Posted on 08/02/2015 2:07:10 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:
But an interesting lineup tonight...the cult classic Aldrich Family...an hour of solid B's with Gangbusters and Phillip Marlowe...and a Theater Guild On the Air with one of the greats...Walter Houston...
How's it going out there...
Looks like a good lineup to kick off August. I can't believe it's August already. Wow.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 4, 1958. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Carson Arson Matter". A strange series of fires is burning down a chain of supermarkets. Bob Bailey. 25:48. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. December 15, 1953. Program #226. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Big Brink". A gang of heavily armed robbers of an armored truck are tracked down and captured. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander. 25:11. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. October 7, 1956. CBS net. "The Gambler". Sponsored by: L & M. A riverboat gambler named Jim Ascombe comes to Dodge to kill Jim Cass...why? William Conrad, Howard McNear, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Lawrence Dobkin, Ralph Moody, John Dunkel (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 25:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Aldrich Family. October 14, 1948. NBC net. It's Autumn and time for a wiener roast. Henry's in charge and he's very careful about all the details. Well, almost all the details. Ezra Stone, Jackie Kelk, Dan Seymour (announcer), Clifford Goldsmith (creator, writer), House Jameson, Katharine Raht. 26:01. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
9:00 Gangbusters. September 26, 1953. CBS net. "The Case Of The Fugitive Soldier". Sustaining. Lieutenant Colonel Harley Moore is the narrator. Ralph Hale, an army sergeant who is AWOL, had been hiding out with a carnival. He begins a life of murder and robbery, along with his fat friend and his girl from Chicago. The next show is announced as, "The Case Of The Soda Fountain Pigeon." Gangbusters Clues: Herbert Paul Jenkins (wanted for murder). Scars on eyebrow, nose, tattoo of "Inez," furrow between his eyes. George Lester Balleau (wanted for robbery): scar on nose, right arm, tattoo of heart with a dagger "Death Before Dishonor." The program is possibly titled, "The Case Of The Well-Traveled Ring." John Ives (CBS supervisor), Gaylord Avery (announcer), Leonard L. Bass (director), Robert Readick, Juano Hernandez, Teri Keane, Harley Moore. 29:14. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe. August 6, 1949. CBS net. "The August Lion". Sustaining. A former forger, now an accountant, deposits a beautiful corpse on "Dr. Marlowe's" bed and begs for help. Barney Phillips, Cliff Howell (transcriber, director), D. J. Thompson, Gerald Mohr, Gene Levitt (writer), Jeanne Bates, Jerry Hausner, Joe Walters (announcer), Lawrence Dobkin, Mel Dinelli (writer), Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (music), Robert Mitchell (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), Wally Maher. 29:44. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Theater Guild On the Air. 02/17/46 #024 On Borrowed Time w/Walter Houston (Sus.) (ABC) (54:50). Sorry to say the synopsis is missing from the Index.
How’s the weekend going Gina?
Hi, Vision. It’s been fine. We actually had a nice evening yesterday, one in which it was low humidity with a nice breeze. We haven’t felt that kind of mild evening all summer.
How are you doing?
Love this time of the year.
It’s almost football season. ROLL TIDE!
That Jack Benny bit...”is it a round trip ticket?”...”no”...”good!”
lol
Bing Ping.
Oh, I missed it. I was out in the garage. I don’t like the Aldrich Family show with the annoying kid voices.
I meant I missed the Jack Benny skit. I heard a little of the Bing, though.
Big time brutal!
Awesome.
Enjoy Walter Houston Gina, night
Yes, Philip Marlowe had the right idea. :-)
Goodnight, Vision. See you later.
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