On This Day, September 3: JFK and The Goldbergs
Also featured: Perry Mason.
September 3 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 3 across historic presidential Labor Day speeches, beloved Bronx apartment domestic comedy-dramas, tense daytime courtroom mysteries, wartime medical clinic soap operas, and South African radio theatre, President John F. Kennedy (1962), Gertrude Berg in The Goldbergs for Duz (1942, 1943), John Larkin as Perry Mason (1954), Hugh Studebaker in Bachelor's Children (1943), and Author's Studio on Springbok Radio (1942–1975):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Labor Day Address on the Economy and Workforce with JFK" | Combined Networks 1962-09-03 12:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Presidential Address |
President JFK | White House Staff | ["Speech", "History", "JFK", "John F Kennedy", "Labor Day"] |
President John F. Kennedy delivers a nationwide Labor Day address outlining trade expansion policies, youth employment programs, and collective bargaining rights. |
| "Mickie Warns Sammy with Gertrude Berg as Molly Goldberg" | CBS (WABC) 1942-09-03 5:15 PM EWT |
Procter & Gamble Duz Soap Powder |
Gertrude Berg (Molly) | James R. Waters (Jake) | ["Comedy", "Drama", "The Goldbergs", "Gertrude Berg", "Duz"] |
Mickie warns Sammy against confronting an aggressive neighborhood foreman about unsafe wartime scrap drive collection methods. |
| "Neighbors Turn on Molly with Gertrude Berg" | CBS (WABC) 1943-09-03 5:15 PM EWT |
Procter & Gamble Duz Soap Powder |
Gertrude Berg (Molly) | James R. Waters (Jake) | ["Comedy", "Drama", "The Goldbergs", "Gertrude Berg", "Duz"] |
Molly Goldberg faces unfair neighborhood gossip and misunderstanding after attempting to mediate an apartment building noise complaint. |
| "Ed Beekman's Daughter with John Larkin as Perry Mason" | CBS (WCBS) 1954-09-03 2:15 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Tide & Cheer Detergent |
John Larkin (Mason) | Joan Alexander & Gardner | ["Drama", "Mystery", "Perry Mason", "John Larkin", "Tide"] |
Perry Mason investigates a contested estate settlement after a runaway daughter resurfaces to claim her deceased father's assets. |
| "Dr. Bob's Wartime Clinic with Hugh Studebaker" | CBS (WABC) 1943-09-03 10:45 AM EWT |
Cudahy Packing Co. Old Dutch Cleanser |
Hugh Studebaker (Bob) | Marjorie Hannan & Flynn | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Bachelors Children", "Hugh Studebaker", "Old Dutch"] |
Dr. Bob Graham manages an overflow of pediatric cases at his clinic while counseling anxious parents about wartime healthcare shortages. |
| "The Quiet Room with Springbok Radio Drama" | Springbok Radio 1975-09-03 |
Sustaining Literary Drama |
Springbok Drama Cast | Springbok Radio Staff | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Authors Studio", "Springbok Radio", "South Africa"] |
An introspective hospital patient observes the unspoken emotional struggles and reconciliations taking place among visitors in an adjoining restoration ward. |