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Date	Program	Station
3/21/48	APARTMENT FOR ROMANCE	KGIL
9/4/48	TOMORROW CALLING	CBS (KNX)
12/14/48	PEOPLE ARE FUNNY	NBC
2/15/56	DIAL FAMILY THEATER "LITTLE CHURCH OF THE AMBUSH"	Mutual (KHJ)

4/10/66	ASSIGNMENT HOLLYWOOD	ABC

Program details

APARTMENT FOR ROMANCE

Date: 3/21/48
Network/Station: KGIL (in Los Angeles)

Notes:
Details of what Janssen did on the show is unknown.

This may have been an episode of a show called “MASKED MIKE.”

TOMORROW CALLING

Date: 9/4/48
Network/Station: CBS (KNX in Los Angeles)

Notes:
A program hosted by Bob LeMond giving the youth of Los Angeles a chance to showcase their talents. Aired 4p-430p.

PEOPLE ARE FUNNY

Date: 12/14/48
Network/Station: NBC

Notes:
On this Art Linkletter-hosted show, David came on as a contestant (as himself) with school buddies Jerry Evans and Fred Backer.

The contest was to see if one of the boys could make a soda date with a girl on the telephone within 60 seconds. David got the challenge to make the call. He did it in 30 seconds and won $100.

DIAL FAMILY THEATER "Little Church of the Ambush”

Date: 2/15/56
Network/Station: Mutual/KHJ (in Los Angeles)

Notes:

Tagline: "A tale of religion versus guns in the pioneer West"

This was a 30 minute show created by Rev. Patrick Peyton which ran from 1947-1957. The emphasis was on family prayer and this was episode #460 and the 9th anniversary show.

Janssen recorded this on 1/18/56 from 445p-830p at studio 6 of the facilities of KHJ in Los Angeles.

Janssen was under contact to Universal when he did this and was working on the film THE TOY TIGER.

listen to this show (29:30)

ASSIGNMENT HOLLYWOOD

Date: 4/10/66
Network/Station: ABC

Notes:

Fred Robbins radio interview show.

Unverified / Mis-attributed

Year unknown, Janssen in his youth played piano accordian on the program "CHILDREN'S HOUR” in Casper, WY.

About 1941, Janssen read a poem “Injuns On the Brain” on radio. Name of show and station unknown.
See script.

1945, Janssen may have played Billy in the “CAPTAIN MARVEL” show. Janssen made an audition recording on 10/17/45. He was, by his mother’s account, very nervous and anxious to get it right. The 3-minute recording took 3-1/2 hours to do as Janssen would muff a word on each record and it had to be redone. The recording was sent to the East Coast verdict for a decision and the outcome is unknown, but Janssen was quoted in1953 in his Army base newsletter as having done this show.

9/12/48, Janssen was on the radio at 3pm on KGIL-show unknown.

10/10/48, Janssen was on the radio on KGIL-show unknown.

Year unknown, but while in high school, Janssen acted on the serial “THE SMITH FAMILY" according to his apartment complex newsletter. This may have been the show "THE SMITHS OF HOLLYWOOD" broadcast on the Mutual Network in 1947.