(((((Early Ping!)))))
Hope everyone is good. I'm volunteering today hence the early thread, and should be back by showtime.
Lots of shows tonight with an overall crime/detective theme.
See you soon...
Posted on 11/03/2013 6:18:51 AM PST by Vision
Friends, it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.
*tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.
The lineup is missing a Johnny Dollar episode, unless Ed is filling with something else that's not on the list. I'm going to go ahead and assume that Ed will play the next Johnny Dollar series that aired, so I will post part one of "The Silver Blue Matter."
These brief synopses are used by permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2013 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 4, 1956. Part 5. CBS net. "The Calicles Matter". Sustaining. The answer lies with a 3000 year old Greek. Conclusion of story. Sysyem cue deleted, apparently otherwise complete. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Bert Holland, Bob Bailey, Carleton Young, Harry Bartell, Herb Vigran, Jack Johnstone (director), Jeanne Bates, John Dawson (writer), Lawrence Dobkin, Lillian Buyeff, Marvin Miller, Roy Rowan (announcer), Virginia Gregg, Will Wright. 13:50. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 7, 1956. Part #1. CBS net. "The Silver Blue Matter". Sustaining. A heartless, viscious racket...80 mink coats stolen and the watchman near death. System cue deleted, apparently otherwise complete. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Les Crutchfield (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor), Lucille Meredith, Tommy Cook, Richard Crenna, Edgar Barrier, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen. 14:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
7:30 Dragnet. January 17, 1952. Program #136. NBC net. "The Big Juvenile Division". Sponsored by: Fatima. Robert Lawson, a "young Hitler" is promoting gang warfare in town. Sgt. Friday tries to warn the parents involved. Barney Phillips, Charles Smith, Eddie Firestone, Hal Gibney (host), Jack Webb, James Moser (writer), Walter Schumann (conductor). 29:31. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. February 12, 1955. CBS net. "Chester's Hanging". Sponsored by: L & M, Chesterfield. Candow's partner is desperate to break him out of jail and even hires a professional gunman to do the job. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on May 17, 1958. William Conrad, Parley Baer, James Nusser, John Meston (writer), Paul Dubov, Clayton Post, Joe Cranston, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Fenneman (commercial spokesman), George Walsh (announcer). 29:51. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Life Of Riley. November 30, 1946. NBC net. Sponsored by: Teel, Dreft. Riley has hurt his leg while jumping over a fence. He gets some good advice...from a horse doctor! William Bendix, Ken Carpenter (announcer), Paula Winslowe, John Brown, Irving Brecher (producer), Don Bernard (director), Lou Coslowe (music), Reuben Ship (writer), Alan Lipscott (writer), Barbara Eiler, Warren Mills, Frederick Shields. 29:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 Boston Blackie. June 23, 1944. NBC net. Sponsored by: Rinso, Lifebuoy Soap. 10:00 P. M. The first show of the series. There are no story titles for this series, as no title was ever spoken by the announcer and no title ever appeared on a script. Blackie is arrested in Chicago. He's accused of taking $10,000 from a woman's grandfather. It's all the woman's plan to help her recover, "The Jonathan Diamond." The same script was subsequently used on "Boston Blackie" on August 27, 1946 (see cat. #90759). Chester Morris, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Richard Lane, Charles Cornell (organist), Jan Miner. 29:46. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Gangbusters. June 18, 1949. Program #585. CBS net origination, syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York aircheck. "The Case Of The Bandit Brothers". Sponsored by: World Wide Handicrafts. Randall and Obie Throneberry move their armed robbery operations from Colorado down to Texas. WRVR rebroadcast date: February 12, 1973. Art Carney, Don Gardiner (announcer), Phillips H. Lord (producer), Ralph Bell, Stanley Niss (writer, director), William Sweets (director). 30:46. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Falcon. January 7, 1951. NBC net. "The Case Of The Invisible Thug". Sponsored by: Kraft Cheese Spreads, Kraft Parkay. Pete Lloyd shoots Ernie Castro and then hires The Falcon to clear his name. Mike Waring uses a tape recorder and "J. H." to solve the case. Arlo (music), Bernard L. Schubert (producer, transcriber), Charles Webster, Drexel Drake (creator), Ed Herlihy (announcer), Jerome Epstein (writer), Les Damon, Richard Lewis (director). 29:24. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
10:30 The Adventures Of Frank Race. November 13, 1949. Program #29. Broadcasters Program Syndicate syndication. "The Adventure Of The Fairway Beauties". Commercials added locally. Two luscious golfing babes and a murder keep Frank up to par. Paul Dubov, Tony Barrett, Buckley Angel (writer, director), Joel Murcott (writer, director), Bruce Eells (producer), Ivan Ditmars (organist), Art Gilmore (announcer), Frank Lovejoy, Lillian Buyeff, Tom Holland, Michael Ann Barrett, William Johnstone. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.
Hey, Vision! All’s well, thank the Lord. It was a beautiful day here, and I’ve been doing housework for much of it. :-)
Yesterday afternoon and evening, I made a HUGE batch of homemade lasagna. It was AWESOME! We’re having leftovers of it for dinner tonight. MMMMMM!!!!
How was your time in Vegas?
It's always is a little surreal. Just observing what people are up to and into. Prostitution is everywhere there. Like billboards a block off the strip saying “Girls ###-###-#### in your room in 20 minutes.” It is illegal but I guess kinda not. Great food. It's fun for a few days but then time to come home.
It’s always good to get home. You have to take a “brown soap” bath to get rid of the scum of sin city, though.
Halloween was loaded with kids. In our new house, we’re in a kid-friendly neighborhood. Handed out a ton of candy.
This Dragnet—that kid’s mom is an idiot.
Agree about the Mom.
Great line.
There you go...it was a John Meston script.
The Big Broadcast is a national treasure. It surely is.
I’m heading to the radio Gina. Talk to you next week.
Night, Vision!
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