On This Day, September 2: 100% Completion (Town Meeting, Monte Cristo & Charlie McCarthy)
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for the final 10 broadcasts…
September 2 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for the final 10 broadcasts transmitting on September 2, bringing the entire September 2 day to 100.0% archival completion (480/480 broadcasts fully updated) across public affairs debates, swashbuckling Alexandre Dumas classics, Edgar Bergen ventriloquism, British gentleman burglaries, midnight Greenwich Village storytelling, Canadian Mountie northern chases, and golden age retrospective audio, George V. Denny Jr. in America's Town Meeting of the Air (1943, 1947, 1952), Carleton Young in The Count of Monte Cristo (1947, 1952), Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy for Chase & Sanborn (1947), Malcolm Graeme in Raffles (1943), Jean Shepherd (1965), Blair of the Mounties (1935), and Same Time, Same Station (1935–1973):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Should the Allies Form a World Police Force? with George V. Denny Jr." | Blue Network 1943-09-02 8:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Civic Forum |
George V. Denny Jr. (Mod.) | Foreign Policy Panel | ["Debate", "Public Affairs", "Town Meeting", "George V Denny Jr", "Blue Network"] |
Foreign policy analysts debate international peacekeeping proposals and post-World War II security organizations. |
| "Is There Really a Communist Threat in Hollywood? with George V. Denny Jr." | ABC (WJZ) 1947-09-02 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Civic Forum |
George V. Denny Jr. (Mod.) | Hollywood Panelists | ["Debate", "Public Affairs", "Town Meeting", "George V Denny Jr", "ABC"] |
Film industry representatives and political commentators debate allegations of ideological subversion and censorship in motion picture production. |
| "What Are the Real Issues of the 1952 Election? with George V. Denny Jr." | ABC (WJZ) 1952-09-02 9:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Civic Forum |
George V. Denny Jr. (Mod.) | Campaign Analysts | ["Debate", "Public Affairs", "Town Meeting", "George V Denny Jr", "ABC"] |
Political analysts debate presidential platform planks concerning the Korean War, domestic inflation, and foreign diplomacy. |
| "The Venice Conspiracy with Carleton Young" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-09-02 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Adventure Drama |
Carleton Young (Dantes) | Parley Baer & Del Valle | ["Adventure", "Drama", "Monte Cristo", "Carleton Young", "Mutual"] |
The Count of Monte Cristo travels to Venice in disguise to expose a fraudulent banking scheme targeting impoverished noblemen. |
| "The Dagger of the Borgias with Carleton Young" | Mutual (WOR) 1952-09-02 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Adventure Drama |
Carleton Young (Dantes) | Parley Baer & Del Valle | ["Adventure", "Drama", "Monte Cristo", "Carleton Young", "Mutual"] |
Edmond Dantes foils an assassin armed with a Renaissance poisoned stiletto attempting to eliminate an allied Italian diplomat. |
| "Jack and the Beanstalk with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy" | NBC (KFI) 1947-09-02 8:00 PM EDT |
Standard Brands Chase & Sanborn Coffee |
Edgar Bergen, McCarthy | Mortimer Snerd & Noble | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Charlie McCarthy", "Edgar Bergen", "Chase And Sanborn"] |
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy stage a comedic fairy tale parody of Jack and the Beanstalk featuring Mortimer Snerd as the bean dealer. |
| "The Case of Attila's Mask with Malcolm Graeme as Raffles" | BBC Forces 1943-09-02 8:00 PM BST |
Sustaining British Mystery |
Malcolm Graeme (Raffles) | Ronald Simpson & Hornung | ["Mystery", "British", "Raffles", "Malcolm Graeme", "BBC Forces"] |
Gentleman burglar A.J. Raffles and his companion Bunny Manders infiltrate an aristocratic country manor to restore a stolen gold relic. |
| "Go or Not Go with Jean Shepherd on WOR" | WOR New York 1965-09-02 11:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Late Night Monologue |
Jean Shepherd (Host) | Jean Shepherd | ["Comedy", "Monologue", "Jean Shepherd", "WOR", "New York"] |
Jean Shepherd reflects on teenage indecision, midwestern carnival excursions, and human inertia in late-night Greenwich Village storytelling. |
| "The Secret Gold Cache with Major Ian Maclaren as Inspector Blair" | Trans-Canada 1935-09-02 |
Sustaining Canadian Adventure |
Major Ian Maclaren | Canadian Drama Players | ["Adventure", "RCMP", "Blair of the Mounties", "Ian Maclaren", "Canadian"] |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Blair tracks treacherous prospectors attempting to hijack an unrefined gold shipment in the Yukon. |
| "A Day in the Life of Your Radio with Johnny Darro and Ray Briem" | KMPC Los Angeles 1973-09-02 |
Sustaining Broadcast History |
Johnny Darro, Briem | KMPC Documentarians | ["History", "Documentary", "Same Time Same Station", "OTR", "KMPC"] |
A retrospective documentary survey presents authentic audio clips demonstrating a full continuous broadcast day from vintage 1930s network radio. |