S E A R S R A D I O T H E A T E R --------- --------- ------------- 1979 First Show: Feb 05, 1979 Last Show: Sep 28, 1979 Number Shows: 170 Audition Show: none Series Description: THE SEARS RADIO THEATER, sponsored by the Sears & Roebuck Company, was a radio anthology that included Westerns, comedy, mystery, romance and adventure. In fact, it devoted a night of the week to each catagory. The show ran Monday through Friday from Febuary 5, 1979 to August 3, 1979 and then repeated the entire series in it's original order from August 6, 1979 to September 28, 1979. Monday was "Western Night" and was hosted by Lorne Greene. Tuesday was "Comedy Night", hosted by Andy Griffith. Wednesday was "Mystery Night" with Vincent Price as host. Thursday was "Love And Hate Night" with Cicely Tyson doing honors as host. Finally, Friday brought "Adventure Night", first hosted by Richard Widmark and later by Howard Duff. The series was repeated, under the title THE MUTUAL RADIO THEATER, without Sears' sponsorship, from December of 1979 into 1980. Chronological Log: Date Day Num Title ------------ --- --- --------------------------------------------- Feb 05, 1979 Mon 1 "Retribution" Feb 06, 1979 Tue 2 "And Baby Makes Four" Feb 07, 1979 Wed 3 "Hostages" Feb 08, 1979 Thu 4 "Hildy" Feb 09, 1979 Fri 5 "The Choosing" Feb 12, 1979 Mon 6 "Leavin' Cheyenne" Feb 13, 1979 Tue 7 "Should Old Acquaintence Be Forgot" Feb 14, 1979 Wed 8 "The 13th Governess", by Elliot Lewis Feb 15, 1979 Thu 9 "This Home Is Dissolved" Feb 16, 1979 Fri 10 "Climb" Feb 19, 1979 Mon 11 "Final Fall" Feb 20, 1979 Tue 12 "Troublemaker" Feb 21, 1979 Wed 13 "Ouija Spells Murder" Feb 22, 1979 Thu 14 "I Want Him Dead" Feb 23, 1979 Fri 15 "Then There Were None" Feb 26, 1979 Mon 16 "Afrso-Westener" Feb 27, 1979 Tue 17 "Care and Feeding Of A Sex Symbol" Feb 28, 1979 Wed 18 "Wanda" Mar 01, 1979 Thu 19 "Long Night" Mar 02, 1979 Fri 20 "McGuffey Connection" Mar 05, 1979 Mon 21 "Lady and the Outlaw" Mar 06, 1979 Tue 22 "Oh, Brothers" Mar 07, 1979 Wed 23 "Carmilla" Mar 08, 1979 Thu 24 "No Greater Dream" Mar 09, 1979 Fri 25 "The Tough Guy" Mar 12, 1979 Mon 26 "Powder River Policy" Mar 13, 1979 Tue 27 "Where Guardian Angels Fear to Tread" Mar 14, 1979 Wed 28 "Going Home" Mar 15, 1979 Thu 29 "Sometime Every Summertime" Mar 16, 1979 Fri 30 "Wrath of Zeus" Mar 19, 1979 Mon 31 "Female of the Species" Mar 20, 1979 Tue 32 "Getting Drafted" Mar 21, 1979 Wed 33 "Mushrooms, Darling" Mar 22, 1979 Thu 34 "An Honest Man" Mar 23, 1979 Fri 35 "Mercenaries" Mar 26, 1979 Mon 36 "Ace-in-the-Hole" Mar 27, 1979 Tue 37 "Terrible Dream of Mr. Glitch" Mar 28, 1979 Wed 38 "Cajun Death" Mar 29, 1979 Thu 39 "First Star Tonight" Mar 30, 1979 Fri 40 "Flight of the Starbird" Apr 02, 1979 Mon 41 "Conspirators at the Golden Gate" Apr 03, 1979 Tue 42 "As You Wish" Apr 04, 1979 Wed 43 "Improvisation" Apr 05, 1979 Thu 44 "A Matter of Priorities" Apr 06, 1979 Fri 45 "A Short History of Bac Ha" Apr 09, 1979 Mon 46 "Out In Colorado" Apr 10, 1979 Tue 47 "Fontaine Harris, LeBaron de Paree" Apr 11, 1979 Wed 48 "Man That Cried Wolf" Apr 12, 1979 Thu 49 "My Hero" Apr 13, 1979 Fri 50 "Curse of Princess Christy" Apr 16, 1979 Mon 51 "Duke of Nevers" Apr 17, 1979 Tue 52 "Hizzoner Hamlet" Apr 18, 1979 Wed 53 "The Old Boy" Apr 19, 1979 Thu 54 "Season of Glad Songs" Apr 20, 1979 Fri 55 "Bruja" Apr 23, 1979 Mon 56 "Abilene" Apr 24, 1979 Tue 57 "Here's Henry Morgan" Apr 25, 1979 Wed 58 "Sabbatical" Apr 26, 1979 Thu 59 "Baby, Baby" Apr 27, 1979 Fri 60 "Odyssey of the Vigilant" Apr 30, 1979 Mon 61 "Henry 'Box' Brown" May 01, 1979 Tue 62 "Guess Who's Coming to California?" May 02, 1979 Wed 63 "Miniatures" May 03, 1979 Thu 64 "Other Grandmother" May 04, 1979 Fri 65 "Anne Bonny's Gold" May 07, 1979 Mon 66 "The Lovers" May 08, 1979 Tue 67 "Here's Morgan Again", by Henry Morgan May 09, 1979 Wed 68 "The Assassin" May 10, 1979 Thu 69 "Overnight Guest" May 11, 1979 Fri 70 "Milwaukee Deep" May 14, 1979 Mon 71 "Bull Story" May 15, 1979 Tue 72 "A Very Nice Couple" May 16, 1979 Wed 73 "The Nightmare" May 17, 1979 Thu 74 "Mr. Chan" May 18, 1979 Fri 75 "Country of Fear" May 21, 1979 Mon 76 "The Legend" May 22, 1979 Tue 77 "Here's Morgan, One More Time" by H. Morgan May 23, 1979 Wed 78 "A Test Of Love" May 24, 1979 Thu 79 "Muncy's Mob" May 25, 1979 Fri 80 "The Lone Voyager" May 28, 1979 Mon 81 "Neither Rain, Nor Snow" May 29, 1979 Tue 82 "Strange Affliction", by Norman Corwin May 30, 1979 Wed 83 "A Leading Case" May 31, 1979 Thu 84 "The Great March" Jun 01, 1979 Fri 85 "McDuffey's Hong Kong Connection" Jun 04, 1979 Mon 86 "A Poor Orphan Girl" Jun 05, 1979 Tue 87 "Quartet In Nothing Flat" Jun 06, 1979 Wed 88 "A Whisper In My Ear" Jun 07, 1979 Thu 89 "A Sense of Pride" Jun 08, 1979 Fri 90 "White Out" Jun 11, 1979 Mon 91 "Cottonwood" Jun 12, 1979 Tue 92 "Last Resort" Jun 13, 1979 Wed 93 "Perfect Hostess" Jun 14, 1979 Thu 94 "A Piece of Flesh" Jun 15, 1979 Fri 95 "American Family Robinson" Jun 18, 1979 Mon 96 "Incident at Red Butte" Jun 19, 1979 Tue 97 "Advancement of Vern Berwick" Jun 20, 1979 Wed 98 "Anniversary" Jun 21, 1979 Thu 99 "Who's Who?" Jun 22, 1979 Fri 100 "A Brief Case of Trouble" Jun 25, 1979 Mon 101 "Old Bones" Jun 26, 1979 Tue 102 "A Weekend Pass" Jun 27, 1979 Wed 103 "A Game of Cat and Mouse" Jun 28, 1979 Thu 104 "Hamster Caper of Curtis Cleever" Jun 29, 1979 Fri 105 "Shah Namah" Jul 02, 1979 Mon 106 "The Panther" Jul 03, 1979 Tue 107 "Here Comes the Bride, Again!" Jul 04, 1979 Wed 108 "Melissa" Jul 05, 1979 Thu 109 "Billy D. Burton" Jul 06, 1979 Fri 110 "Vienna Three and Four" Jul 09, 1979 Mon 111 "Katie MacBeth" Jul 10, 1979 Tue 112 "Jack and the Energy Crunch" Jul 11, 1979 Wed 113 "Girl on the Billboard" Jul 12, 1979 Thu 114 "Spring Cleaning" Jul 13, 1979 Fri 115 "Two Faces of Evil" Jul 16, 1979 Mon 116 "Punishment and Crime" Jul 17, 1979 Tue 117 "Crown Jewels of Grandomir" Jul 18, 1979 Wed 118 "Joke's on Guess Who?" Jul 19, 1979 Thu 119 "Survival" Jul 20, 1979 Fri 120 "The Visit" Jul 23, 1979 Mon 121 "Uncle Zora Comes