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Let's Pretend, created and directed by Nila Mack (1891-1953), was a long-run CBS radio series for children.
It had several different early formats and titles. Aunt Jymmie and Her Tots in Tottyville began October 27, 1928. Aunt Jymmie was the host of this Saturday morning children's program's whimsical tales of fantasy and fairy tales. She introduced each week's tale which was enacted by a cast of young children, "the tots." The young "tots" traveled to Tottyville, a make-believe world of king and queens, princesses, witches and magic spells. Originating from the WABC studio in New York City, the flagship station for CBS, this series lasted for 18 broadcasts until February 23, 1929 when it was replaced by the 30-minute The Children's Club Hour with Howard Merrill, who was the host and the scriptwriter. During the 1940s, Merrill scripted for The Gay Nineties Revue, Secret Missions and detective series such as Sherlock Holmes, Leonidas Witherall and the Abbott Mysteries. The Children's Club Hour, which offered fairy tales performed by juvenile cast members, began March 2, 1929 and continued until June 22, 1929. After 17 broadcasts of The Children's Club Hour, the time slot was given to Estelle Levy and Patricia Ryan who created another children's program, The Adventures of Helen and Mary, scripted by Yolanda Langworthy. Broadcast on CBS Saturdays at noon and other late morning timeslots, this series began June 29, 1929. Between December 1930 and January 1931, the title briefly changed from The Adventures of Helen and Mary to Land O' Make Believe. With Estelle Levy and Patricia Ryan in the title roles, the fairy tale program continued until March 17, 1934. After 229 broadcasts, Nila Mack took over as director and changed the title to Let's Pretend, "radio's outstanding children's theater." Mack's Peabody Award-winning Let's Pretend began March 24, 1934, running for two decades before the final show on October 23, 1954. Adaptations included such classics and fairy tales as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Arabian Nights, Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin. The show always began with a characteristic tune, sometimes with lyrics, from its long time sponsor Cream of Wheat. George Bryan and Jackson Wheeler were the announcers. Jean Hight became the program's director after Nila Mack's death in 1953. A history of the show, Let's Pretend And The Golden Age Of Radio (BearManor Media 2004), was written by veteran actor Arthur Anderson, who did character roles on Let's Pretend at age 13 and was on the show almost every week (with time out for military service) until the program's demise. The series received numerous awards, including two Peabody Awards, a Women’s National Radio Committee Award and five Radio Daily Awards. EPISODES LIST 410419 The Juniper Tree420822 Why The Sea is Salty 420829 The Little Mermaid 420905 The Elves and the Shoemaker 420912 The Water of Life 421219 Prince Gigi And The Magic Ring 421226 The House of the World 430123 The Golden Touch 430220 Princess Moonbeam 460727 The Yellow Dwarf 460803 The Goose Girl 460810 Faithful John 461026 Jack and the Beanstalk 461102 Puss And Boots 470607 The Six Swans 470621 Bluebeard 470628 Thumbelina 470705 Brother And Sister 470712 The Brave Little Tailor 470719 Rapunzel 470726 The Chinese Nightingale 470816 The Youth Who Learned to Shiver and Shake 470823 Mellilot 470830 Aladdin and His Lamp 470906 The Twelve Months 470906 The Twelve Months-Short 470913 The Donkey, the Table, and The Stick 470920 The Enchanted Frog 470927 Cinderella (record) 481218 Snowdrop And The Seven Dwarfs 490403 The Princess And The Pea 490416 Snowdrop and the 7 Dwarfs 490709 The Magic Tinder Box 511110 The Tinderbox 520816 The White Cat 521129 One Eye, Two Eye, Three Eye 521220 T'was The Night Before Christmas 531128 Ceres and Proserpina-long 531128 Ceres and Proserpina-Short 531205 Puss N Boots 531212 The Snow Queen 531219 T'was The Night Before Christmas 540109 Robin Hood 540605 Beauty and the Beast 540619 Ondine 541002 King Arthur 541009 Hansel and Gretel 541023 Jorinda and Joringale (last show) xxxxxx Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (record) xxxxxx Cinderella (record) xxxxxx Douban The Physician (record) xxxxxx Jorinda and Joringale (record) xxxxxx King Midas and the Golden Touch (record) xxxxxx King Thrushbeard (record) xxxxxx Melilot xxxxxx Sleeping Beauty xxxxxx The Emperor's New Clothes xxxxxx The Frog Prince (record) xxxxxx The Golden Fleece (record) xxxxxx The Juniper Tree (record) xxxxxx The Magic Carpet of Baghdad (record) Be Aware:
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