Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree is an old-time radio variety program in the United States. It was broadcast initially (beginning January 24, 1927) on KFRC in San Francisco, California, then was distributed on the West Coast by the Don Lee Network and was later carried nationwide on CBS. Bill Oates wrote, in his biography of Meredith Willson, that the program was "one of the most popular West Coast originated radio shows in the early 1930's." Radio historian John Dunning wrote that the program was "known in the West as 'the daddy of all variety shows.'" "Blue Monday Jamboree" "contained
Blue Monday Jamboree of "Blue Monday Jamboree" in 1927 featured Juliette Dunne, Harvey Austin and the Hawaiians and Mac's Haywire Orchestra. The announcer was Harrison Hollaway. Meredith Willson made his radio debut on the program in 1928. Al Pearce was one of the entertainers featured on the program. He eventually starred in a spinoff program, "Happy Go Lucky Hour", that began on KFRC, later moving to NBC and being renamed "Al Pearce and His Gang". Other members of the troupe included Jane Green, Midge Williams and Bea Benaderet. Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree is an old-time radio variety program in the United