Command Performance
Command Performance
Robert Taylor, King Sisters, Joan Davis, Nelson Eddy, Lum and Abner
6 Jan 1943 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'CommandPerformance' (public domain).
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1931–1949
- Surviving broadcasts
- 202
- Genre
- variety
This upload contains 203 episodes of Eddie Cantor's old time radio program. This includes episodes from The Chase and Sanborn Hour, Texaco Town, It's Time To Smile, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Cantor was an early radio icon and a mainstay in the medium for over 20 years. The dates, episode numbers, and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. Initial upload: 7/21/2019 (195 episodes) 1st update: 6/26/2020 (1 episode) 2nd update: 10/5/2020 (1 episode - 2/9/1944) 3rd update: 7/18/2021 (1 episode - 4/19/1944) 4th update: 1/9/2023 (5 episodes - 9/29/1943, 10/9/1940, 10/30/1940, 11/27/1940, 12/25/1940) Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “chaseandsanbornhour1931122015firstsongcarolinamoon”; these recordings are in the public domain.
1945 · 21944 · 21943 · 11941 · 11938 · 11937 · 31936 · 11931 · 1
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: chaseandsanbornhour1931122015firstsongcarolinamoon
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 19 years on the air, with 11 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1931, in original transmission order.
- 1. Chase and Sanborn Hour 1931-12-20 (15) First Song - Carolina Moon · 20 Dec 1931
- 2. Texaco Town 1936-11-15 (9) From the New York Hippodrome · 15 Nov 1936
- 3. Texaco Town 1937-03-07 (25) On The Town in Hollywood · 7 Mar 1937
- 01
Chase and Sanborn Hour 1931-12-20 (15) First Song - Carolina Moon
20 Dec 1931 · 55 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 December 1931. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
Texaco Town 1936-11-15 (9) From the New York Hippodrome
15 Nov 1936 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 November 1936. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
Texaco Town 1937-03-07 (25) On The Town in Hollywood
7 Mar 1937 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 7 March 1937. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
Texaco Town 1937-07-04 (42) Saymore Wants to Marry Pinky
4 Jul 1937 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 July 1937. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
Texaco Town 1937-11-03 (58) French Movie Star
3 Nov 1937 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 3 November 1937. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
Texaco Town 1938-02-23 (74) Mutiny on the Bounty (2nd half only)
23 Feb 1938 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 23 February 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
It's Time To Smile 1941-03-12 (24) Guest - Sidney Toler
12 Mar 1941 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 12 March 1941. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
It's Time To Smile 1943-01-06 (96) Guest - Tommy Dorsey
6 Jan 1943 · 56 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 6 January 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Same night on the air
6 Jan 1943
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 6 Jan 1943.
Mayor of the Town
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 6 January 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on NBC
NBC in 1931–1949
Other series the network carried while Eddie Cantor was on the air.
Same seasons
variety on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Eddie Cantor
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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