'd be interested to know how well you do with them at: tojimramsburg@gmail.com And if you've never seen them, check out our first set of salutory stumpers, Great Greetings.
Now for the correct responses to our Great Greetings Again.
1/ A. Jack Benny was sponsored by General Foods’ Jello for seven years and charged with making its Jello gelatin dessert a household name. He did. (See Sunday At Seven, Benny’s Double Plays and Sunday’s All Time Top Ten.)
2/ C. The Adventures of Superman was a kids’ favorite on Mutual and ABC during the five o’clock hour trough the 1940’s
3/ A. Outdoorsman Mark Trail was given one of the longest introductions of any program in Network Radio.
4/ B. Frank & Anne Hummert’s Our Gal Sunday, with its theme, Red River Valley, was a midday fixture on CBS for 22 years.
5/ B. John Nesbitt, narrator of his Passing Parade, wandered among all four networks during his 14 years of telling 15 minute stories researched by his dozen research/writers who also teamed to produced over 70 two-reel Passing Parade films for MGM from 1938 to 1949.
6/ B. Frank Merriwell was the young hero of over 200 “dime novels” by Burt L. Standish, (aka Gilbert Patten), written from the 1890’s to the 1930’s and a Saturday morning NBC Radio feature in the late 1940’s.
7/ C. Kate Smith used the friendly salutation throughout her radio and television careers and her 1933 Paramount film was titled with the expression. (See Kate’s Great Song.)
8/ C. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet had a brief 26 week run of half hour episodes on ABC in 1952, but the television versions of his adventures ran from 1950 to 1955 on all four networks.
9/ A. Boston Blackie was first produced for NBC in 13 episodes during the summer of 1944 starring Chester Morris, then in 220 transcribed episodes over the next five years by Ziv Syndicated Productions with Richard Kollmar in the title role. (See Fred Ziv - King of Syndiction.)
10/ A. Satirist Henry Morgan drifted among Mutual, ABC and NBC over the decade from 1940 to 1950 with his nonchalant greeting, "Hello anybody, here’s Morgan.”
11/ A. The Cisco Kid was one of the most successful syndicated series ever created. Following its first two seasons on Mutual, Ziv Productions took over in 1946 and transcribed 833 episodes of the series over the next decade. (See Fred Ziv - King of Syndication.)
12/ B. Kay Kyser greeted audiences with his friendly drawl in one of Wednesday's top shows for a decade. (See Kay Kyser - The Ol' Professor of Swing and Wednesday's All Time Top Ten.)
13/ A. Dragnet revolutionized police drama when its first of 314 episodes debuted on NBC Radio in 1949, followed with a string of 276 episodes on NBC-TV beginning in 1951. (See Jack Webb’s Dragnet.)
14/ B. Rudy Vallee was Network Radio's first star crooner and had a Top Ten show for the first six seasons of the Golden Age. (See Thursday's All Time Top Ten.)
15/ C. Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake adapted the popular comic strip, Blondie, into even greater popularity with 28 Columbia movies and a ten year Network Radio series. (See Bloonn...dee!)
Copyright © 2019, Jim Ramsburg, Estero FL Email: tojimramsburg@gmail.com