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July-September Tuesday 7-1 Fibber McGee & Molly: Locked Suitcase - Part 2 Frontier Gentleman "Gambling Lady" 6/29/1958 Wednesday 7-2 Whisperer "Tea Time For Teenagers" 7/8/1951 Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 10, 9/16/46 Thursday 7-3 This is Your FBI "The Fraudulent Healer" 6/29/1951 The Marine Story "Lord Selkirk's Castle" 3/17/1948 Friday 7-4 Gunsmoke "The Army Trial" 6/25/1955 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Fathom Five Matter" Part 2, 2/28/1956 Saturday 7-5 Meet The Meeks "Socrates Sylvester Fermish" 12/13/1947 My Friend Irma "Cub Scout Speech" Part 1, 1/13/1952 Sunday 7-6 My Friend Irma "Cub Scout Speech" Part 2 The Adventures of Sam Spade "Rushlight Diamond Caper" 7/4/1948 Monday 7-7 Life with Luigi "Car Accident" 9/4/1949 Judy Canova: Building Judy's Dream House - Part 1, 3/7/1944 Tuesday 7-8 Judy Canova: Building Judy's Dream House - Part 2 Dimension X "Time and Time Again" 7/12/1951 Wednesday 7-9 Mystery Is My Hobby "K O Brown" Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 11, 9/17/46 Thursday 7-10 Escape "The Dark Wall" 7/1/1954 Passing Parade "The Story of Two Skulls" 12/7/1949 Friday 7-11 Tales of the Texas Rangers, 7/13/1952 "Finger Man" Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - 2/29/1956 "The Fathom Five Matter" Part 3 Saturday 7-12 It's Higgins, Sir - 7/24/1951 "Summer Vacation" The Charlie McCarthy Show, 11/9/1952 "Charlie To Marilyn Monroe" Part 1 Sunday 7-13 The Charlie McCarthy Show "Charlie To Marilyn Monroe" Part 2 Philip Marlowe "The August Lion" 8/6/1949 Monday 7-14 The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show "A Wife For Frankie" 2/10/1952 Jack Benny Program: Jack Takes a Date to a French Restaurant, Pt 1, 7/11/54 Tuesday 7-15 The Jack Benny Program: Jack Takes a Date to a French Restaurant, Part 2 The Saint "Tuba or Not Tuba, That Is the Question" 1/21/1951 Wednesday 7-16 Philo Vance, Detective "Merry Murder Case" 7/20/1948 Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 12, 9/18/46 Thursday 7-17 Suspense "Of Maestro and Men" 7/20/1944 Night Editor "The Clue That Wasn't There" Friday 7-18 The Line Up "The Cornered Cop Killer Case" 4/8/1952 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Fathom Five Matter" Part 4, 3/1/1956 Saturday 7-19 Our Miss Brooks "Stretch is in Love" 2/26/1950 Life Of Riley: Riley's Mother-In-Law Visits, Part 1, 5/13/1945 Sunday 7-20 Life Of Riley: Riley's Mother-In-Law Visits, Part 2 Night Beat "City At Your Fingertips" 7/31/1950 Monday 7-21 Alan Young Show: Raising Rabbits, 2/13/1945 Burns & Allen Show: George Shocked by High Price Groceries, Pt 1, 9/25/47 Tuesday 7-22 The Burns & Allen Show: George is Shocked by High Price Groceries, Part 2 Dark Venture "Ten Dollar Bill" 8/5/1946 Wednesday 7-23 The Green Hornet "Quiz Program Clue" 11/10/1946 Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 13, 9/19/46 Thursday 7-24 X Minus One "Man's Best Friend" 4/24/1957 The Couple Next Door "Home Movie Night" 1/7/1958 Friday 7-25 Nick Carter, Master Detective "The Case of the Unwritten Letter" 7/29/1945 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Fathom Five Matter" Part 5, 3/2/1956 Saturday 7-26 Exploring Tomorrow "The Liar" The Third Man "Cigarettes" Sunday 7-27 The Hermit's Cave "Reflected Image of the Desert" The Strange Dr. Weird "Devil's Cavern" 4/3/1945 Monday 7-28 Duffy's Tavern: It's Latin Night At Duffy's Tavern, 5/4/1951 The Great Gildersleeve: The Homemaking Class - Part 1, 11/11/1945 Tuesday 7-29 The Great Gildersleeve: The Homemaking Class - Part 2 Crime Classics: Dread Event Surrounding Mr. Thrower's, 8/3/1953 Wednesday 7-30 The Line Up "The Hiccupping Hamster Haemostatic Case" 5/29/1951 Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Part 14, 9/20/46 Thursday 7-31 The Man Called X "The Girl Who Couldn't Remember" 8/15/1948 Marine Story "The Bell of Hidalgo" 3/31/1948 Friday 8-1 The Shadow "Murders In Wax" 7/26/1948 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Sea Legs Matter" Part 1, 7/30/1956 Saturday 8-2 Frontier Gentleman "Advice To The Lovelorn" 5/18/1958 Archie Andrews "Day at Camp with Archie" 5/17/1946 Sunday 8-3 The Weird Circle "The Pistol Shot" Lum 'n' Abner "On Uncle Henry's Good Side" 8/18/1943 Monday 8-4 Wonder Show "Gaucho Haley" 11/4/1938 Vic & Sade "An Unusual New Boarder" Part 1, 10/10/1946 Tuesday 8-5 Vic & Sade "An Unusual New Boarder" Part 2, 10/10/1946 Gangbusters "The Rumbold Vault Robbery" Wednesday 8-6 Gunsmoke "Tap Day For Kitty" 7/30/1955 Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Pt 15, 9/23/46 Thursday 8-7 Jeff Regan, Investigator "The Lonesome Lady" 7/24/1948 Passing Parade "Inventions & Most Forgotten Inventor" 12/6/1949 Friday 8-8 Boston Blackie "Body On A Boat" (Mary At Sea) 7/30/1945 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Sea Legs Matter" Part 2, 7/31/1956 Saturday 8-9 Bergen & McCarthy, Guests: Orson Welles & John Robert Powers, 11/5/1944 Fibber McGee & Molly: Fibber Bakes A Birthday Cake - Part 1, 5/20/1941 Sunday 8-10 Fibber McGee & Molly: Fibber Bakes A Birthday Cake - Part 2 Molle Mystery Theatre: Further Adventures of Kenny Andrews, 5/10/1946 Monday 8-11 Judy Canova: Judy Moves To Brentwood (Rehearsal) 12/27/1944 Life With Luigi: Takes A Date To Antique Dealers Dance, Pt 1, 4/22/1952 Tuesday 8-12 Life With Luigi: Takes A Date To Antique Dealers Dance - Part 2 Sherlock Holmes "The Missing Three-Quarter" 8/14/1962 Wednesday 8-13 Mystery Is My Hobby "Mr Michaels, Murder Suspect" Adv. of Superman, 9/24/46 "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Pt 16 Thursday 8-14 The Whistler, 7/22/1951 "Autumn Song" Night Editor "For Later Delivery" Friday 8-15 Suspense, 11/13/1947 "Riabouchinska" Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 8/1/1956 "The Sea Legs Matter" Part 3 Saturday 8-16 The Jack Benny Program: Orson Welles Takes Cast to His Movie, 3/21/1943 The Mel Blanc Show: Cousin Dottie Visits Betty - Part 1, 3/18/1947 Sunday 8-17 The Mel Blanc Show: Cousin Dottie Visits Betty - Part 2, 3/18/1947 The Falcon "Case of the Happy Hoodlum" 5/22/1952 Monday 8-18 Red Skelton "The Golf Course" 6/11/1950 Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show: Red Paint on Poodle Part 1, 1/8/1950 Tuesday 8-19 Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show: Red Paint on Poodle - Part 2 The Saint "The Horrible Hamburger" 9/10/1950 Wednesday 8-20 Escape "The Man From Tomorrow" 8/23/1953 Adv. of Superman "George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss" Pt 17, 9/25/46 Thursday 8-21 Alan Young Show "Planning A Trip To Canada" 8/28/1945 The Couple Next Door "A Simple Question of Algebra" 1/8/1958 Friday 8-22 Lights Out "The Word" 9/14/1943 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Sea Legs Matter" Part 4, 8/2/1956 Saturday 8-23 Father Knows Best: Second Family Car, 1/8/1953 Burns & Allen: Gracie's Platform - Part 1, 3/27/1940 Sunday 8-24 Burns & Allen: Gracie's Platform - Part 2 Adventures of Sam Spade "The Civic Pride Caper" 4/13/1951 Monday 8-25 Our Miss Brooks "Stretch is in Love Again" 10/22/1950 Life of Riley: The Suggestion Contest - Part 1, 3/20/1948 Tuesday 8-26 Life of Riley: The Suggestion Contest - Part 2 Broadway Is My Beat: Larry Burdette, 9/5/53 Wednesday 8-27 Richard Diamond "The Cassbury Case" 2/2/51 Adv. of Superman "The Dead Voice" Part 1, 9/26/46 Thursday 8-28 This is Your FBI, 9/7/1951, The Curious Fisherman Marine Story, 4/26/1948, The Chimney Sweep Friday 8-29 Crime and Peter Chambers, 9/7/1954, Irene Wilson's Dead Uncle Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: 8/3/1956, The Sea Legs Matter - Part 5 of 5 Saturday 8-30 Damon Runyon Theater "A Nice Price" Baby Snooks, 10/24/1940, Raising a Loan at the Bank Sunday 8-31 The Hermit's Cave "The Author of Murder" The Unexpected, 8/15/1948 "Rematch" Monday 9-1 Duffy's Tavern, 2/16/1950, Guest: Shelley