Bill Stern's Sports Reel Errors
411228 xxx Jack Benny was 451228 321 Jack Benny
431101 Guest Lou Little was 461101. Announced as show #365.
440901 or (440804) Ellery Queen s/b 440818. At 11:00, niece Joan Edwards says it is Gus Edwards' birthday. Birthdate verified on wikipedia.
44.09.22 (or 440825) - 255 - Dunninger (aka Beginning of Baseball) s/b 440908. Date arrived by counting forward from Ellery Queen episode and reference to football season starting at U of Michigan
45.01.26 - 276 - Rudy Vallee s/b 470124 (376) Rudy Vallee
450309 (280) Jane Withers was 450302 (279) Lawrence Tibbett
450406 (284) Milton Berne was 45-03-30 (283) Lena Horne
45.04.06 - 283 - Lena Horne.mp3 s/b dated 45-03-30 Knute Rockne died 14 yrs ago tomorrow
450810 or 45.08.xx Babe Ruth was 46-03-22 Babe Ruth. Next week's guest Bonita Granville.
1945.09.06 Guest Sammy Kaye s/b 46-09-06
1946.01.01 Morton Downey s/b 47-01-17
460315 332 Don Hudson was 461011 362 Lizabeth Scott
460510 (340) Sammy Baugh is actually 461206 (370) Sammy Baugh. Show 340 is announced, but the internal clues (5 years from Pearl Harbor tomorrow) indicate the show was miscalled. See below . (The correct 460510 Guest - Paul Whiteman is available)
05:25 Reel 3. Portrait of December 7th. Tomorrow is the Seventh of December. That's the date that America should never never forget. For five years ago tomorrow, the Jap(anese) struck their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
12:45 Our guest next Friday will be the famous speed boat racer and orchestra leader, Guy Lombardo.
460517 (341) Guy Lombardo was 461213 (371) Guy Lombardo. Show 341 is announced, but the internal clues (Friday the 13th) indicate the show was miscalled
07:31 "Today is Friday the 13th"
13:22 "Next Friday night we will back same time same stations when we will be broadcasting from New Orleans. We will be in New Orleans next Friday night getting ready to broadcast the Tulane - Southern California game, and our guest next Friday evening in New Orleans will be the coach of New Orleans, Jeff Cravat."
According to http://www.phys.utk.edu/sorensen/cfr/cfr/Output/1946/CF_1946_Games.html that game was played on Dec. 21, 1946 with Southern California winning 20-13.
NOTE: The correct 460717 Guy Lombardo is in circulation. The correct show begins with a commercial with Frankie Frisch and ends with an announcement that next week's guest is Lucille Ball.
47.03.28 Guest Dizzy Dean.mp3 s/b 47-4-11
470502 or 470509 or 470523 Eddie Arcaro s/b 47-05-16 per NYT
470523 Craig Wood was 470516 Eddie Arcaro
470502 388 Eddie Bracken was 470516 390 Eddie Arcaro
470926 (417) Babe Didrikson s/b 470919 (417) Babe Didrikson per NYT
47.09.29 Ronald Reagan s/b 490729 Ronald Reagan substitutes as host
471010 (418) Bucky Harris s/b 47-10-03 per NYT
471017 (419) Gene Autry s/b 47-10-10 per NYT
471024 (420) Hildegarde s/b 47-10-17 per NYT
47-10-20 John Welshel was 42-10-24
480102 Guest - Ronald Reagan was 490729 Ronald Reagan substitutes as host. 480102 is available.
480319 William Powell substitutes was 480716
480521 Jim Thorpe s/b 480604 per newspaper listings. The number show is miscalled as #451 when it was actually #453. Also the show mentions the upcoming U.S. Golf tournament. It started June 10.
480521 Johnny Mize was 480604 Jim Thorpe. See above.
480618 William Powell substitutes should be 480716
480903 Guest Lou Ness was a different show on different day of the week "15 minutes of Sports News" 480901 Lou Niss
490415 (494) Jesse Owens s/b 490408 per NYT (show #493)
49.05.25 Four Horsemen s/b 49-11-25
490923 George Raft was 490930 Pancho Gonzalez
490923 517 Pancho Gonzalez should be dated 490930. The show starts off: I am in New Orleans Louisiana, ready to broadcast tomorrow's Tulane - Georgia Tech football game. According to
http://www.phys.utk.edu/sorensen/cfr/cfr/Output/1949/CF_1949_Games.html that game was on Oct 1, 1949 with Tulane winning 18-0.
50.xx.xx Lorraine Day s/b 50-05-12
50.09.25 Guest Tommy Henrich s/b 50-02-03
50.10.02 Bob Feller s/b 50-02-10
530129 Jerry Colonna was 490128 Jerry Colonna
530304 Zachary Scott was 490304 Zachary Scott