Originally known as Aunt Jymmie and Her Tots in Tottyville, Let’s Pretend was an award-winning children’s show created in October 1928 by CBS Director for Children’s Programs Nila Mack. Aired every saturday morning, the show featured various fairy tales, which were narrated by Aunt Jymmie to a group of young kids called “the tots.” While being told the story, the tots travelled to the fantasy world of “Tottyville,” where kings and queens, princes and princesses, witches, and other characters live. The show retained this title and format until February 1929, before it was replaced by The Children’s Club Hour, who had Howard Merrill as the host and scriptwriter, and lasted until June 1929.
The show underwent several title changes after that, before it came to its final title Let’s Pretend. Among the titles used were The Adventures of Helen and Mary and Land O’ Make Believe. The show started airing under the title Let’s Pretend on March 1934. In the next two decades, the show went on to adapt popular and classic fairy tales such as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, The Sleeping Beauty, and Thumbelina. Cream of Wheat remained the show’s main sponsor from the first time it aired, until its last episode on October 1954. The show won lots of awards, including the prestigious Peabody Award, not just once but twice. Click here to read more about Let's Pretend
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Please enjoy these 54 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.16.1947 | let's pretend the youth who learned to shiver and shake |
+ "The Youth That Learned To Shiver and Shake". The story of the young man who doesn't know what i... | |
| 07.26.1947 | let's pretend the chinese nightingale |
+ "The Chinese Nightingale". A Chinese emperor prefers a mechanical songbird to the real thing. + ... | |
| 07.19.1947 | let's pretend rapunzel |
+ Program #95. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Rapunzel". The classic of the beautiful girl ... | |
| 07.12.1947 | let's pretend the brave little tailor |
+ "The Brave Little Tailor". The program is strangely not referred to as "Let's Pretend" at the st... | |
| 07.05.1947 | let's pretend brother and sister |
+ Once upon a time when enchantment happened every day a lovely girl named Derry and her brother ran... | |
| 06.28.1947 | let's pretend thumbelina |
+ "Thumbelina". Sponsored by: Cream Of Wheat. The little lady's adventures with Mrs. F. Mouse and t... | |
| 06.21.1947 | let's pretend bluebeard |
+ "Bluebeard". The story of the wealthy man with the many wives and that secret, locked room. The p... | |
| 06.07.1947 | let's pretend the six swans |
+ "The Six Swans". Sponsored by: Cream Of Wheat. Billboard has presented an award to the show as, "... | |
| 03.15.1947 | blue beard |
+ Once upon a time long years ago there was a dark and gloomy castle high up on a lonely mountain. I... | |
| 11.02.1946 | let's pretend (705) puss in boots |
+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Puss In Boots". How to win the Princess and take care of ... | |
| 10.26.1946 | let's pretend jack and the beanstalk |
+ "Jack and The Beanstalk". Sponsored by: Cream Of Wheat ( ). During the height of his success on t... | |
| 08.10.1946 | story of faithful john |
+ "The Story Of Faithful John". Sponsored by: Cream Of Wheat. + Let’s Pretend to travel by roller... | |
| 08.03.1946 | let's pretend (692) the goose girl |
+ "The Goose Girl". Sponsored by: Cream Of Wheat. A queen-to-be is forced to tend a flock of geese.... | |
| 07.27.1946 | let's pretend the yellow dwarf |
+ "The Yellow Dwarf". Sponsored by: Cream Of Wheat. An evil dwarf kills two lovers, but a good fair... | |
| 05.18.1946 | let's pretend the frog prince (record) | ||
| 05.04.1946 | jorinda and joringal |
+ "Jorinda and Joringel". The last show of the series after twenty-three years on the air. An old ... | |
| 03.20.1943 | let's pretend princess moonbeam |
+ "Princess Moonbeam". Mother Moon takes pity on a childless Chinese couple and sends her own daug... | |
| 12.26.1942 | house of the world xmas special |
+ "The House Of The World". A Christmas story. No credits are given at the end of the program. + I... | |
| 12.19.1942 | let's pretend prince gigi and the magic ring |
+ Fairy tales are calling; enchanted voices are ready to carry you beyond the land of reality. Let�... | |
| 09.12.1942 | let's pretend the water of life |
+ "The Water Of Life". Sustaining. + The king is dying and the only chance to save him is to procur... | |
| 09.05.1942 | let's pretend the elves and the shoemaker |
+ "The Elves and The Shoemaker". Sustaining. + Be ready to be transported to a magical land of ench... | |
| 08.29.1942 | let's pretend the little mermaid |
+ "The Little Mermaid". 11:30 A. M. The system cue has been deleted. + Be ready to be transported ... | |
| 08.22.1942 | why the sea is salty |
"Why The Sea Is Salt". Miriam Wolfe mentions that the show's theme song is titled, "Fairy Tales," ... | |
| N/A | let's pretend golden fleece(r) | ||
| N/A | let's pretend magic carpet, the(r) |
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