Classic Radio 05-06-26 - Lodge Picnic, Unemployemnt Insurance, and Advice to the Peyton girl

Classic Radio 05-06-26 - Lodge Picnic, Unemployemnt Insurance, and Advice to the Peyton girl

Published: May 6, 2026

Duration: 2:36:32

Variety on a Wednesday
First,  a look at this day in History.

Then, Amos ‘n’ Andy, originally broadcast May 6, 1951, 75 years ago, The Annual Lodge Picnic.  The lodge picnic is this Saturday and the Kingfish has to come up with the $380 needed for it...fast! The picnic winds up being held on an artillery range!

Followed by The Big Show starring Tallulah Bankhead, originally broadcast May 6, 1951, 75 years ago.  The last show of the season. Groucho Marx does a funny dialogue with Tallulah. George Jessel delivers a eulogy for "The Big Show." Fred Allen t...