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ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE: BACKSTORY: 1001 INTERVIEWS KAROLYN GRIMES (ZUZU BAILEY)

12/21/2025 • 71 min

"Its A Wonderful Life: The Movie Backstory & Message: The backstory to Frank Capra's film masterpiece "It's a Wonderful Life" featuring an exclusive interview with Karolyn Grimes Wilkerson, who played Zuzu Bailey in the film, and ended the movie with the memorable line : "Look, Daddy. Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." Karolyn, whose… Play episode

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION: HOW ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE CHRIS…
CHRISTMAS IN APPALACHIA: SUPERSTITIONS, WIVE'S TALES, AND SHARED MEMORIES
1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 2)/UFO SWARMS OVER DC/DR. STANTON FRIEDMAN …
1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 1): THE FLATWOODS W.VA UFO/ALIEN SIGHTING
THE ROSWELL UFO INCIDENT: YES, THERE WERE ALIEN CRAFTS AND BODIES RECOVERED
REMEMBERING TV'S BLUE BLOODS AND HONORING POLICE FAMILIES
THE REAL MAGIC OF HARRY POTTER 1001 FALL FAMILY SPECIAL
THE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
THE STORY OF STAGOLEE: THE ST. LOUIS BAR ROOM MURDER THAT HELPED LAUNCH RO…
GIOVANNI'S RING: MY LIFE INSIDE THE REAL SOPRANOS AN INTERVIEW WITH RETIR…
THE REAL GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: 1001 INTERVIEWS AUTHOR SGT (RET.) BERT "…
FINDING EVERYDAY HEROES IN YOUR FAMILY AND DISCOVERING YOUR HERITAGE W MIC…
NOIR BY NECESSITY: A SON'S TIRELESS SEARCH FOR HIS FATHER'S KILLER
HOW TEDDY ROOSEVELT SAVED FOOTBALL & 14 OTHER UNIQUELY AMERICAN STORIES
(FALL SPECIAL: HONORING FAMILY HEROES) BROTHERS DOWN THE STORY OF THE US…
HOLIDAYS ARE 100% FOR FAMILY THIS FALL AT 1001 HEROES AND 1001 CLASSIC SHO…
CINDERELLA MAN: THE GREATEST UNDERDOG STORY IN SPORTS HISTORY
LIVE, LAUGH, FIND TRUE LOVE: INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR SARAH INTELLIGATOR (FA…
EXPLORING THE MYTH OF THE POPE LICK MONSTER (KENTUCKY GOATMAN)
THE MYSTERIOUS MARFA LIGHTS
THE LEGEND OF THUNDER ROAD: FROM FAST CARS, MOUNTAIN BOYS, HOOCH, AND HOLL…
HOW THE 101ST AIBORNE "SCREAMING EAGLES" CAME TO BE ( + 9 OTHER CIVIL WAR …
THE MURDER OF FOUNDING FATHER GEORGE WYTHE- A TRUE CRIME STORY FROM OUR NA…
GENERATIONS EXPLAINED: EACH HAS ITS OWN CHARACTERISTICS- WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
OUR CANINE HEROES (PT 2 OF 2) A DOG'S JOB IS NEVER DONE
ACROSS THE FENCE- THE SECRET WAR IN VIETNAM W/ GREEN BERET JOHN STRYKER M…
MISSING PERSONS FOUND (#3A) OUR CANINE HEROES
BELIEVE IT OR NOT: 11 CRAZY TALES AND SHORT HISTORIES
MISSING PERSONS: FOUND (#2) CALLING COLTER SHAW WHAT TO DO WHEN A LOVE…
THE SEARCH FOR NAZI GOLD AT LAKE TOPLITZ
A TRIBUTE TO THE WALER: AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST HORSE
MISSING PERSONS: FOUND (EPISODE 1) THE DETECTIVES BEST WEAPONS: DNA & G…
1001 MIDNITE SPECIAL: THE 1966 INDIANA DUNES DISAPPEARANCE
THE LAST STAND AT OSOWEIC FORTRESS: THE BATTLE THAT INSPIRED SABATON'S "TH…
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE MOVIE BACKSTORY
THE LAST STAND OF CASTLE ITTER 1945: WWII'S LAST AND STRANGEST MAJOR BATTLE
THE SEIGE OF BASTOGNE AND THE LAST STAND OF TEAM DESOBRY AT NOVILLE
HISTORY MAJORS-FIND OUT WHAT COLLEGE WAS LIKE 105 YEARS AGO! TODAY AT 1001…
COMING TO 1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE: ANNE OF THE ISLAND (FROM THE A…
TALKING UFO'S WITH NUCLEAR PHYSICIST STANTON FRIEDMAN (ARCHIVE)
KINCAID'S CAVE- EGYPTIAN RUINS IN THE GRAND CANYON?
THE CURSE OF BUNNYMAN
(BEST OF-LISTENER FAVORITES) HANNAH DUSTIN'S REVENGE
THE SEIGE OF KHE SANH 1968: U.S. MARINES HOLD AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS (1…
(BEST OF) I'LL BE SEEING YOU.....STORIES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
THE VALIANT DEFENSE OF RORKE'S DRIFT (#2 SUMMER SERIES FAMOUS LAST STANDS)
(BEST OF) THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN: THE SEARCH FOR THE MANKILLER
THE SPARTANS LAST STAND AT THERMOPYLAE: COURAGE, TREACHERY, AND ENDURING L…
BEST OF (#72 OF 541) THE DARING SEA RESCUE OF THE E.S. NEWMAN & OTHER LIV…

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