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WAMU ^ | 10/28/12 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

"The Big Broadcast is a Sunday night tradition for families throughout the WAMU listening area. Each week, Big Broadcast host Ed Walker offers listeners priceless recordings of popular radio programs from the '30s, '40s and '50s. Priceless, especially, for a man whose first sentence as a child was, 'Turn the radio on.' "

[Vision]

Happy Sunday Night...Classic Radio Time...

[Vision]

• 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
  12/01-02/55 Henderson Matter Pts. 4-5 (Sus.) (CBS) (27:18) 
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  10/26/50 #072 The Big Meet (NBC) (    25:56) 
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  #095 The Killer (Sus.) (CBS) (23:42)
• 08:30 p.m. Suspense
  12/05/46 The House in Cypress Canyon  w/Robert Taylor (Roma Wines) (CBS) (29:50)
• 09:00 p.m. Escape
  03/17/50 Three Skeleton Key (Sus.) (CBS) (29:32)
• 09:30 p.m. Quiet Please
  08/09/48 The Thing on the Fourble Board (Sus.) (MBS) (24:30)  
• 10:00 p.m. Mercury Theater
  10/30/38 #17 War of the Worlds (Sus.) (CBS) (59:34)

[Vision]

Quite a scary line up for Halloween...

In other news, Hurricane Sandy will be stopping by Baltimore on Tuesday to say “Hi”...

[WXRGina]

Yes, Vision, we’ve been thinking about you and that storm. Although it’s not a very strong one, it’s big, so lots of people will feel it.

We wondered if the Big Broadcast was going to be preempted by storm and preparation coverage.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Hi everyone,
There is HURRICANE FRENZY here in Eastern PA. Looked all over for D batteries, but they’re sold out.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

My Kindle estimated delivery date is:
Thursday, November 1, 2012

I went on Amazon two days ago to read customer reviews for the Paper White. Some long-time Kindle owners don’t like it and are returning it. Something about the lighting, shadows, and blue and pink spots...

Others are satisfied.

[dickmc]

Unbelievable:

The House in Cypress Canyon

The Thing on the Fourble Board

War of the Worlds

are all classics.

My all time favorite is “The Thing on the Fourble Board”. For those of you who don’t know: a fourble board is a platform at a height of 80 feet or more above the floor of an oil derrick.

Thanks for posting.
Enjoy,
Dick

[WXRGina]

Hello, FRiends!

Thanks to J. David Goldin's RadioGOLDINdex for these synopses.

7 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. December 1, 1955. Part 4. CBS net. "The Henderson Matter." Sustaining. The whole affair becomes a town issue, and Johnny becomes the town goat! The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Lillian Buyeff, Forrest Lewis, Russell Thorson, Irene Tedrow, D. J. Thompson, Herb Ellis, Marvin Miller, Bob Bruce, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 13:46.

7:15 PM Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. December 2, 1955. Part 5. CBS net. "The Henderson Matter." Sustaining. The conclusion of the story. The wind-up, and the whole case blows sky high! The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Lillian Buyeff, Forrest Lewis, Russell Thorson, Irene Tedrow, D. J. Thompson, Herb Ellis, Marvin Miller, Bob Bruce, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 13:56.

7:30 PM Dragnet. October 26, 1950. Program #72. NBC net. "The Big Meet". Sponsored by: Fatima. Sgt. Friday tries to trap Howard Scully, a careful narcotics wholesaler, by posing as a buyer. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:15.

8 PM Gunsmoke. February 13, 1954. CBS net. "The Killer". Sustaining. Crego is a cowardly killer who's very particular about whom he shoots. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on May 19, 1956. William Conrad, John Meston (writer), Lawrence Dobkin, Howard Culver, Vic Perrin, Richard Deacon, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), George Walsh (announcer). 24:44.

8:30 PM Suspense. December 5, 1946. CBS net. "The House In Cypress Canyon". Sponsored by: Roma Wines. A chilling story of the supernatural with werewolves, screams in the night and impossible happenings. The third anniversary show of the series. Cathy Lewis, Hans Conried, Jim Backus, Joseph Kearns (announcer), Paul Frees, Robert L. Richards (writer), Robert Taylor, Wally Maher, Howard Duff, William Spier (producer, director), Ken Niles (commercial spokesman), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor). 1/2 hour.

