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#10747: TEX AND JINX SHOW: TEX MCCRARY AND JINX FALKENBURG

1954-04-21, WNBC, min.

TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY:

April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959.

WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm.

In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948.

Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.”

Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.”

In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show.

When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003.

NOTE::
The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world.

Today's topic: review of the new Humphrey Bogart movie "The Barefoot Contessa."

#6956: ACADEMY AWARDS: 27TH ANNUAL

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1955-03-30, NBC, 79 min.

The third televised Academy Awards with M.C's Bob Hope in Hollywood and Thelma Ritter and Conrad Nagel in New York.

#10240: FRIAR'S ROAST LUNCHEON: HUMPRHEY BOGART

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1955-12-22, Live, 70 min.

  The most complete recording known running almost ten minutes longer than what has been uploaded to the internet of this rowdy uncensored early Humphrey Bogart Friar's roast, recorded live almost 70 years ago. 

Paying "tribute" to our guest of honor is Master of Ceremonies, Red Buttons, HIstorian of the Friars Club, Eddie Weiner, Joe E. Ross (missing from you tube uploads), Alan King, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Coburn, Lou Holtz, Gene Baylos, Phil Silvers (missing from you tube uploads), Solly Violinsky, Lauren Bacall, and Humphrey Bogart (part of his speech missing from you tube uploads). 

Red Buttons reads telegrams of congratulation from Liberace, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Bob Hope each using a term for copulation in their quotes).  

Processed from an original recording with flaws (edits, under and over modulation, clicks and gaps) acquired over 30 years ago, Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc.,  has improved the quality and flow of this extraordinary Friar's Roast lampooning  Humphrey Bogart just 13 months before his death at age 56.

#9499: TRIBUTE TO HUMPHREY BOGART

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1957-01-16, NBC, 28 min.

  From Hollywood NBC Radio pays tribute to Humphrey Bogart on the eve of his funeral, scheduled for the next day at noon.
 
Hosted by Bogart's long time friend, George Fisher who plays  excerpts of telephone recorded conversations he had with Bogart over the years. Heard, is a 1951 conversation of Bogart discussing the making of AFRICAN QUEEN...his relationship with  co-star Katherine Hepburn...a 1952 conversation discussing the  birth of his daughter, Leslie, the day before...a 1953 phone conversation about planning to do a fourth film with his wife Lauren Bacall...reminisces about his friendships with John Barrymoore, W.C. Fields, John Huston, John Dekker, Charles Butterworth, Mark Hellinger, Greta Garbo and Mike 
Romenoff. 

Other conversation touches on Bogart's love of Scotch and his own reputation of being a "character."

John Huston, who directed Bogart in five motion pictures, and life long friend, gives his own personal tribute to his pal "Boggie." He will be giving the eulogy at Humphrey Bogart's funeral tomorrow, January 17, 1957.

#13433: ED SULLIVAN SHOW (TOAST OF THE TOWN) THE

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1960-05-29, CBS, min.

           June 20, 1948 - May 30, 1971

ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE, (TOAST OF THE TOWN)
Television's longest running variety series. Originally, titled, TOAST OF THE TOWN, the name of the series changed on September 18, 1955 to THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Most remembered for introducing many stand-up comedians, and musical acts, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles. 

 Most of the 1,087 broadcasts, encompassing 10,000 performers, have been archived. The major exceptions are the first half-year of shows circa 1948 of which a few kinescope excerpts survive.
 
The ED SULLIVAN SHOW was a spectacular show-case that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. In its prime, more than thirty million viewers, young and old, tuned in at the same time to view popular culture.  

Comedian Guy Marks imitates Gary Cooper and Humphrey Bogart.

#34: LATE SHOW, THE

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1960-07-06, WCBS, 1 min.

February 26, 1951-April 26, 1968

"The Late Show" which for years would be New York's top feature film show, premiered on WCBS TV New York on Feb. 26, 1951 "The Late Late Show" followed not long after, as did "The Early Show." As its run accumulated, WCBS would commemorate its anniversary the week of Feb. 26 in different ways. On Feb. 26, 1963, for example, Ch. 2 celebrated "The Late Show's 4,327th broadcast...12th anniversary by inaugurating an extended broadcast day that ended after 5 A.M., unprecedented for its time.

The standard opening of "The Late Show" had the announcer state the title of the film, its cast and some additional relevant anecdotal piece of information related to the film. The musical opening was "The Syncopated Clock," written by Leroy Anderson and recorded by Percy Faith in 1951 (released by Columbia Records). The catchy melody was noticed by the producers of the new WCBS-TV program "The Late Show," that was to be the station's first venture into late night television. Faith's rendition was chosen as the theme music for The Late Show by WCBS and several other CBS owned-and-operated stations around the country, which helped Anderson's composition become a tune that many Americans could readily hum or whistle, even if few knew the name of its composer. WCBS would also use the Faith recording to introduce a weekday afternoon movie (The Early Show) and a later-night movie offering, The Late Late Show.

