March 2, 1944

It’s Thursday in 1944, and today we have:

— Hedda Hopper is the guest on “Abbott and Costello.” This week, the boys decide to start a newspaper. Listen for the line about the L.A. Examiner. Courtesy of Archive.org.

— Lucille Ball and Marilyn Maxwell are the guests on “Kraft Music Hall.” You have got to hear Bing Crosby sing “There’ll  Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin.” Courtesy of Otrrlibrary.org via Archive.org. Notice that Crosby jokes about his house burning down. His 20-room mansion at 10500 Camarillo St. in Toluca Lake burned down Jan. 3, 1943, in a fire blamed on defective wiring in Christmas lights.