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Variety x Armed Forces Radio

Variety x Armed Forces Radio

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Welcome to VARIETY x AFRS, a collection of classic variety programs; many that aired on the Armed Forces Radio Service (a.k.a. the Armed Forces Radio Network). Programs include comedians, sketch comedy, music (singers & live bands), and ventriloquism. AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Services) also known as AFN (American Forces Network) were variety programs that only broadcast to overseas military on their own government radio broadcast service. These services are actually still in production today. This podcast will cover the programs broadcast during WWII and thereafter.

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Recent Episodes

  • Sealtest Variety Theater (Dorothy Lamour, Jimmy Durante, Edward G Robinson) | Slight of Hand, 1948

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  • Lionel Barrymore | Thanksgiving Special (Dinah Shore, Wally Brown, Fanny Brice +), 1944

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  • The Big Show (Tallulah Bankhead) | Eddie Cantor, Mindy Carson, 1950

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  • Chase and Sanborn Hour | with Mae West, 1937

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  • Mail Call | with Groucho Marx, Betty Grable, Judy Garland, 1943

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  • Sealtest Variety Theater (Halloween Episode) | Boris Karloff, Jack Carson, 1948

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  • Command Performance | Kate Smith, Henny Youngman, 1942

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  • The Big Show | Tallulah Bankhead, Groucho Marx, Fanny Brice, 1950

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  • The Chase And Sanborn Hour | With Bette Davis, W.C. Fields, Bergen & McCarthy, Dorothy Lamour, 1937

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  • Guest Star (2 eps) | Phil Baker, Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior, 1947

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