At the end of 1936 Howard began appearing as a guest on Eddie Cantor's Texaco Town. It took six months and three appearances before he and Cantor finally delivered the punchline in the skit "Three Pairs of Rubbers." Howard's appearances were not limited to guest spots. Beginning in October 1935 and into the spring of 1936 Howard had his own show on CBS. It was a serial titled The Amateur Gentleman."Radio Guide 36-03-07" Radio Guide, Week Ending 7 March 1936, pg. 22 The show eventually became Leslie Howard's Matinee"Radio Guide 36-02-01" Radio Guide, Sunday, 26 January 1936, pg. 28 with each week bringing a new adapted play popular at the time to radio listeners. Howard also appeared in Columbia Presents Shakespeare as Benedick in the play Much Ado About Nothing with Rosalind Russell in the summer of 1937."Round Up of Actors" The New York Times, Sunday, 27 June 1937, pg. 146 Howard produced two shows for Lux Radio Theatre: Lady for A Day, starring May Robson and Guy Kibbee, and The Life of Émile Zola, starring Paul Muni and Josephine Hutchinson.
At the end of 1936 Howard began appearing as a guest on Eddie Cantor's Texaco Town. It took six months and three appearances before he and Cantor finally delivered the punchline in the skit "Three Pairs of Rubbers." Howard's appearances were not limited to guest spots. Beginning in October 1935 and into the spring of 1936 Howard had his own show on CBS It was a serial titled The Amateur Gentleman."Radio Guide 36-03-07" Radio Guide, Week Ending 7 March 1936, pg. 22 The show eventually became Leslie Howard's Matinee"Radio Guide 36-02-01" Radio Guide, Sunday 26 January 1936, pg. 28 with each week bringing a new adapted play popular at the time to radio listeners. Howard also appeared in Columbia Presents Shakespeare as Benedick in the play Much Ado About Nothing with Rosalind Russell in the summer of 1937."Round Up of Actors" The New York Times, Sunday, 27 June 1937, pg. 146 Howard produced two shows for Lux Radio The,atre: Lady for A Day, starring .May Robson and Guy Kibbee, and The Life of Émile Zola, starring Paul Muni and Josephine Hutchinson.