Posted on 03/08/2015 2:06:01 PM PDT by Vision
Friends, it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.
Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.
Official OTR blog of "The Big Broadcast" thread:
We've got a night of quality B level shows (if memory is correct) with Fort Laramie, Vic & Sade, and Gangbusters...ending with Lux from ‘37 which is good.
What's shakin?
We have Joan Crawford in Lux!
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. August 4, 1957. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Wayward Widow Matter". A larcenous little old lady and her Pierce Arrow and 4 foot statuette. Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Eric Snowden, Frank Gerstle. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. May 10, 1953. Program #203. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Joke". A bartender is paid $500 to kill a nice old man with no enemies. Who wants him dead? See cat. #47081 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Hal Gibney (announcer), John Robinson (writer), Walter Schumann (music), Vic Perrin. 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. May 13, 1956. CBS net. "Cows and Cribs". Sponsored by: Chesterfield, L & M. Joe Nadler has been selling the meat from stolen cattle, while his wife tries to adopt an orphan! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on December 7, 1957. The system cue is added live. William Conrad, John Meston (writer), Vic Perrin, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Virginia Christine, Frank Cady, Jeanette Nolan, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Fenneman (commercial spokesman), George Walsh (announcer). 25:38. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
8:30 Fort Laramie. April 15, 1956. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Stage Coach Stop". Mrs. Kleinhexel and her giggly daughter visit the post during the fort's ball, while Yellow Horse may break out of the stockade. See cat. #55347 for a network version of this broadcast. The program was recorded March 22, 1956. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Bill James (sound patterns), Eleanor Tanin, Frank Cady, Harry Bartell, Howard McNear, Jack Kruschen, Jack Moyles, Jeanette Nolan, Kathleen Hite (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), Raymond Burr, Sam Edwards, Shirley Mitchell (?), Vic Perrin. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:00 Vic and Sade. October 31, 1941. NBC net. Vic has ruined another two alarm clocks and has his eye on two more! The program open and close have been deleted. The program may be dated October 17, 1941. Art Van Harvey, Clarence Hartzell, Paul Rhymer (writer), Billy Idelson. 10:25. Audio condition: Good. Incomplete.
9:30 Gangbusters. September 25, 1948. Program #548. ABC net origination, syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York aircheck. "The Case Of The Cincinnati Narcotics Ring". Sponsored by: World Wide Handicrafts. The story of Labard and Peltier, who are smuggling heroin from Canada. WRVR rebroadcast date: April 30, 1973. Frank Readick. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. May 10, 1937. CBS net. "Mary Of Scotland". Sponsored by: Lux. The story of the queen who was betrayed into giving up her love and who then lost her throne, freedom, and life. Franchot Tone, Joan Crawford, Judith Anderson, Cecil B. DeMille, Kenneth Hunter, Leo McCabe, Louis Silvers (music director), Maxwell Anderson (author), Melville Ruick (announcer), Phyllis Coghlan, Vernon Steele, Walter Kingsford, Edward Cooper, Michael Brook (intermission guest: Baron Brook, The Earl Of Warwick), Kenneth Hunter, Vernon Downing, James Eagles (doubles), Wallace Warner, Lou Merrill (doubles), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Viola Moore, Jill Ronney, Robert Payton (doubles), Ross Forrester (doubles), Grace Kerns (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director),George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 60:49. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Hey Hey.
Howdy, Vision! You said you might detect a little Spring in the air. Does that mean your weather is much better this weekend?
Honk if you remember that show.
Yes, Houmatt, the three intro shows are the same each week, but Ed mixes it up after that. His “scary” shows are pretty much limited to “The Whistler” and “Suspense.” It seems to me like he has played a “Lights Out” before, but that could be us having listened to it elsewhere.
So great to have the outside back.
How are you? The week?
Give him an email and suggest new shows. I agree he should play more variety.
Excellent! Warm weather is on the way.
We’re doing okay. Chicken on the grill, laundry in the washer and dryer, just getting ready for the week. Lots of work to get done in a few yards, but there’s rain in the forecast, so it may be a slow week.
Love Vic and Sade.
What do you like about the show?
HAHAHAHA!!! I love the empty laundry basket feeling.
Yes, that’s a good show. :-)
OH, NO! It’s donation night!
The writing - Paul Rhymer is a master. I also like the characters. If you listen to a lot of episodes, you come to believe you actually know, Vic, Sade, Russ and Uncle Fletcher; plus all the characters who never appear, but are mentioned.
Seinfeld is known as a “show about nothing” and, to me, the characters were empty shells, as well. V and S could be called a show about nothing, but the characters have hearts and souls.
When I heard Rob I immediately thought of you saying that.
Here we are again...
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