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April-June Tuesday 4-1 Fibber McGee & Molly: Doc Gamble Over For Dinner - Part 2 Philip Marlowe "The Heat Wave" 4/16/1949 Wednesday 4-2 The Green Hornet "Too Hot To Handle" 11/11/1947 The Adv. Of Superman: Candy Meyer's Big Story - Part 7, 8/30/1946 Thursday 4-3 Lights Out "Poltergeist" 10/20/1942 Manhunt "The Crystal Clue" Friday 4-4 Rocky Fortune "Companion To A Chimp" 12/15/1953 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Indestructible Mike Matter" Part 4, 6/7/1956 Saturday 4-5 Bergen & McCarthy, Guest: Lauritz Melchior, 11/26/1944 Red Skelton Show: Radio Fanfares - Part 1, 11/25/1947 Sunday 4-6 Red Skelton Show: Radio Fanfares - Part 2 This is Your FBI "The Un-American Patriot" 12/7/1951 Monday 4-7 It's Higgins, Sir: Higgins Gets Amnesia, 9/4/1951 Lum and Abner: Surprise Party - Part 1, 9/26/1948 Tuesday 4-8 Lum and Abner: Surprise Party - Part 2 Inner Sanctum "Death Wears a Lonely Smile" 4/4/1949 Wednesday 4-9 Screen Guild Players "Pardon My Past" 5/5/1947 The Adv. Of Superman "Candy Meyer's Big Story" Part 8, 9/2/1946 Thursday 4-10 Suspense "Around the World" 4/6/1953 Night Editor: A Souvenir For Myrtle Friday 4-11 The Clock "The Hunter & The Hunted" 12/22/1946 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Indestructible Mike Matter" Part 5, 6/8/1956 Saturday 4-12 X Minus One "Hello Tomorrow" 11/3/1955 Flash Gordon "On The Planet Mongo" 4/27/1935 Sunday 4-13 Have Gun, Will Travel "For The Birds" 8/28/1960 The Third Man "Voodoo" 8/31/1951 Monday 4-14 Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show "Tickets To South Pacific" 4/16/1950 Jack Benny Program: A Visit From IRS - Part 1, 4/15/1951 Tuesday 4-15 Jack Benny Program: A Visit From IRS - Part 2 Lights Out "Across the Gap" 11/3/1942 Wednesday 4-16 Nick Carter, Master Detective "Case of the Lucrative Wrecks" 4/20/1947 Marine Story: Francis Scott Key - Battle of Fort McHenry, 3/8/1948 Thursday 4-17 Escape "The Derelict" 4/26/1953 Manhunt "The Accusing Violin" Friday 4-18 Mystery Is My Hobby: Chris Pomeroy Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter" Part 1, 3/19/1956 Saturday 4-19 Family Theater "Little Tree" 4/7/1954 The Great Gildersleeve: Family Prepares For Easter - Part 1, 4/16/1957 Sunday 4-20 The Great Gildersleeve: Family Prepares For Easter - Part 2 Baby Snooks: Money for Easter Shopping, 3/20/1951 Monday 4-21 Life of Riley, 4/2/1944 "Rileys Birthday Party" Burns & Allen, 4/17/1940 "Rehearsing A Speech" Part 1 Tuesday 4-22 Burns & Allen "Rehearsing A Speech" Part 2 Lights Out "Knock at the Door" 12/15/1942 Wednesday 4-23 Mysterious Traveler "Beware of Tomorrow" 4/9/1944 The Passing Parade "The American Black Chamber" 4/23/1949 Thursday 4-24 Frontier Gentleman "Random Notes" 4/27/1958 Night Editor "Appointment With Mr. Big" Friday 4-25 The Whistler "The Return of the Innocent" 4/2/1945 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter" Part 2, 3/20/1956 Saturday 4-26 Alan Young Show, Guest Fred Waring, 1/16/1945 Our Miss Brooks: Cure That Habit, Inc. - Part 1, 1/15/1950 Sunday 4-27 Our Miss Brooks: Cure That Habit, Inc. - Part 2 Fort Laramie "Galvanized Yankee" 10/7/1956 Monday 4-28 The Aldrich Family "Blind Date" 4/7/1949 Fibber McGee & Molly: Molly's Old Friend Thelma Visits - Pt. 1, 4/29/1947 Tuesday 4-29 Fibber McGee & Molly: Molly's Old Friend Thelma Visits - Pt. 2 Crime and Peter Chambers "La Grande Maison - 3rd Booth" 5/18/1954 Wednesday 4-30 The Green Hornet "Paroled for Revenge" 5/16/1944 The Adv. of Superman: George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss - Pt. 1, 9/3/1946 Thursday 5-1 Duffy's Tavern "Archie The Hypnotist" 2/16/1951 Marine Story "The U.S.S. Constitution" 3/12/1948 Friday 5-2 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter" Part 3, 3/21/1956 Boston Blackie "Canyon City Dude Ranch" 5/25/1949 