# Treasury Star Parade Heard 1942–1944. 141 episodes. This upload contains 141 episodes of the old time radio show, The Treasury Star Parade. Sponsored by the United States Treasury Department during World War II, the show featured stars from Hollywood and the music industry to encourage the purchase of War Bonds to support the war effort. The 15-minute shows usually consisted of a musical act or a play featuring a Hollywood star. The show was unabashedly patriotic, extolling the virtues of buying bonds to finance the war effort and the needs to the home front to do everything they could to support the boys overseas. The show was the predecessor to Guest Star, a similar show sponsored by the Treasury Department airing from 1947 into the 1970s to encourage the purchase of United States Savings Bonds.