to the Pig Festival" Jul 24, 1979 Tue 122 "Fontaine Harris in Hollywood" Jul 25, 1979 Wed 123 "The Ransom" Jul 26, 1979 Thu 124 "Reunion" Jul 27, 1979 Fri 125 "Value of a Hunch" Jul 30, 1979 Mon 126 "Trooper Lopez" Jul 31, 1979 Tue 127 "Baldie" Aug 01, 1979 Wed 128 "Voodoo Lady" Aug 02, 1979 Thu 129 "Writer's Block" (last original show) Aug 03, 1979 Fri 130 "A Short History of Bac Ha" (repeat of #45) Aug 06, 1979 Mon 131 "Retribution" (repeat of # 1) Aug 07, 1979 Tue 132 "And Baby Makes Four" (repeat of # 2) Aug 08, 1979 Wed 133 "Hostages" (repeat of # 3) Aug 09, 1979 Thu 134 "Hildy" (repeat of # 4) Aug 10, 1979 Fri 135 "The Choosing" (repeat of # 5) Aug 13, 1979 Mon 136 "Leavin' Cheyenne" (repeat of # 6) Aug 14, 1979 Tue 137 "Should Old Acquaintence Be Forgot" (repeat of # 7) Aug 15, 1979 Wed 138 "The 13th Governess" (repeat of # 8) Aug 16, 1979 Thu 139 "This Home Is Dissolved" (repeat of # 9) Aug 17, 1979 Fri 140 "Climb" (repeat of #10) Aug 20, 1979 Mon 141 "Final Fall" (repeat of #11) Aug 21, 1979 Tue 142 "Troublemaker" (repeat of #12) Aug 22, 1979 Wed 143 "Ouija Spells Murder" (repeat of #13) Aug 23, 1979 Thu 144 "I Want Him Dead" (repeat of #14) Aug 24, 1979 Fri 145 "Then There Were None" (repeat of #15) Aug 27, 1979 Mon 146 "Afrso-Westener" (repeat of #16) Aug 28, 1979 Tue 147 "Care and Feeding Of A Sex Symbol" (repeat of #17) Aug 29, 1979 Wed 148 "Wanda" (repeat of #18) Aug 30, 1979 Thu 149 "Long Night" (repeat of #19) Aug 31, 1979 Fri 150 "McGuffey Connection" (repeat of #20) Sep 03, 1979 Mon 151 "Lady and the Outlaw" (repeat of #21) Sep 04, 1979 Tue 152 "Oh, Brothers" (repeat of #22) Sep 05, 1979 Wed 153 "Carmilla" (repeat of #23) Sep 06, 1979 Thu 154 "No Greater Dream" (repeat of #24) Sep 07, 1979 Fri 155 "The Tough Guy" (repeat of #25) Sep 10, 1979 Mon 156 "Powder River Policy" (repeat of #26) Sep 11, 1979 Tue 157 "Where Guardian Angels Fear to Tread" (repeat of #27) Sep 12, 1979 Wed 158 "Going Home" (repeat of #28) Sep 13, 1979 Thu 159 "Sometime Every Summertime" (repeat of #29) Sep 14, 1979 Fri 160 "Wrath of Zeus" (repeat of #30) Sep 17, 1979 Mon 161 "Female of the Species" (repeat of #31) Sep 18, 1979 Tue 162 "Getting Drafted" (repeat of #32) Sep 19, 1979 Wed 163 "Mushrooms, Darling" (repeat of #33) Sep 20, 1979 Thu 164 "An Honest Man" (repeat of #34) Sep 21, 1979 Fri 165 "Mercenaries" (repeat of #35) Sep 24, 1979 Mon 166 "Ace-in-the-Hole" (repeat of #36) Sep 25, 1979 Tue 167 "Terrible Dream of Mr. Glitch"(repeat of #37) Sep 26, 1979 Wed 168 "Cajun Death" (repeat of #38) Sep 27, 1979 Thu 169 "First Star Tonight" (repeat of #39) Sep 28, 1979 Fri 170 "Flight of the Starbird" (repeat of #40) Alphabetical Listing: This list is intended to be used with the chronological list above. Therefore, not all information from the log above is included in this list. Note that the date format is year-month-day. Title Num Date -------------------------------------------- --- -------- 13th Governess, The 8 79-02-14 13th Governess, The (repeat) 138 