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.
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 27
Sammy Kaye Showroom - Pgm 39
This is Your FBI - November 21, 1952
Louie’s Hungry Five - October 15, 1931 - Pgm 314
Safe at Home - Pgm 12
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 20
American Family Robinson - Pgm 259
Burkhardt’s Request Roundup - Jan 20, 1950
Louie’s Hungry Five - October 14, 1931 - Pgm 313
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 19
American Family Robinson - Pgm 258
Malcolm Claire - March 10, 1938
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 312 - October 13, 1931
This is Your FBI - August 29, 1952 - syndication version
American Family Robinson - Pgm 257
Safe at Home - Pgm 8
The Ohio State Band - March 28,1950
Federal Housing Administration - 5 Minute Programs and Announcements
WHKK Aircheck - Unknown Program
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