Saturday 5-3 The Haunting Hour "Til Murder Do Us Part" Blackstone, The Magic Detective "Message from Nowhere" 2/27/1949 Sunday 5-4 Gangbusters "Alcatraz Prison Riot" Gunsmoke "Passive Resistance" 7/8/1956 Monday 5-5 Life of Riley: Mother's Day Show, 5/8/1948 Life With Luigi "The Beautiful Ms. Spaulding" Part 1, 1/31/1950 Tuesday 5-6 Life With Luigi "The Beautiful Ms. Spaulding" Part 2 Broadway Is My Beat "Barbara Hunt" 5/16/1953 Wednesday 5-7 This is Your FBI "The Profiteers" 5/4/1951 The Adv. Of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 2, 9/4/1946 Thursday 5-8 The Shadow "Séance With Death" 5/25/1947 Manhunt "Clue of the Red Thread" Friday 5-9 Suspense "Fear Paints a Picture" 5/3/1945 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter" Part 4, 3/22/1956 Saturday 5-10 Dimension X "The Professor Was a Thief" 11/5/1950 Vic & Sade "Speaking Acquaintances" Sunday 5-11 New Adv. Of Nero Wolfe "Case of the Midnight Ride" 3/16/1951 Red Skelton Show: Careless Driving (Excerpt) 3/25/1947 Monday 5-12 A Day in the Life of Dennis Day "The Masquerade Ball" 4/18/1946 Judy Canova: Description Of A Prize Fight - Part 1, 11/16/1943 Tuesday 5-13 Judy Canova: Description Of A Prize Fight - Part 2 Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Wisteria Lodge" 5/12/1947 Wednesday 5-14 Behind The Mike "Enoch Light's Disappearance" 5/4/1941 The Adv. Of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss - Part 3" 9/5/1946 Thursday 5-15 The Falcon "Case of the King of Hearts" 5/8/1952 Passing Parade "The Case of the Three Large Teeth" 4/30/1949 Friday 5-16 The Hermit's Cave "Notebook on Murder" Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter - Part 5" 3/23/1956 Saturday 5-17 Have Gun, Will Travel "Somebody Out There Hates Me" 3/6/1960 Wonder Show "Julius Caesar Haley" 11/11/1938 Sunday 5-18 Escape "A Passenger To Bali" 12/10/1950 Calling All Detectives "The Poet's Curse" 11/29/1948 Monday 5-19 Jack Benny Program "Dennis Day's Debut" 10/8/1939 The Burns & Allen Show: Gracie Adopts Mickey Rooney - Part 1, 5/19/1949 Tuesday 5-20 The Burns & Allen Show: Gracie Adopts Mickey Rooney - Part 2 Richard Diamond, Private Detective "The Stolen Purse" 5/22/1949 Wednesday 5-21 Family Theater "All Brides Are Beautiful" 3/2/1949 The Adv. Of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 4, 9/6/1946 Thursday 5-22 Mystery Is My Hobby "Short Distance To Murder" Night Editor "Adrian Sets a Trap" Friday 5-23 The Whistler "The Clayton Affair" 4/29/1951 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Meg's Palace Matter" Part 1, 9/25/1956 Saturday 5-24 The Henry Morgan Show: Dedicated to America's Landlords, 3/26/1947 The Great Gildersleeve: Trip to Grass Lake - Part 1, 9/2/1945 Sunday 5-25 The Great Gildersleeve: Trip to Grass Lake - Part 2 Jeff Regan, Investigator "The Man Who Came Back" 8/21/1948 Monday 5-26 Our Miss Brooks "The Auction" 3/19/1950 Fibber McGee & Molly: Mouse In The House, 6/16/1942 Tuesday 5-27 Fibber McGee & Molly: Mouse In The House, Part 2 Damon Runyon Theater "Dark Dolores" 7/3/1951 Wednesday 5-28 Nick Carter, Master Detective "Flowery Farwell" 6/20/1948 The Adv. Of Superman: George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss - Part 5, 9/9/1946 Thursday 5-29 Frank Race, Adventures of "The Benadian Letters" 6/12/1949 Marine Story: Marines on the Pacific Ocean, 3/15/1948 Friday 5-30 Philo Vance Detective "Combination Murder Case" 6/14/1949 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Meg's Palace Matter" Part 2, 9/26/1956 Saturday 5-31 Alan Young Show "Jury Duty" 8/21/1945 My Friend Irma: Trip to Coney Island - Part 1, 9/7/1948 Sunday 6-1 My Friend Irma: Trip to Coney Island - Part 2 Murder by Experts "Summer Heat" 6/13/1949 Monday 6-2 Bright Star: New Homemaker Page Editor, 3/19/1953 Life With Luigi: Pasquale's Birthday - Part 1, 6/19/1949 Tuesday 6-3 Life