Winters Great Gildersleeve, 11/12/1952, Problems With Leroy's Teacher, Pt 1 Tuesday 9-2 Great Gildersleeve, 11/12/1952, Problems With Leroy's Teacher, Pt 2 Casey, Crime Photographer, 9/4/1947 "Loaded Dice" Wednesday 9-3 The Green Hornet, 11/4/1947 "Graft Crosses A Bridge" The Adv. of Superman, 9/27/1946 "The Dead Voice" Part 2 Thursday 9-4 Mysterious Traveler, 3/31/1945 "Murder goes Free" Passing Parade, 12/1/1949 "The Story of the Cirmcumstantial Evidence" Friday 9-5 Tales of the Texas Rangers "Drive-in" 9/14/1952 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Picture Postcard Matter" Pt 1, 10/1/56 Saturday 9-6 Henry Morgan Show: Premiere Episode Vic and Sade: Vic Reluctant to Put Up Porch Swing, 6/1/1943 Sunday 9-7 X Minus One "The Stars Are the Styx" 7/24/1956 Calling All Detectives "Date With Death" 12/1/1948 Monday 9-8 Fibber McGee & Molly "The Lost Camera" 9/29/1942 Lum 'n' Abner "Moving The Store" Part 1, 10/3/1948 Tuesday 9-9 Lum 'n' Abner "Moving The Store" Part 2 Inner Sanctum "Bog Oak Necklace" 4/10/1945 Wednesday 9-10 The Shadow "Ghost Walks Again" 3/16/1949 The Adv. of Superman "The Dead Voice" Part 3, 9/30/1946 Thursday 9-11 The Whistler "Eager Pigeon" 8/28/1949 Night Editor "Strange Judgment" Friday 9-12 Gunsmoke "Prairie Happy" 9/12/1953 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Picture Postcard Matter" Pt 2, 10/2/56 Saturday 9-13 Jack Benny Program: From Lemoore Air Base, 3/5/1944 Life With Luigi: Income Tax Problems, Part 1, 3/11/1952 Sunday 9-14 Life With Luigi: Income Tax Problems, Part 2 Sherlock Holmes "The Blue Carbuncle" 3/13/1955 Monday 9-15 Screen Directors' Playhouse "Ghost Breakers" 4/3/1949 Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show "New Drug" Part 1, 11/14/1948 Tuesday 9-16 Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show "New Drug" Part 2 The Saint "Dossier On A Doggone Dog" 9/24/1950 Wednesday 9-17 Behind The Mike "Radio Sneezing" 10/20/1940 The Adv. of Superman "The Dead Voice" Part 4, 10/1/1946 Thursday 9-18 Boston Blackie "Reyonlds and the Stolen Goods" 9/1/1948 The Couple Next Door: Did You Lock the Garage Door? 1/9/1958 Friday 9-19 Suspense "Kaleidoscope by Ray Bradbury" 7/12/1955 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Picture Postcard Matter" Pt 3, 10/3/56 Saturday 9-20 It's Higgins, Sir: Higgins Arranges Dates, 7/10/1951 The Charlie McCarthy Show, guest Carmen Miranda - Part 1, 11/23/1947 Sunday 9-21 The Charlie McCarthy Show, guest Carmen Miranda - Part 2 Philip Marlowe "The Busy Body" 6/18/1949 Monday 9-22 Judy Canova: An Exclusive Place In Brentwood, 9/15/1945 Red Skelton Show: Blood On The Moon Caused By Duel In The Sun, Pt 1, 1/7/1949 Tuesday 9-23 Red Skelton Show: Blood On The Moon Caused By Duel In The Sun - Part 2 The Clock "Nicky" 3/4/1948 Wednesday 9-24 Rocky Jordan "Quest For Tornina" 10/16/1949 The Adv. of Superman "The Dead Voice" Part 5, 10/2/1946 Thursday 9-25 Hopalong Cassidy "Apaches Don't Need Guns" 9/22/1951 Marine Story "Mediterranean Pirates" 4/2/1948 Friday 9-26 Nick Carter, Master Detective "The Unexpected Corpse" 6/13/1948 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Picture Postcard Matter" Pt 4, 10/4/56 Saturday 9-27 Aldrich Family "Geometry Homework" 2/10/1949 Our Miss Brooks "Surprise Party" Part 1, 10/24/1948 Sunday 9-28 Our Miss Brooks "Surprise Party" Part 2 Frontier Town: Forest Fire, 2/20/1953 Monday 9-29 The Life of Riley "Impressing the Boss" 12/3/1948 Burns & Allen Show: Gracie Tries to Reform a Burglar, Part 1, 9/12/1946 Tuesday 9-30 Burns & Allen Show: Gracie Tries to Reform a Burglar, Part 2 Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator "Death Buys a Bedroom" 7/27/1954Note: Your local radio station may forget and run a When Radio Was hour from a previous week or month
Lux 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
1 small roast beef
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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