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WAMU ^ | 6/13/10 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

Friends, it's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs.

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[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
  08/04/57 #548 Wayward Widow Matter (AFRS)(29:37)
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  11/02/54 #272 Big Locker (AFRS)(24:20)
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  11/13/60 (05/16/53) #449 The Big Con (Sus.)(CBS)(29:48)
• 08:30 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly
  02/23/43 Poker Game (Johnson's Wax)(NBC)(29:52)
• 09:00 p.m. Tales of the Texas Rangers
  01/14/51 Death in the Cards (Sus.)(NBC)(29:52)
• 09:30 p.m. Nero Wolfe
  01/12/51 #13 The Killer Cards (Sus.)(NBC)(28:40)
• 10:00 p.m. Escape
  04/07/50 The Ambassador of Poker (Sus.)(CBS)(29:30)
• 10:30 p.m. Suspense
  12/17/51 Case History of a Gambler (Auto Lite)(CBS)(29:48)

[The KG9 Kid]

Please add me to the old time radio ping list.

Thanks!

[Vision]

Sure.

Am looking forward to the suspense at 10:30pm

[The KG9 Kid]

Are you aware of all the freely downloadable Old Time radio shows archived in MP3 format at www.archive.org?

I have all the Jack Bennys from 1933 through 1952, all the WWII-era Command Performance shows, Bob Hope's 'Pepsodent' shows, and some others like Phil Harris/Alice Faye, Fred Allen, Dragnet, etc.

Just use the search box at www.archive.org to find what shows you want to download.

[Viking2002]

Evening, Vision.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[BigSkyFreeper]

I have all the Dragnet and The Great Gildersleeve (spinoff of Fibber) programs in MP3 format, as well as Fibber McGee and Molly. Downloaded from archive.org. :)

[Vision]

Cool. I’ll look into it.

[Vision]

Hey. Hot hot up here this weekend.

[ladyvet]

Could you please add me on too? Thanks!

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx again, Vision !

June 13, 2010 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

• 07:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
  8/4/57 "The Wayward Widow Matter" Matter #548 (29:37) Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg (Betty Charlene Winters), Harry Bartell (Harry Branson), Eric Snowden (Eric), Frank Gerstle (Haskins) ; Writer/Producer/Director- Jack Johnstone ; Announcer - Joe Walters ; Expense Account Total = $365.50 ; The story of a tragedy that befell a sweet old widow, and the very surprising results when she tried to move from her Ardmore-Bryn Mawr area home along with her ugly four foot statue of a cherub. Harry Branson, Philadelphia Mutual Liability and Casualty, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, calls Johnny about a job. He is to accompany wealthy recent widow Betty Charlene Winters, 70 years old, and a statue on her summer trip to Lake Walayonda in northern New Jersey, northeast of the town of Andover. They go to the Winters estate and are ushered in by Eric, who has been the butler there for 30 years. They meet Mrs. Winters and the chauffeur, Haskins. Haskins will soon be leaving on his vacation. Dollar is to drive Mrs. Winters 1928 Pierce-Arrow to the Lake. Haskins easily loads the box containing the statue into the car. Dollar is going to stay in the mansion over the night before they are to leave for the Lake. Sometime after midnight he slips out of his room and somebody hits him over the head, knocking him out. He wakes up in the morning lying comfortably in his bed, but with a painful knot on the back of his head. Mrs. Winters says that she was a chorus girl who married Winters for his money. The last few years of the marriage had been very unsatisfactory because her husband didn't want to travel. The only other person in the house is the old cook, Martha. Eric admits that he had carried Dollar back to bed, thinking that Johnny had passed out from too much brandy. Dollar and Mrs. Winters complete the trip to the Lake. Johnny is surprised at how heavy the box is, remembering the ease with which Haskins loaded it. Harry calls Johnny and tells him that Eric the butler is dead. When Johnny returns the box has slipped into the lake - she wants to leave it there. Dollar says that a diver will retrieve it. In fact there were two boxes retrieved - one containing Haskins and the other the body of Charles Winters who was supposed to have been washed out to sea. Mrs. Winters admitted all. Haskins had slugged Johnny. Martha killed Eric. A crime wave by a couple of apparently sweet old ladies. United States Armed Forces Radio & TV Service.

• 7:30 p.m. Dragnet
  11/2/54 #272 "The Big Locker" (AFRS)(24:20) Program# 272 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith), Herb Ellis, Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell ; Writer - John Robinson & Earl Schley ; Announcer - Hal Gibney ; Music - Walter Schumann ; James Fedder tries to pawn an expensive emerald ring and is later tied to a jewelry robbery when the gems are found in a locker in a bus station.

• 8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  11/13/60 "The Big Con" (Sus.)(CBS)(29:48) Program #449 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, Ralph Moody, James Nusser, Joe Cranston, Peter Leeds, Paul DuBov ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - John Meston ; Music Composer/Conductor - Rex Koury ; Announcer - George Walsh ; Banker Mr. Papp is duped into loaning Mr. Hook $20,000 for his poker hand, four aces and a ten. Unfortunately for Mr. Papp the pot goes to a straight royal flush. Unable to recover the money, the distraught banker commits suicide. Since there is no proof that confidence man Hook and his two accomplices got the money by trickery, Matt bluffs them into running. Unfortunately they take Doc Adams hostage. Aired on television May 3, 1958. (Rebroadcast of 5/16/53, Program #56)

• 8:30 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly
  2/23/43 "The Big Poker Game" (29:52) Program #353 Jim Jordan (Fibber McGee), Marian Jordan (Molly McGee, Little Girl "Sis"), Bill Thompson (Mr. Old Timer, Wallace Wimple), Isabel Randolph (Abigail Uppington); Writer -Don Quinn ; Orchestra - Billy Mills ; Singers - King's Men; Sponsor - Johnson's Wax; Announcer - Harlow Wilcox ; NBC from Hollywood ; Fibber wants to sneak away to play poker with the boys, telling Molly he is going to an Elks Club executive meeting concerning war effort labor problems. The Little Girl drops by to say that her daddy is going to be playing poker tonight. Mr. Old Timer stops by to tell the McGees that he is planning to get married to Bessie. The new Spanish neighbor girl, Rosarito Moreno, drops by and fractures the English language. Mr. Wimple is continuing his physical culture program at a local gymnasium, with the help of his wife, "Sweety Face". He is burning off the fat. In one week he has gone from 78 to 77 pounds. He has to leave to meet "Sweety Face" at the feed store where she is being weighed. Next, Abigail Uppington shows up at the McGees just as Fibber is about to leave. Molly and Uppy are going to gamble at a bingo game. Molly knows Fibber is headed to a poker game. Molly lost $2.60 at bingo, while Fibber won $12 at poker.

• 09:00 p.m. Tales of the Texas Rangers
  9:00 p.m. 1/14/51 "Death in the Cards" (Sus.)(NBC)(29:52) Joel McCrea (Ranger Jace Pearson), Tony Barrett, Bill Johnstone, Parley Baer (Sheriff Bennett), Jeannette Nolan (Leona Packer), Byron Kane, Michaelann "Mike" Barrett (Thelma), Ernie Newton ; Creator/Producer/ Director - Stacey Keach, Sr. ; Transcribed/ Adapted - Boy Ryf ;   Announcer - Hal Gibney ;  NBC ;  In  Reeves County, Chester Gentry is talking with his step-son, Will Gentry, about his gambling debt that is owed to a gambler named Tobich from Biggerston.  Chester investigates noises at the door and is shot dead, apparently by Tobich mistaking him for Will.  Jace Pearson and Sheriff Bennett investigate.  They go to Tobich's boarding house room in Biggerston and talk to his landlady, Leona Packer.   She says that he is rarely there, and agrees to let the authorities vacuum the apartment as they look for clues.  They see horse hoof prints in the snow and based on the frost pattern it appears that Tobich headed back to the Gentry home a long time prior.  The lab reports that recently henna-dyed hair was recovered from the apartment.  Pearson and Bennett check all the local hair salons and finally learn that Thelma, a local waitress, recently had just such a dye job.  They look Thelma up and ask her about her boyfriend - Tobich.  She denies it.  They watch and trace her phone call afterwards.  It went to the Gentry home.  Jace finally realizes that there is no Tobich.   Will killed his step-father in order to get at his money.  They track him down to a drive in theatre and apprehend him after a shootout.

• 9:30 p.m. Nero Wolfe
  1/12/51 "The Killer Cards" (Sus.)(NBC)(28:40) Program #13 Sydney Greenstreet (Nero Wolfe), Gerald Mohr (Archie Goodwin) , Betty Lou Gerson, Jay Novello, Barney Phillips, Bill Johnstone, Howard McNear ; Creator - Rex Stout ; Producer/Director - J. Donald Wilson ; Announcer - Don Stanley ; An Edwin Fadiman Program ; NBC ; The joint owners of "The Candy Club" sit down to a game of cards. Murder deals a hand, with Archie Goodwin kidnapped as the ante.

• 10:00 p.m. Escape
  4/7/50 "The Ambassador of Poker" (Sus.)(CBS)(29:30) Episode #117 Elliott Reid, William Conrad, John Dehner, Lucille Meredith, Benson Fong, Ben Wright, Richard Loo, Ramsay Hill, Rick Vallin ; Producer/Director - William N. Robson ; Radio Adaptation - John Dunkel ; Music - Ivan Ditmars ; A good adventure yarn about a Virginia gentleman adept at cards, who matches wits with a motley band of Chinese cutthroats and war lords.

• 10:30 p.m. Suspense
  12/17/51 "The Case History of a Gambler" Program #452 John Hodiak, Lillian Buyeff, Bill Bouchey, Charles Calvert, Clayton Post, Herb Vigran, Joseph Kearns, Lou Merrill, Martha Wentworth ; Announcer - Larry Thor ; Writer - Ross Murray ; Producer/Director - Elliott Lewis ; Sponsor - Auto-Lite ; Pitchman - Harlow Wilcox ; Music Composition - Lucien Morawek ; Music Conduction - Lud Gluskin ; Part of the composed music is from a "New York" theme by Frederick Steiner ; CBS ; A nineteen twenties melodrama about the rise and fall of a big time racketeer. Matthew Miller starts an illegal gambling ring and steps on many hands working his way up. One evening he takes one chance too many and when he finds himself in the same spot his customers reached for, everyone he pushed takes advantage and throws his problems back in his face.

[Vision]

Welcome.

[Vision]

Heya

[steelyourfaith]

Hey, I was just going to mention that Harry Bartell is in the first three shows tonight.

[Vision]

He must have been a major player then.

[Viking2002]

Mid-90's down here for the past several days. Beastly. Yet the wife and I were dumb enough to go to Callaway Gardens yesterday and hike several of the woodland nature trails. (With two, half gallon, nearly frozen bottles of ice water, of course.) Then we did yard work most of the day today. The sun has just about sucked my batteries dry this weekend. Putting the hurts to my tomatoes and peppers, too, no matter how much water they seem to get - it keeps burning up the leaves and buds. And I water after sundown.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[Vision]

Can you shade the plants during the worst sun of the day?

[Viking2002]

That's the kicker - some of my tomatoes are on the side of the house that receives morning sun, so no biggie - I just transplanted them from a pot out front, so we'll see how they do. They're just always thirsty. I have a half dozen others hanging fixed on the back porch, so they're not going anywhere. The other side of the house catches the late day sun, but is pretty well shielded by a lot of shade trees after 6 PM or so, and that's where the bed is with the peppers and squash. I just think I'm being stingy with the water because the wife rails about the water bill all the time, but I'm going to hit them ever harder. Funny thing is, just beside the squash and peppers, I built a bed with strawberries, blueberries, and fall gold raspberries, and they seem to love this stuff, and they basically get the same amount and angle of sun that my apple tree does in the front yard, and it has hundreds of apples this season, but the new growth at the ends of each branch are dry and burned to a crisp, like someone took a flamethrower over it. I've only picked three tomatoes so far this year, and they're scrawny. It's gotta be the lack of water.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[Vision]

Must be.