Posted on 01/31/2016 2:13:17 PM PST 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:
A little hit and miss tonight, or more like strong and slower...one the the best ever with Phil Harris and Alice Faye...Tales of the Texas Rangers is usually a good story albeit a little mild...Lineup is a B show...and ending strong with Lux and an interesting story of a newlywed on a chicken farm (:...
How you doing?
Ummm, I love the Big Broadcast, and I know it is still on air. Ed Walker passed away a few months ago though, did he not?
Tonight's lineup includes "Lineup." :-)
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2016 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. November 29, 1959. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Wrong Man Matter". An old man in a wheelchair has been beaten viciously, shortly before changing his will. Why? Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Junius Matthews, Chester Stratton, Sam Edwards, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), G. Stanley Jones. 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. May 18, 1954. Program #248. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Help". Stolen payroll checks are being passed all over town: the clues leading to "Cecil" come from Beatrice Dowling, an ex-check forger herself. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. April 21, 1957. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Bear Trap". Andy's in charge of the stable in Dodge, and is prone to brag a bit. When Hod Logan comes to town, it's possibly to shoot Andy. Hod has other ideas, however! The public service announcements have been deleted. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Ralph Moody, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Les Crutchfield (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 23:29. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.
8:30 The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. October 16, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: Rexall. Phil has gotten into a fight at the Encino Market. When he's sued for damages, Phil's only witness is Julius! Phil loses his place in the script and ad-libs his way out of it. Phil sings, "He'd Row, Row, Row." The program opening is slightly upcut. Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Ray Singer (writer), Dick Chevillat (writer), Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley, Robert North, Jeanine Roos, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Paul Phillip (producer, director), Earle Ross, Hal March, Sidney Miller, Griff Barnett (Rexall druggist). 29:22. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 Tales Of The Texas Rangers. August 19, 1950. NBC net. "Fool's Gold". Sponsored by: Wheaties. The story is based on the events of September, 1946. Producer/director Stacy Keach appears in one of the Wheaties commercials. A gold tooth is the clue needed to track down a botched bank robbery and a killing. Joel McCrea, Stacy Keach (producer, director, commercial spokesman), Lillian Buyeff, Hal Gibney (announcer), Frank Martin (commercial spokesman), Hy Averback, Paul Frees, Tony Barrett, Herb Butterfield, David Ellis, Joel Murcott (chief writer), Monty Fraser (sound effects), M. T. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas (consultant). 29:44. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Line-Up. November 30, 1950. CBS net. "The Cop-Killer". Sustaining. Narcotics agent Fisher is murdered while getting the goods on a drug dealer. William Johnstone, Wally Maher, Eddie Dunstedter (music), Jaime del Valle (producer, director), Blake Edwards (writer), Junius Matthews, Stacy Harris, Lawrence Dobkin, Lou Krugman, Jay Novello, Jack Moyles, Ed Begley, Virginia Gregg, Eda Reiss Merin. 29:24. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. May 5, 1947. CBS net. "The Egg and I". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. A comedy about a city couple determined to find happiness on a run-down chicken farm. Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Elvia Allman, Frances Robinson, William Johnstone, Janet Scott, Billy Roy, Tim Graham (doubles), Charles Seel, Noreen Gammill, Earl Lee, Lois Kennison, Bobby Ellis, Vance Colvig (animal noises), Jeff Chandler (billed as "Ira Grossel"), Norman Field, Cliff Clark, Howard Jeffrey, Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Jane Adams (intermission guest), Chester Erskine (screenwriter), Fred Finklehoffe (screenwriter), Betty MacDonald (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:39. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Yes, he did pass away, and it broke our hearts to pieces.
Looking forward to a relaxing evening listening to the radio. Have 5 boys, 8 years old, over riding 4wheelers, they will be going home just in time for my family to settle down and listen.
Hope you r well. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks for posting!
Good to see you.
Yeah, we wish for football. I have not seen the new Trump ad. Is it good?
Next week you’ll see the thread has been updated on Ed Walker.
That’s a powerful ad. I hope, if he gets in, that he does the right thing and doesn’t “cut deals with the democrats.” That’s my fear.
ping to 15
GREETINGS! LOL
Hey, Viking! What’s shakin’? :-)
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