In 2006 a shortened version of The Syncopated Clock theme music would become the standard opening of the Archival Television Audio, Inc. archived collection...musical intro preceding a specific mastered TV Audio Air Check, which had been processed and mastered from the original off the air recording.

The last time the moniker "The Late Show" was broadcast on WCBS television, in New York, was April 26, 1968 (WOLF LARSEN (1958). The series lasted 17 years and two months, totaling 6,189 Movie broadcasts. Films still ran in the 11:30pm time slot afterwards, but without the "Late Show" opening. During the years to follow, thru the 1970's, other facsimile Late Show openings were created, a secondary version of the original series.

"The Syncopated Clock" instrumental standard opening is heard. The announcer introduces "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre."
We're told to look for a man in a white hat, played by director John Huston, who gives a coin to Humphrey Bogart (Fred C. Dobbs' character in the film).

#513: TELL US MORE

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1963-09-30, WNBC, 22 min.

The careers of Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney are profiled by host Conrad Nagel with additional anecdotes from Otis Gurnsey and from Radie Harris.

#514: HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS: THE MAN CALLED BOGIE

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1963-09-30, WNBC, 23 min.

This premiere series show, narrated by Joseph Cotten, presents the life of Humphrey Bogart.

#1018: BOGART

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1967-04-23, WABC, 51 min.

An examination of the man and the screen image which have created the Bogart "Mystique." Giving the anecdotes are Ingrid Bergman, Ida Lupino, Stanley Kramer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Michael Romanoff, Joan Blondell, Patrick O'Moore, George Raft, and Charlton Heston who is host.

#15696: WINS 1010 NEWS

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1968-03-31, WINS, 14 min.

A news reporter goes door to door to ask citizens their opinion on the Vietnam war. A promo is heard for the movie "Sahara" starring Humphrey Bogart. Will be seen on the 6 PM "Early Flick." Reactions to President Johnson's decision not to run for reelection in 1968. 
From WINS News: expressions of disbelief from New Yorkers on Johnson's decision not to run. No warning from the White House to the press and the public. 
Jerry Landay phones in a report to Brad Phillips from London. Don Bolton also reports from WINS.

#1115: PLAYHOUSE NEW YORK: HOLLYWOOD - YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS

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1972-05-19, WNET, 87 min.

James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Humphrey Bogart,
Raoul Walsh, John Houston, John Garfield, Howard Hawks, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Walter Huston, Gregory Peck, Lee Marvin, Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Robert
Mitchum, Albert Maltz, Frank Capra, Dalton Trumbo, and others are personalities remembered by writer Richard Schickel in this retrospective of the 40's in the film industry. John Cassavetes narrates. Written by Richard Schickel.

#1137: MOVIES, THE

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1974-04-01, WABC, 204 min.

A retrospective from the silents to the '70s featuring highlights from 110 motion pictures with the stars Greta Garbo, Eddie Cantor, Maurice Chevalier, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Bette Davis, Lawrence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Marx Bros., Mae West, Broderick Crawford, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, Al Jolson, Jeanette MacDonald, Dustin Hoffman, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Jack Lemmon, and many others.

#8711: MEN WHO MADE THE MOVIES, THE

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1974-10-02, NBC, 60 min.

A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks discussing his films and clips from his best-known pictures. Narrated by Sydney Pollack.

13 records found for Humphrey Bogart

#10747: TEX AND JINX SHOW: TEX MCCRARY AND JINX FALKENBURG

1954-04-21, WNBC, min.

#6956: ACADEMY AWARDS: 27TH ANNUAL

1955-03-30, NBC, 79 min.

#10240: FRIAR'S ROAST LUNCHEON: HUMPRHEY BOGART

1955-12-22, Live, 70 min.

#9499: TRIBUTE TO HUMPHREY BOGART

1957-01-16, NBC, 28 min.

#13433: ED SULLIVAN SHOW (TOAST OF THE TOWN) THE

1960-05-29, CBS, min.

#34: LATE SHOW, THE

1960-07-06, WCBS, 1 min.

#513: TELL US MORE

1963-09-30, WNBC, 22 min.

#514: HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS: THE MAN CALLED BOGIE

1963-09-30, WNBC, 23 min.

#1018: BOGART

1967-04-23, WABC, 51 min.

#15696: WINS 1010 NEWS

1968-03-31, WINS, 14 min.

#1115: PLAYHOUSE NEW YORK: HOLLYWOOD - YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS

1972-05-19, WNET, 87 min.

#1137: MOVIES, THE

1974-04-01, WABC, 204 min.

#8711: MEN WHO MADE THE MOVIES, THE

1974-10-02, NBC, 60 min.