"The Big Broadcast" Sunday 1/15 7-11pm est Live

WAMU ^ | 1/15/12 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

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

Listen Live

Info

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx again, Vision !

January 15, 2012 (WARNING: These Raw Notes Contain Spoilers)

• 7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
  3/26/61 "The Two's a Crowd Matter" Matter #733 Robert Readick Bill Lipton (Tony Valentine), Larry Haines (Lt. Randy Singer), Roger DeKoven (Sgt. Mike Thomason), Arthur Kohl (old man), Mandel Kramer (Oklahoma City Police Captain), Joseph Julian (Paul Ferris) ; Writer - Jack Johnstone ; Producer/ Director - Bruno Zirato, Jr. ; Musical Supervisor - Ethyl Huber ; Announcer - Art Hannes ; Expense Account Total = $379.50 ; "My job is to protect a wanted criminal from, believe it or not, a policeman." Paul Ferris of World Wide Mutual Insurance Company, New York City, calls Johnny to tell him that a man he helped to put away, "redlight bandit" (stops cars with a red police-like light) Tony Valentine, has escaped with another man, Sandy Rhinehart, and Sandy has killed a man named Barton Osborne in a hold-up. Johnny meets with Lieutenant Randy Singer and Officer Conroy. Sandy has been caught but Tony has escaped, probably to Overton, Oklahoma where his family owned the Bleeding Heart #1 Well. Also on Tony's trail is killer cop Sargent Mike Thomason, the nephew of the slain man. He will likely kill Tony if he catches him. The Oklahoma City Police Captain tells Dollar that Overton is 75-80 miles northwest. At an Overton railroad shack an old man says that he has seen Tony on his way to the Bleeding Heart Well. Just then Thomason shows up at the door with his gun drawn and threatens Johnny and the old man. As Thomason knocks down the old man Johnny punches him out. Dollar makes it to Valentine's shack and peers through the window to see him extract bags of loot from underneath floor boards. Johnny pulls a gun on him but Valentine refuses to go with him. Johnny suggests that he might leave Valentine to the killer cop. Thomason pulls up. Johnny sets the shack on fire and has Valentine show himself in the doorway to distract Thomason while he slips out the back and encircles Thomason. He succeeds and is able to subdue the cop. Valentine agrees to return to NYC with Dollar. Commercials : Dennis James for Kellogg's All-Bran, Commander. CBS Radio Network (Multi-Sponsored)

• 7:30 p.m.Dragnet
  1/5/50 "The Big Escape" Program #32 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Barton Yarborough (Ben Romero), Stacy Harris (Max Tyler) ; Writer - James Moser ; NBC ; Sponsor - Fatima Cigarettes ; The search for Max Tyler, a friend of Sergeant Friday who pulled an armed robbery of a jewelry store, escaped from jail, and shot Ben Romero! Max is married to Dorothy, a telephone operator, and has two children. His accomplice was George Cresta who has disappeared. Dorothy calls Friday and reveals that she saw Cresta on Jesse Street. Max Tyler breaks out of prison just two months before he would have been up for parole. Joe brings Max in. (NBC) (27:06)

• 8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  4/11/53 "Gonif" Program #51 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), John Dehner (Frank Bissell), Lawrence Dobkin (Buffalo Mason), Barney Phillips, Jack Kruschen, Howard McNear ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - Antony Ellis ; Music Composer/Conductor - Rex Koury ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; Gonif is the Jewish word for "thief". Outlaw Frank Bissell and his gang are in Dodge and Matt wants them out. He tells this to Bissell at Mr. Stapley's barbershop. He gives them until sundown, but Bissell just laughs at Matt's threats and flings a five dollar gold piece his way. Bissell is an evil killer who has the "smile of the man who says one thing with his mouth and another with his eyes. Later, at the Texas Trail Kitty introduces a brand new song, "Home, Home on the Range," and Matt sits listening to it, waiting for the inevitable showdown. When it comes, Matt faces Bissell and six of his men. Matt avoids a shootout when women and children walk into his line of fire. Bissell and his boys go on to the Opera House. There, Matt challenges Bissell to a fist fight. Winning, he throws them in jail overnight and fines them before ordering them out of town. (Sus.) (CBS) (29:44)

• 8:30 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly
  10/10/39 "Rummage Sale" Program #217 Jim Jordan (Fibber McGee), Marian Jordan (Molly McGee, Sis), Hal Peary (Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve/doubles), Bill Thompson (Rupert "Mr. Old Timer" Blasingame, Nick Depopoulous), Harlow Wilcox, Isabel Randolph (Abigail Uppington) , Frankie Zaputo ; Sponsor - Johnson's Wax ; Writer - Don Quinn ; Music - Billy Mills and His Orchestra, Donald Novis (vocal) ; There's going to be a rummage sale at the Wistful Vista charity auction bazaar. (NBC) (29:36)

• 9:00 p.m. The Adventures of Sam Spade
  7/4/48 "The Rushlight Diamond Caper" Program #106 Howard Duff (Sam Spade), Sandra Gould (Bernadine), Hans Conreid (Colonel Alexander Bixby), William Conrad (Lieutenant Dundy) ; Creator - Dashiell Hammett ; Sponsor - Wildroot Cream Oil Hair Tonic ; Spade goes to the home of Mrs. May Rushlight of 21-A Granite Court. He is to guard the wedding present for May's nephew, Ralph Rushlight. The present is the Rushlight Diamond which was purchased by May's late husband, Roy, and was willed to her until Roy's eldest male relative married and then it was to go to the heir's wife. The wedding is being arranged by her social secretary, Nancy Ward. Ralph is to marry Lana Lotta. (CBS)

• 9:30 p.m. Big Town
  1/11/49 "Nightmare House" Edward Pawley (Steve Wilson), Fran Carlon - Lorelei Kilbourne, Mason Adams - Harry the Hack ; Writer/Producer - Jerry McGill ; Announcer - Hugh James ; Sponsor - Lever Brothers' Lifebuoy Health Soap, New Rinso with "Solium, the sunlight ingredient" ; NBC ; Bill and Helen Barton have a new house on "Honeymoon Hill." The crooked builder of these houses stops at nothing when the homeowners complain about the construction ... including arson and murder! Fighting Steve Wilson, crusading managing editor of The Big Town Illustrated Press, and Lorelei Kilbourne decide to investigate. (29:24)

• 10:00 p.m. Escape
  7/14/47 "Operation Fleur-de-Lis" Jack Webb, Elliott Lewis ; Writer/Producer/Director - William N. Robson ; A wartime thriller about a resistance guerilla band behind the enemy lines in occupied France. (Sus.) (CBS) (29:28)

• 10:30 p.m. Whistler
  3/11/51 "High Death" Program #458 Harold Dryanforth, John Dehner, John Stevenson, Marvin Miller, Mary Shipp, Michael Ann Barrett, Robert Boone ; Announcer - Bill Forman ; Writer - Edwin Spangenberg ; Producer - George W. Allen ; Music - Wilbur Hatch ; Sponsor - Signal Oil ; CBS ; The eternal triangle climbs a mountain, and slips on a rope! (26:28)

[Vision]

Now Gina can have a good night.

[WXRGina]

Yes, Vision. You know I worry if one of us is missing in action.

SteelYourFaith, even though we’re headed to bed, I’m glad you checked in. :-)

[steelyourfaith]

My youngest daughter was in from DC this afternoon, and she and I and my oldest daughter were gallivanting around Tampa today.

She works at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and they have an event here in Tuesday.