With Luigi: Pasquale's Birthday - Part 2 The Adv. of Philip Marlowe "The Green Flame" 3/26/1949 Wednesday 6-4 Gunsmoke "Kitty's Kidnap" 6/14/1959 The Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 6, 9/10/1946 Thursday 6-5 Suspense "Short Order" 8/16/1945 Manhunt "The Clue of the Solitary Cell" Friday 6-6 Bulldog Drummond "The Case of the Axis Submarine" 9/20/1943 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Meg's Palace Matter" Part 3, 9/27/1956 Saturday 6-7 The Aldrich Family "Dinner Date With Kathleen" 1/20/1949 The Charlie McCarthy Show, Guests: Geddes, Vallee, & Murray - Part 1, 4/4/1948 Sunday 6-8 The Charlie McCarthy Show, Guests: Geddes, Vallee, & Murray - Part 2 Broadway Is My Beat "Thomas Hart" 4/14/1951 Monday 6-9 It's Higgins, Sir: Nancy Elopes with Pudgy, 8/21/1951 My Favorite Husband: Liz has the Flim Jabs - Part 1, 12/30/1950 Tuesday 6-10 My Favorite Husband: Liz has the Flim Jabs - Part 2 The Shadow "They Kill with a Silver Hatchet" 5/26/1949 Wednesday 6-11 Hopalong Cassidy "Death Comes Invited" 2/2/1952 The Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 7, 9/11/1946 Thursday 6-12 Mysterious Traveler "Murder Is My Business" 6/8/1948 Passing Parade "Tallest Man and Tallest Story Ever Told" 12/8/1949 Friday 6-13 The Line Up "The Bromell and Bellows Bloody Bullet Case" 4/24/1951 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Meg's Palace Matter" Part 4, 9/28/1956 Saturday 6-14 Duffy's Tavern: Actor's Club At The Tavern, 1/26/1951 The Life of Riley: Rileys' Leave For Vacation - Part 1, 6/29/1951 Sunday 6-15 The Life of Riley: Rileys' Leave For Vacation - Part 2 Green Hornet "Put It On Ice" 7/4/1939 Monday 6-16 Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show "Unpaid Bills" 2/19/1950 The Jack Benny Program "Treasure of Sierra Madre" - Part 1, 5/1/1949 Tuesday 6-17 The Jack Benny Program "Treasure of Sierra Madre" - Part 2 Richard Diamond, Private Detective "The Moran Murder Case" 5/29/1949 Wednesday 6-18 X Minus One "Dwellers in Silence" 11/10/1955 The Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 8, 9/12/1946 Thursday 6-19 Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons: Woman Who Married a Murderer, 4/27/1950 Night Editor: Pass the Peanuts Friday 6-20 The Whistler "Lady With A Key" 4/2/1950 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Meg's Palace Matter" Part 5, 9/29/1956 Saturday 6-21 The Burns and Allen Show: Crime Wave Getting a Dog for Protection, 3/20/1947 The Fred Allen Show, Guest: Jack Benny - Part 1, 5/26/1946 Sunday 6-22 The Fred Allen Show, Guest: Jack Benny - Part 2 Casey, Crime Photographer "Death In Lover's Lane" 7/31/1947 Monday 6-23 The Great Gildersleeve: The Commissioner Turns off the Water, 9/18/1946 Vic & Sade "The Women's Auxiliary" Part 1, 7/4/1946 Tuesday 6-24 Vic & Sade "The Women's Auxiliary" Part 2 Michael Shayne, Private Detective "Popular Corpse" 10/30/1948 Wednesday 6-25 The Line Up "The Big Boy's Brutish Back-Bending Case" 4/29/1952 The Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 9, 9/13/1946 Thursday 6-26 Family Theater "Last Run" 6/17/1953 The Couple Next Door "Wedding Preparations" 1/6/1958 Friday 6-27 Boston Blackie "Skating Rink Murder" 7/9/1946 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Fathom Five Matter" Part 1, 2/27/1956 Saturday 6-28 The Red Skelton Show "Going on Vacation" 5/27/1949 New Lum and Abner Show "Boat Launch Blues" Part 1, 6/19/1949 Sunday 6-29 New Lum and Abner Show "Boat Launch Blues" Part 2 The Chase "Terminate Professor Kolcheck" 6/15/1952 Monday 6-30 Henry Morgan "Professional Radio Contestants" 7/2/1947 Fibber McGee & Molly: Locked Suitcase - Part 1, 6/23/1942Lux Radio Theater version of Casablanca with original cast members
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32 page American Flyer Trains by A.C. Gilbert for 1948 presented by Superman!
