| Showboat | | 1933-06-15 | An historic program. "Showboat," the play by Jerome Kern that inspired this radio program, is produced on the air for the first time. An interview feature has been deleted. |
| The Maxwell House Showboat | | 1933-09-28 | The program begins with an announcement that the show has been on the air for one year. The first tune is, "Tiger Rag." The showboat has arrived at Muscatine, Iowa. The first 4:23 of the program. |
| The Maxwell House Showboat | | 1936-07-02 | A typical Showboat variety show originating in Portland, Maine. Includes a seafarin' drama about a young orphan girl. |
| The Maxwell House Showboat | | 1937-01-28 | The first tune is, "You're Swell." Pick and Pat appear as "Molasses and January." The show is in the form of a minstrel show, announced as originating from Little Rock, Arkansas. Fifteen-year-old Mary Small sings, "Alabama Barbecue." A set of ten-year-old twins play, "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise," on two trumpets. Ten-year-old Stuart Canon plays, "The Bee" on the violin (the performer and the selection that started the Jack Benny-Fred Allen feud, see cat. #47651). The Lauriat Brothers (seven-year-old Mexican boys) stop the show, but Lanny Ross has to describe their routine as the act is visual and should never have been on radio. James and Andy Donnelly do a "Juvenile Court" routine. Jackie Coogie is introduced as, "the most famous kid in the world." |
