Let's Pretend
Let's Pretend was a CBS children's radio series created and directed by Nila Mack. In its best-known form, the Peabody Award-winning program ran from 1934 to 1954 with dramatized fairy tales and children's stories.
Let's Pretend, created and directed by Nila Mack, was a CBS radio series for children. Prior to being renamed Let's Pretend, the program had a variety of titles and formats. In its most famous form, Let's Pretend, the Peabody Award-winning series ran from 1934 to 1954.
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Let's Pretend. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 1934–195411:05 AM ETCBS Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Bert Parks
Announcer
DDouglas Edwards
Announcer
Frank Gallop
Announcer
H
Hugh O'Connell
Announcer
J
JJackson Wheeler
Announcer
Jim Campbell
Announcer
J
PJohn Tillman
Announcer
Peter Thomas
Announcer
WWarren Sweeney
Announcer
A
Alan Shea
Cast
A
Albert Aley
Cast
A
Anne Francis
Cast
A
Anne-Marie Gayer
Cast
Arnold Stang
Cast
AArthur Anderson
Cast
AArthur Ross
Cast
BBetty Jane Tyler
Cast
BBill Lipton
Cast
Billy Halop
Cast
B
Billy Mauch
Cast
Bob Hastings
Cast
B
Bobby Mauch
Cast
B
BBobby Ramsen
Cast
Butch Cavell
Cast
Charita Bauer
Cast
D
Daisy Aldan
Cast
Denise Alexander
Cast
D
Donald 'Don' Hughes
Cast
Donald Buka
Cast
E
Eddie Ryan Jr.
Cast
E
Elaine Engler
Cast
E
Estelle Levy
Cast
E
FEvelyn 'Evie' Juster
Cast
Florence Halop
Cast
Gwen Davies
Cast
IIvan Cury
Cast
J
Jack 'Jackie' Grimes
Cast
J
Jack 'Jackie' Jordan
Cast
Jackie Kelk
Cast
Jimmy Lydon
Cast
JJimsey Sommers
Cast
J
Joyce Van Patten
Cast
J
KJulian Altman
Cast
Ken Darby
Cast
KKingsley Colton
Cast
LLarry Robinson
Cast
LLester Jay
Cast
L
Lorna Lynn
Cast
Marilyn Erskine
Cast
M
Maury Benkoil
Cast
M
Michael 'Junior' O'Day
Cast
Miriam Wolfe
Cast
NNancy Kelly
Cast
P
PPatricia 'Pat' Ryan
Cast
Patricia Peardon
Cast
P
Patricia Reardon
Cast
R
RRichard Etlinger
Cast
Rita Lloyd
Cast
R
RRobert 'Bob' Readick
Cast
Robert Lee
Cast
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