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#10630: TEX AND JINX SHOW: STARRING TEX MCCRARY AND JINX FALKENBURG

1949-12-30, 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.

Topics: Personalities of 1949. Mae West discusses her famous lines, Joe DiMaggio recalls very early baseball days, Prime Minister Nehru talks about his development of public speaking, Senator McCarthy quizzes General Harry Vaughan on government scandal, General Eisenhower on unification of services,
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Today's guest: Drew Pearson. He talks about revelations on Representative Parnell Thomas scandalous activities in Washington.

#13343: DEAN MARTIN VARIETY SHOW, THE (STAR TIME)

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1959-05-03, NBC, 5 min.

10-06 1959-5-31-60 1960 (NBC)

Hour-long comedy/variety series sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. Startime is an anthology series of drama, comedy, and variety. A total of 33 episodes were produced with Dean Martin hosting two of them. It was also referred to as "Ford Startime." It was one of the first shows to broadcast in color. 

Dean Martin Bob Hope and an extended incomplete routine skit with Mae West, as Dean hurriedly says goodbye to Bob as he prepares to welcome expecting date, Mae to his apartment where each exchange   some very ribald innuendo dialog. Dean suggests that Mae make herself comfortable as they discuss current television shows. There is an attraction to one another as Dean suggests they sing a duet, "I  Can't Give You Anything But Love." Mae takes it literally with a typical Mae West one liner.   

NOTE: Unfortunately, the original off air tape recording ends without the duet number recorded. However, the little bit of humorous exchange as noted above is priceless as Mae West's only example of appearing on a TV Variety show, in a skit, in her career.

#14335: HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS: SIRENS, SYMBOLS, AND GLAMOUR GIRLS (PART 1)

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1963-10-07, NBC, 27 min.

September 30th, 1963-September 28th, 1964 (NBC)

Joseph Cotton hosted and narrated this documentary series about American movies. 

Host: Joseph Cotton.

#717: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: THE CHASE AND SANDBORN 100TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW

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1964-11-15, NBC, 53 min.

A centennial celebration special broadcast over NBC Radio with host Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Past highlights from previous shows are heard with W.C. Fields, Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, Don Ameche, Nelson Eddy, Eddie Cantor, Dorothy Lamour, Rudy Vallee, Ogden Nash, Alec Templeton, Mary Pickford, Charles Laughton, Jack Oakie, Adolphe Menjou and Verree Teasdale, Major Bowes, Mae West, Ethel Barrymore, Jimmy Stuart, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Maurice Chevalier and announcer Jimmy Wellington.

#6449: DANNY STILES SHOW

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1970-09-16, WNYC, 120 min.

Danny Stiles was a radio personality. He worked on the radio for 63 years, playing vinyl.

#3502: JULIE ANDREWS HOUR, THE

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1973-02-10, WABC, 52 min.

September 13, 1972-April 28, 1973. 

Variety hour hosted by musical comedy star Julie Andrews and featuring Alice Ghostley and Rich Little.

Angela Lansbury and Julie Andrews contribute a musical salute to the great ladies of show business: Mae West, Sophie Tucker, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Carmen Miranda, Helen Morgan, Eleanor Powell and the Dolly Sisters. Also performing on this show are singer Steve Lawrence and Brazilian composer-guitarist Luiz Bonza.

HIGHLIGHTS:

"I Don't Want to Know"......................Angela Lansbury
"All the Things You Are"....................Julie Andrews
"Watch What Happens"...Julie Andrews, Steve Lawrence, Luiz Bonza
"Batacuda"..........................................Luiz Bonza
"I Got Rhythm"....................Julie Andrews, Angela Lansbury

#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.

#7305: OSCAR'S GREATEST MUSIC

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1975-11-25, ABC, 52 min.

    Memorable musical moments from 20 years of Academy Awards programs.
Jack Lemmon is host.  

Judy Garland sings a medley of Cole Porter songs (1965); Eddie Fisher sings Love is a Many Splendid Thing ((1956); Rock Hudson and Mae West team up to do Baby its Cold Outside (1958); Maurice Chevalier re-creates Thank Heaven For Little Girls (1959); Louis Armstrong performs The Bare Necessities (1958); Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas do comic number It's Great Not To Be Nominated; Frank Sinatra sings Star ((1969; Liza Minnelli performs in a tribute number to Oscar (1974); Sammy Davis Jr. sings a number of nominated Oscar songs from the past (1968),. Isaac Hayes plays The Theme From Shaft (1972); and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers do an impromptu dance on their way to present an Oscar award (1967).

#10060: OSCAR'S GREATEST MUSIC

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1975-11-25, ABC, 52 min.

    Memorable musical moments from 20 years of Academy Awards programs.
Jack Lemmon is host.  

Judy Garland sings a medley of Cole Porter songs (1965); Eddie Fisher sings Love is a Many Splendid Thing ((1956); Rock Hudson and Mae West team up to do Baby its Cold Outside (1958); Maurice Chevalier re-creates Thank Heaven For Little Girls (1959); Louis Armstrong performs The Bare Necessities (1958); Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas do comic number It's Great Not To Be Nominated; Frank Sinatra sings Star ((1969; Liza Minnelli performs in a tribute number to Oscar (1974); Sammy Davis Jr. sings a number of nominated Oscar songs from the past (1968),. Isaac Hayes plays The Theme From Shaft (1972), and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers do an impromptu dance on their way to present an Oscar award (1967). 

Duplicate of # 7305.

#8014: DICK CAVETT'S BACKLOT U.S.A.

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1976-04-05, CBS, 60 min.

A look at the Golden Age of filmmaking. 

Host: Dick Cavett. 

A sentimental journey down Hollywood's memory lane. Touring Paramount Studios, Dick Cavett is the guide for the hour which blends musical numbers and conversations with stars to recall the old days of movie-making. Cavett meets Mickey Rooney on a city-street lot, where Rooney and a children's chorus sing and dance to "We Got Us." On an old west set, John Wayne recalls his career, and there's also a comic sketch with Gene Kelly. The highlight of the show is a closing segment with Miss Mae West who is costumed as Diamond Lil, in one of her '30s roles. The 82 year old Miss West sings sultry versions of "Frankie and Johnny," and "After You've Gone."

#9972: DICK CAVETT'S BACKLOT U.S.A.

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1976-04-05, CBS, 90 min.

A look at the Golden Age of filmmaking. 

Host: Dick Cavett. 

*For details see duplicate #8014.

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#10630: TEX AND JINX SHOW: STARRING TEX MCCRARY AND JINX FALKENBURG

1949-12-30, WNBC, min.

#13343: DEAN MARTIN VARIETY SHOW, THE (STAR TIME)

1959-05-03, NBC, 5 min.

#14335: HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS: SIRENS, SYMBOLS, AND GLAMOUR GIRLS (PART 1)

1963-10-07, NBC, 27 min.

#717: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: THE CHASE AND SANDBORN 100TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW

1964-11-15, NBC, 53 min.

#6449: DANNY STILES SHOW

1970-09-16, WNYC, 120 min.

#3502: JULIE ANDREWS HOUR, THE

1973-02-10, WABC, 52 min.

#1137: MOVIES, THE

1974-04-01, WABC, 204 min.

#7305: OSCAR'S GREATEST MUSIC

1975-11-25, ABC, 52 min.

#10060: OSCAR'S GREATEST MUSIC

1975-11-25, ABC, 52 min.

#8014: DICK CAVETT'S BACKLOT U.S.A.

1976-04-05, CBS, 60 min.

#9972: DICK CAVETT'S BACKLOT U.S.A.

1976-04-05, CBS, 90 min.