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Doublemint gum pitches. Unfortunately three selections are left out - "Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells" by Miss Nancy, "I Like Mountain Music" by Autry and Shorty Long, and "The Little Old Church in the Valley" by Autry and the Texas Rangers. Carefully edited, one does not suspect that the issue on DVD is not the complete show without comparing to the contents of the original show which information is not readily available.
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surrounded himself with a cast of regular foot-stompers ... The music was decidedly
Western, with heavy accordion emphasis. There was usually one "Cowboy Classic" by Autry. Buttram's acts were inserted for comic relief and consisted mainly of back-and-forth banter with Autry ... The highlight of each show, at least for the juvenile listeners, came when Autry told a 10- to 15-minute story, fully dramatized, of some recent adventure.
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involved with the program. The program now included much talk about and interviews of Army Air Forces personnel and songs such as "Private
Buckaroo", "Army Air Corps Song", and "I'll Trade My Horse and Saddle for a Pair of Wings". There was also still a cowboy song or two included as well as a Western Classic.
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Illinois State Fair Grandstand Performers from 1946-2016 indicate the airdate
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retaining its same CBS timeslot. The show began to include Army Air Forces songs and the drama became Army Air Forces oriented as well. At first still originating at or through KNX in Los
Angeles and WBBM in Chicago, soon the show began originating from various Army Air Forces bases through local CBS
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which had commenced some six hours earlier in the morning at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time. Probably not yet aware of the attack, everyone in the KNX studio was stunned. Somehow they managed to get through a
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radio show from the Flying A, and more than 35,000 people turned out for the festivities, which included Autry parading through the town atop a flatbed car. At the time, the population of the newly re-christened town was around 300 people, according to Mary Schutz, director of programs and publicity
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Singers, and Carl Cotner's band. Gene Autry, by then retired as an entertainer, made only a few rare appearances on the program which featured many well known established and upcoming country music guest artists along with occasional
Western guests including Rex Allen, Tex Ritter, Jimmy Wakely, and
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show of June 2, 1940, location not stated, - Opening Theme: "Back in the Saddle Again", "Keep Rollin' Lazy
Longhorns" (from Gaucho Serenade) by Autry, "Old Buckaroo, Goodbye" by Autry, Drama: "Ruckus in Moosehead", "I Only Want a Buddy, Not a Sweetheart" by Autry, Closing Theme: "Back in the Saddle
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Born in Texas, Autry was raised north of the Red River near Ravia after his parents moved there in the 1920s. Autry's Flying A Ranch, where the famous cowboy kept his rodeo stock, was located adjacent to the town that was, at the time, known as Berwyn. In honor of the presence of cowboy royalty in
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DVD, the complete show of March 23, 1941 from the CBS KNX Playhouse in
Hollywood is included - Opening Theme: "Sing Me a Song of the Saddle", "Wonder Valley" by Autry, "Me and My Burro" by Jimmy Wakely Trio, "My Little Cow Pony" by Mary Lee, Drama: "Crazy Sanders at Demon Lake", "You Tell Me Your
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returned to the airwaves on September 23, 1945 as a 15-minute program, going to a 30-minute format on July 16, 1946. The Pinafores, joined the show in September 1945 followed by the Cass County Boys in November 1945. In 1953, the King Sisters, as the Gene Autry Blue Jeans, replaced the Pinafores.
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in Phoenix as well as from various air fields in Texas and elsewhere. Personnel changed in the process using those then in the U.S. Army Air Forces. The members of the trio were now Eddie Dean, Jimmie Dean (brother of Eddie), and Dick Reinhart. Carl Cotner was also in the service and was still
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substitute a previously aired transcribed episode and Wrigley made it known that this was unacceptable. When this happened again on May 6, 1956 Wrigley cancelled. A tribute program followed a week later on May 13, 1956 hosted by Pat Buttram and Charles Lyon.
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in 1941 gave a couple of examples of plots used on the show: "Sometimes they're initiating an eastern tenderfoot visiting the ranch; sometimes they're saving the school teacher and her children trapped in a ring of fire."
