Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Command Performance

Broadcast History: 1 March 1942 to 20 December 1949 and 7 October 1945 to 21 April 1946

A surprising fact about this series is that all talent was donated, in other words no one received payment – not even the stars. This was even more remarkable when you see the list of stars who contributed to the entertainment. Stars of the silver screen like Charles Laughton, Red Skelton, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, to name but a few. Anybody who was anybody got in on this act and those guys serving away from home were glad of it.

When the war ended it was decided that it would still be necessary to carry on producing the show and it continued to be broadcast to the serving men and women of the United States Armed Forces right up to the end of 1949.

CMP460505 - Kay Kyser, Lina Romay, Esther Williams [273]
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CMP460529 - BHope Plays Exerpts from AFRS Programs [000]
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CMP460616 - Shirley Temple, Anita Ellis, Peter Lawford [270]
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CMP460623 - Esther Williams, Peggy Lee
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CMP460922 - Dinah Shore, Bob Burns
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CMP460922 - Janet Blair, Jane Powell, Jerry Colonna [270]
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CMP460929 - Tyrone Power, Walter O'Keefe, Town Criers [270]
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CMP461020 - Tyrone Power, Walter O'Keefe, Town Criers
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CMP461110 - Bob Hope, Bela Lugosi, Sterling Hollway, Wendell Niles [446]
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CMP461124 - Donna Reed, Garry Moore, Connie Haines
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CMP461201 - Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Phil Silvers
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CMP461208 - Rudy Vallee, Dorothy Patrick, Hal March [270]
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CMP461225 - 1946 Christmas Special, Host - Bob Hope
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CMP461226 - Carole Landiis, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante [270]
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CMP470120 - Anita Ellis, Harpo Marx [276]
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CMP470223 - Ginger Rogers, Rose Marie, Phil Baker
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CMP470302 - Carole Landis, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante
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CMP470309 - Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest, Peter Lind Hayes
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CMP470323 - Glenn Ford, MMaxwell, PSilvers, LStevens [269]
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CMP470330 - Lina Romay, Garry Moore, Virginia O'Brien [270]
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CMP470414 - George Murphy, Martha Tilton, Jerry Colonna
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CMP4704xx - Martha Tilton, The Charioteers, Jerry Colonna [270]
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CMP470504 - Marilyn Maxwell, Johnny Mercer, Frank Sinatra [270]
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CMP470514 - June Havoc, Connie Hainey
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CMP470525 - Meredith Willson, Lina Romay, Paulina Carter
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CMP470531 - Bill Goodwin, Alan Young, Jane Russell
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CMP470618 - Take It or Leave It Special
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CMP470708 - Esther Williams, Andy Russell, Danny Thomas [271]
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CMP4707xx - Lina Romay, Paulina Carter, Meredith Wilson [270]
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CMP47xxxx - George Murphy [373]
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