Season 2 Episode 14-April 15, 1949

Imagine the call from the brass at NBC: “Bobby, you’ve been bouncing around on Monday and Tuesday Night, but we need you for next Friday and Saturday night-and we’ll give you a half hour”. Well, that may not have been the way it went down, but indeed for reasons unknown, Bob’s show did indeed get those coveted April nights, and was in fact bulked out to almost 25 minutes. Here’s the Friday night show: Bob leading the quartet, with Ralph Collier on drums and percussion, redoubtable Ray Sherman on keyboards, and the new kid: Irving Eddy on bass. Who is Irving Eddy? He’s good enough to sub for Jud De Naut for the evening (Jud will be back tomorrow night). So after our “Sweet Georgia Brown” intro, the guys play “Hot Canary”, written by Paul Nero and often used to show off chops whether on violin, trumpet, or right here on guitar. Bob keeps this canary as cool as can be. Next up, song star Margo Powers sings “At Long Last Love”, then the quartet (with Ray on organ) walks through “April In Paris”. After that,  from South Pacific it’s “Wonderful Guy”. Bob introduces two new tunes: “Need You” and “Butterfingers”. Margo returns with “Dreamer With A Penny”, then it’s Bob’s original tune “A Gal In Malibu”. Margo’s final tune is “Fine And Dandy” before the quartet blazes through a bravura performance of “’S Wonderful”. 'S Wonderful to have Bob on the air for twenty-five minutes!