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35th Anniversary Special Part 1

This compilation features highlights from previous Command Performance episodes, including "Daddy" golfing with Baby Snooks, reminiscences about Jack Benny's early years, Bing Crosby singing "Star Dust," Abbott and Costello performing "Who's On First," Eddie Cantor reading "The Leatherneck Corps," George Burns and Gracie Allen doing a bit about Irene Dunne, Edgar Bergen and Charlie discussing "The Pied Piper," Red Skelton as "Junior, The Mean Widdle Kid," Dorothy Lamour at an army base, and a 1943 routine featuring Judy Garland and Bob Hope.

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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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“35th Anniversary Special Part 1.” Command Performance. Radio broadcast, May 29, 1977.

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