Mae West Banned From NBC Radio

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Infamous December 12, 1937 episode of The Chase & Sanborn Hour. Arch Oboler's sketch "Adam and Eve" featured Mae West as an unrepentant Eve (with Don Ameche's Adam). It got Mae West banned from NBC radio and she didn't appear on radio at all again until 1950. Time Magazine said NBC received 1,000 complaint letters & the FCC ruled the skit was "indecent." http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758999,00.html (behind a paywall but you can see part of it). The skit seems tame by today's standards. A writer, Jane Storm, also sued NBC and Oboler, claiming that part of the script was taken from her play. (Judge ruled against her.) Newspaper articles regarding the incident @ Google news: http://tinyurl.com/9ed2tyy

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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