The Milton Berle Show

Salute to Summer Sports

English · Radio, Humor, Performing Arts

Milton Berle brings his fast-moving variety comedy to the radio, mixing jokes and comic sketches with music and guest performances. Known for his energetic delivery and quick changes of character, Berle anchors a lively program built around his irrepressible comic personality.

The show follows the variety format of its era, shifting among spoken comedy, musical numbers, and other entertainment rather than unfolding as a single continuous story. This installment is identified as a salute to summer sports, giving the program a seasonal theme for its comedy and variety material.

Berle’s broad, exuberant style gives the broadcast a spirited, theatrical feel, with the pleasures of a classic radio variety show: a charismatic comic at the center and a succession of different kinds of performance around him.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.