983:, List of Existing Melody Ranch Radio Show Transcriptions 1939-1954 with song/drama titles, artists/cast, studio/station/location, and notes by Karla Buhlman and Mike Johnson (no longer available on the website)
1095:, Movie-Radio Guide, March 1, 1941, p.33. Article includes photo of Gene Autry with cast members Shorty Long (Horace Murphy), Mary Lee Wooters, Tom Hanlon, Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, and Dick Reinhart. - from
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stations, often from one of Luke Field's facilities through CBS affiliate
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1122:, Movie-Radio Guide, December 13, 1941, pp. 9,10
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1644:. Chuck Schaden. August 5, 1976. Archived from
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1358:, Broadcasting, June 17, 1946, p. 57 lower left
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497:Ella Sutton - vocals (May 1941 - December 1941)
16:Western variety radio show in the United States
1426:, Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 281-282,
1424:On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio
1110:, Movie-Radio Guide, November 22–28, 1941, p.9
1033:, 1946-2016 - see performers for 1951 and 1952
919:Doublemint's Melody Ranch cast publicity photo
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772:In September 1964, the television version of
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317:To mark the occasion, Autry broadcast his
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738:John Jacobs (June 1948 - August 1948)
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1990:Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
1817:and 12 episodes of the AFRS program
1171:30 Years on the Road With Gene Autry
1097:http://www.americanradiohistory.com/
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825:- CBS television series (1950-1956)
701:- orchestra leader (d. 20 Dec 1944)
695:Paul Sells' Orchestra (1942 - 1946)
586:Jimmy Wakely and the Rough Riders (
346:during that day's broadcast of the
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506:- vocals (April 1942 - April 1943)
457:Gene Autry and the Pinafores, 1948
334:On December 21, 1941, a 45-minute
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1755:Cathie Taylor - Just out of Reach
1211:Sergeant Gene Autry (cover story)
1093:Gene Autry and His "Melody Ranch"
707:Carl Cotner's Orchestra (1947 - )
419:Autry Museum of the American West
222:, the show's name was changed to
1934:Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye
1892:That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
1278:Chuck Langdon and Lee Shephard,
1262:show of July 26, 1942, Click on
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944:. McFarland & Company, Inc.
780:channel 5. The weekly 60-minute
391:With World War II having ended,
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2157:American variety radio programs
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509:Nora Lou - vocals (August 1942)
432:DVD includes excerpts from the
2018:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
528:- comedy (May 1948 - May 1956)
336:Melody Ranch Christmas Special
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757:Bradford Browne (May 1941 - )
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344:United States Army Air Forces
2177:1956 radio programme endings
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1076:The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950
206:radio network, sponsored by
2172:1940 radio programme debuts
1677:. May 12, 1941. p. 119
1500:, Western Music Association
754:Tony Stanford ( - May 1941)
549:Jim Boles - character actor
255:William Wrigley Jr. Company
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1479:Cass County Boys Biography
797:the Sons of the Pioneers.
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239:Illinois State Fairgrounds
34:Gene Autry publicity photo
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1941:Allá en el Rancho Grande
1920:Back in the Saddle Again
1767:Carl Cotner and his band
1558:Fred S. Martin Biography
1534:Jerry Scoggins Biography
1522:Frankie Marvin Biography
1380:Back in the saddle again
1198:Radio Show July 26, 1942
440:In another example, the
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228:Back in the Saddle Again
165:Back in the Saddle Again
1570:Hollywood by Sam Abbott
1422:Dunning, John. (1998).
1308:"Autry Series Revamped"
1295:Hillbilly Heart-Throbs,
1284:Virginia Vass Interview
1108:Gene Autry's Home Burns
897:Dunning, John. (1976).
792:and Joan De Ville, the
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601:The Jimmy Wakely Trio (
1997:Here Comes Santa Claus
1697:"Agencies: Bill Burch"
1406:Sarah Berner Biography
1131:Gene Autry, Oklahoma,
1056:Radio's Richest Cowboy
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1356:"HOWARD KETTING ..."
1320:"Wrigley War Dramas"
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645:Carl Cotner - violin
620:The Cass County Boys
300:Gene Autry, Oklahoma
259:Gateway to Hollywood
2111:Jackie Autry (wife)
2057:The Gene Autry Show
1962:You Are My Sunshine
1927:South of the Border
1332:"AUTRY FOR WRIGLEY"
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822:The Gene Autry Show
442:Ridin' on a Rainbow
368:Sergeant Gene Autry
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2039:Up on the Housetop
2032:Frosty the Snowman
1976:At Mail Call Today
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