On This Day, September 1: FDR Labor Day and Baby Snooks
Also featured: Couple Next Door.
September 1 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 September 1 across historic presidential addresses from Hyde Park, radio comedy skits, suburban domestic humor, and newspaper crime sensationalism, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 Labor Day address, Fanny Brice and Hanley Stafford as Baby Snooks and Daddy on Good News of 1939 for Maxwell House (1938), Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce in The Couple Next Door (1958, 1959), and Front Page Drama (1938–1959):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Labor Day Radio Address on National Defense and Industrial Unity" | All Networks 1941-09-01 1:00 PM EDST |
Sustaining Presidential Address |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Hyde Park Staff | ["Speech", "History", "FDR", "Labor Day", "Hyde Park"] |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a Labor Day radio address from Hyde Park emphasizing that American industrial production is vital to defeating global totalitarianism. |
| "Turned a Recital into a Riot with Dramatic News Ensemble" | Syndication 1939-09-01 |
American Weekly Hearst Magazine |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Syndicated Drama Staff | ["Drama", "Journalism", "Front Page Drama", "American Weekly", "Syndicated"] |
A dramatization of an American Weekly news feature recounts how a tempestuous prima donna's concert debut sparked a riot among rival operatic factions. |
| "The Dangerous Legacy with The American Weekly" | Syndication 1945-09-01 |
American Weekly Hearst Magazine |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Syndicated Drama Staff | ["Drama", "Crime", "Front Page Drama", "American Weekly", "Syndicated"] |
A newspaper crime dramatization depicts a greedy stepson scheming to alter an eccentric inventor's holographic will. |
| "Daddy Sneaks in at 3 AM with Fanny Brice and Frank Morgan (Maxwell House)" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1938-09-01 9:00 PM EDST |
General Foods Maxwell House Coffee |
Fanny Brice, Stafford | Robert Young (Host) | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Baby Snooks", "Fanny Brice", "Maxwell House"] |
Baby Snooks ambushes Daddy Higgins with endless questions when he attempts to tiptoe into the house in the early morning hours after a lodge meeting. |
| "Playing with Betsy with Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce" | CBS (WCBS) 1958-09-01 10:05 AM EDT |
Sustaining Domestic Comedy |
Peg Lynch, Bunce | Peg Lynch (Writer) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Couple Next Door", "Peg Lynch", "Alan Bunce"] |
Peg and Alan devise creative indoor games to entertain little Betsy on a rainy Labor Day morning. |
| "Meeting the Kenway Ghost with Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce" | CBS (WCBS) 1959-09-01 10:05 AM EDT |
Sustaining Domestic Sitcom |
Peg Lynch, Bunce | Peg Lynch (Writer) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Couple Next Door", "Peg Lynch", "Alan Bunce"] |
Alan investigates mysterious midnight footsteps in the attic during a weekend stay at an old New England country house. |