Speed Reading Contest
Broadcast: January 9, 1957
Starring:
Fred Collins,
Gene Autry,
Kay Kyser,
Ed Herlihy,
Milton Cross,
Al Kelly,
Ben Grauer,
Graham McNamee,
Cliff Weston,
Tommy Riggs,
Lillian Roth,
Larry Clinton
Added: Jan 14 2024
Ed Herlihy joins us again to play some of the recorded highlights of radio, found in the NBCs priceless library of sound. In today's show you'll hear Al Kelly in doubletalk. Gene Autry singing. Tommy Riggs (and his other voice "Betty Lou") appear on radio for the first time on "The Rudy Vallee Show" (August 5, 1937). Lillian Roth sings (1937). The fast-talking contest on "The Rudy Vallee Show" between Ben Grauer, Graham McNamee, and Milton Cross. Tom Dorsey and His Orchestra, with a vocal by Cliff Weston on "The Magic Key," (November 3, 1935).