Old Radio Shows.org » Drene Shampoo http://oldradioshows.org Free Streaming Old Time Radio Shows Wed, 16 May 2012 16:15:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Truth or Consequence Debuted 3-23-1940 http://oldradioshows.org/03/23/truth-or-consequence-debuted-3-23-1940/ http://oldradioshows.org/03/23/truth-or-consequence-debuted-3-23-1940/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:54:38 +0000 oldradioshows http://oldradioshows.org/03/23/truth-or-consequence-debuted-3-23-1940/ ]]> Ralph EdwardsOn this day in 1940, the radio quiz and gag show Truth or Consequence debuted starring Ralph Edwards which lasted almost a decade.

Please enjoy this late-fourties episode starring Miss Hush of 1947. In the first consequence, a woman take the solo lead with a fifty voice male choir! Sponsored by Duz, Drene shampoo ($25,000 contest).

(Harlow Wilcox was also the famed announcer of the popular old time radio series, Fibber McGee and Molly.)

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