Comedy on a Tuesday

First, a look at the events of the day.

Then, The Lux Radio Theater, originally broadcast February 24, 1941, 85 years ago, The Whole Town’s Talking starring Fibber McGee and Molly.  Jim Jordan, er,  Fibber McGee, takes the role played by Edward G. Robinson from the 1935 motion picture.  Fibber is a mild-mannered clerk who bears a striking resemblance to an escaped convict.  

Followed by The Danny Kaye Show,  originally broadcast February 24, 1945, 81 years ago, The Murdered Meatball.  The cast of "The Danny Kaye Playhouse" presents Inspector H. I. J. Kaye in "The Case Of The Murdered Meatball." 

Then, The CBS Radio Workshop,  originally broadcast February 24, 1957, 69 years ago, The Space Merchants Part 2 starring Staats Cotsworth.  The science fiction classic of the future in the grip of "Madison Avenue." How to "sell" the colonization of Venus.  

Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast February 24, 1948, 78 years ago, A Little Something for the House.  Claudia and her mother visit a department store.  Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star.  
 
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