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WAMU ^ | 9/5/10 | 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
  02/02/58 #574 The Price of Fame Matter (AFRS)(25:42)
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  01/25/55 #284 Big Bounce (AFRS)(24:02)
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  02/12/61 (06/10/56) #462 Daddy-0 (CBS)(20:58)
• 08:30 p.m. Information Please
  10/17/39 w/Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant, Moe Berg(Canada Dry)(NBC)(28:56)
• 09:00 p.m. Falcon
  10/22/50 Case of the Double Nephews (Kraft)(NBC)(28:22)
• 09:30 p.m. Lineup
  11/30/50 Narcaotics agnet Fisher Killed (Sus.)(CBS)(29:28)
• 10:00 p.m. Unit 99
  08/30/57 #02 Man With Dynamite (Synd)(23:18)
• 10:30 p.m. Suspense
  11/17/42 #18 Menace In Wax w/Joseph Julian (Sus.)(CBS)(29:42)

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx again, Vision !

September 5, 2010 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

• 7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
  2/2/58 "The Price of Fame Matter" Matter #574 (AFRS)(25:42) Bob Bailey, Vincent Price, Virginia Gregg (Miss Pritt), Junius Mathews (Mr. Minor), Tony Barrett (French hotel manager), Forrest Lewis (Le Chat Gris), Howard McNear (Burt Parker) ; Writer/Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Announcer - Dan Cubberly ; Expense Account Total - $2341.00 ; Vincent Price calls Johnny on a case involving the theft of a painting that has been insured for $100,000. He has called Dollar because he has not been able to get in touch with his local Four State Mutual agent, Burt Parker. Johnny flies out to Los Angeles and is met at the airport by Price, who then takes Johnny to his home in one of the canyons to the west of Beverly Hills. The painting that was stolen was called "Night Wind" by John Batiste. Price suspects Burt Parker. Parker's secretary Miss Pritt does not know his whereabouts. Price and dollar check out Parker's residence and Vincent finds a travel folder for Paris, issued by the Minor Travel Agency of Beverly hills. They talk to Mr. Minor who confirms that Parker bought a ticket to Paris through him. Johnny and Vincent travel to Paris where Vincent gets Johnny to impersonate a wealthy Texan, Mr. Matthews, who spends money all over the town and attracts attention with his desire to purchase art work. He is approached by Le Chat Gris. This is Johnny's very first encounter with his French friend Louis DuMarsac, known as "Le Chat Gris", The Grey Cat. Le Chat Gris takes him to Burt Parker, ostensibly to purchase the "Night Wind". At that point Johnny breaks the case. U.S. Armed Forces Radio & TV Service

• 7:30 p.m. Dragnet
  1/25/55 "The Big Bounce" Program #284(AFRS)(24:02) Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson ; A check forger who looks like a movie actor takes advantage of an old lady running a rooming house. Forgery Man Passes Bad Checks

• 8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  2/12/61 "Daddy-O" Program #462 (CBS)(20:58) William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), John McIntire, Lawrence Dobkin ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - John Meston ; Music Composer/Conductor - Rex Koury ; Announcer - George Walsh ; Aired on television 6/1/57. ; Repeat of 6/10/56 radio broadcast. ; Kitty's father, Wayne Russell, shows up in Dodge under the pretext of being concerned about her welfare, Although Kitty has not seen him since childhood, Wayne Russell wants her to sell her share in the Long Branch, withdraw all her savings, and leave Dodge to join him in New Orleans.

• 8:30 p.m. Information Please
  10/17/39 Host - Clifton Fadiman ; Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant, Moe Berg ; Announcer - Milton Cross Aunthors - Jan Struther & Louis Bromfield ; (NBC)(28:56) Blue Network. Sponsor - Canada Dry ; The first question is, "What Mother Goose character did the following things." The system cue has been deleted.

• 9:00 p.m. Falcon
  10/22/50 "Case of the Double Nephews" Episode# 8 Les Damon (Michael Waring, "The Falcon") ; Announcer - Ed Herlihy ; Creator - Drexel Drake ; Sponsor - Kraft ; NBC ; A man steals $250,000 worth of jewelry from his company's safe. He then commits a cover-up murder with his wife's help, but the dead man shows up anyway!

• 9:30 p.m. Lineup
  11/30/50 "Narcotics agnet Fisher Killed" (Sus.)(CBS)(29:28) William Johnstone ( Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, San Francisco Police Department), Wally Maher (Detective Sergeant Matt Grebb) ; Producer/Director - Jaime del Valle ; Organ - Eddie Dunstedter ;

• 10:00 p.m. Unit 99
  8/30/57 "Man With Dynamite" Program #2 (Synd)(23:18) Host - James B. Hicks, Chief of Sacramento Police ; Sergeant on Duty - Dan Meredith ; Director - Tony Kester ; ABC Network ; AFRTS rebroadcast ; The first call: a man has been reported to have dynamite.

