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The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, broadcast on CBS during the 1930s, attempted to bring the success of Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
's stage shows to the new medium of radio.

Eddie Dowling
Eddie Dowling

Eddie Dowling was an actor, screenwriter, playwright, theatrical producer, songwriter and composer.He was christened Joseph Narcisse Gaucher on December 15, 1889 at l'Eglise du Pr?cieux Sang as one of almost 20 children born to an Irish and French-Canadian couple in Woonsocket, Rhode Island....
 hosted the musical variety format. Sponsored by Chrysler Motors, the half-hour series aired Sunday evenings from April 3 to June 26, 1932, moving April 24 from 8:30pm to 10:30pm. With Al Goodman leading the orchestra, the line-up of guests included Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice was a popular and influential United States comedienne, singer, theatre and film actress, who made many stage , radio and film appearances but is best remembered as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show....
, Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan

Helen Morgan was an U.S. singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s....
, Jack Pearl
Jack Pearl

Jack Pearl, born Jack Perlman , was a vaudeville performer and a star of early radio.Pearl portrayed a character he created, Baron Munchausen, very loosely based on the Baron Munchausen literary character....
, Will Rogers
Will Rogers

William Penn Adair ?Will? Rogers was a Cherokee-United States cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentary, vaudeville performer and actor. He was the father of U.S....
 and Ziegfeld himself.






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The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, broadcast on CBS during the 1930s, attempted to bring the success of Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
's stage shows to the new medium of radio.

Eddie Dowling
Eddie Dowling

Eddie Dowling was an actor, screenwriter, playwright, theatrical producer, songwriter and composer.He was christened Joseph Narcisse Gaucher on December 15, 1889 at l'Eglise du Pr?cieux Sang as one of almost 20 children born to an Irish and French-Canadian couple in Woonsocket, Rhode Island....
 hosted the musical variety format. Sponsored by Chrysler Motors, the half-hour series aired Sunday evenings from April 3 to June 26, 1932, moving April 24 from 8:30pm to 10:30pm. With Al Goodman leading the orchestra, the line-up of guests included Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice was a popular and influential United States comedienne, singer, theatre and film actress, who made many stage , radio and film appearances but is best remembered as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show....
, Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan

Helen Morgan was an U.S. singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s....
, Jack Pearl
Jack Pearl

Jack Pearl, born Jack Perlman , was a vaudeville performer and a star of early radio.Pearl portrayed a character he created, Baron Munchausen, very loosely based on the Baron Munchausen literary character....
, Will Rogers
Will Rogers

William Penn Adair ?Will? Rogers was a Cherokee-United States cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentary, vaudeville performer and actor. He was the father of U.S....
 and Ziegfeld himself. In 1932, Ziegfeld died July 22, but the series came back for a run from February 22 to June 6, 1936, serving as a tribute to the showman. Goodman returned as orchestra leader, and Brice appeared in the sketch series that eventually expanded into The Baby Snooks Show
The Baby Snooks Show

The Baby Snooks Show was an American radio program starring comedienne and Ziegfeld Follies alumna Fanny Brice as a mischievous young girl who was 40 years younger than the actress who played her when she first went on the air....
. Other guests included Patty Chapin, James Melton
James Melton

James Melton was a popular singer in the 1920's and early 1930's who later began a career as an operatic singer when tenor voices went out of style in popular music around 1932-1935....
 and Benny Fields
Benny Fields

Benny Fields was a popular singer of the early 20th century, best known as one-half of the Blossom Seeley-Benny Fields vaudeville teamBorn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Fields began his career in Chicago, as a singer in Al Tierney's cafe on 22nd Street....
. Few episodes survive.

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