RARE 6 TOMMY RIGGS & BETTY LOU RADIO SHOW 1941 12" 78 RECORDS BERT WHEELER OOAK?
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6 x TOMMY RIGGS & BETTY LOU RADIO SHOW 1941 12" ACETATE 78rpm RECORDS BERT WHEELER PLAY TESTED! THESE 6 RECORDINGS WERE MADE OF A 4 WEEK BROADCAST OF THE TOMMY RIGGS AND BETTY PROGRAM IN 1941. THEY ARE A SERIES OF SKETCH COMEDY ROUTINES.
I DO NOT THINK COPIES OF THESE RECORDINGS EXIST ANYWHERE. THE PHOTO OF TOMMY RIGGS, HANK LADD AND BERT WHEELER FROM THE AUGUST 27th 1941 BROADCAST IS ON THE WIKI PAGE FOR THIS PROGRAM. TOMMY RIGGS ALSO DID THE VOICE OF "BETTY LOU" HIS 7 YEAR GIRL CHARACTER. THIS SHOW WAS GROUND BREAKING, TOMMY RIGGS IS ONE OF ONLY 2 HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME HONOREES TO SHARE A STAR WITH A FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
THESE RECORDS INCLUDE SKITS REVOLVING AROUND BERT WHEELER WHO WAS THE CELEBRITY GUEST. DISCUSSING DICK TRACY, ONE INVOLVING A SCHOOL ROOM, BERT AND AND ILLEGAL PUNCH BOARD WHICH WINDS HIM UP IN ANOTHER SKETCH CALLED COURTROOM. INFORMATION ON NBC LABELS IS BOTH TYPED AND WITH SOME WRITTEN NOTATION. GREAT VINTAGE SKETCH COMEDY RELEASED JUST PRIOR TO AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN WW2. TOMMY RIGGS JOINED THE NAVY, HIS CAREER NEVER REALLY RECOVERED AFTER THE WAR. I THINK THESE RECORDINGS ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
ALL DISCS ARE PLAY TESTED. ALL HAVE SOME VARYING DEGREES OF SURFACE NOISE. I FOUND 1 REPEAT SKIP. 1 RECORD HAS A DIME SIZED SEGMENT OF ACETATE MISSING SO THE FIRST PART OF MARY LOU TAKING THE STAND IN THE COURTROOM IS LOST. ANOTHER HAS A SMALL SEGMENT OF ACETATE MISSING IN THE LEAD SO THE NEEDLE NEEDS TO BE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RECORDING MANUALLY. THE LABELS ARE LARGELY IN POOR CONDITION, SOME ARE FRAGMENTED, SOME FRAGMENTS I HAVE COLLECTED AND WILL INCLUDE WITH THE RECORDS. THE SLEEVES ARE SIMPLE GREEN CARDBOARD. (see pics)
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