• 10:30 p.m. Suspense
  11/17/42 "Menace in Wax" Program #18 (Sus.)(CBS)(29:42) Joseph Julian, Joseph Kearns ; Original Writer - John Dickson Carr ; Producer - William Spier ; Director - John Dietz ; Announcer - Joseph Kearns ; Music Composed & Conducted - Bernard Hermann ; Sustained by CBS; Who has the best poker face? It's difficult to say when the players are wax figures. The cards have been dealt to each "man" but mean more than a royal flush - much more, maybe murder! In the middle of March of 1941, New Yorker Bert Rogers, from the Daily Record newspaper, enters Madame Tousoud's Wax Museum. As German bombers are flying overhead to their destination, Mr. Pearson escorts Rogers to the Chamber of Horrors. Rogers' partner, Suzie Dubois, who effects a French accent. Pearson mentions that the four card playing wax dummies seem to have their cards rearranged. Rogers suspects that the 52 cards can be used to represent the 26 letters of the alphabet in a code. Rogers cracks the code to discover that Q-Factory (where a new bomber is being built) will be hit by dive bombers at 10 PM. Rogers and Suzie head for the secret Q Factory location. Near their destination they are hailed by a man claiming to be Captain Macalester, a tree doctor, who asks the time. Rogers, whose watch is running slow gives him the wrong time. At the hidden factory the two reporters talk to Captain Bronson who informs them that Macalester paints chemicals on the surrounding vegetation to keep them healthy. A swarm of Junker 88 bombers fly overhead. They apparently are looking for some indication of where to attack. Rogers realizes that it is after 10 o'clock, and that "Macalester was probably ringing the factory with crude oil to ignite to pinpoint the target for the bombers, but being a good Nazi he is waiting for what he believes to be 10 o'clock. Rogers figures that if they can reach Macalester before the oil is ignited they can foil the attack. As they get Macalester in sight he is cut down by a stray Nazi bomb.

[Vision]

Happy Labor day.

How did the Beck trip go?

[WXRGina]

It must have been one of your posts on the Big Broadcast that my husband read three weeks or so ago, and we have been tuning in each Sunday evening since.

Thank you for posting this! We LOVE these shows, especially since we don’t have a television. They’re wonderful.

[dalereed]

Music makes me nervous!!!

I never listen to it!

[Vision]

Thanks, glad you enjoy them. Would you like to be on the ping list?

[steelyourfaith]

We really were energized by experiencing Restoring Honor live.

[WXRGina]

Yes, I would like to be included on the ping list. Thank you!

[Vision]

So were we. Great event and easy to get in and out of.

[Viking2002]

Cool Alabama evening to you, Vision. Expecting a low of 51 here tonight.

"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]

Vincent Price ping!

[Vision]

Hey, yea we've also had a cool today, and there was no effect from the hurricane.

Doing anything special for the holiday?

[steelyourfaith]

I’ve been to DC about a half dozen times in less than the last two years. It is a very easy city to walk, and the Metro is very convenient. So much to see and do. Great restaurants. This last trip we went to “La Chaumiere” in Georgetown among others.

[Viking2002]

The wife is working (she's the manager and get a bonus for doing so), but while she's off, I plan on heading down to the river and getting some much overdue fishing in. Then, when she gets home, we'll fire up the grill and hop in the pool for a while dinner as cooks to a turn. I also took the whole damn week off (I've earned THAT a dozen times over!), so I'm under no pressure to cram a flurry of activity into the weekend. The wife also took several days off, so we may just get a burr under our saddles and hop in the car for a long weekend at the beach at some point. On the Atlantic side, though. I'm extremely leery of what still may be going on in the Gulf. I'm also remodeling the bathroom, so if I can just get that finished up, having a throne fit for The Gods would be just as satisfying a vacation. LOL Any plans on your end?

"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]

Sounds good.

My only plan is to take it easy. Spent the day eating cheese, pate and a baguette.

[Viking2002]

I met Vincent Price at a lecture he gave at Frostburg State U in '83. I consider myself a lucky man.

"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."

[Viking2002]

The closest my palate will ever get to that is liverwurst and butterkase with red onion on pumpernickel. LOL With a good Bavarian mustard, of course.

"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."

[GAB-1955]

What happened to the Dragnet tape?