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The Bob Burns Show

Index The Bob Burns Show

The Bob Burns Show (also known as The Arkansas Traveler) was an American old-time radio comedy program that starred comedian Bob Burns. [1]

45 relations: Bazooka (instrument), Ben Carter (actor), Bing Crosby, Bob Burns (humorist), Campbell Soup Company, CBS, CBS Radio, Cindy Walker, Comedy, Double act, Dreft, Ed Sullivan, Edna May Oliver, Frank Sinatra, Gene Tunney, Ginny Simms, Golden Age of Radio, Gordon Jenkins, Hildegarde Withers, Jack Pepper, James Gleason, Kraft Foods, Kraft Music Hall, Lever Brothers, Lifebuoy (soap), Mantan Moreland, NBC, NBC Radio Network, Newsweek, Paul Whiteman, Ray Sinatra, Rudy Vallée, Sammy Kaye, Sanford Faulkner, Shirley Ross, Spike Jones, The Arkansas Traveler (song), The Ed Sullivan Show, The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Tony Romano (musician), Una Merkel, Van Buren, Arkansas, Variety (magazine), Will Rogers, Wyeth.

Bazooka (instrument)

The bazooka is a brass musical instrument several feet in length which incorporates telescopic tubing like the trombone.

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Ben Carter (actor)

Ben Carter (February 10, 1910/1911/1907 – December 12, 1946) was an American actor and casting agent.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Bob Burns (humorist)

Robin "Bob" Burns (August 2, 1890 – February 2, 1956) was an American musical comedian, who appeared on radio and in movies from 1930 to 1947.

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Campbell Soup Company

The Campbell Soup Company, also known as just Campbell's, is an American producer of canned soups and related products that are sold in 120 countries around the world.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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CBS Radio

CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation, and consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.

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Cindy Walker

Cindy Walker (July 20, 1918 – March 23, 2006) was an American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer.

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Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.

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Double act

A double act, also known as a comedy duo, is a comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession but drastically different in terms of personality or behavior.

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Dreft

Dreft is a laundry detergent in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and other markets.

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Ed Sullivan

Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American television personality, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate.

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Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver (born Edna May Nutter, November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Gene Tunney

James Joseph "Gene" Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928.

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Ginny Simms

Virginia Ellen SimmsSleeve notes from Ginny Simms – I'd Like To Set You To Music, Jasmine JASCD 118, 2001.

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Golden Age of Radio

The old-time radio era, sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Radio, was an era of radio programming in the United States during which radio was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium.

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Gordon Jenkins

Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer and pianist who was an influential figure in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s, renowned for his lush string arrangements.

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Hildegarde Withers

Hildegarde Withers is a fictional character who appeared in several novels and films.

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Jack Pepper

Jack Pepper (born Edward Jackson Culpepper, June 14, 1902 – April 1, 1979) was an American vaudeville dancer, singer, comedian, musician, and later in life a Dallas, Texas nightclub manager.

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James Gleason

James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor born in New York City.

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Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. is an American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Northfield, Illinois, part of the Kraft Heinz Company.

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Kraft Music Hall

The Kraft Music Hall was a popular old-time radio variety program, featuring top show business entertainers, which aired first on NBC radio from 1933 to 1949.

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Lever Brothers

Lever Brothers was a British manufacturing company founded in 1885 by brothers William Hesketh Lever (1851–1925) and James Darcy Lever (1854–1916).

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Lifebuoy (soap)

Lifebuoy is a brand of soap marketed by Unilever.

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Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland (September 3, 1902 – September 28, 1973) was an American actor and comedian most popular in the 1930s and 1940s.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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NBC Radio Network

The National Broadcasting Company's NBC Radio Network (known as the NBC Red Network prior to 1942) was an American commercial radio network, founded in 1926.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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Paul Whiteman

Paul Samuel Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist.

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Ray Sinatra

Raymond Dominic Sinatra (November 1, 1904 – November 1980) was a Sicilian-born American conductor, best known as the music director of Mario Lanza.

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Rudy Vallée

Hubert Prior "Rudy" Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986) was an American singer, actor, bandleader and radio host.

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Sammy Kaye

Sammy Kaye (March 13, 1910 – June 2, 1987), born Samuel Zarnocay, Jr., was an American bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line, "Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era.

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Sanford Faulkner

Colonel Sanford C. 'Sandy' Faulkner (1806–1874) was an American teller of tall tales, fiddle player, and composer of the popular fiddle tune "The Arkansas Traveler", which was the State song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963 and has been the state historical song since 1987.

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Shirley Ross

Shirley Ross (born Bernice Maude Gaunt, January 7, 1913 – March 9, 1975) was an American actress and singer, notable for her duet with Bob Hope, "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938.

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Spike Jones

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in satirical arrangements of popular songs and classical music.

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The Arkansas Traveler (song)

"The Arkansas Traveler" was the state song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963; it has been the state historical song since 1987.

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The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.

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The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour

The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour (also known as The Rudy Vallée Show, The Fleischmann Yeast Hour, and The Fleischmann Hour) was a pioneering musical variety radio program broadcast on NBC from 1929 to 1936, when it became The Royal Gelatin Hour, continuing until 1939.

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Tony Romano (musician)

Tony Romano (September 26, 1915 – March 4, 2005) was an American jazz guitarist and singer.

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Una Merkel

Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress.

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Van Buren, Arkansas

Van Buren is the second largest city in the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area and the county seat of Crawford County, Arkansas, United States.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Will Rogers

William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma.

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Wyeth

Wyeth was a pharmaceutical company purchased by Pfizer in 2009.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bob_Burns_Show

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