Broadcast History - October 27th, 1947 - May 25th, 1949
ABC, 30m, Mondays at 8pm
Wednesdays at 9:30 from December 31st, 1947
Elgin-American bracelets, compacts, cigarette cases, dresser sets.
October 5th, 1949 - June 28th, 1950, CBS
30m, Wednesdays at9pm, Elgin-American until Januar 4th, then
Desoto-Plymouth
October 4th, 1950 - September 19th, 1956, NBC, 30m
Wednesdays at 9pm. Desoto-Plymouth
Host : Groucho Marx
Announcers : Jack Slattery, briefly, then George Fenneman;
Mike Wallace for Elgin-American
Orchestra : Billy May with a 10-piece band; later, Jack Meakin, Jerry Fielding
Creator-Producer-Director : John Guedel
Directors : Bernie Smith, Bob Dwan
Writers : Ed Tyler, Hy Freedman
Theme : Hooray for Captain Spaulding, by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby,
from the Marx Brothers film Animal Crackers
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