Candy Matson

But the shows people talk about and regularly listen to, half-hour shows, generally didn't have endings.

But the Candy Matson San Francisco run definitely had an ending.

One reason why programs didn't usually, uh, have an ending is there was always a possibility that you could, uh, be brought back to the air, and you didn't want to mess up a, a plot line that, uh, could be, uh, further, uh, explored.

Uh, for example, uh, there was Broadway is My Beat, which was canceled in 1953, only to be brought back as a summer replacement, uh, series in 1954.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was canceled, uh, several times and brought back.

Comedy programs went off the air for the summer always thinking that there was going to be a next season, and sometimes shows were canceled on one network only to be brought back on another.

Well, Candy Matson's San Francisco origination was very different.

This episode aired in April of 1951, April 29th, and by then it had really become apparent that San Francisco's attempt to become a radio town, uh, to compete with Hollywood and New York wasn't going to happen, uh, particularly with the rise of television coming and the decline of radio.

[laughs] La, la, la, la, la.

[tape rewinds] Candy Matson, Yukon 28209.

I got that right.

[laughs] Surprised myself there.

Look out

... a medal? [laughs] What?

You got one? [tape rewinds] Candy Matson, Yukon 28209.

[laughs]

[instrumental music]

When I told the sergeant I knew just the fellow to be my mother, I meant my old pal Rembrandt Watson.

In former days, Rembrandt, an A1 photographer now that he doesn't imbibe, used to see double by noon, triple by 4:00, and complete darkness by 8:00.

One night, the darkness became too dense and he suddenly saw the light.

Weren't you there a couple of times during the war?

That's right, with the USO.

That same sergeant still there?

The same sergeant.

[Instrumental music] Hello, Yukon 2A209.

Yes, this is Candy Matson.

[Instrumental music].

Come on, Mallard, stop pouting.

I'm Father Paulino.

I'm very happy to know you, Father.

My name is Candy Matson.

I have some free time.

That will actually do it for today.

We will be back tomorrow with Candy Matson, and then join us back next Monday for another exciting episode of Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator.

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Uh, but from Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham, uh, signing off.

I'm glad you're enjoying the program out there.

We'll be back, uh, tomorrow with an episode of Candy Matson, and then join us back here on Monday, uh, for Barry Craig.

I should mention the titles that we have for some of the shows that were in between last week's show and this week's.

We don't have all of them, but here are the ones we have.