Fred Foy 1-hour interview (Lone Ranger, Sgt. Preston, Green Hornet)
Note: radio episodes of Chandu The Magician had no relation to the Boris Karloff movie of the same name, in which Karloff plays Chandu as a villain
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Paul Harvey delved into the forgotten or little-known facts behind stories of famous people and events. Harvey's widely known The Rest of the Story has been broadcast since 1946, similar to the weekly story segment of Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel. Substitutes when Paul was away or ill included Mort Crim (1980-84), Gil Gross, Doug Limerick and Paul Harvey, Jr. Paul Harvey 1966 broadcast (more audio on Paul Harvey page). KEX radio Morning Update archive (2007-2009, including Paul Harvey) ABC Radio Networks has notified affiliates that ABC News Radio's Gil Gross and Doug Limerick will fill the three daily slots of Paul Harvey News & Rest Of The Story. Gil Gross also has a 2-hour interview program. Paul Harvey reads a letter from God
Robert L. Ripley's radio series ran from 1930 to his death in 1949. Music was provided by 1930s band leader Ozzie Nelson and vocalist Harriet Hilliard--who later became sitcom stars, believe it or not!
Peg Riley on "The Life of Riley" (ABC Radio: 1944-1945; NBC Radio: 1945-1951) was played by Paula Winslowe (1910-1996), who had previously been the voice of Bambi's mother in the Disney animated movie, and later played Mrs. Conklin in the TV version of Our Miss Brooks (1953-58) as well as reprising her (uncredited) role as Bambi's mother in Disney cartoon short No Hunting (1955)
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Turner Classic Movies is doing movies based on radio series this year including Fibber McGee, Gildersleeve, I Love A Mystery, The Whistler, Crime Doctor, etc.
Blake Edwards created Richard Diamond for radio, then later the hard-boiled private eye tv-series "Peter Gunn"
Jack Benny Show broadcasting live
Part 2 of Jack Benny broadcast
Jack sneaks onto Groucho's quiz show as a contestant
Beverly Sills died 7-2-07 from cancer complications. Beverly Sills spoofing opera on the Danny Kaye Show
Gracie Allen vs. the Tax Auditor
(he leaves in confusion) Gracie Allen was born in 1895 but her birth certificate was lost in the 1906 San Francisco Fire/Earthquake so she always gave 1906 as her birthdate
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not (1932 clip)
Origin of the term "Pot-head" for a drunk in Korea
This is Wally Ballou reminding you to Hang by your thumbs.
I love a mystery so welcome again through the squeaking door
Note: Stan Freberg hosted "When Radio Was" for 10 years, after previous host Art Fleming passed away suddenly. His final broadcast as host was 10/6/06. The new host from then until June, 2007 was Chuck Schaden. Greg Bell, program director and host of XM Radio’s very popular old-time radio channel, "Radio Classics", has been named as the new host. Chuck Schaden has interviewed some of the radio stars (recorded in the 1970s, see broadcast archive).
Superman 1950s TV intro, now a major motion picture
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Fun fact:
Jimmy Stewart's The Six Shooter only lasted one season (he wouldn't accept a tobacco company as sponsor), and he made the Hitchcock movie "Rear Window" the same year.
Walter B. Gibson co-created and wrote the Shadow novels. When he left The Shadow magazine after asking for more money, he became head script writer for radio's Nick Carter, Master Detective for awhile.
X Minus One/Dimension X had no big-name guest stars because most of the weekly budgets were used to purchase broadcast rights to the latest sci-fi stories
Morton Downey "The Irish Nightingale" was a popular singer on 1930s radio (and TV host of 1950s Star Of The Family), heard alternate nights on a 5-day a week radio broadcast from his New York nightclub. His son Morton Downey, Jr., went instead into talk radio with a spoof of bombastic Wally George on a California radio station - when he left radio in 1988 to do a TV-version of his show, the Sacramento station replaced him with someone named Rush Limbaugh.
