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THE PHIL HARRIS – ALICE FAYE SHOW Hotel Harris CD 9B: “An Elephant For Mr. Scott” - 12/14/1952 Christmas shopping can be difficult when you’re looking for a gift for the person who has THE PHIL HARRIS – ALICE FAYE SHOW everything. That’s exactly the position that Phil and Alice find themselves in regarding the sponsor of RCA, Mr. Scott. However, Phil thinks that he’s stumbled onto just the Hotel Harris perfect gift. Naturally, he and Elliott muck up the proceedings...to the great fury of Mr. Scott. Alice performs “What Does It Take?” Program Guide by Rodney Bowcock CD 10A: “The Women’s Club Santa Claus” - 12/21/1952 “The crudest and least inhibited comedy show in the first fifteen of the Hooper ratings Like most families, the Harrises are wrapping up the last of their Christmas decorating. and my only explanation for its persistently large audience is the fact that it reposes The festivities are interrupted when Alice tells Phil that he has to go to her women’s club comfortably between Jack Benny and Edgar Bergen” play and party. Not only does he have to attend, but he’ll have to play the lead in the club – Radio Critic John Crosby on The Phil Harris – Alice Faye Show play! Alice gets into the holiday spirit by singing “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” while Phil brings us a rousing version of “Jingle Bells.” While a bit harsh to be sure, John Crosby wasn’t completely off. The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show was crude, and certainly uninhibited. It was also one of the most sarcastic CD 10B: New Year’s Eve Party At The Harrises’ - 12/28/1952 comedy shows on the air, and one of the programs that have stood the test of time. For once, Phil is planning on a quiet New Year’s Eve at home with his family. But, Alice decides to have a party at home for fifty people, instead of going to a nightclub. There This is one of those few classic radio is one catch, though: Alice doesn’t want any members of Phil’s band to attend the party. programs that, when firing on all cylinders, Alice’s plans conflict with another party -- at Elliott’s house -- that Phil would rather go works perfectly. It benefits from the to. Phil sings “Peanuts, Popcorn, Crackerjack and Jelly Apple.” likeability of its stars, a wonderfully cast group of supporting players, and one of the most prolific and clever writing teams of the mid-twentieth century. In short, The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show is a complete delight to listen to. www.RadioSpirits.com PO Box 1315, Little Falls, NJ 07424 By the time the series started (under the title The Fitch Bandwagon) in 1946, the © 2011 Alice Faye Trust. All Rights Reserved. public was already well aware of who Phil Under exclusive license from Alice Faye Trust. and Alice were. Phil had found fame by Unauthorized duplication strictly prohibited. For home use only. spending most of the early thirties traveling as an increasingly popular bandleader. His Program Guide © 2011 Rodney Bowcock and RSPT LLC.All Rights Reserved. brash, hip, jovial style caught on with Depression-era audiences, and he was 45253 rewarded with a lengthy stay at the Coconut Grove. He also headlined a popular Friday night radio program on NBC called Let’s for the upcoming 1952 presidential election. He mistakenly believes that, through this Listen To Harris from June 23, 1933 to effort, he’ll be able to single handedly dictate who wins the election. In between rounding December 14, 1934. However, his biggest up voters, Phil sings “Shadrach” and Alice treats us to “Somebody Loves Me.” break would come in 1936, when he filled the slot of music director on The Jack CD 7A: “Surprise Party For Phil” - 11/09/1952 Benny Program. When Phil is away on business for his birthday, Alice and Elliott decide to have a surprise costume party for him a week later. It’s Elliott’s job to get him in costume and get him Before long, Benny discovered that Harris out of the house before the guests arrive. While they’re both in costume and on the town, had a talent for delivering lines with quick trouble erupts. Meanwhile, Alice sings “Glowworm” and Phil gives out with “Minnie and unique timing. Jack Benny, of course, the Mermaid.” knew a thing or two about comedic timing and how to use his supporting cast to his CD 7B: “Alice Buys a Business” - 11/16/1952 best advantage. Starting slowly, he began When Phil and Elliott catch wind of Alice’s plan to purchase an antique store for her to give Phil some dialogue and incorporate mother