- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Short
- Release: 1939-10-10
- Director: Lloyd French
- Writers: Eddie Bartell , Burnet Hershey , Jimmy Hollywood , Henry Taylor
- Language: English
- Stars: The Radio Rogues , Eddie Bartell , Jimmy Hollywood , Henry Taylor
- Runtime: 10 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: History Repeats Itself (United States of America) , Vitaphone Varieties (1939-1940 Season) #2: History Repeats Itself (United States of America) , History Repeats Itself
- Plot: An inventor announces he has a device which enables him to "tune in" on any historical event since the beginning of time. But the invention is a fake, so he hires The Radio Rogues to hide behind a screen and imitate the requested "voices." During the demonstration, observed by the local District Attorney who suspects the invention is a fake, the Rogues imitate the voices of Jimmy Durante, Ned Sparks, Fanny Brice as "Baby Snooks", Lionel Barrymore, Edward G. Robinson, Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ben Bernie and Charles Laughton. The hoax is exposed when an auto crashes into the room and knocks down the screen the Rogues are behind.
- IMDB:tt0821038
History Repeats Itself Cast
Lloyd French
Director
The Radio Rogues
Three Rogues
Eddie Bartell
Eddie
Jimmy Hollywood
Jimmy
Henry Taylor
Henry