Title:

Friendly Five Notes

Type:

Musical variety and aviation news

Length:

15 minutes

Broadcast history:

1930 - 31 Thursdays at 7:45 PM on the Blue Network. Sponsored by

Friendly Five Shoes.

1931 - 32 CBS on Fridays at 9:45 PM. Sponsored by Aviation News and

Friendly Five Shoes.

Friendly Five Footnotes captured its era in music, song, and tidbits from the fledgling world of aviation. The host was a character identified only as "Friendly Fred," who tapdanced to the theme I've Got Five Dollars. The orchestra, in reality the Freddie Rich band, was billed as The Friendly Five Orchestra. Aviation news was given by Casey Jones, vice president of the Curtis-Wright Corporation. As a premium, local Friendly Five outlets offered a booklet, It's Easy to Learn to Fly. Wonderfully evocative of the early Depression.

Source:

On the Air - John Dunning

(copied directly from the book - again)