to run, they decide to compete with Willie to see who can purchase it for the best him into the plots on the programs. The price. Unfortunately, they get the down payment and business address wrong. During the chemistry was infectious, and before proceedings, Phil has time to sing “Hominy Grits.” long, Phil became a household name as a featured co-star on one of the most popular CD 8A: “The Football Tickets” - 11/23/1952 radio program on the air. Like Benny’s Phil manages to get tickets for the USC/UCLA football game. Unfortunately, Alice Phil Harris (1935) “miserable miser” persona, Harris’ brash, wants to go with him, leaving Elliott without a way to see the game. Elliott goes to great egotistical, and hard drinking on-air character might not be the kind of person you’d lengths to try to talk Alice out of the extra ticket. Eventually, all three wind up at the want to associate with in real life. But, his timing and charm was so well crafted that game, but that only causes further complications. Phil sings “Hi-Diddle-Diddle,” and audiences felt a connection to him, and enjoyed spending time with him in spite of his Alice sings “Walking My Baby Back Home.” overwhelming flaws. CD 8B: “Elliott’s Girlfriend’s Name Is On Phil’s Chest” - 11/30/1952 Meanwhile, Alice was making a name for herself on the silver screen, spending the Elliott Lewis hosts a poker game in Phil’s honor at his apartment. Phil attempts to keep it 1930’s co-starring in a series of musical comedies (with an occasional detour into drama) (and his hangover) from Alice, but this becomes harder than anticipated when he sees the for 20th Century Fox. While perhaps not cast in roles that allowed her to showcase her new permanent addition to his chest. Phil feels well enough to sing “Piece-A-Puddin’” acting abilities, she was highly regarded as a singer. Irving Berlin was known to say that and Alice takes time out to sing “No Two People (Have Ever Been So In Love).” he would rather Faye introduce his songs than any other female singer. George Gershwin and Cole Porter regarded her as “the best female singer in Hollywood.” In all, Faye CD 9A: “Julius Is In Jail” - 12/07/1952 made 32 films in the ‘30’s and ‘40’s, and all of them made money. Alice reads in the paper that Julius Abruzzio has been arrested on suspicion of burglarizing one of the homes on his grocery delivery route. Elliott, Phil and Alice decide to go to Unfortunately, she stormed off the Fox set in 1945, over a dispute about the size of the police station to see if they can help the wrongfully accused in any way. Alice sings her role in Fallen Angel, vowing never to return. Fox head Daryl Zanuck rebutted by “Glowworm,” while Phil performs “Where The Blues Began.” blackballing her for breach of contract. For many singers, this would have meant the end 2 7 Note: With this episode, the actual Frank Remley refused to allow his name to be used of their show business career -- but, Alice on the air for the fictional character that was named after him. For the remainder of the Faye proved to be an exception. Although series, the “Frank Remley” character is known as “Elliott,” which just so happens to be the talented singer had decided to become the real name of the actor who plays the role. a stay-at-home mother to her children, a new radio program (co-starring her popular CD 5A: “The Stolen U.S. Mail” - 10/12/1952 spouse) would extend her life in the public When Phil realizes that their neighborhood hasn’t received mail in several days, he and eye for years to come. Elliott set out to discover what happened to it. They end up creating far more chaos than a few days without mail service should warrant...and, never mind that the mail might By the time that Phil and Alice took over actually be right under Phil’s nose! Alice sings “Walking My Baby Back Home,” and hosting duties on The Fitch Bandwagon, Phil sings “Rugged But Right.” eight years into the show’s run, it had already undergone a number of format CD 5B: “Phil, The Television Star” - 10/19/1952 changes. Perhaps bringing in Harris and Phil gets a big head after appearing on a few television shows, and starts to feel that he, Faye was a last ditch effort to save the as the “new face of TV,” is wanted by all of the women in America. Not to worry, though: show. It worked, to a degree. While never Phil is determined to bring “the little people” with him, and employ all of his friends and in the top spot on the charts, under the reins family through his new career in television.
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