The Breakfast Club (radio)
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The Breakfast Club was a program on ABC radio (and briefly on television) originating in Chicago, Illinois, hosted by Don McNeill, which ran from 1933 through 1968.
Don MacNeil's Breakfast Club was a fixture on the ABC radio network (formerly the NBC Blue Network; it became known as ABC in 1944); a television version was attempted in the early 1950's but was unsuccessful.
The show was basically a variety program featuring comedy, live music and singing, conversations with members of the studio audience and even a silent moment of prayer. It was wildly popular and counted among its fans Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas.
The Breakfast Club originated "from the cloud room of the Allerton Hotel on Chicago's magnificent mile," and also broadcast on the road from other locations.
The program also featured Fran Allison (later of Kukla, Fran and Ollie fame), Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers and lots of comedy bits. Every quarter hour there was a "Call To Breakfast" marching around the breakfast table.
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- Dunning, John. On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-507678-8
