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 1953-02-21  American Red Cross Program
 1953-09-25  Courtship Of Elliot

+ NBC net. Sponsored by: RCA. "The Courtship Of Elliott Lewis," or "A Drummer Gets Stuck With Any Old Girl, But A Guitarist Can Take His Pick." Alice sings, "Bye, Bye Baby." One commercial and the system cue have been deleted. The program was recorded September 18, 1953. Unedited tape. Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Edward James (writer), Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roos, John Hubbard, Phil Harris, Phil Shuken ( writer), Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley.

 1953-10-02  The Horse Race

+ NBC net. Sponsored by: RCA. Phil buys a horse! "A Day At Santa Anita," or "That's A Horse On You." Phil sings, "Dig For Your Dinner." The program was recorded September 19, 1953. Unedited tape. Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Dick Chevillat (writer), Edward James (writer), Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roos, John Hubbard, Phil Harris, Ray Singer (writer), Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley. 

 1953-10-09  Alice's First Date

+ NBC net. Sponsored by: RCA Victor. "Little Alice's First Date." Alice sings, "You, You, You." The program includes a satire of, "Dragnet." See cat. #2550 for an edited version of this broadcast. This is possibly unedited tape; one of the commercials was added live. Recorded September 25, 1953. Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Edward James (writer), Elliott Lewis, Gil Stratton, Jeanine Roos, John Hubbard, Phil Harris, Phil Shuken (writer), Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley.

Red Cross syndication. Sponsored by: Red Cross fund appeal. Phil breaks up his daughter's first date. See cat. #53277 for the program from which this broadcast was excerpted. Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Edward James (writer), Elliott Lewis, Gil Stratton, Jeanine Roos, John Hubbard, Phil Harris, Phil Shuken ( writer), Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley. 

 1953-10-16  Barbells Scotland

+ NBC net. Sponsored by: RCA Victor. "The Barbells Of Scotland, or "Who Put The Muscle In Mr. Harris' Bussle?" The first commercial was added live. A set of weights and a derrick to lift them, play havoc with the Harris household. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #17893. Alice sings, "Hi Lili, Hi Lo," Phil sings, "Pease Puddin' Hot." Unedited tape, recorded October 2, 1953. The program is preceded by an audience warm-up by Bill Forman (briefly) and Phil, who tells the audience several jokes. The warm-up sounds as if it was recorded off the P. A. or somewhat off-mike. Alan Reed, Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Edward James (writer), Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roos, John Hubbard, Lou Derman (writer), Phil Harris, Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley, Alvino Rey (member of the orchestra), Red Nichols (member of the orchestra), The Sportsmen. 

+ NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Barbells Of Scotland," or "Who Put The Muscle In Mr. Harris' Bussle?" A set of weights and a derrick to lift them, play havoc with the Harris household. See cat. #53278 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Alan Reed, Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Edward James (writer), Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roos, John Hubbard, Lou Derman (writer), Phil Harris, Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley. 

 1953-10-23  How To Repair A Living Room

+ NBC net. Sponsored by: RCA Victor (the first RCA commercial is not included). Unedited tape or a rehearsal recording, recorded October 3, 1953. "How To Repair A Living Room," or "There'll Be Lots Of Sand For The Concrete Mother, I'm Coming Home With A Load." Phil and Elliott decide to straighten the foundation of Phil's house, they then decide to apply the wallpaper. The program is preceded by an audience warm-up by Bill Forman (briefly) and Phil Harris who jokes with the audience for about ten minutes. Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Walter Tetley, Elliott Lewis, Ray Singer (writer), Dick Chevillat (writer), Edward James (writer), John Hubbard, Jeanine Roos, Anne Whitfield, Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Bill Forman (announcer), Hy Averback, Alvino Rey (member of the orchestra), Red Nichols (member of the orchetra), The Sportsmen. 

 1953-10-30  The Romance Of Alice And Phil

+ NBC net. Commercials deleted. Unedited tape or a rehearsal recording (see cat. #17891 for an AFRTS rebroadcast of the air show), recorded October 16, 1953. "The Romance Of Alice and Phil," or "He Was Only A Curley-Haired Drummer, But He Beat His Way Into Her Heart." How Phil and Alice met: Phil's version and Alice's version. Phil sings, "That's What I Like About The South." Alice sings, "It's De-Lovely." Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Edward James (writer), Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley, John Hubbard, Jeanine Roos, Anne Whitfield, Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Bill Forman (announcer), Peter Leeds. 

+ NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Romance Of Alice and Phil," or "He Was Only A Curley-Haired Drummer, But He Beat His Way Into Her Heart." How Phil and Alice met: Phil's version and Alice's version. Phil sings, "That's What I Like About The South." See cat. #59495 for a rehearsal or unedited tape version. Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Edward James (writer), Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roos, John Hubbard, Peter Leeds, Phil Harris, Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley.

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