"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 11/28 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 11/28/10 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

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

Listen Live

Info

[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
  05/18/58 #589 Ghost to Ghost Matter (AFRS) (24:56)
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  04/26/55 #297 Big Child (AFRS) (24:32)
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  05/21/61 #476 Chester's Rendezvous (CBS) (24:00)
• 08:30 p.m. Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show
  12/18/49 Getting a Christmas Tree (Rexall) (NBC) (29:46)
• 09:00 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly
  12/10/40 #265 Mailing Christmas Packages (Johnson's Wax) (NBC) (29:42)
• 09:30 p.m. Nero Wolfe
  12/22/50 #10 Case of the Slaughtered Santas (Sus.) (NBC) (28:44)
• 10:00 p.m. Lux Radio Theater 12/20/48 Miracle on 34th Street (Lux) (CBS) (59:50)

[don-o]

Good evening.

LOVE the Nero Wolfe!

[Vision]

Hi. Can’t remember if I know Nero Wolfe. Will look forward to it.

[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."

[don-o]

Sidney Greenstreet as Wolfe. I had a little trouble with dispelling the image of Sebastian Cabot from my brain the first time I heard.

But, the story lines are pretty true to the Rex Stout style. Glad Ed is including it

[Vision]

Hello. How was the warm Thanksgiving?

[WXRGina]

Hello, All!

[Vision]

Godspeed William D. Halyburton, Jr.

[Vision]

Evenin’ Gina. They're already starting Christmas stories.

How was Thanksgiving?

[WXRGina]

Thanksgiving was different. My husband somehow hurt his toe, and we ended up staying around the house instead of going to Mobile to have lunch with his family! It was fine, but odd. At least his toe is getting better!

I hope yours was a good one. :-)

[Vision]

It was; we always go to Williamsburg to visit family. Just perfect for Thanksgiving.

[Viking2002]

Very good, actually. Better than I expected, for what and where it was. Ended up with fifteen people there, only some of whom were related to me (by marriage - remember, this is Alabama, so some of my in-laws and outlaws make the Clampetts look like the British monarchy). Kind of breezy - at one point I ended up with a leaf embedded in my mashed potatoes like a birthday candle, but it otherwise went very well. And none of the food on the buffet that her relatives brought was first recovered from the side of the road and field cleaned, either. Yours went well, I hope?

"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."

[don-o]

This Christmas thing is too cute by half. BRING ON JOE FRIDAY!

[WXRGina]

What a perfect place for Thanksgiving! I was there one time when I was a kid.

[Vision]

It was great. Had one night where some relatives over did it on wine, but that wasn’t a big deal.

[Vision]

I kind of liked that 12 days of Christmas blurb.

...three bottles gin, two cigars, 1 pack cigarettes...

Ah when this was a more fun country.

[Vision]

It probably still looks mostly the same (:

They have some nice shops and a festive atmosphere.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx again, Vision !

November 28, 2010 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

• 7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
  
5/18/58 "Ghost to Ghost Matter" (AFRS) (24:56) Matter #589 Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Forrest Lewis, Joseph Kearns, Russell Thorson, Sam Edwards, Bob Bruce ; Writer/ Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; Expense Account Total - $31.50 ; Armed Forces Radio & TV Service ; Johnny investigates a whole town which seems to be haunted, it's not just a haunted house.

• 7:30 p.m. Dragnet
  
4/26/55 #297 "The Big Child" (AFRS) (24:32) Program #297 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson ; A two year old baby has been found dead of poisoning, her mother nowhere to be found. When she does appear...she's drunk.

• 8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  
5/21/61 "Chester's Rendezvous" (CBS) (24:00) Program #476 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), Jeanne Bates, John Dehner, James Nusser ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - Marian Clark ; Editorial Supervision - John Meston ; Music Composed and Conducted - Rex Koury ; Announcer - George Walsh ; Sponsor - NP-27 (one commercial deleted) ; Chester has been smitten by Em Feeney, a new lady in town. However, Em's brother is a wanted man for deserting from the army!

• 8:30 p.m. Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show
  12/18/49 "Getting a Christmas Tree" (Rexall) (NBC) (29:46) Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis (Frankie Remley), Walter Tetley (Julius Abruzio), Robert North (Willie Faye), Jeanine Roos (Little Alice), Anne Whitfield (Phyllis), Hans Conreid (mayor) ; Orchestra - Walter Sharp ; Announcer - Bill Forman ;  Writers - Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat; Sponsor - Rexall Drug Stores ;   Producer/Director - Paul Phillips ;  Phil, Alice, Frankie and Willie start campaigning to get the community Christmas tree up.  Phil and Remley are heading towards the "snow country" to harvest a community Christmas tree. Alice Faye sings "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm". Phil sings, "Woodman, Spare That Tree."

• 9:00 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly
  12/10/40 "Mailing Christmas Packages" Program#265 (Johnson's Wax) (NBC) (29:42) Jim Jordan (Fibber McGee), Marian Jordan (Molly McGee/Little Girl), Hal Peary (Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve), Gale Gordon, Isabel Randolph (Abigail Uppington), Bill Thompson ; Writer - Don Quinn ; Sponsor - Johnson Wax and self-polishing Glo-Coat ; Singers - King's Men ; Orchestra - Biily Mills ; Pitchman - Harlow Wilcox ;  A visit to the post office to mail Christmas packages. We learn "The Old Timer's" first name is Roy.

• 9:30 p.m. Nero Wolfe
  12/22/50 "Case of the Slaughtered Santas" Program #10 (28:44) idney Greenstreet (Nero Wolf), Lawrence Dobkin, Howard McNear, Jeanne Bates, Herb Butterfield, William Johnstone ; Creator - Rex Stout ; Writer - Alfred Bester ; Producer - Edwin Fadiman ; Director - J. Donald Wilson ; Announcer - Don Stanley ; NBC ; Sustaining ; Who is killing off the sidewalk Santas...and why?

• 10:00 p.m. Lux Radio Theater
  12/20/48 "Miracle on 34th Street" (Lux) (CBS) (59:50) Maureen O'Hara (Doris Walker), John Payne (Fred Gailey), Edmund Gwenn (Kris Kringle), Joseph Kearns, Willard Waterman, Marlene Ames, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Norman Field, Gil Stratton, Cliff Clark, Lawrence Dobkin, Louise Fitch, John McGovern, Sara Berner, Edward Marr, Herb Vigran, June Whitley, Jeanine Roos ; Host - William Keighley, Announcer - John Milton Kennedy ; Author - Valentine Davies ; Radio Adaptation - Sanford Barnett ; Screenwriter - George Seaton ; Director - Fred MacKaye ; Sound Effects - Charlie Forsyth ; Helena Sorrell (20th Century Fox diction coach: Intermission guest) The script was used previously on "The Lux Radio Theatre" December 22, 1947 and subsequently on December 21, 1954 ). When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.