"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 5/29 7-11pm est

"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.' "

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

07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
01/17/60 #674 The Evaporated Clue Matter (Multi-Sponsored) (CBS) (xx:xx)
07:30 p.m. Line Up
01/18/51 Goldberg Murder (Sus.) (CBS) (29:48)
08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
10/03/52 #24 Cain (Sus.) (CBS) (29:50)
08:30 p.m. Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show
04/02/50 #68 The Flying Saucer (Rexall) (NBC) (29:22)
09:00 p.m. Michael Shayne
07/29/48 #03 Case of the Blood Stained Pearls (Synd.) (26:54)
09:30 p.m. Academy Award
10/02/46 #28 My Man Godfrey w/William Powell (Squibb) (CBS) (29:42)
10:00 p.m. Escape
02/12/49 The Lost Special (Sus.) (CBS) (29:20)

We will never forget.God Bless the Troops.

The BEST lineup tonight in months. William Powell...My man Godfrey? Awesome! Escape. Blood stained pearls.

Sweet.

Thanx again, Vision !

May 29, 2011 (WARNING: These Raw Notes Contain Spoilers)

7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
 1/17/60 "The Evaporated Clue Matter" Matter #674 Bob Bailey, Harry Bartell (Henry "Hank" Bascombe), Herb Vigran (Lieutenant Randolph "Randy" Singer), Charlton G. Young (Charlton Manson Kenworthy), Herb Ellis, Jack Edwards ; Writer/Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Announcer - Dan Cubberly ; Expense Account Total = $574.00 ; A hurried trip to Alaska to look for a clue to a murder. And say, if you have been to Alaska, if you know anything about the customs, the manners of the people up there, especially their eating habits, well, it is quite possible that you'll find the solution to the case before I do - or maybe you will anyhow, because it all hangs on a tiny, seemingly unimportant, clue and yet - well, give a listen, see how well you can break down a killer's alibi. Yeah. Join us, won't you? Henry "Hank" Bascombe, Four State Insurance Company, New York City Office, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, calls Johnny about a $189,000 straight life policy on the recently murdered Jonathan R. Kenworthy, the well liked owner of the Kenworthy Copper Mills. The beneficiary was his grandson useless 30 -33 year old Charlton Manson Kenworthy. Allen Barker is Charlton's buddy. Homicide Lieutenant Randy Singer is investigating the case. Johnny goes to see Randy. Kenworthy was killed by a blow to the back of the head with a fireplace poker. Charlton appears to have an air-tight alibi, apparently being in Alaska at the time of the murder. Officer Parker tells Randy that Charlton's fingerprints are on the poker just as Charlton enters Singer's office. Allen barker looks much like Charlton Kenworthy. Johnny flies to the Baronoff Hotel, Juneau, Alaska, where they say that Charlton was there. Thirty six hours later Johnny is back in Singer's office where Charlton his present. Johnny asks Charlton what he had for dinner Monday. After delaying, Charlton says that he had cream from the table in his coffee - but the hotel had evaporated milk. Allen Barker had gone to Alaska and posed as Charlton to establish an alibi for his friend to kill his grandfather. (Multi-Sponsored) (CBS)
7:30 p.m.Line Up
 1/18/51 "Goldberg Murder" William Johnstone (Lt. Ben Guthrie), Wally Maher (Sgt. Matt Grebb), William Conrad, Lou Krugman, Virginia Gregg, Dave Young, Ed Begley, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips ; Producer/Director - Jaime del Valle ; Writer - Blake Edwards ; Music Composer/Conductor - Eddie Dunstedter ; aka "Yudo In Ypsilanti"; Announcer - Dan Cubberly ; CBS net ; sustaining ; Lester Yudo's henchmen have murdered Abraham Goldberg. Lieutenant Guthrie threatens to get Yudo, and Yudo threatens right back. The story was subsequently used on "The Line-Up" on May 13, 1952. (29:48)
8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
 10/3/52 "Cain" Episode #24 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Charles Adams), Georgia Ellis (Miss Kitty Russell), Harry Bartell (Cain Vestal), Larry Dobkin (Joel Adams) ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - John Meston ; Music Composer/Conductor - Rex Koury ; Announcer - Clancey Cassels ; Doc invites Matt to Miss Kitty's Longbranch for a drink. He wants to talk about Cain Vestal - who will be dead in a couple of months. A nice fellow, he is a guitar playing musician passing through Dodge City on his way to Arizona who has consumption. The three invite Cain to their table where he plays a song on his guitar. Later the next day, Chester tells Dillon that he taught Cain to shoot a six-gun that he just bought. Dillon is surprised, having understood that Cain was to leave on the early morning stagecoach. Matt goes to see Kitty and asks about Cain. She says Cain became upset when no-good Joel Adams entered the Longbranch saloon, although the two didn't speak. Kitty says he is staying at the Dodge House. Matt goes to see Cain, asking him why he bought the six-gun. Cain says he is going to kill Joel Adams, although they never met. Matt says if he faces Adams in a fair fight, Adams will shoot him dead, and if Cain kills him any other way then he will hang. Cain says he is going to die soon anyway, and a month or two won't matter. Matt tells Cain that he will have to warn Adams. Adams says he never saw or heard of Cain. Later, Cain gets badly beaten up at the end of Front Street. He does not cooperate with Matt on who assaulted him. Matt goes to see Adams. As they are talking, Cain enters the room. Cain says that he and Adams had a friend in common, sixteen year old Julie Travers. Cain loved her but Adams took her away with a promise of marriage - but abandoned her in New Orleans, and then she committed suicide. Cain says that he is going to kill Adams now. Then he says there is something he always wanted to do - spit in Adams face. When he does, Adams shoots him dead. Matt arrests Adams for murder because Cain never went for his gun. (Sus.) (CBS) (29:50)
