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"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.' "

1 posted on 03/13/2011 2:05:41 PM PDT by Vision

To: Arthur McGowan; BluesDuke; Cold Heat; Country Eagle; don-o; Fantasywriter; ...

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

2 posted on 03/13/2011 2:06:19 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)

3 posted on 03/13/2011 2:06:42 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)

07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
06/21/59 #644 Life at Steak Matter (CBS) (18:50)
07:30 p.m. Dragnet
07/12/55 #308 Big Genius (AFRS) (23:38)
08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
07/12/52 #012 The Boughten Bride (Sus.) (CBS) (29:42)
08:30 p.m. Duffy's Tavern
11/09/45 Eddie Wants to Quit (AFRS) (29:26)
09:00 p.m. Burns & Allen
03/17/41 Gracie in the St. Patrick's Day Parade (Spam) (NBC) (29:24)
09:30 p.m. Philco Radio Time
03/17/48 #25 St. Patrick Day Show w/Margaret O'Brien (Philco) (ABC) (29:30)
10:00 p.m. Beat the Band
03/17/40 St. Patrick's Day Show (Kix) (NBC) (26:24)
10:00 p.m. Recollections at 30
03/19/57 St. Patrick's Day Show (Sus.) (NBC) (24:12)

4 posted on 03/13/2011 2:06:55 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)

Hello. Looks like a St. Patrick Day show tonight.

Let me know if you want on the ping list.

5 posted on 03/13/2011 2:09:01 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)

Thanx again, Vision !

March 13, 2011 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
6/21/59 "The Life At Steak Matter" Matter #644 Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg (telephone operator), Jean Tatum (nurse), Howard McNear (Alvin Peabody Cartwright), Forrest Lewis (man on Malibu pier), Joseph Kearns (Jonathan Peoples), Paul Dubov (Bill Ferguson) ; Writer/Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Announcer - Dan Cubberly ; Expense Account Total = "forget it" ; "One of my oldest and wildest friends, in one of my rarest and wildest adventures." A telephone operator calls Johnny to complete a call by Bill Ferguson of Continental Insurance and Trust, Hartford. Ferguson catches Johnny who is still in Los Angeles following his work in Morro Bay on "The Big H Matter". Alvin Peabody Cartwright the wealthy, elderly, absent-minded, friend of Johnny's from Lakewood, north of Hartford, also has a place at 10321 N. Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, California. He invites Johnny over to his place. When Dollar gets there Jonathan Peoples tells him that he fears that Cartwright is dead, because he saw two strange men carrying a trunk away that was dripping blood. Dollar gets knocked out by a kid chasing a hula hoop, and wakes up to a blonde nurse in the hospital. Johnny and Peoples take off to the Malibu Pier where a man tells him that two men went out to Cartwright's yacht. On the pier they see blood. Peoples is sure that the two men have murdered Cartwright. Commandeering a speed boat, Dollar and Peoples track the culprits to Cartwright's 75 foot yacht, the Alpecar (ALvin PEabody CARtwright), on the high seas. Cartwright is alive. He had called Ferguson to get in touch with Dollar because he wanted to treat him to a trip on the sea in his yacht, but forgot and left without Dollar, as well as the trunk of tenderloin steaks that his new butler and cook, Gerald and Harold, had to return home to get. (Bob Bailey salutes WDBJ, Roanoke, Virginia, on their 35th year on the air.) (18:50)
7:30 p.m. Dragnet
7/12/55 "The Big Genius" Program #308 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson ; NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast ; Aired on television 12/15/56. ; Friday and Smith are working out of juvenile division. A mysterious thief has been stealing groceries and other necessities from a suburban LA neighborhood. The only clue the thief has left behind are a couple of books on science and math. Following up the nameplate in one of the books, Friday and Smith consult with college professor Winderman, who reveals the existence of a brilliant teenager named Peter Siler --a misfit genius who has secluded himself in a cave in the Hollywood Hills. (23:38)
8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
7/12/52 "The Boughten Bride" Program #12 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc), John Stephenson, Herb Ellis, Jonathan Hole, Mary Lansing, Jim Nusser, Frank Gerstle (Trail Boss), Larry Dobkin, Patricia Walter ; Writer - John Meston ; Music Composer/Conducter - Rex Koury ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; The stage has been robbed of $50,000, and also Mr. Carter's fiance! When the girl is returned to Dodge, she's not very eager to be with her husband-to-be. (Sus.) (CBS) (29:42)
8:30 p.m. Duffy's Tavern
11/9/45 "Eddie the Waiter May Quit" Program #105 "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, Ed "Archie" Gardner, Eddie Green (Eddie, the waiter), Sandra Gould (Miss Duffy)Charlie Cantor (Clifton Finnegan), Alan Reed (Ward Healer McGiunnes) ; Creator - Abe Burrows ; NBC net origination ; AFRS rebroadcast ; Archie tells Duffy over the phone that Eddie the Waiter may quit the saloon on Third Avenue. He has had an offer from Grogan's Grill. Archie tells Duffy that he will try to talk Eddie into staying. Eddie works seven days a week, 15 hours a day for tips only. Clifton Finnegan drops in, and then Miss Duffy. Archie interviews the former boxer "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom for the waiter job. Archie gets guest Maxie Rosenbloom to be his replacement. (The script was used on the program again on February 16, 1951. That show also features Maxie Rosenbloom, but with Arthur Treacher as the quitting waiter.)(AFRS) (29:26)
9:00 p.m. Burns & Allen
Burns and Allen Show 3/17/41 "Gracie and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade" George Burns, Gracie Allen ; Music - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, The Smoothies ; Announcer - Jimmy Wallington ; Sponsor - Hormel & Spam (1940) ; NBC ; The broadcast originates from New York City. George tries to break up the "romance" between Gracie and Artie Shaw. (29:24)
9:30 p.m. Philco Radio Time
3/17/48 "St. Patrick Day Show" Program #25 Bing Crosby, Margaret O'Brien, John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Ken Carpenter, The Rhythmaires ; Producers/Transcribers - Bill Morrow & Murdo McKenzie ; ABC, WJZ, New York aircheck ; Sponsor - Philco. The first tune is, "Dear Old Donegal." Bing and guest Margaret O'Brien do a modern Cinderella story. (29:30)
10:00 p.m. Beat the Band
3/17/40 "St. Patrick's Day Show" Garry Moore (host), Elmo Tanner, Parker Gibbs, Red Ingle, Perry Como, Marvel Maxwell, Orm Downes, Country Washburne, Ted Weems and His Orchestra ; Announcer - Fort Pearson ; NBC ; Sponsor - Kix ; The first tune is, "Wearin' Of The Green." (26:24)
10:30 p.m. Recollections at 30
3/19/57 "St. Patrick's Day Show" (Sus.) (NBC) (24:12)

