Posted on 10/04/2015 3:16:55 PM PDT by Vision
Friends, it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.
Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.
Official OTR blog of "The Big Broadcast" thread:
Hi all, happy October Sunday...
Apparently we’re doing the lineup that was supposed to run last week...
A classic Big Broadcast lineup...Fibber McGee...detective/spy shows of Philip Marlowe and Man Called X...and ending strong with a Lux...
How’s it going out there? The east coast is drying out...
Well, this is an easy synopsis list to do, since it's the program line-up for September 27th that didn't air, because Ed was out. Copy and paste! Good line-up!
1948 was a Leap Year. "The Man Called X" aired on February 29th.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. July 6, 1958. Program #416. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Blinker Matter". A case of an elephant with a hollow leg. D. J. Thompson, Bob Bailey, Bob Bruce, Harry Bartell, Jack Johnstone (director), Paula Winslowe, Robert Stanley (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), Stacy Harris, Vic Perrin. 25 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. February 16, 1954. Program #235. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Big Sucker". A con-man uses real diamonds to cheat unsuspecting victims, selling them cut glass after they've taken the bait. The first victim is Harold Filson. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25:38. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. December 2, 1956. CBS net. "Speak Me Fair". Sponsored by: L & M. A young Kiowa Indian boy shows up in Dodge with his tongue cut out! Meanwhile, cattle are disappearing from the Traitsch Ranch. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on May 7, 1960. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell, Vic Perrin, John Dehner, Les Crutchfield (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 24:46. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 Fibber McGee and Molly. October 30, 1945. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The program originates from the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto. A benefit for the Ninth Canadian Victory Loan. Sculptor McGee is entering a self portrait in the Wistful Vista Art Contest. See cat. #40581 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, The King's Men, Arthur Q. Bryan, Bea Benaderet, Gale Gordon, Don Quinn (writer), Phil Leslie (writer). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
9:00 The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe. January 14, 1950. CBS net. "The Covered Bridge". Sustaining. While being kidnapped to Mexico, Marlowe comes upon an escaped convict hiding in a deserted farmhouse. Barney Phillips, Ben Wright, Gene Levitt (writer), Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen, Jack Moyles, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (music), Robert Mitchell (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), Vivi Janis, Wilms Herbert. 29:42. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Man Called X. February 29, 1948. CBS net. Commercials deleted. Ken Thurston travels to Switzerland to find out who is behind the scheme to flood Europe with counterfeit U.S. currency. Herbert Marshall, Leon Belasco, Wendell Niles (announcer), Johnny Green (composer, conductor), Jack Johnstone (director), Cathy Lewis, Les Crutchfield (writer). 22:12. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. February 6, 1939. CBS net. "The Count Of Monte Cristo". Sponsored by: Lux. The story of the prisoner in the dungeon and his eventual revenge. See cat. #40239 for a rehearsal recording of this broadcast. Alton Cook, the New York World Telegram radio critic, is the intermission guest. He presents an award to the show from the poll of radio editors as "Best Dramatic Program." Robert Montgomery, Josephine Hutchinson, Lewis Stone, Paul Lukas, Cecil B. DeMille, Lloyd Nolan, Alexandre Dumas (author), Alton Cook (intermission guest), Barry Drew, Melville Ruick (announcer), Sidney Blackmer, Victor Rodman, Walter Byron, Charles Fletcher (stage adaptor), Frank Nelson (triples, program opening announcer), Wright Kramer, Joe Franz (doubles), Perry Ivins (doubles), John Fee, Rolfe Sedan (doubles), Lou Merrill (triples), Raoul DeLeon , Stanley Schewd, Paul Bryer, Gaughan Burke, Ross Forrester, Maryon Aye, Caroline Frasher (commercial spokesman), Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Lorraine Edwards (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 60:01. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Hi, Vision! I’m glad the storm took off out to sea, instead of heading your way. It was a bad dude there for a while.
How’s everything going?
Nothing major to report. Leaves will start to turn colors sometime this week. Infused more oil. How are you two?
Hey, how you been?
How's things with you? LOL! 
We’re doing fine, enjoying the cool weather—so nice! One of our plumeria plants has finally bloomed! Beautiful flowers.
Oh, gads, Viking! You’ll be in my prayers. Otherwise, we’re glad to see you here.
Well, again, Ed’s Internet staff didn’t get it right. This is not the Johnny Dollar listed on the line-up.
Prayers sent. Was this a shock?
Just looked them up. They look wonderful. How long to they bloom for?
Their blooms are fleeting, and they don’t last very long. They bloom in the summer sun, so this round is its last hoo-rah for the year. Ours is a lovely, sunny yellow with pink outer accents.
Gunsmoke!
You’re the gourmand, Viking! :-)
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