79-08-15 Abilene 56 79-04-23 Ace-in-the-Hole 36 79-03-26 Ace-in-the-Hole (repeat) 166 79-09-24 Advancement of Vern Berwick 97 79-06-19 Afrso-Westener 16 79-02-26 Afrso-Westener (repeat) 146 79-08-27 American Family Robinson 95 79-06-15 And Baby Makes Four 2 79-02-06 And Baby Makes Four (repeat) 132 79-08-07 Anne Bonny's Gold 65 79-05-04 Anniversary 98 79-06-20 As You Wish 42 79-04-03 Assassin, The 68 79-05-09 Baby, Baby 59 79-04-26 Baldie 127 79-07-31 Billy D. Burton 109 79-07-05 Brief Case of Trouble, A 100 79-06-22 Bruja 55 79-04-20 Bull Story 71 79-05-14 Cajun Death 38 79-03-28 Cajun Death (repeat) 168 79-09-26 Care and Feeding Of A Sex Symbol 17 79-02-27 Care and Feeding Of A Sex Symbol (repeat) 147 79-08-28 Carmilla 23 79-03-07 Carmilla (repeat) 153 79-09-05 Choosing, The 5 79-02-09 Choosing, The (repeat) 135 79-08-10 Climb 10 79-02-16 Climb (repeat) 140 79-08-17 Conspirators at the Golden Gate 41 79-04-02 Cottonwood 91 79-06-11 Country of Fear 75 79-05-18 Crown Jewels of Grandomir 117 79-07-17 Curse of Princess Christy 50 79-04-13 Duke of Nevers 51 79-04-16 Female of the Species 31 79-03-19 Female of the Species (repeat) 161 79-09-17 Final Fall 11 79-02-19 Final Fall (repeat) 141 79-08-20 First Star Tonight 39 79-03-29 First Star Tonight (repeat) 169 79-09-27 Flight of the Starbird 40 79-03-30 Flight of the Starbird (repeat) 170 79-09-28 Fontaine Harris in Hollywood 122 79-07-24 Fontaine Harris, LeBaron de Paree 47 79-04-10 Game of Cat and Mouse, A 103 79-06-27 Getting Drafted 32 79-03-20 Getting Drafted (repeat) 162 79-09-18 Girl on the Billboard 113 79-07-11 Going Home 28 79-03-14 Going Home (repeat) 158 79-09-12 Great March, The 84 79-05-31 Guess Who's Coming to California? 62 79-05-01 Hamster Caper of Curtis Cleever 104 79-06-28 Henry 'Box' Brown 61 79-04-30 Here's Henry Morgan 57 79-04-24 Here's Morgan Again 67 79-05-08 Here's Morgan, One More Time 77 79-05-22 Here Comes the Bride, Again! 107 79-07-03 Hildy 4 79-02-08 Hildy (repeat) 134 79-08-09 Hizzoner Hamlet 52 79-04-17 Honest Man, An 34 79-03-22 Honest Man, An (repeat) 164 79-09-20 Hostages 3 79-02-07 Hostages (repeat) 133 79-08-08 I Want Him Dead 14 79-02-22 I Want Him Dead (repeat) 144 79-08-23 Improvisation 43 79-04-04 Incident at Red Butte 96 79-06-18 Jack and the Energy Crunch 112 79-07-10 Joke's on Guess Who? 118 79-07-18 Katie MacBeth 111 79-07-09 Lady and the Outlaw 21 79-03-05 Lady and the Outlaw (repeat) 151 79-09-03 Last Resort 92 79-06-12 Leading Case, A 83 79-05-30 Leavin' Cheyenne 6 79-02-12 Leavin' Cheyenne (repeat) 136 79-08-13 Legend, The 76 79-05-21 Lone Voyager, The 80 79-05-25 Long Night 19 79-03-01 Long Night (repeat) 149 79-08-30 Lovers, The 66 79-05-07 Man That Cried Wolf 48 79-04-11 Matter of Priorities, A 44 79-04-05 McDuffey's Hong Kong Connection 85 79-06-01 McGuffey Connection 20 79-03-02 McGuffey Connection (repeat) 150 79-08-31 Melissa 108 79-07-04 Mercenaries 35 79-03-23 Mercenaries (repeat) 165 79-09-21 Milwaukee Deep 70 79-05-11 Miniatures 63 79-05-02 