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Jack Benny vs. the Floor Walker (Frank Nelson)
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Gracie Allen's Roast Beef Recipe
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Take the 2 roasts and put them in the oven. Turn oven on. When the little one burns, the big one is done.
In addition to starring in both the radio & TV versions of "Life With Luigi" J. Carrol Naish portrayed Dr. Daka, the first villain to go up against Batman on the silver screen, in "The Batman" (1943 serial). He also appeared in two episodes of Lux Theater after it moved to TV
Life Of Riley was originally co-created by Gummo Marx for his brother Groucho as The Flotsam Family. But the sponsor saw William Bendix in a 1942 movie and cast him instead.
Marcus Brace Beemer (born in 1903) and John Todd (born as Fred McCarthy in 1877) played The Lone Ranger & Tonto on radio. They also both had to lie about their age to serve (separately) in WW1. Beemer was too young (15) to enlist and Todd too old (30). The War Department says Beemer was the youngest U.S. serviceman in WW1; he was wounded while serving in France. By the way, Arthur Godfrey was almost killed in an auto accident in the 1930s, yet learned to walk and fly his own plane. When he was turned down for WW2 enlistment as a Navy flier due to the old injury, he asked friend FDR for help. The President told an Admiral to accept Godfrey since he couldn't walk at all yet was serving as Commander in Chief!
The greeting "How" may not be a Hollywood invention. There is an actual Indian greeting "A-Hau," which means Peace be with you or All is well. The first Texas Rangers used muzzle-loading single-shot rifles. But their first hand guns were actually a 5-shot revolver, not a 6-gun!
Jack Benny was born on Valentine's Day, and Robert L. Ripley was born on Christmas Day, believe it or not! In 1974, Jack Benny & George Burns were cast in The Sunshine Boys but George became ill and was replaced by Walter Matthau, then George got better and Jack suddenly died.
In the 1930s, comic strip Terry & the Pirates had many storylines in which Japan (changed to "the invaders" by nervous newspaper editors) attacked China and then Pearl Harbor. This storyline was also adapted for the radio series Captain Midnight, also before the real attack on Pearl Harbor! Fran Stryker wrote the life output of Shakespeare every 15 weeks: How he did it
NBC/GE chimes (G-E-C musical notes, for General Electric Co.) NBC's special alert 4 chimes (used for Hindenberg crash, Pearl Harbor, and WW2 bulletins)
Fun facts:
When a pitcher, catcher & umpire get into an arguement, it's called a "rhubarb." This term dates back to live radio drama when angry crowds would be represented by 5 or 6 actors saying "rhubarb" over and over. Nick Carter, Master Detective predated Sherlock Holmes by a couple of months--the American detective appeared in his own Street & Smith magazine just before the first Holmes appearance in Strand Magazine. Walter B. Gibson, co-creator of The Shadow in print, wrote for radio's Nick Carter during WW2.
Countdown to blast-off X-5,4,3,2,X-1...Fire
It's Sunday night and time for Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
Who is it? The Fatman...The Falcon...The Green Hornet strikes again
The Shadow knows in 1939, in 1941 and 1948...the end
The Jack Benny Program presented by Lucky Strike. There's always room for Jello...Sold: American!
Welcome to the Hermit's Cave...Duffy ain't here
Welcome to the Black Museum (Orson Welles) That was the end of Harry Lime
I'm the first person they look for and the last they want to meet
Henry? Henry Aldrich...Hi ya, Baldy!
I carry a badge. Hi-Ho Silver. I am The Whistler. Yes King, this case is closed. A tale calculated to keep you in Suspense!
Join the new 1940 Flight Patrol with Captain Midnight. Flash! Ethiopia surrenders to Mussolini
Turn your lights out, everybody. If you are easily frightened, turn your radio off now.
It is I, Digby Odell, the friendly undertaker By golly, I believe that's our ring. Don't open that closet. Heavenly days!
Mr. Keen, tracer of lost persons. How do you do? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar
This is your FBI
Suspense radio series history on WikipediaWho're you gonna vote for?
I wonder what The Lone Ranger would sound like in Jamaica
There was even a radio version of Doc Savage By Lester Dent
Lester Dent bio on YouTube
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(guests include Groucho Marx, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone & Boris Karloff)
CBS Radio Theater (these are big MP3 audio links so save it to your computer or ipod if you are on a slow dialup) series by Hyman Brown, creator of the original Inner Snctum radio series
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (broadcast date unknown)
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