Happy St. Patrick's Day
Posted on 03/17/2013 1:30:28 PM PDT by Vision
Friends, it's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs...
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Thanks to J. David Goldin's RadioGOLDINdex for these brief synopses.
7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 24, 1956. Part 2. CBS net. "The Duke Red Matter." Sustaining. Proof that things are as wrong and as dangerous as they can get. The closing credits and system cue have been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Barbara Fuller, Barbara Eiler, Forrest Lewis, Herb Butterfield, John Stevenson, Parley Baer, Will Wright, Robert Bruce, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 13:31. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 25, 1956. Part 3. CBS net. "The Duke Red Matter." Sustaining. The case feels like a man full of bullet wounds...which is just the case. The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Barbara Fuller, Barbara Eiler, Forrest Lewis, Herb Butterfield, John Stevenson, Parley Baer, Will Wright, Robert Bruce, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 14:05. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
7:30 Dragnet. April 26, 1951. Program #98. NBC net. "The Big Saint." Sponsored by: Fatima. A 1949 Cadillac implicates Herman Lester's salvage business in a stolen car racket. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:33. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. June 26, 1954. CBS net. "Claustrophobia." Sustaining. Giles and Deaver are two bad guys, one of whom is killed by Obie Ridgers. Despite his claustrophobia and preference for hanging, the judge sentences Obie to life in prison! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on January 25, 1958. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, John Dehner, Jack Kruschen, Roy Rowan (announcer), Norman Macdonnell (director), John Meston (writer), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Lawrence Dobkin, George Walsh (announcer). 25:17. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 Duffy's Tavern. April 6, 1945. Program #88. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Finnegan has inherited his uncle's "Gems From The Diamond Country." Archie plans to open his own tavern with the loot. Ed Gardner, Eddie Green, Charlie Cantor, Sandra Gould, Perry Ward (announcer), Alan Reed (?), Howard Duff (AFRS announcer). 29:30. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. March 17, 1941. NBC net. Sponsored by: Hormel. The broadcast originates from New York City. George tries to break up the "romance" between Gracie and Artie Shaw. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Jimmy Wallington (announcer), The Smoothies. 29:23. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Philco Radio Time. March 17, 1948. ABC, WJZ, New York aircheck. Sponsored by: Philco. The first tune is, "Dear Old Donegal." Bing and guest Margaret O'Brien do a modern Cinderella story. A St. Patrick's Day show. Bing Crosby, Margaret O'Brien, John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Ken Carpenter, The Rhythmaires, Bill Morrow (producer, transcriber), Murdo McKenzie (producer, transcriber). 29:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Town Hall Tonight. March 17, 1937. Red net. Sponsored by: Ipana, Sal Hepatica. The first tune is, "Swing High, Swing Low." Town Hall News Of The Week, The Mighty Allen Art Players do a hillbilly drama. Town Hall Varieties: Professor Quigley tries to escape from a packing case once again. Adrian O'Brien, an Irish tenor sings. Martin Burns and The Irish Blackbirds, Maria and Julia Dougherty (from Bayonne, New Jersey) dance an Irish jig to the tune of "The Cow That Ate The Blanket." Fred Allen, Harry Von Zell (announcer), Peter Van Steeden and His Orchestra, Portland Hoffa, The Town Hall Quartet, Adrian O'Brien, Martin Burns and The Irish Blackbirds, Maria Dougherty (dancer), Julia Dougherty (dancer). 59:12. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
How was your week? Did you watch CPAC?
FEN used to run these shows in the evening, 1950s-60s Japan...
Hey, what happened to the St. Patrick’s picture I posted? Oh, well.
The week was fine; no news. I didn’t do CPAC, except for catching some of the headlines.
I hope you had a smooth week.
Was that on an American Base? I’m not familiar with FEN.
Far East Network was a radio (and later radio/TV) system for Americans in Japan in the early years. Google “Far East Network.”
You were there ?
No, Sir. I just found all kinds of search results that tell all about FEN. I posted an image of mic I found.
I just opened my first Natural Light. How very Proletariat of me. :-)
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