This week, we hear the first of a couple of episodes of an odd little series, “How About That”, hosted by Gregory Abbott. Goldin dates the show to 1949.
The series is similar to “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”, with more of a slant on science and industry. The stories in program one concentrate on spring. The first story is about “Overhand Joe”, an automated baseball pitching machine used in spring training. Seed companies are coating their seeds in the same color as the flowers that will bloom. Experiments in growing grass for golf courses makes advances for home lawns. A special guest talks about materials made from the then-new material, latex foam rubber.
Our mp3 was transferred from an original sixteen inch vinyl transcription syndicated by the Fought Company, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, matrix number 3131.
I’ve never seen anything other than programs 1 and 2 circulating from this series - I wonder if these were just demonstration programs for a series that never made it to air or if these are just more commonly found because they were used for demonstration purposes and more widely circulated than the series itself.
1952 Hudson Auto Show
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 305, October 5, 1931
Basketball - WHBC Lehman v Lincoln January 9, 1948 - excerpt
American Family Robinson - Pgm 122
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 14
Basketball - Canton vs Central Catholic - January 1948 - excerpts
American Family Robinson - Pgm 47
This Is Your FBI - September 28, 1951 - syndication version
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 304 - October 3, 1931
Sammy Kaye Showroom - Pgm 28
Peter Potter’s Platter Parade excerpt - unknown date
American Family Robinson - Pgm 46
Ohio Story - Apri 20, 1948
Louie's Hungry Five - Pgm 303, October 2, 1931
Carol Adams - July 4, 1949
This is Your FBI - August 10, 1951 - Syndication version
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 302 - October 1, 1931
Fishing and Hunting Club - July 7, 1949 - part two
Curtis Springer for Acidine - Pgm 3
Fraternal Order of Eagles speech - August 8, 1935
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