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Children's Shows

Let's Pretend

Let's Pretend, created and directed by Nila Mack (1891-1953), was a long-run CBS radio series for children. The Peabody Award-winning program began March 24, 1934, running for two decades before the final show on October 23, 1954. Adaptations included such classics and fairy tales as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Arabian Nights, Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin.