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1 posted on 04/18/2010 3:20:35 PM PDT by Vision

To: Arthur McGowan; BluesDuke; Cold Heat; don-o; Fantasywriter; Ghost of Philip Marlowe; ...

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

2 posted on 04/18/2010 3:22:17 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)

07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
11/18/56 The Markham Matter (Sus.)(CBS)(28:54)
07:30 p.m. Dragnet
09/07/54 #264 Big Trunk (NBC) (25:54)
08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
08/21/60 #437 Dangerous Bath (CBS) (25:07)
08:30 p.m. Our Miss Brooks
02/27/49 Away Basketball Game (Colgate)(CBS)(29:30)
09:00 p.m. Gangbusters
12/11/48 Case of the Bandit Brothers (24:22)
09:30 p.m. This is Your FBI
05/09/47 Case of the Wayward Brothers (Equitable Life Assurance) (ABC) (29:00)
10:00 p.m. Nick Carter
10/08/44 #152 The Numbers Murder (Lin-X) (MBS) (29:26)
10:30 p.m. Mysterious Traveler
04/13/47 #99 Dark, Dark Destiny (Sus.) (MBS) (29:42)

3 posted on 04/18/2010 3:22:42 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)

April 18, 2010 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

07:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
11/18/56 "The Markham Matter" (Sus.)(CBS) Bob Bailey, Lois Corbett, Frank Nelson (Ed Porter), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Leslie Markham), Burt Holland (car service attendant), Paula Winslowe, John Dehner (Floyd B. Markham) ; Writer - John Dawson (Jack Johnstone) ; Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Musical Supervisor - Amerigo Marino ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; Expense Account Total = $968.20 ; Dollar is sent to San Francisco to investigate a long time client of Ed Porter's who has had several endowments mature in recent weeks, but who has mysteriously not been seen since last spring. Using the alias of Stephen B. Harris, Cleveland Pump Company, Johnny tries to contact the woman's husband, and comes to the conclusion that he may be in the process of slowly killing her. CBS Radio Network, Jack Benny promo.
07:30 p.m. Dragnet
09/07/54 "The Big Trunk" (NBC) (25:54) Program #264 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson ; Announcer - George Fenneman ; NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. A pair of robbers has been locking the murdered victims of their crimes, including a divorcee named Josephine Allen, in the trunks of cars.
08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
08/21/60 "Dangerous Bath" (CBS) (25:07) Program #437 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), Sam Edwards, Lawrence Dobkin, Jeanne Bates (Molly) ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - Marian Clark ; Music Composed and Conducted - Rex Koury ; Announcer - George Walsh ; While Matt and Chester are taking a refreshing bath in a stream, outlaws Harve and Ollie steal their horses, guns, and boots. The two are left to walk back to Dodge. Luckily, after a night and a day of hard walking they encounter Doc Adams, who gives them a ride home. When Matt sees his boots on a young cowboy at the Long Branch, the cowboy confesses the crime. However, he wants Matt to accompany him to find his brother Ollie. It seems that Ollie took off with their stolen gold and Harve's girl Molly. Harve does not care about the money, all he wants back is his girlfriend.
08:30 p.m. Our Miss Brooks
02/27/49 "Away Basketball Game" (Colgate)(CBS)(29:30) Program #33 Antoinne), Mary Jane Croft (Miss Enright), Jane Morgan (Mrs. Margaret Davis), Jeff Chandler (Phillip Boynton), Gale Gordon (Osgood Conklin), Leonard Smith (Stretch Snodgrass) ; Writer/Director - Al Lewis; Producer - Larry Berns ; Musical Director - Wilbur Hatch ; Announcers - Verne Smith & Bob LeMond ; The Stretch Snodgrass Problem. Stretch is in Love. Stretch And Harriet. ;
09:00 p.m. Gangbusters
12/11/48 "Case of the Bandit (Throneberry) Brothers" (24:22) Ralph Bell, Art Carney ; Writer - Stanley Niss ; Producer - Phillips H. Lord ; Director - William Sweets ; Announcer - Don Gardiner ; Sponsor - Equitable Life Assurance ; ABC ; Sustaining.
9:30 p.m. This is Your FBI
05/09/47 "Case of the Wayward Brothers"
10:00 p.m. Nick Carter
10/08/44 #152 "The Numbers Murder" (MBS) (29:26) Lon Clark (Nick Carter), Helen Choate (Patsy Bowen), John Kane, Humphrey Davis, ; Writer/Director - Jock MacGregor ; Organ Music - Lew White; Announcer - Ken Powell ; Sponsor - Lin-X Three Home Brighteners (Cream Polish, Self-Polishing Wax, Clear Gloss Varnish) ;
10:30 p.m. Mysterious Traveler
04/13/47 #99 "Dark, Dark Destiny" (Sus.) (MBS) (29:42) Elaine Kemp, Palmer Ward, Ken Lynch, Bill Smith, Maurice Tarplin, Joseph Julian ; Writers/Producers/Director - Robert A. Arthur & David Kogan ; Music - Charles Paul ; Announcer - Carl Caruso ; A man need $1500 for a surgeon to save his wife, but the money is not that easy to get! The story has a fine ironic ending. The script was used on the program three years earlier (with some changes) and on "The Sealed Book" on September 9, 1945.

4 posted on 04/18/2010 3:36:06 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (Warmists as "traffic light" apocalyptics: "Greens too yellow to admit they're really Reds."-Monckton)

I will be tuning in tonight!

5 posted on 04/18/2010 3:49:35 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)

To: Red_Devil 232; steelyourfaith

Good to see you.

I’m liking the Mysterious Traveler at 10:30.

6 posted on 04/18/2010 3:53:05 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)

Wow! An expensive $300 suit

7 posted on 04/18/2010 4:14:21 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)

Vision
Please add me the ping list
thanks...

8 posted on 04/18/2010 4:19:12 PM PDT by Country Eagle

To: Red_Devil 232

...and $300 is 1956.

9 posted on 04/18/2010 4:27:25 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)

To: Country Eagle

Hi, sure, welcome, enjoy.

10 posted on 04/18/2010 4:28:01 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)

11 posted on 04/18/2010 4:31:04 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)

Agreed. One my favorites.

12 posted on 04/18/2010 4:31:46 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (Warmists as "traffic light" apocalyptics: "Greens too yellow to admit they're really Reds."-Monckton)

To: Conan the Librarian

13 posted on 04/18/2010 4:44:20 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)

Thanks Vision
I love hearing Jack Webbs voice again.

14 posted on 04/18/2010 4:47:49 PM PDT by Country Eagle

To: steelyourfaith

Matt Dillon should walk around Dodge City more.

15 posted on 04/18/2010 5:32:12 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)

My car’s been stolen, 1954 Belair. Miss Avis R Bowen.

Its a wonder you ever catch anybody. Its the one with the window which fold down, Light blue with the gold on top.

Can of beans.

You ain’t no detective!

16 posted on 04/18/2010 5:32:38 PM PDT by widdle_wabbit

Shots fired!

Rotary dial, Frank Smith LAPD.

Wanna give me that again...

McKinley Dunn

17 posted on 04/18/2010 5:36:18 PM PDT by widdle_wabbit

To: widdle_wabbit

You win today’s “strangest post of the day” award.

18 posted on 04/18/2010 5:36:21 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)

Vision, please add me to the pinglist, and thanks!

19 posted on 04/18/2010 5:49:32 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)

To: stephenjohnbanker

20 posted on 04/18/2010 5:52:24 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)

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