Elixir of Youth

Multi-buhjillionaire Cleveland Harrison Benjamin III, feeling somewhat insecure in his role as a December groom to his youthful May bride, has asked his valet Portsmith to obtain Dr Tottenberry’s Springtime Tablets. He is hoping to not only arrest, but actually reverse the aging process. What could possibly go wrong?

Hour One has two 20-second pauses (with music) at 17:06 and 38:41 for local station ID:

Here is Hour One divided into three segments to facilitate local station ID:

Hour One:

1 - I Feel That Old Age Coming On - Wynonie Harris and his All Stars – 1948

2 - Blue Turning Grey Over You - Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra - 1930

3 - Over the Hill - Clyde Moody – 1947

4 - At the Fountain of Youth - Dan W Quinn - 1915

5 - Mad Lad Boogie - Leo Parker's All Stars – 1947

6 - Hey Young Fella - Rudy Vallee - 1933

7 - You Can't Keep a Growing Lad Down - George Formby – 1949

8 - Old Man Sunshine Little Boy Bluebird - Johnny Marvin - 1928

9 - Little Boy Blue - John McCormack – 1916

10 - Who Wants a Bad Little Boy - Mark Fisher with Ted Weems and his Orchestra - 1924

11 - Diaper Pin - Stan Getz Quartet – 1949

12 - At the Baby Parade - Ted Weems and his Orchestra - 1933

13 - The Baby Parade - Victor Orchestra – 1906

14 - In the Twinkling of an Eye - Richard Himber - 1935

15 - They're Either Too Young or Too Old - Kitty Kallen with Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra – 1943

Hour Two:

16 - Elixir of Life - Dimension X – 1951

17 - The Big Frame - Dragnet – 1950

We owe a debt of gratitude to Winsor McCay. The plot of this week’s show received inspiration from a cartoon first published in 1905.