9 PM Escape. March 17, 1950. CBS net. "Three Skeleton Key". Sustaining. The rats return to the lighthouse. The story was previously produced on Escape on November 15, 1949 (see cat. #11353) and subsequently on August 9, 1953 (see cat. #47007). The story was also heard on Suspense on November 11, 1956 (see cat. #72348) and October 19, 1958 (see cat. #2230). Radio and Television Life Magazine has awarded the sound effects on the show, "Best Of The Year." Harry Bartell, Jeff Corey, James Poe (adaptor), Cliff Thorsness (sound effects creator, executioner), Jack Sixsmith (sound effects executioner), Gus Bayz (sound effects executioner), William N. Robson (producer, director), Vincent Price, George Toudouze (author), Harry Esman (control engineer). 29:47.

9:30 PM Quiet Please. August 9, 1948. Mutual net. "The Thing On The Fourble Board". Sustaining. A creature from beneath the earth climbs up an oil well pipe to the surface. The story was subsequently produced on "Audion Theatre" on October 13, 1990 (see cat. #64147). Ernest Chappell ("the man who spoke to you"), Pat O'Malley, Wyllis Cooper (host, producer, writer, director), Albert April (sound effects), Albert Buhrman (organist), Cecile Roy, Daniel Sutter (performer, director, transcriber). 24:44.

10 PM The Mercury Theatre. October 30, 1938. Program #17. CBS net. "The War Of The Worlds". Sustaining. The most famous radio show of all time. Mars invades New Jersey. Orson Welles (producer, director, host, performer), Dan Seymour (announcer), H. G. Wells (author), Howard Koch (adaptor), Paul Stewart (associate producer, adaptor, performer: doubles), Frank Readick (doubles), John Houseman (producer, adaptor, script editor), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Kenny Delmar (quadruples), Ray Collins (triples), Davidson Taylor (production supervisor), Ora Nichols (sound effects), Ray Kremer (sound effects), Jim Rogan (sound effects), John Dietz (sound engineer), Carl Frank (doubles), Richard Wilson (triples), William Alland (doubles), Stefan Schnabel, William Herz, Howard Smith. 59:49.

[WXRGina]

Ed Walker plays these same scary shows each Halloween. We love them, too, Dick!

[Vision]

Hi Gina, the BB will be on. The problem with hurricanes up here is the trees, terrain, infrastructure aren't made for them. So even a tropical storm will rock our world.

This morning I was happy that the track was over Philly, but now it's right at the mason dixon line. Before it was right over the Baltimore beltway which was concerning. I have a lamp coming in by Amazon.com and 40lb of ice in the freezer hoping that will buy time if things get bad.

[Vision]

Oh, Baltimore has been in a panic the entire weekend. You could not buy D batteries anywhere if your life depended on it. I got lucky on early Sat morning because after all the major stores were sold out, a small gas station had not been raided so I picked up the 4 for this new lamp.

[Vision]

Also, you could buy D’s on amazon.com on Friday night, but they were sold out by 10am Sat.

[Vision]

I'll be curious what you think. They might have screwed up by just dropping the wonderful Touch model.

[Vision]

Here’s a good storm link...

http://www.stormpulse.com/2012-hurricane-season

[WXRGina]

Vision & Doc, here is a good storm site with a big collection of multiple models, graphics and imagery loops: http://spaghettimodels.com/
It takes a moment to load, especially since there’s lots of traffic hitting it right now.

I pray you and your families will be safe through whatever this thing does. I hope you don’t lose power.

[Vision]

Hi Dick, it's a great lineup. We've discussed The Thing on the Fourble Board a few times- it's mentioned as the scariest otr program ever.

Let me know if you want on the ping list.

[Vision]

Thanks again, how was your week?

[VastRWCon]

Ha so funny you mentioned this. Today I went out to buy D batteries (I am in the Towson/Parkville area) and 7 stores later none could be found all sold out. Then I went to Babies R Us. Also sold out, but then I thought with all these toys... I made my way toward the back of the store, electronics, there on the bottom shelf was lots of "D" batties probabaly a dozen 4-packs. I grabbed 2 headed for the check out and the girl behind the counter says "where in the heck did you find those?". I told her there is some left in the back. Your post: Oh, Baltimore has been in a panic the entire weekend. You could not buy D batteries anywhere if your life depended on it. I got lucky on early Sat morning because after all the major stores were sold out, a small gas station had not been raided so I picked up the 4 for this new lamp.

[Vision]

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