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Let's Pretend
Description
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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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1934–195411:05 AM ETCBS Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
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
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B
Billy Mauch
Cast
Bob Hastings
Cast
B
Bobby Mauch
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B
BBobby Ramsen
Cast
Butch Cavell
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Charita Bauer
Cast
D
Daisy Aldan
Cast
Denise Alexander
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D
Donald 'Don' Hughes
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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
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J
Joyce Van Patten
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J
KJulian Altman
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Ken Darby
Cast
KKingsley Colton
Cast
LLarry Robinson
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LLester Jay
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L
Lorna Lynn
Cast
Marilyn Erskine
Cast
M
Maury Benkoil
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M
Michael 'Junior' O'Day
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Miriam Wolfe
Cast
NNancy Kelly
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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
Audio Clips
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References
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Hickerson, Jay. The 5th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Lackmann, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Radio.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, December 29, 1929.
Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.