What happens
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney host their variety show, which opens with a coin toss deciding who sings first, and Clooney takes the first song, a jaunty number about an unusually sunny day. Crosby then asks her to sing a rose-themed song, and she performs "Honeysuckle Rose" with him. The two then banter about exercise and walking, and Clooney sings a romantic song. The conversation turns to whether women will one day travel into space, with Ken Carpenter asking how a female astronaut might be described. Their talk covers the stresses of spaceflight, the clothing women might wear, and what the first woman in space might be like. The show ends with a song about little girls and a commercial break. The episode is from 1960.
A radio variety show broadcast from Hollywood in 1960, with music, banter and sponsor messages.
Characters: Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Ken Carpenter, Betty
Listen for: The coin toss deciding who sings first, Clooney's rendition of "Honeysuckle Rose," and the playful discussion about women in space.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.