08:30 p.m. Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show
 4/2/50 "The Flying Saucer" Episode #68 Phil Harris & Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis (Frankie Remley), Walter Tetley (Julius Abbrusio), Robert North (Willie Faye), Jeanine Roos (Little Alice), Anne Whitfield (Phyllis), Gale Gordon ; Producer/Director - Paul Phillips ; Writers - Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat ; Music - Walter Scharf and His Music ; Announcer - Bill Forman ; Sponsor - Rexall ; NBC ; The program originates from Palm Springs, California. Alice sings, "Wilhemena." Phil has seen a flying saucer and a man from Mars! (29:22)
09:00 p.m. The New Adventures of Michael Shayne, Private Detective
 7/29/48 "Case of the Blood Stained Pearls" Episode #3 Jeff Chandler (Michael Shayne) ; (No opening or closing credits) ; Broadcaster's Guild syndication ; An old timer named George Peters knocks on Shayne's New Orleans apartment door and wants inside. He thinks he is being followed by people who would kill him. He thinks that they are the two friends with whom he has been living on a houseboat. He wants Shayne to protect three large pearls worth $1,000,000. They go to a jeweler, Forrester, who verifies their value. Back at Shayne's office, Forrester calls to say that he didn't want to break the old man's heart, but the fact is that the pearls are paste and worth less than $5. Later, Peters is knocking on Shayne's door, dying of four gunshot wounds. Clutched in his hand is the bag of pearls. Mr. Tompkins calls Shayne with the news that someone has broken into his office and torn it to pieces. Trying to get back to sleep, he hears somebody working at his door lock. Grabbing at his gun he heads for the door but stumbles, and the would-be intruder runs away. By the time he gets to the door no one is there. The next day he gets a telegram from someone who names a location where he wants to meet Shayne regarding George Peters. At the location he meets Mr. Brown, Mr. Johnson and his niece, Eve. A confrontation occurs and Shayne pulls out part of Brown's red beard. Later, Shayne meets with Eve and drinks poisoned coffee. Shayne's cab driver takes him for medical treatment. When he revives the Inspector is present. Shayne and the Inspector go to pick up a very nervous Forrester and then they go on to Johnson & Brown. Forrester repeats his statement that the pearls are fake. Shayne throws the pearl bag in the fire which causes Forrester to frantically reach in after them. Forrester admits that he killed Peters in an attempt to steal the pearls, and that he was the one who later tried to get into Shayne's apartment. Shayne had only thrown the bag in the fire when he noticed how nervous Forrester was. (Synd.) (26:54)
9:30 p.m. Academy Award
 10/2/46 "My Man Godfrey" Episode #28 William Powell (Godfrey) ; Sponsor - Squibb ; CBS ; The classic story of the depression and the butler found at the city dumps. A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler...but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. (29:42)
10:00 p.m. Escape
 2/12/49 "The Lost Special" Episode # 67 Ben Wright (Inspector Collins), Parley Baer (Mr. Bland), John Dehner, Edgar Barrier, Lawrence Dobkin, Paul Frees (Mr. Dalton); Writer - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; Adaptation - Les Crutchfield ; Editorial Supervision - John Dunkel ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Music - Ivan Ditmars ; Announcers - Paul Frees & Roy Rowan ; It is turn of the century western England, and a train vanishes from the face of the Earth. Scotland Yard Inspector Collins goes to Liverpool. James Bland, Liverpool train station master is speaking to Mr. Caratol and his speechless, hulking brute companion named Mr. Gomez. They need a train to start him immediately so he can get to Paris. Caratol, carrying a briefcase apparently containing important information, will pay for a special charter train to Manchester and then on to London. Caratol charters a 40 ton locomotive plus two carriages and three trainmen to carry he and Gomez to Manchester and London in broad daylight. Later, Bland says that his special train is 30 minutes late for its scheduled arrival in Manchester, and the local train that left after the special has arrived. The last station noting the passage of the special was Kenyon Junction. The station after that, Barton Moss, was only eight miles away. Collins and Bland go to Kenyon Station, and then carefully cover the tracks to Barton Moss on an engine manned by Mr. Hood. They see a dead man laying on the ground. It is John Slater, the engineer from the special with his neck broken. They then check three spur lines without finding anything. They arrive at Barton Moss. Collins sends a wire to Scotland Yard that he is going to call off the investigation until daylight. Three months pass, and after a spate of derisive newspaper articles, the case is inactive. Collins can't stop thinking about it. He goes back to Barton Moss and spends ten days investigating and assuring himself of the essentials of the solution, but he was just about as certain that he will never be able to prove it. The newspaper reports that a Mr. Dalton, carrying a briefcase, will be traveling on the same train tracks with the solution to the lost special train mystery. Collins expects something will happen as they ride through the danger area on the other side of Kenyon Junction. Collins explains to Bland that Dalton is a Scotland Yard agent, and there are 20 agents hidden in the coach behind with rifles. The train is sidetracked on a spur. Collins had found that the mine shaft at the end of the spur which was originally 900 feet deep is now just 400 feet deep. Collins arrests Bland for the murder of Slater, Caratol and Gomez. Collins has noted that Bland's bank account showed significant deposits after the special was lost. (Sus.) (CBS) (29:20)
10:30 p.m. ???????

