Archival Dispatch: September 6 Calendar Walk — The Goon Show, Raymond Scott & Lily Pons
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Tags: September 6, Calendar Walk, Goon Show, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, BBC, Raymond Scott, Jazz Quintet, CBS, Chesterfield Presents, Lily Pons, Opera, Night Editor, Hal Burdick, The Coke Club, Morton Downey, Haunted, Clean Titles, Pure Synopses, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
September 6 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 875)
This archival dispatch documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 6 across British comedy history on The Goon Show starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, and Harry Secombe (1951), intricate jazz quintet compositions by Raymond Scott on CBS (1944), coloratura soprano Lily Pons on Chesterfield Presents (1945), Hal Burdick narrating dramatic newspaper stories on The Night Editor (1936), supernatural horror on BBC Radio 4's Haunted (1980), and Morton Downey's vocal melodies on The Coke Club (1946).
All episode titles maintain pure canonical naming, with credited performers, conductors, and story details recorded in the narrative description:
1. September 6 Archival Inventory (Increment 875)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Clean Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GoonShow_1951_BlimpAdventure.mp3 Alt: No Title Goon Show |
"The Terrible Blimp Adventure" | BBC Home Service 1951-09-06 8:30 PM BST |
BBC Sustaining Anarchic Radio Comedy |
Milligan, Sellers & Secombe | Dennis Main Wilson (Prod.) | ["Comedy", "Satire", "Goon Show", "Peter Sellers", "BBC"] |
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, and Peter Sellers star in early anarchic BBC radio madness involving an airship navigating bizarre imperial crises. |
RaymondScott_1944_DrawingRoom.mp3 Alt: Raymond Scott 1944 Episode |
"In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room" | CBS (KNX) 1944-09-06 11:15 PM EWT |
Sustaining Novelty Swing Jazz |
Raymond Scott Quintet | Raymond Scott (Director) | ["Jazz", "Novelty", "Raymond Scott", "Swing", "CBS"] |
Raymond Scott leads his studio jazz quintet in intricate novelty arrangements, syncopated rhythms, and instrumental swing compositions. |
Haunted_1980_PairBooks.mp3 Alt: A Pair of Books Haunted |
"A Pair of Books" | BBC Radio 4 1980-09-06 10:15 PM BST |
BBC Sustaining Supernatural Drama |
BBC Repertory Company | Richard Wortley (Producer) | ["Horror", "Mystery", "Haunted", "Ghost Story", "BBC Radio 4"] |
An antiquarian scholar purchases two rare occult grimoires at an estate sale, unleashing a vengeful supernatural presence upon his household. |
Chesterfield_1945_LilyPons.mp3 Alt: Lily Pons (Thursdays @ 9pm on WABC) Chesterfield Presents |
"Lily Pons Showcase" | CBS (WABC) 1945-09-06 9:00 PM EWT |
Liggett & Myers Chesterfield Cigarettes |
Lily Pons & Andre Kostelanetz | CBS Music Department | ["Classical", "Opera", "Lily Pons", "Chesterfield", "CBS"] |
Metropolitan Opera coloratura soprano Lily Pons performs celebrated classical arias and operatic melodies for Chesterfield Cigarettes. |
NightEditor_1936_Waterfront.mp3 Alt: [moves to Sundays] Night Editor |
"The Waterfront Alibi" | NBC Red / West Coast 1936-09-06 8:15 PM PST |
Cardinet Candy Co. U-No Candy Bar |
Hal Burdick (Narrator) | Hal Burdick (Writer) | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Night Editor", "Hal Burdick", "NBC"] |
Hal Burdick, the Night Editor, sits at his newspaper desk under the green lampshade to narrate a dramatic human story of ambition and murder. |
CokeClub_1946_LoveYouLikeIDo.mp3 Alt: First Tune I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do The Coke Club |
"I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-09-06 12:00 PM EDT |
The Coca-Cola Co. Coca-Cola |
Morton Downey & Chorus | Mutual Music Staff | ["Music", "Vocal", "The Coke Club", "Morton Downey", "Mutual"] |
Morton Downey and the vocal chorus perform romantic popular melodies and mid-day musical selections sponsored by Coca-Cola on Mutual. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: September 6
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on September 6: 226 / 471 (245 remaining)
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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