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LET YOURSELF GO - Guest Humphrey Bogart

Air Date/Released Wednesday, February 7, 1945
Station/Studio CBS (radio)
Host/Star Milton Berle
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)

Milton Berle was a television pioneer, but had only modest success in radio despite a 13-year run. In the early 1940s, trying to find a sustaining, successful formula, Berle began experimenting with formats, which led to several different programs, and changes in sponsors and networks. One of these was LET YOURSELF GO which ran on CBS from March 1944 thru June 1945. Tending more to slapstick, which did not translate well to an audio format like radio, it used both audience and celebrity participants to set aside dignity and “let themselves go,” engaging in gags often directed at Berle’s expense.

Later in LET YOURSELF GO’s run, Berle began tweeking the format yet again, and much of the show’s gimmick was abandoned for a more typical variety show format. Joe Besser joined the cast beginning on April 18, 1945 as a regular (per Joe’s 1984 autobiography Not Just a Stooge). He also guest-starred earlier on at least this one episode.


Cast: Milton Berle (Himself), Ken Roberts (Announcer), Humphrey Bogart (Himself), Jane Froman (Herself), Joe Besser (Himself), Ray Bloch & His Orchestra (Orchestra)
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