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IT'S TIME TO SMILE / aka THE EDDIE CANTOR SHOW

Air Date/Released Wednesday, June 14, 1944
Station/Studio NBC Red (radio)
Host/Star Eddie Cantor
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)

Eddie Cantor's weekly musical/comedy variety show.

Joe Besser was scheduled to guest this week, but left the broadcast during rehearsals. Variety reported on June 21 in a pg. 2 headline piece that NBC censor Clarence Menser objected to Joe's character and declared it unsuitable for the NBC network. Despite strong objections by Cantor, new material for Joe was quickly prepared, but deemed unacceptable by both Cantor and Besser. Whereupon Joe left the studio.


See attached image for the Variety report.
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