Pat OBrien Dick Powell Hal Peary
Frances Langford opens the program with a performance of "Night and Day," followed by a sketch featuring the cast of "The Great Gildersleeve" where Gildy suffers from hiccups while Brenda and Cobina work as nurses. Dick Powell then sings and hosts an early morning radio show with Pat O'Brien, who plays "The Sunrise Kid," promoting Krautbinder's Cheese.
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Pat O'Brien hosts a special variety show that brings together the biggest music and comedy stars to entertain American soldiers stationed in other countries.
Pat O'Brien, host of this unique program dedicated to entertaining American troops overseas, introduces a variety show featuring the top stars in music and comedy.
Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to overseas troops — but with few exceptions, it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.
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“Pat OBrien Dick Powell Hal Peary.” Command Performance. Radio broadcast, July 21, 1942.
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