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Breakfast in Hollywood
32 episodes · 1945–1948 · ABC, Blue · Variety & Music
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Tom Breneman's unscripted morning show, full of audience participation, on the air from 1941 to 1948 on NBC, ABC and Mutual. Stars such as Jimmy Durante, Andy Devine and Orson Welles dropped by.
Sources: Wikipedia: Breakfast in Hollywood; RadioGOLDINdex
Episodes
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1945
- Breakfast in Hollywood, May 23, 1945
Gary Breckner hosts in place of vacationing Tom Breneman. A news bulletin says President Truman is headed for the San Francisco Conference, and a woman of seventy-nine is the oldest in the crowd. - Breakfast in Hollywood, May 29, 1945
Gary Breckner hosts while Tom Breneman is away. A seventy-eight-year-old from North Platte, Nebraska, is the audience's oldest woman, and a sailor lands a lunch date. - Breakfast in Hollywood, May 30, 1945
Gary Breckner substitutes for the vacationing Tom Breneman and poses an arithmetic puzzle to the audience. The oldest woman present is ninety-one and from Los Angeles. - Breakfast in Hollywood, November 29, 1945
Tom Breneman chats with servicemen in the crowd and models a woman's hat. A bond offer is mentioned, and the oldest guest is a Los Angeles woman, age eighty-six.
1946
- Breakfast in Hollywood, January 2, 1946
Tom Breneman tells why he ate breakfast on his feet. The oldest woman present, age ninety-one, is from Los Angeles, and he also interviews Miss Ohio State. - Breakfast in Hollywood, January 11, 1946
- Breakfast in Hollywood, January 14, 1946
Mark Breneman hosts for his brother Tom. A woman of eighty-four from Los Angeles is the oldest in the audience. - Breakfast in Hollywood, January 23, 1946
Tom Breneman's oldest guest, age eighty-eight, lives in Huntington Park, California. Another guest, a Mrs. Kent, is the same age. - Breakfast in Hollywood, February 1, 1946
Tom Breneman leaves after the show for Chicago and the premiere of his picture, and Jack McElroy is introduced as his stand-in. Charles LaVere sings a soap jingle, and the oldest guest is ninety-four. - Breakfast in Hollywood, February 14, 1946
Records are offered as a premium. A guest hands Tom Breneman a stogie, he models ladies' hats and interviews actor John Qualen, and his film opens in Nebraska. - Breakfast in Hollywood, September 12, 1946
Tom Breneman models a big sun bonnet in this brief sample of the show. - Breakfast in Hollywood, December 3, 1946
Tom Breneman reports that two movie magazines rank the program among the best of daytime radio. - Breakfast in Hollywood, December 4, 1946
The day's orchid goes to a Chicago woman, age eighty-nine, with a heavy accent. Tom Breneman hosts with announcer John Nelson. - Breakfast in Hollywood, December 11, 1946
The audience laughs at an eighty-year-old woman from Tujunga, California, the oldest guest, as Tom Breneman hosts. - Breakfast in Hollywood, December 12, 1946
Tom Breneman talks with servicemen in the crowd and tries on some ladies' hats. The orchid goes to Emma Wolfe, who is just over ninety.
1947
- Oldest Lady Is 86
Tom tries on a hat and says his film has opened. A man gets the Good Neighbor orchid for once, and a guest of eighty-six has opinions about Kellogg's Pep. Radio Mirror's editor appears. - Breakfast in Hollywood, January 30, 1947
Tom Breneman interviews farmer's wife Mrs. Ladwig. Celia Stewart of Pasadena wins the day's orchid on her eighty-ninth birthday. - Breakfast in Hollywood, February 4, 1947
Tom Breneman sings the Ivory Flakes song and models a bird's-nest hat. The oldest woman present, Mary Jahries, turns eighty-four that day. - Breakfast in Hollywood, February 7, 1947
Tom Breneman interviews the famous composer Walter Donaldson, who wrote "My Buddy" and "My Blue Heaven." - Breakfast in Hollywood, February 12, 1947
Mrs. Arny, eighty-three, complains about women smoking nearby. Tom models a hat, and a ninety-four-year-old is the oldest woman present. - Greetings from the Beanery
- The Good Neighbor Award Goes to a Texas Woman
Tom Breneman models a woman's hat, and a Texas schoolteacher receives the Good Neighbor orchid. - Breakfast in Hollywood, February 24, 1947
Bandleader Roy Bargy sits in the crowd, and actress Yvonne De Carlo gets an interview. The oldest woman present is eighty-three. - A Lady Wins the Wishing Ring
Gary Cooper's mother says a few words, and a recent Hollywood arrival wins the wishing ring. A ninety-year-old is the oldest woman in the crowd, and Tom models a hat. - Oldest Lady Is 88
Singer Ken Carson, billed as the Troubadour for a laundry soap, joins Tom in a commercial. The oldest woman present is eighty-eight. - Breakfast in Hollywood, April 2, 1947
A woman rancher wins the Wishing Ring and asks for a hat from Tom's collection. Tom models several ladies' hats, and two guests aged eighty-nine tie as oldest. - Breakfast in Hollywood, April 17, 1947
Entertainer Eddie Childs appears, and Ken Carson helps Tom sing and yodel a soap jingle. The Wishing Ring winner wants a Paramount studio tour, and a railroad conductor from Santa Fe gets the Good Neighbor orchid. - Breakfast in Hollywood, April 28, 1947
The audience howls as Tom models a hat borrowed from a guest. A Michigan woman who turned her house into a maternity hospital gets the Good Neighbor award, and Ken Carson helps Tom with a soap commercial. - Breakfast in Hollywood, April 30, 1947
Tom tries on several ladies' hats. A Missouri woman who hosts Easter parties for her town gets the Good Neighbor award, and Amelia Ehrhardt Cook, eighty-nine that day, wins the orchid and asks for a new hat. - Breakfast in Hollywood, July 8, 1947
The broadcast comes from a high school auditorium in Tom Breneman's hometown, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. A woman from Jamestown, Indiana, receives the Good Neighbor award, and the oldest woman present is ninety-eight.
1948
- Jack McElroy And Jack Kirkwood
Jack McElroy hosts for vacationing Tom Breneman, with Jack Kirkwood as co-host and Ken Carson on the soap jingle. Radio Mirror gives the show a scroll, Tom's mother says a few words, and a cut-out trains premium is offered. - Garry Moore
Garry Moore hosts after Tom Breneman's death on April 28, 1948, and opens with a monologue about gherkins. An Elks Club drill team visits, and Ken Carson delivers the Ivory Flakes jingles.