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#10849: TEX AND JINX SHOW: TEX MCCRARY AND JINX FALKENBURG
1954-11-17, WNBC, min.
Tex McCrary , Grace Kelly , Jinx Falkenburg , Merle Oberon

 
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. 

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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 Guests: Grace Kelly, Merle Oberon. Premier of the movie "Desiree" starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
#136: DUPONT SHOW OF THE WEEK: THE USO - WHEREVER THEY GO, THE
1961-10-08, WNBC, 54 min.
Jack Benny , Joe E. Brown , Harry S. Truman , Dick Powell , Debbie Reynolds , Danny Kaye , Frances Langford , Dwight D. Eisenhower , Marilyn Monroe , Bing Crosby , Merle Oberon , Irving Berlin

Many stars from Hollywood give tribute to the USO units who since 1942 have entertained troops overseas. They include Dick Powell, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Benny, Debbie Reynolds, Danny Kaye, Merle Oberon, Frances Langford, Joe E. Brown, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bing Crosby. Included with these celebrity anecdotes, celebrating this 20th USO anniversary, is a clip of Irving Berlin singing his own song: "Until the Fifth Army Comes Home."
#14800: ACADEMY AWARDS, 37TH ANNUAL, THE
1965-04-05, ABC, 202 min.
Jimmy Durante , Jonathan Winters , Gene Kelly , Debbie Reynolds , Steve McQueen , Martha Raye , Bob Hope , Rock Hudson , George Cukor , Karl Malden , Vince Edwards , Greer Garson , Joan Crawford , Fred Astaire , Arlene Dahl , Merle Oberon , Audrey Hepburn , Gregory Peck , Dick Van Dyke , Rosalind Russell , Sidney Poitier , Angela Lansbury , Julie Andrews , Deborah Kerr , Jean Simmons , Rex Harrison , Richard Chamberlin , Jack Warner , Art Greene , Lila Kedrova

Bob Hope is the host for The 37th Annual Academy Award presentations from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.

Best Actor: Rex Harrison ("My Fair Lady")
Best Actress: Julie Andrews ("Mary Poppins")
Best Picture: ("My Fair Lady")
Best Director: George Cukor ("My Fair Lady")

This is Bob Hope's 14th time as Master Of Ceremonies for the Academy Award presentations.                                                                                                                                 
#5086: BOB HOPE SPECIAL, THE
1966-12-14, WNBC, 52 min.
Jayne Mansfield , Bob Hope , Glenn Ford , Merle Oberon , Elke Sommer , Michael Caine , Eva Renzi , Cantinflas , Emily Kranz , Freddie Guzman

This variety Special was filmed in Acapulco.
#7505: ACADEMY AWARDS: 45TH ANNUAL, THE
1973-03-27, NBC, 180 min.
Carol Burnett , Laurence Harvey , Frank Sinatra , Rock Hudson , Clint Eastwood , Charlton Heston , Greer Garson , Marlon Brando , George Stevens , Burt Reynolds , Diana Ross , Merle Oberon , Eddie Albert , Raquel Welch , Elke Sommer , Michael Caine , Candice Bergen , Angela Lansbury , Julie Andrews , Charlie Chaplin , Dyan Cannon , Peter Boyle , Cher , Cloris Leachman , Michael Jackson , Sonny Bono , Beatrice Arthur , Robert Duvall , Gene Hackman , Roger Moore , James Coburn , Liv Ullman , Billy Dee Williams , Edward Albert

The 45th annual Academy Awards presentation from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. Marlon Brando refused to accept his best actor award for his performance in The Godfather. Charlie Chaplin received an award for the best original score for his 20 year old film, Limelight. 

Hosted by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Rock Hudson, and Charlton Heston.                      
#17268: ACADEMY AWARDS: 45TH ANNUAL, THE
1973-03-27, NBC, min.
Carol Burnett , Laurence Harvey , Frank Sinatra , Rock Hudson , Clint Eastwood , Greer Garson , Marlon Brando , George Stevens , Burt Reynolds , Diana Ross , Merle Oberon , Eddie Albert , Raquel Welch , Elke Sommer , Michael Caine , Candice Bergen , Angela Lansbury , Julie Andrews , Charlie Chaplin , Dyan Cannon , Peter Boyle , Cher , Cloris Leachman , Michael Jackson , Sonny Bono , Beatrice Arthur , Robert Duvall , Gene Hackman , Roger Moore , Charleton Heston , James Coburn , Liv Ullman , Billy Dee Williams , Edward Albert

The 45th annual Academy Awards presentation from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillon in Los Angeles, California. Marlo Brando refused to accept his best actor award for his performance in The Godfather. Charlie Chaplin received an award for the best original score for his 20 year old film, Limelight. 

Hosted by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Rock Hudson, and Charleton Heston.    

Duplicate of # 7505.                  
#1137: MOVIES, THE
1974-04-01, WABC, 204 min.
Eddie Cantor , Groucho Marx , Marilyn Monroe , Broderick Crawford , Maurice Chevalier , Paul Henreid , Al Jolson , Jack Lemmon , Jeanette MacDonald , Paul Newman , Burt Lancaster , Greta Garbo , Humphrey Bogart , Bette Davis , Merle Oberon , Ingrid Bergman , Anne Bancroft , Broderick Crawford , Dustin Hoffman , Sir Laurence Olivier , Patricia Neal , Mae West , Deborah Kerr

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.
#1146: AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE SALUTES WILLIAM WYLER
1976-03-14, WCBS, 55 min.
William Wyler , James Stewart , Myrna Loy , Henry Fonda , Charlton Heston , Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Merle Oberon , Eddie Albert , Audrey Hepburn , Gregory Peck , Harold Russell , Barbra Streisand

A live achievement award salute to famed motion picture director William Wyler. Guests paying tribute to Wyler are Eddie Albert, Henry Fonda, Greer Garson, Audrey Hepburn, Charlton Heston, Myrna Loy, Merle Oberon, Gregory Peck, Walter Pidgeon, Harold Russell, James Stewart and Barbra Streisand.
#7521: AFI SALUTE TO WILLIAM WYLER
1976-03-14, CBS, 90 min.
Jim Backus , William Wyler , James Stewart , Jack Lemmon , Myrna Loy , Henry Fonda , Charlton Heston , Greer Garson , Angie Dickinson , Lauren Bacall , Merle Oberon , Jack Nicholson , Eddie Albert , Audrey Hepburn , Gregory Peck , Harold Russell , Walter Matthau , Barbra Streisand , Burt Bacharach , James Brolin , Cheryl Tiegs , Betty Ford , Charles Bronson , Walter Pigeon , Max Baer, Jr , Helen Gurley Brown , Jill Ireland , Veronique Peck

The American Film Institute presents the 1976 Lifetime Achievement Award to director, producer, William Wyler.           
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