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The Pepsodent Show

The Pepsodent Show
Other names The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope
The Bob Hope Pepsodent Show
The Bob Hope Show
Genre Comedy
Running time 30 minutes
Country United States
Language(s) English
Syndicates NBC
Starring Bob Hope
Jerry Colonna
Skinnay Ennis
Blanche Stewart
Elvia Allman
Judy Garland
Frances Langford
The Desi Arnaz Orchestra
(more)
Announcer Bill Goodwin
Wendell Niles
Art Baker
Larry Keating
Written by (see below)
Directed by Bill Lawrence
Norman Morrell
Bob Stephenson
Al Capstaff
Produced by Bill Lawrence
Norman Morrell
Bob Stephenson
Al Capstaff
Air dates September 27, 1938 (1938-09-27) to June 8, 1948 (1948-06-08)
No. of episodes 132 (according to the Radio Gold Index)
150 (other sources)
Opening theme Thanks for the Memory
Sponsored by Pepsodent
The Bob Hope Show
Genre Comedy
Running time 30 minutes
Country United States
Language(s) English
Syndicates NBC
Starring Bob Hope
Doris Day
Announcer Hy Averback
Air dates September 14, 1948 (1948-09-14) to April 21, 1955 (1955-04-21)
Sponsored by Swan Soap
Chesterfield
Jell-O
American Dairy
General Foods

The Pepsodent Show is an American radio comedy program broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio. The program starred comedian Bob Hope and his sidekick Jerry Colonna along with Blanche Stewart and Elvia Allman as high-society crazies Brenda and Cobina as well as a continuously rotating supporting cast and musicians which included, for a time, Judy Garland, Frances Langford and Desi Arnaz and his orchestra.

The Pepsodent Show, along with Edgar Bergen's Chase and Sanborn Hour, Jack Benny's The Jack Benny Program, and Fred Allen's Texaco Star Theatre, was one of the most listened-to programs during World War II.

The Pepsodent Show was broadcast Tuesday nights at 10:00 over NBC from September 27, 1938–June 8, 1948. For most of its run, Pepsodent followed Fibber McGee and Molly on Tuesdays and preceded The Raleigh Cigarette Program starring Red Skelton.

Pepsodent toothpaste sponsored the program for its entire 10-year run. Pepsodent was founded by Pepsodent Company based in Chicago in 1915. The namesake of Pepsodent came from pepsin. Pepsin is a digestive enzyme designed to break down and digest food deposits on the teeth. Pepsin was an ingredient used in early Pepsodent toothpaste.


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