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''The Bob Burns Show'' (also known as ''The Arkansas Traveler'') was an American old-time radio comedy program that starred comedian Bob Burns. The program derived from a character Burns performed for five years on Bing Crosby's ''Kraft Music Hall'' entitled "The Arkansas Traveler".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bob Burns (1890–1956) aka: Robin Burn )〕 The program originally premiered as ''The Arkansas Traveler'' on September 16, 1941〔''The Bob Burns Show'' at the Old-Time Radio Catalog〕 on CBS. In 1943, Bob Burns moved his program over to the Red Network of the National Broadcasting Company. The January 7 broadcast was the first episode to use the title ''The Bob Burns Show''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE; FORGOTTEN ONES: BOB BURNS )〕 The program moved from its Thursdays at 7:30 timeslot to Sundays at 6:30 for its last season on September 29, 1946. The program concluded its run on May 25, 1947. Two failed revival attempts of the program aired between November 1947 and July 1949. Both audition programs were sponsored by Dreft but never made air.〔The Bob Burns Vintage Radio Log at otrsite.com〕 Other principal actors on the program included actors Ginny Simms, Edna Mae Oliver, Ann Thomas, James Gleason, Una Merkel and Shirley Ross. ==Bob Burns and the ''Kraft Music Hall''== Bob Burns (born Robin Burn) grew up on the town of Van Buren, Arkansas. As a boy, Burns played trombone and cornet in the town's "Queen City Silver Cornet Band". Before radio, Burns was known as a musician, creating his own string band at the age of 13.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bob Burns Hometown Tribute )〕 During his teeming years, Burns invented an instrument which he called a "bazooka" out of a gas pipe.〔(Weiner, Richard. "Word Play", Live Design, January 1, 1999. )〕 The bazooka functioned like a crude trombone and had a narrow range. The bazooka would become a permanent part of Burns' comedy act. In 1930, Burns' radio career began as a character on a local Los Angeles radio program called ''The Fun Factory'' as the character "Soda Pop". After several jobs at several different radio stations in Los Angeles in 1935, Burns went to New York and got a spot on Rudy Vallée's ''The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour''.〔A to Z (2010), p. 41〕〔Historical Dictionary (2007), p. 41〕 In his book on old-time radio, author John Dunning quotes ''Newsweek'' in describing Bob Burns as "...resembling Gene Tunney but..." having a voice "...like Will Rogers".〔Dunning (1998), p. 103〕 After the death of Rogers in August 1935 in an Alaskan plane crash, Burns decided to leave ''The Fleischmann Hour''. With assistance of bandleader and radio personality Paul Whiteman, Burns landed a 26-week engagement on singer Bing Crosby's ''Kraft Music Hall''. The engagement began when Crosby took over hosting duties of the program in January 1936.〔 Burns became an audience favorite with his "Arkansas Traveler" character. Burns created the character sometime after World War I and performed the act on stage. The character was patterned after Col. Sanford Faulkner, teller of tall tales, fiddle player, and composer of the popular fiddle tune "The Arkansas Traveler". On each episode of ''Kraft Music Hall'', Burns would make his way to the microphone, say "I remember one time back in Van Buren, Arkansas...", then would proceed in telling a fictional account of his fictitious relatives and townspeople including but not limited to characters Uncle Fud, Aunt Peachy and Grandpa Snazzy, characters that would follow Burns with him to ''The Bob Burns Show''. Burns was so popular on the program that he was asked to stay past the original twenty-six weeks. Burns stayed on the ''Kraft Music Hall'' for another five years until 1941. At this point, Burns was receiving $5,000 an episode and Kraft considered this too expensive for their liking.〔 So Burns was let go from his contract and went on to his own radio show, ''The Arkansas Traveler''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bob Burns Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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