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The Spike Jones Show

Description

The Spike Jones Show is associated with American musician and bandleader Spike Jones, known for comic and satirical radio-era music performances.

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements and satire of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with various sound effects, including gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, sneezes, animal sounds and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded for RCA Victor under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and they toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue".

Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 4.0. Updated Jun 16, 2026.

Showtimes

Original schedule

19458:00 PM ET
NBC / WEAF New York (Chase & Sanborn) · night
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1947–194810:30 PM ET
CBS / WCBS New York (Spotlight Revue / Coca-Cola) · night
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19496:30 PM ET
CBS / WCBS New York (Coca-Cola) · evening
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
19497:00 PM ET
CBS / WCBS New York (Coca-Cola) · evening
SuMoTuWeThFrSa

Cast & Crew

D

Dick Joy

Announcer

J

Joe King

Announcer

M

Michael Roy

Announcer

A

Al Galante

Cast

C

Cyd Charisse

Cast

D

Dick Morgan

Cast

F

Freddie Morgan

Cast

H

Harold 'Hal' Peary

Cast

Parker Fennelly

S

Sir Frederic Gas

Cast

S

Spike Jones and the City Slickers

Cast

T

The Joe Mooney Quartet

Cast

B

Budd Hulick

Budd

C

Carol Deis

Vocals

D

Doodles Weaver

Professor Feedlebaum

E

Everett Marshall

Vocals

Frances Langford

F

Frank Crumit

Emcee - Vocals

F

Frederick Chase Taylor

Stoopnagle

Margaret Whiting

S

Spike Jones' Other Orchestra

Orchestra

The Dinning Sisters

W

Whistlin 'Purvis' Pullen

Horatio G. Birdbath

References

“The 5th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.”, n.d.

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.

Swartz, Ph.D., Jon D., Reinehr, Robert C. Handbook of Old Time Radio. Scarecrow Press.

Dunning, John. On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Sperdvac Radiogram.

“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, October 6, 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.

Links

Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs Library Files Theme - Introduction

Broadcasts