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Command Performance

Heard
1942–1950
Episodes
311

Episodes of the old-time radio AFRS variety show "Command Performance".

Episodes, in broadcast order page 2 of 4

  1. Bob Hope, Jimmy Cash, Carole Landis, Shirley Ross

    · No. 90 · 30 min

  2. Judy Garland, Dinah Shore

    · No. 91 · 29 min

  3. Ida Lupino, Phil Harris, Gracie Fields, Garry Moore

    · No. 93 · 30 min

  4. Herbert Marshall, Bergen and McCarthy

    · No. 94 · 30 min

  5. Dinah Shore, Abbott and Costello, Fats Waller

    · No. 95 · 29 min

  6. Bob Hope, Francis Langford, Martha Raye, Carole

    · No. 96 · 31 min

  7. Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Charioteers

    · No. 97 · 30 min

  8. Fred Allen, Ginny Simms, Benny Goodman

    · No. 98 · 30 min

  9. Fred Waring, Kate Smith

    · No. 99 · 31 min

  10. Christmas 1943

    · 1 h 31 min

  11. Christmas Special

    · 1 h 31 min

  12. Carmen Miranda

    · No. 100 · 29 min

  13. Frances Langford, Virginia O'Brien

    · No. 101 · 27 min

  14. Bob Hope, Deanna Durbin, Dennis Day

    · No. 102 · 31 min

  15. Robert Young, Glenn Miller, Mary Martin

    · No. 103 · 30 min

  16. Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra

    · No. 104 · 30 min

  17. Jerry Colonna, Fibber McGee and Molly, Ethel Waters

    · No. 105 · 30 min

  18. Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland

    · No. 106 · 30 min

  19. Loretta Young, Frances Langford, Connie Boswell

    · No. 107 · 30 min

  20. Dorothy Lamour, Virginia O'Brien, Dick Haymes

    · No. 108 · 30 min

  21. Kate Smith, Randolph Scott, Spade Cooley

    · No. 109 · 30 min

  22. Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Ginny Simms

    · No. 110 · 30 min

  23. Bea Wain, Johnny Mercer, Cliff Nazarro

    · No. 111 · 30 min

  24. Don Ameche, Cass Daley

    · No. 112 · 29 min

  25. Ginny Simms, Lena Horne, Spike Jones

    · No. 113 · 30 min

  26. Jerry Colonna, Jo Stafford

    · No. 114 · 29 min

  27. Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Yehudi Menuhin

    · No. 115 · 30 min

  28. Gene Tierney, Roy Acuff, Martha Tilton

    · No. 116 · 29 min

  29. Olivia de Havilland, Bob Crosby

    · No. 117 · 30 min

  30. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton

    · No. 118 · 30 min

  31. Dinah Shore, Helen Forest

    · No. 119 · 31 min

  32. Paulette Goddard, Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong

    · No. 120 · 30 min

  33. Dinah Shore, Dick Haymes, Virginia O'Brien

    · No. 121 · 30 min

  34. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra

    · No. 122 · 30 min

  35. Connie Haines, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra

    · No. 123 · 28 min

  36. Jack Benny, Harpo Marx, Bing Crosby

    · No. 125 · 30 min

  37. Bob Hope, Andrews Sisters

    · No. 126 · 30 min

  38. Maxine Sullivan, Nelson Eddy, Tommy Dorsey

    · No. 127 · 29 min

  39. Bing Crosby, Judy Garland

    · No. 129 · 30 min

  40. Ronald Colman, Ginny Simms, Cary Grant

    · No. 130 · 30 min

  41. Barbara Stanwyck, Dick Haymes

    · No. 131 · 30 min

  42. Ginger Rogers, Virginia O'Brien, Jimmy Durante

    · No. 132 · 31 min

  43. Spencer Tracy, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mercer

    · No. 133 · 30 min

  44. Judy Garland, Danny Kaye, Helen Forrest

    · No. 134 · 31 min

  45. Fred Allen, Rochester, Ginny Simms

    · No. 135 · 31 min

  46. Florence Gill, Ken Carpenter

    · No. 136 · 29 min

  47. Gloria DeHaven, Frank Morgan

    · No. 137 · 31 min

  48. Bob Hope, Johnny Mercer, June Allyson

    · No. 138 · 29 min

  49. Martha Raye, Jack Carson

    · No. 139 · 30 min

  50. Deanna Durbin, Jack Benny, Ginger Rogers

    · No. 140 · 30 min

  51. Dinah Shore, Ed Gardner

    · No. 141 · 30 min

  52. Ken Carpenter Highlights of 1944 (compilation)

    · No. 142 · 59 min

  53. Eddie Cantor, Janet Blair, Danny Thomas

    · No. 143 · 30 min

  54. Winged Victory Edition

    · No. 144 · 31 min

  55. Ethel Merman, Joe E Lewis

    · No. 145 · 30 min

  56. Encore Command Performance

    · 30 min

  57. Ethel Merman, Joe E Lewis, Connie Boswell

    · No. 145 · 30 min

  58. Ken Carpenter, Assembled Shows

    · No. 148 · 30 min

  59. Claudette Colbert, Bob Burns, Tommy Dorsey

    · No. 149 · 31 min

  60. Kate Smith, Fred Waring

