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The Wayne and Shuster Show, The Day the United States of America Became Canada's 11th Province skit
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 22; Series 3; File 33
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 3
- File
- 33
- Material Format
- textual record
- Responsibility
- Henry Karpus
- Date
- [ca. 1953-1954]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Wayne and Shuster Show was a half-hour radio program, which broadcast live on the CBC at 9:30pm on Thursday evenings. The show featured the comedy of Wayne and Shuster, along with co-stars Eric Christmas, Terry Dale, Herb May and several guest comedians. The show was produced by Jackie Rae and Samuel Hershenhoren provided the music. The radio program ran until 1954, when Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster began to appear in hour-long specials on CBC television.
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of an original annotated script written by Henry Karpus for the Wayne and Shuster Show on CBC radio, and a later re-working of the same script for the Wayne and Shuster Hour on CBC television.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions