Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Command Performance

Broadcast History: 1 March 1942 to 20 December 1949 and 7 October 1945 to 21 April 1946

A surprising fact about this series is that all talent was donated, in other words no one received payment – not even the stars. This was even more remarkable when you see the list of stars who contributed to the entertainment. Stars of the silver screen like Charles Laughton, Red Skelton, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, to name but a few. Anybody who was anybody got in on this act and those guys serving away from home were glad of it.

When the war ended it was decided that it would still be necessary to carry on producing the show and it continued to be broadcast to the serving men and women of the United States Armed Forces right up to the end of 1949.

CMP431009 - Robert Young, Tex Ritter, Cass Daley [262]
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CMP431016 - Bette Davis, John Charles Thomas, Georgia Gibbs
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CMP431023 - Bob Hope, Carole Landis, Cliff Arquette
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CMP431030 - Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, Ginny Simms
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CMP431113 - Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Betty Hutton
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CMP431120 - Ida Lupino, Phil Harris, Hoosier Hot Shots
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CMP431127 - Herbert Marshall,Edgar Bergan,Virginia O'Brien [2
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CMP431204 - Dinah Shore,Fats Waller,Abbott & Costello [260]
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CMP431211 - Bob Hope, Frances Langford, Martha Raye [260]
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CMP431218 - Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby [260]
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CMP431220 - Fred Allen, Benny Goodman, Gary Simms [258]
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CMP431221 - Fred Waring, Kate Smith, Orsen Welles [258]
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CMP431225 - Christmas Special [309]
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CMP431227 - Fred Allen, Ginny Simms, Benny Goodman [276]
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CMP440108 - Carmen Miranda, Harry James, Veronica Lake [262]
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CMP440115 - Francis Langford, Spike Jones [262]
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CMP440122 - Bob Hope, Deanna Durbin, Dennis Day [262]
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CMP440131 - Robert Young, Glenn Miller, Mary Martin
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CMP440201 - Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra [262]
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CMP440205 - Jerry Colonna, Fibber McGee and Molly, Ethel Waters
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CMP440212 - Uncle Sam Presents Glenn Miller [442]
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CMP440219 - Loretta Young, Frances Langford, Connie Boswell
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CMP440226 - Dorothy Lamour, Virginia O'Brien, Dick Haymes
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CMP440304 - Kate Smith, Randolph Scott, Spade Cooley
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CMP440311 - Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Ginny Simms
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CMP440325 - Don Ameche, Roy Rogers, Jan Peerce, Carmen Mirand
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CMP440401- Ginny Simms 1st 'San Fernando Valley' (Rough)
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CMP440408 - Frances Langford, Jerry Colonna, Jo Stafford
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CMP440422 - Gene Tierney, Roy Acuff, Martha Tilton
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CMP440429 - Olivia de Havilland, Bob Crosby, Dennis Day
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