The Baby Snooks Show
Situation Comedy

Broadcast History:
Feb 29 1936-Jun 6 1936	CBS. 60m, Saturdays at 8:00. part of the Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.
				Sponsored by Palmolive.
Dec 23 1937-Jul 25 1940	NBC. 60m until March 1940, then 30m, Thursdays at 9:00. Good News of 
				1938; Baby Snooks routines joined series in progress; 
				subsequent Good News editions of 1939, 1940.
				Sponsored by Maxwell House Coffee.
Sep 5 1940-Jun 15 1944	NBC. 30m, Thursdays at 8:00. A curious half-hour divided equally 
				between Snooks and comic Frank Morgan. Heard as "Maxwell House 
				Coffee Time" after the sponsor.
Sep 17 1944-May 28 1948	CBS. 30m, Sundays at 6:30 until fall 1946, then Fridays at 8:00. 
				Initially titled "Toasties Time" but soon widely known as 
				"The Baby Snooks Show". Sponsored by General Foods (Post 
				Toasties, Sanka and Jell-O).
Nov 8 1949-May 22 1951 	NBC. 30m, Tuesdays at 8:30. Sponsored by Tums. Fanny Brice memorial 
				broadcast May 29, 1951.

Cast:
Baby Snooks 	Fanny Brice
Daddy 		Alan Reed, Hanley Stafford
Mommy		Lalive Brownell, Lois Corbet, Arlene Harris
Jerry		Danny Thomas
Uncle Louie	Charlie Cantor
Mr. Weemish	Alan Reed, Ken Christy

Announcers:
John Conte; Tobe Reed, Harlow Wilcox, Dick Joy, Don Wilson, Ken Roberts

The life of Baby Snooks, unpredictable and mischievous girl, and her harassed parents. 

Fanny Brice was the original ‘Funny Girl’. Born Oct 29, 1891 in NY. Her early years were spent 
doing the circuit from amateur nights, to working for George M Cohan, Irving Berlin and Florenz 
Ziegfield. A major Follies star by 1917 she created her little-girl routine in the 1920’s and 
developed it on Broadway and radio. A December 1937 appearance on Good News of 1938 gave her
national exposure. She was then 46 years old.

Unpredictable and mischievous Baby Snooks had a little-girl voice who you imagined to be in 
curls and white dress with petticoats (ALA Shirley Temple) with a tendancy to frustrate and 
stress her parents with her escapades and predicaments. 

Source:	On the Air - John Dunning
Source: Radios Golden Years - Vincent Terrace