    · No. 146 · 1 h 02 min

  61. Linda Darnell, Martha Tilton, Amos 'n' Andy

    · No. 150 · 29 min

  62. Thanksgiving Special

    · 29 min

  63. Ginny Simms, Larry Adler, Diana Lynn

    · No. 151 · 31 min

  64. Irene Dunn, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern

    · No. 152 · 30 min

  65. Fibber McGee and Molly

    · No. 153 · 29 min

  66. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Lauren Bacall

    · No. 154 · 30 min

  67. Christmas 1944

    · 57 min

  68. Jack Benny, James Cagney

    · No. 156 · 28 min

  69. Linda Darnell, Janet Blair, Jimmy Durante, Andy

    · No. 157 · 29 min

  70. Burns & Allen, Connie Haines, Joe Lilly Chorus

    · No. 158 · 30 min

  71. Frank Morgan, Frank Sinatra, Foy Willing

    · No. 159 · 31 min

  72. Gloria DeHaven, Carmen Miranda, Bing Crosby

    · No. 160 · 30 min

  73. Jeannie Crain, William Bendix, Gene Krupa Trio

    · No. 161 · 30 min

  74. Dick Tracy in B Flat

    · No. 162 · 57 min

  75. Danny Thomas, Dick Haymes, Ginny Simms

    · No. 163 · 29 min

  76. Helen Forrest, Jack Carson, Roy Rogers

    · No. 164 · 29 min

  77. Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien

    · No. 165 · 29 min

  78. Jimmy Durante, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall

    · No. 166 · 31 min

  79. Dinah Shore, Lina Romay, Judy Canova

    · No. 167 · 30 min

  80. Bing Crosby, Lionel Barrymore, Marilyn Maxwell

    · No. 169 · 29 min

  81. Kay Kyser, Gary Cooper, Edward G Robinson

    · No. 170 · 29 min

  82. Martha Stewart, Peter Lorre

    · No. 171 · 30 min

  83. Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Ella Mae Morse

    · No. 172 · 30 min

  84. Ken Carpenter, H Von Zell, Tribute to Walt Disney

    · No. 173 · 1 h 02 min

  85. Jack Benny, P Goddard, H Carmichael, J Sullivan

    · No. 174 · 29 min

  86. Suppressed Desires

    · No. 176 · 30 min

  87. Rita Hayworth, Charles Boyer, Nat King Cole

    · No. 177 · 30 min

  88. Robert Armbruster, Orson Welles

    · No. 178 · 31 min

  89. Gloria DeHaven, Bob Hope, King Sisters

    · No. 179 · 31 min

  90. Joan Edwards, J Carson, P Goddard, R Scott

    · No. 180 · 1 h 00 min

  91. Herbert Marshall, Marilyn Maxwell

    · No. 181 · 1 h 02 min

  92. Bing Crosby, G I Jill, Ella Mae Morse

    · No. 182 · 29 min

  93. Janet Blair, Rise Stevens

    · No. 183 · 1 h 03 min

  94. Judy Canova, Herb Shriner, Orson Welles, Donna D

    · No. 184 · 28 min

  95. Nelson Eddy, Vera Vague

    · No. 186 · 30 min

  96. Walter O'Keefe, Marilyn Maxwell, Les Paul Trio

    · No. 187 · 29 min

Where it comes from 12

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  1. Command Performance

    Old Time Radio · 232 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

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  2. Command Performance - 293 episodes of the Old Time Radio show

    Old Time Radio · 66 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

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  3. Command Performance

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  4. Command Performance 42 03 18 Fred Allen, Henny Youngman, Gladys Swarthout

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  5. Command Performance 43 02 13 Rita Hayworth, Burns And Allen, Betty Hutton

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  6. Command Performance 43 12 25 Christmas Special

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  7. Command Performance 42 04 19 Shirley Temple Baby Snooks Abbott And Costello

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  8. Command Performance 42 08 30 Bing Crosby, James Cagney, Larry Adler

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  9. Command Performance 44 11 01 Encore Command Performance

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  10. Command Performance 42 03 13 Kate Smith, Henny Youngman, Robert Benchley

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  11. Command Performance 46 01 31 Robert Young, Jack Benny, Chico Marx

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  12. Command Performance 42 11 03 Betty Grable, Edgar Bergen, Judy Canova

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11 more sets hold only episodes played here from a set above.

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