On This Day, August 27: Feeling Is Mutual and Lum and Abner
Also featured: Bing, Rosie.
August 27 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 27 across American network radio, tropical Latin melodies on The Feeling Is Mutual, three Pine Ridge episodes with Chester Lauck & Norris Goff on Lum and Abner (1942 Squire's scheme, 1946 grand piano delivery, 1948 Frigidaire windfall), Henry Weber conducting Brahms on The Enchanted Hour, and Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney harmonizing on "Cheek to Cheek" (1942–1962):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Caribbean Clipper" | Mutual (WOR) 1945-08-27 8:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Musical Variety |
Mutual Concert Orchestra | Mutual Music Staff | ["Music", "Latin", "Pop Standards", "Orchestral", "Variety"] |
The Mutual Concert Orchestra performs Latin and tropical arrangements celebrating aviation travel across the Caribbean. |
| "Is Squire Telling the Truth?" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1942-08-27 8:15 PM EWT |
Miles Laboratories Alka-Seltzer & One-A-Day |
Chester Lauck (Lum), Norris Goff (Abner) | Chester Lauck & Norris Goff | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Rural", "Americana", "Serial"] |
Lum and Abner debate whether to trust Squire Skimp's suspicious claims about a lucrative new Pine Ridge community enterprise. |
| "New Piano on Approval" | ABC (WJZ) 1946-08-27 8:00 PM EDT |
Miles Laboratories Alka-Seltzer |
Chester Lauck (Lum), Norris Goff (Abner) | Chester Lauck & Norris Goff | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Rural", "Americana", "Serial"] |
The Jot 'Em Down Store proprietors order a grand piano on approval and struggle to move the massive instrument through the front doorway. |
| "Ways for Abner to Spend Money" | CBS (WCBS) 1948-08-27 10:00 PM EDT |
Frigidaire / GM Frigidaire Refrigerators |
Chester Lauck (Lum), Norris Goff (Abner) | Chester Lauck & Norris Goff | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Rural", "Americana", "Serial"] |
Lum brainstorms ambitious investment schemes for Abner's sudden windfall before Abner can spend it on eccentric trinkets. |
| "Brahms Hungarian Dances & Classical Melodies" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-08-27 10:30 AM EDT |
Sustaining Classical Concert |
Henry Weber, Nancy Carr, Bruce Foote | Mutual Symphony Orchestra | ["Music", "Classical", "Orchestral", "Vocal", "Concert"] |
Henry Weber conducts the symphony orchestra and guest vocalists in classical compositions by Johannes Brahms, featuring selections from the Hungarian Dances. |
| "Cheek to Cheek (I'm in Heaven)" | CBS (WCBS) 1962-08-27 10:45 AM EDT |
Sustaining Daytime Music |
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole | Buddy Cole Trio | ["Music", "Pop Standards", "Vocal", "Jazz", "Duet"] |
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney trade warm musical banter and sing Irving Berlin's 'Cheek to Cheek' backed by Buddy Cole's jazz combo. |