Guest Star with Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore

Aired: May 22, 1947

This episode of Old Time Radio Snack Wagon features a lively installment of Guest Star showcasing the unlikely but memorable comedy pairing of Jimmy Durante and Gary Moore.

Brought together by circumstance rather than long partnership, the two performers blend contrasting styles—Durante’s gravel-voiced exuberance and Moore’s quick, urbane wit—into a warm, fast-moving half hour of radio comedy.

Originally produced as a U.S. Savings Bonds public service program, Guest Star often placed top talent in playful sketches that folded advertising into the humor itself. In this episode, Durante and Moore lean into wordplay, character bits, and a spoof of haunted-house theatrics, illustrating how mid-century radio could turn even a promotional framework into a showcase for personality and timing.

The broadcast captures a brief but distinctive moment in radio comedy, when performers from different generations found common ground through rhythm, warmth, and shared delight in the audience’s laughter.

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