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Guests Jimmy Durante And Milton Berle

Ethel Merman opens with "There's No Business Like Show Business," Frank Lovejoy stars in an "I Was a Communist for the FBI" drama with a brief appearance by the real Matt Cvetic, and Milton Berle delivers a monologue about the golden age of radio. The cast closes with a salute to Meredith Willson.

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The Big Show was an American NBC radio network variety program featuring 90 minutes of comic, stage, screen, and music talent. It was aimed at keeping American radio in its classic era and making it robust against the rapidly growing television tide. The show ran from November 5, 1950, to April 20, 1952.

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“Guests Jimmy Durante And Milton Berle.” The Big Show. Radio broadcast, April 29, 1951.

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