The listening audience sent in funny little stories that represent certain cliches or old hat sayings, and the panel was supposed to guess which saying within two minutes. If a listener's story was used, they got a Rand-McNally Cosmopolitan World Atlas, and if the panel did not guess the cliche, the listener then got a lovely Wittnauer watch. This week's panel is made up of regulars Carol Lynn Gilmer, Associate Editor of Reader's Digest, Agnes Rogers, author and poet who was published in many magazines of the era like Harper's, and Ed Hill, who (from the research I've been able to dig up) was also a news analyst of the period. The special guest on the panel is Bennett Cerf, author, humorist, and co-founder of Random House publishing. The show is a lot of fun, and it sounds like the people involved genuinely had a great time doing it. I've not been able to find the series mentioned on RadioGOLDINdex, and the only other episode I've seen anywhere is posted on the random pages of archive.org. That episode happens to be the one following this, where the special guest is Gypsy Rose Lee. The show was transferred directly from a pair of ABC Network lacquer discs.
Columbia Demonstration Record
20th Century International Radio Newsreel - February 24, 1939
The FBI in Peace and War - October 15, 1952
This is War - March 14, 1942
Coleman Cox - Pgm 12
Coleman Cox - Pgm 11
This is War - February 28, 1942
Lanny Ross - May 23, 1949
Great Music - Pgm 144
This is War - February 21, 1942
The People Act - May 18, 1952
Naval Air Reserve Show - Pgm 24
Fred Waring Show - April 26, 1945
Great Music - Pgm 143
This is War - February 14, 1942
Reno Rides the Range - Pgm 4 Part 2
Reno Rides the Range - Pgm 3 Part 2
Kenny Baker - September 23, 1945
American Rhapsody - April 7, 1945
It’s Time to Smile - September 30, 1942
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