Posted on 05/01/2016 1:48:18 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:
Longtime radio personality and The Big Broadcast host Ed Walker passed away early on Oct. 26 at age 83. We invite you to leave your thoughts and remembrances.
Ed Walker spent 65 years on the radio. His last program was unlike any other.
Happy May Day...
It’s fairly unspring-like here...and we have an unspring-like aka dark lineup tonight of master detective Nick Carter...the heart warming Halls of Ivy...reporters walking the dark streets in Nightbeat...and a hour long Suspense of Donovan’s Brain which sounds fantastic, may we all be able to stay awake through it...
How’s it going out there?
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2016 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 14, 1961. CBS net. "The Very Fishy Matter." Sustaining. Lisa Birdwell is scheduled to be murdered...on her large yacht on Lake Mojave! Art Hannes (announcer), Bill Mason, Bruno Zirato Jr. (producer, director), Dan Ocko, Ethel Huber (music supervisor), Jack Johnstone (director), Jim Boles, Joan Lorring, Mandel Kramer, Robert Dryden, Robert Readick, Teri Keane. 24:50. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. August 17, 1954. Program #261. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Cad." A large quantity of morphine has been stolen. A pusher out for revenge and a stake-out at a bar help solve the chase. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. August 25, 1957. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Grass." Harry Pope is sure there are Indians sneaking around his farm at night. After shooting an "Indian," it turns out to have been a cowboy trying to get him to leave his land. The script was used previously on July 11, 1953 (see cat. #52380), and on the Gunsmoke television series on November 29, 1958. The public service announcements have been deleted. William Conrad, John Meston (writer), Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Walsh (announcer), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), John Dehner. 23:49. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.
8:30 Nick Carter. July 29, 1945. Mutual net. "The Unwritten Letter." Sponsored by: Lin-X waxes and cleaning products. A man who died with a blank letter in his hand, and a murder solved after an interview with the corpse. Lon Clark. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 The Halls Of Ivy. May 24, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Will a medical student at Ivy give up his career to become a prize fighter? Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Ken Carpenter (announcer), Don Quinn (creator, writer), Nat Wolff (producer, director), Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Ken Christy, Stacy Harris, Sheldon Leonard. 29:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Night Beat. July 3, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Wheaties. Randy Stone comes upon Marty, a six-year-old boy who is running away from home with a $100 bill. The leads Randy to an attempt to prevent an execution. A good story! Joel McCrea appears after the story to promote his new show, "Tales Of The Texas Rangers." Frank Lovejoy, Frank Martin (announcer), Warren Lewis (producer, director), Frank Worth (music), Russell Hughes (writer), Larry Marcus (editor), Joel McCrea (guest), Lurene Tuttle, David Ellis, Joan Banks, Peter Leeds, Rick Fellon, Herb Butterfield, Peter Votrian. 29:31. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
10:00 Suspense. February 7, 1948. CBS net. "Donovan's Brain". Sustaining. The classic tale of the mad scientist and his "brain in a bottle." The story was previously produced on "Suspense," as two half-hour programs, on May 18 and May 25, 1944 (see cat. #245 and #61158). John McIntire (doubles), Robert Montgomery (host, performer), William Johnstone, Wally Maher, Jeanette Nolan, Joseph Kearns (announcer, performer), Curt Siodmak (author), Robert L. Richards (adaptor), William Spier (producer, director, editor), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor), Burne Surrey (sound effects), Bob Anderson (sound engineer). 61:28. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Yeah, “May Day” is a communist “holiday.”
How’s it going, Vision?
It’s been a while since I’ve grown tomatoes. They can be a hassle with bugs and other issues. It’s the same way with bell peppers, which are super-easy to grow, but you’re always battling powdery mildew and other stuff. I would grow red, yellow and orange bell peppers, because they’re so stupidly expensive in the stores right now, and I have no idea why that is.
What do you think is best to grow? I think tomatoes are the best value/opportunity to get a higher quality than store product.
Yes, if you can grow good tomatoes, that would be great, because so many in the stores now are nearly flavorless. I might try both—tomatoes and bell peppers (I’ve done one plant of each color before). It just depends on what you’re up for.
Bing Ping!
I can’t remember why Bob Bailey didn’t continue with the show. I know it moved to NY, but I don’t know why (or I forgot).
He was an LA guy, didn’t want to live in NY.
Ah! Yeah, that would be a big change. It’s too bad, because he was THE Johnny Dollar.
I’m loving this Halls of Ivy.
I caught some of the end. Did the kid choose fighting or medicine?
Crud! I just realized the show’s not over! Duh, on me.
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