Hello, Vision, SteelYourFaith and the rest of the gang!

It looks like a great group of shows, like you said, Vision.

I got a little misty-eyed when I saw your flag at half staff. Thank you for posting it.

No, we shall never forget the ones who didn’t come home.

God bless our troops.

It appears to me that Ed has an open 10:30 slot tonight.

Memorial Weekend greetings to all.

I changed out my facebook profile pic to this that I found on the net:

"On Memorial Day, Washington, a young woman mourns her fiance, James John Reagan, killed in Iraq. God Bless the fallen heroes of our Nation."

SteelYourFaith, that is such a powerfully moving photograph. No more “misty” eyes here; the mist has turned to tears.

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."

“My Man Godfrey” with William Powell and Carole Lombard is one of my favorite movies!

Only Powell’s “Thin Man” series could surpass that!

Nice line up.

Recording for later.

I see “Chester” has a part in “Escape”: “Mr. Bland”

Ex-Lax give us “natural action” overnight. I like “natural action.”

Evening all. Evaporated milk will get you every time.

I'm listening on the radio while some ribs are in the smoker- got off to a late start. Will be back from time to time. Hope you enjoy it. William Powell is a national treasure.

Yes. It’s much better than the alternative.

I’m having trouble with the stream since YTJD ended. Anyone else?

Our stream is fine. Maybe try reloading...

Yeah, that worked. Got the stream back.

It’s weird hearing Matt Dillon playing the part of a bad guy.

Yeah. Conrad had the lead in at least two TV shows, “Cannon” & “Jake & the Fat Man”. He was a very good actor. I enjoy trying to recognize the radio actors by their voices.