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Good News was a musical variety show that were also known by the names of Good News of 1938, Good News of 1939, and Maxwell House Coffee Time. It starred Jimmy Stewart, Robert Taylor, Frank Morgan and Dick Powell, as well as other stars including JOan Crawford, Judy Garland, Ann Sothern, Alice Faye, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Barrymore, William Gargan, and Clark Gable. This radio show allowed its listener to have a glimpse of the life in Hollywood.

The show was produced by MGM and sponsored by the coffee brand Maxwell House with $25,000 per week. The show featured celebrities inside their dressing rooms, meetings of MGM executives, and snippets of Hollywood events. Stars from movies were also interviewed and movie previews were also done for the listening audience.

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Please enjoy these 44 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
12.23.1937	rosalie	+ NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Bulova Watch (local), Lucky Lager (local). The...
12.30.1937	myrna loy	+ Program #9. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Bulova Watch (local). Daddy tells ...
02.10.1938	frank morgan	+ Program #15. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee (Bulova Watch local spot). The fir...
02.17.1938	jack benny	+ Program #16. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. Daddy tries to teach Baby Snooks ...
03.10.1938	virginia bruce and robert montgomery	+ Program #19. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Lucky Lager (local), Westfield Wa...
03.24.1938	robert montgomery	+ Program #21. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Lucky Lager (local). Baby Snooks ...
03.31.1938	louis b mayer from london	+ Program #22. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Bulova Watch (local), Lucky Lager...
04.14.1938	freddie bartholemew	+ Program #24. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Bulova Watch (local). The first t...
05.05.1938	clark gable and judy garland	+ Program #27. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Gruen Watches, LeRoy's, Bulova Wa...
05.19.1938	joan crawford	+ NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Leroy's Jewelry (local). The first tune is, "S...
05.26.1938	virginia bruce	+ NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is "The Latin Quarter." Daddy t...
06.09.1938	robert young and mary martin	+ Program #32. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee (Bulova Watch, Leroy's Jewelers lo...
06.16.1938	ed sullivan	+ NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is "Wide Open Spaces." Frank Mo...
09.01.1938	boys town	+ Program #36. Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first selection is a medley of tunes that be...
09.15.1938	robert taylor virginia barrow rita johnson	+ Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is "I've Got a Pocket Full Of Dreams." Baby Sn...
10.06.1938	wallace beery	+ Program #41. Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is a medley from "The Great Waltz...
10.13.1938	lionel barrymore	+ Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is "When The Circus Comes To Town." Daddy disc...
10.20.1938	joan crawford	+ Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is, "Liza." Baby Snooks and Daddy visit the ar...
10.27.1938	clark gable	+ NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Bulova Watch (local), Beckman Furs (local). Ba...
11.03.1938	betty jaynes	+ NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is "Love Is Sweeping The Countr...
11.10.1938	guest lionel barrymore	+ NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is, "The Girl Friend Of The Whi...
11.17.1938	guest joan crawford	+ NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Bulova (local), Beckman's Furs (local). The fi...
11.24.1938	guest tony martin	+ Program #48. Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is, "Swing The Square." Daddy is ...
12.01.1938	guest tony martin	+ Program #49. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is, "Love Is On Th...
12.08.1938	rosalind russell	+ Program #50. NBC net, KFI, Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. The first tune is "Bojangles Of H...

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Featuring all of the existing programs from the series. While many refer to these programs mostly as being Baby Snooks programs, actually this is a variety program sponsored by Maxwell House Coffee of music, comedy, sometimes drama with guest stars such as Frank Morgan, Jack Benny, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, etc.

GOOD NEWS OF - 1938, 1939 and 1940