6 posted on 03/13/2011 2:10:53 PM PDT by steelyourfaith ("Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." -- Wendell Phillips)

This sounds like fun even though I’m getting ready for bed at 8pm EST for another week of law school, maybe I can listen a little. Can you put me on your ping list?

7 posted on 03/13/2011 2:13:07 PM PDT by Jim W N

Please put me on ping list!

Thank you.

8 posted on 03/13/2011 2:34:44 PM PDT by mountaineer1997

Try and catch Johnny Dollar. That may be one of the stronger offerings tonight.

9 posted on 03/13/2011 2:38:02 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: Jim 0216; mountaineer1997

10 posted on 03/13/2011 2:39:00 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: mountaineer1997

11 posted on 03/13/2011 2:50:10 PM PDT by Jim W N

12 posted on 03/13/2011 2:52:08 PM PDT by Jim W N

I don’t like Daylight Saving time—”losing” an hour, I mean. Can we please just split the difference by half an hour, and leave it alone?!

13 posted on 03/13/2011 3:39:26 PM PDT by WXRGina

Evening, think of it as spicing up life.

14 posted on 03/13/2011 4:05:52 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: steelyourfaith

15 posted on 03/13/2011 4:26:34 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)

There’s sympathy for the young kid already on a wrong path. A hungry kid is a sympathetic figure.

16 posted on 03/13/2011 5:07:44 PM PDT by WXRGina

What ending would you have written?

17 posted on 03/13/2011 5:11:16 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)

I like the ending. It leaves you with hope that the kid went right in the end.

I was just saying there’s the subtlety of a storyline that evokes sympathy for a “bad guy” who is in need. It makes it look like there are some “good” reasons to steal.

18 posted on 03/13/2011 5:20:23 PM PDT by WXRGina

Hi. Just got back from dining out this evening. What do you think of tonight’s shows so far?

19 posted on 03/13/2011 5:53:54 PM PDT by steelyourfaith ("Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." -- Wendell Phillips)

To: steelyourfaith

Just ok. Some nice Irish Bing Crosby tunes though. The JD had a repeat of a storyline which must have been a formula they were working with.

20 posted on 03/13/2011 6:05:45 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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