Mr. Chan 74 79-05-17 Muncy's Mob 79 79-05-24 Mushrooms, Darling 33 79-03-21 Mushrooms, Darling (repeat) 163 79-09-19 My Hero 49 79-04-12 Neither Rain, Nor Snow 81 79-05-28 Nightmare, The 73 79-05-16 No Greater Dream 24 79-03-08 No Greater Dream (repeat) 154 79-09-06 Odyssey of the Vigilant 60 79-04-27 Oh, Brothers 22 79-03-06 Oh, Brothers (repeat) 152 79-09-04 Old Bones 101 79-06-25 Old Boy, The 53 79-04-18 Other Grandmother 64 79-05-03 Ouija Spells Murder 13 79-02-21 Ouija Spells Murder (repeat) 143 79-08-22 Out In Colorado 46 79-04-09 Overnight Guest 69 79-05-10 Panther, The 106 79-07-02 Perfect Hostess 93 79-06-13 Piece of Flesh, A 94 79-06-14 Poor Orphan Girl, A 86 79-06-04 Powder River Policy 26 79-03-12 Powder River Policy (repeat) 156 79-09-10 Punishment and Crime 116 79-07-16 Quartet In Nothing Flat 87 79-06-05 Ransom, The 123 79-07-25 Retribution 1 79-02-05 Retribution (repeat) 131 79-08-06 Reunion 124 79-07-26 Sabbatical 58 79-04-25 Season of Glad Songs 54 79-04-19 Sense of Pride, A 89 79-06-07 Shah Namah 105 79-06-29 Short History of Bac Ha, A 45 79-04-06 Short History of Bac Ha, A (repeat) 130 79-08-03 Should Old Acquaintence Be Forgot 7 79-02-13 Should Old Acquaintence Be Forgot (repeat) 137 79-08-14 Sometime Every Summertime 29 79-03-15 Sometime Every Summertime (repeat) 159 79-09-13 Spring Cleaning 114 79-07-12 Strange Affliction 82 79-05-29 Survival 119 79-07-19 Terrible Dream of Mr. Glitch 37 79-03-27 Terrible Dream of Mr. Glitch (repeat) 167 79-09-25 Test Of Love, A 78 79-05-23 Then There Were None 15 79-02-23 Then There Were None (repeat) 145 79-08-24 This Home Is Dissolved 9 79-02-15 This Home Is Dissolved (repeat) 139 79-08-16 Tough Guy, The 25 79-03-09 Tough Guy, The (repeat) 155 79-09-07 Trooper Lopez 126 79-07-30 Troublemaker 12 79-02-20 Troublemaker (repeat) 142 79-08-21 Two Faces of Evil 115 79-07-13 Uncle Zora Comes to the Pig Festival 121 79-07-23 Value of a Hunch 125 79-07-27 Very Nice Couple, A 72 79-05-15 Vienna Three and Four 110 79-07-06 Visit, The 120 79-07-20 Voodoo Lady 128 79-08-01 Wanda 18 79-02-28 Wanda (repeat) 148 79-08-29 Weekend Pass, A 102 79-06-26 Where Guardian Angels Fear to Tread 27 79-03-13 Where Guardian Angels Fear to Tread (repeat) 157 79-09-11 Whisper In My Ear, A 88 79-06-06 White Out 90 79-06-08 Who's Who? 99 79-06-21 Wrath of Zeus 30 79-03-16 Wrath of Zeus (repeat) 160 79-09-14 Writer's Block 129 79-08-02 References: * "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Shows", by Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514 Other Logs or Books: * SEARS RADIO THEATER log, Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, Ct 06514 * SEARS RADIO THEATER log, Jerry Haendiges Productions, 13808 Sunset Dr., Whittier, CA 90602 (www.otrsite.com) * SEARS RADIO THEATER, Log, Dick Judge, PO Box 67800, Rochester NY 14617 Last Update: May 20, 2004 This log is informational only and does not imply that I have these shows for trade or sale. 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