Mae West Banned From Radio

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Mae West was a guest on the December 12, 1937 episode of The Chase and Sanborn Hour and played an unrepentant Eve in an "Adam and Eve" skit by Arch Oboler. It caused an uproar and the FCC found that it "violated the ethics of decency." NBC issued an apology during the next show (but I don't have that episode. Mae West didn't appear on the radio again until 1950. More in the google news archives: http://tinyurl.com/9tkqyyf

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.