Title: The Baby Snooks Show Type: Situation Comedy Broadcast History: Feb 29 1936-Jun 6 1936 CBS. 60m, Saturdays at 8:00. part of the Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. 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. 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. General Foods for Post Toasties, Sanka and Jell-O. Nov 8 1949-May 22 1951 NBC. 30m, Tuesdays at 8:30. 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 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