Posted on 08/23/2015 2:19:27 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:
Another beautiful summer day in the mid Atlantic, and what a show tonight...starts off a little slow with Fibber McGee & Molly...goes sci fi with X Minus One...and goes strong with the iconic Whistler...and we end with a Lux from ‘45...very nice...
What you up to?
It's a nice, all-around lineup tonight, and all the stories sound like very good ones.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 25, 1958. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Midnight Sun Matter". Johnny's flying in a cargo plane over Alaska with a load of dynamite...when the pilot gets appendicitis! The script was adapted from one used at a convention of airline pilots on March 14, 1958 (see cat. #91100). Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Jean Tatum, Harry Bartell, Forrest Lewis, Frank Nelson, Roy Rowan (announcer), Russell Thorson, Barney Phillips. 25:36. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. January 12, 1954. Program #230. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Big Switch". Mona Fenton is found in a hotel room with the gas on. An attempted suicide? Who was the man who registered for the room with her? Jack Webb, Ben Alexander. 25:31. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. October 28, 1956. CBS net. "Dirty Bill's Girl". Sponsored by: L & M. Rose, the card dealer in the Long Branch, plans to kill a man. Who and why? Rex Koury (composer, conductor), William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Virginia Christine, Vic Perrin, John Dehner, Les Crutchfield (writer), John Meston (editorial supervisor), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), George Walsh (announcer). 25:12. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 Fibber McGee and Molly. May 30, 1939. NBC net. Sponsored by: Johnson's Wax. Fibber hears that Molly is being held prisoner by four escaped convicts, and must act fast. Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Isabel Randolph, Mel Blanc, The Four Notes, Donald Novis, Don Quinn (writer). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:00 X Minus One. October 10, 1956. NBC net. "Colony". Sustaining. The colony on a distant planet is in trouble. They're being attacked by strange creatures that take the place of common inanimate objects. Alan Bergman, William Quinn, Fredericka Chandler, James Stevens, John Larkin, Larry Robinson, Norman Rose, Phillip K. Dick (author), Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), William Welch (producer), Daniel Sutter (director), Fred Collins (announcer). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Whistler. February 7, 1943. CBS net. "In The Dark". Sustaining. A good murder story about a blind man and his unfaithful wife aboard their yacht. Wilbur Hatch (composer, conductor), J. Donald Wilson (writer, director). 29:49. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. March 19, 1945. CBS net. "Grissley's Millions". Sponsored by: Lux. A garrulous old millionaire is about to die and his relatives are waiting for the reading of the will. But first...two murders. Who dunnit? You'll never guess! Pat O'Brien, Lynn Bari, Otto Kruger (host), Edward Marr, Elizabeth Risdon, Carlton KaDell, Franklyn Parker, Anne Stone (doubles), Gloria Fisher, Earl Keen, Joseph Granby, Griff Barnett, Ed Emerson, Horace Murphy, Charles Seel, Gwen Delano, Paul Theodore, Norman Field, Louis Silvers (music director), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Muriel Roy Bolton (screenwriter), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 1 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Whistler. February 7, 1943. CBS net. “In The Dark”. Sustaining. A good murder story about a blind man and his unfaithful wife aboard their yacht.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. March 19, 1945. CBS net. “Grissley’s Millions”. Sponsored by: Lux. A garrulous old millionaire is about to die and his relatives are waiting for the reading of the will. But first...two murders. Who dunnit? You’ll never guess!
Yacht murder and a garrulous millionaire. Yea, you’re right. How are things?
Hi, Vision! I saw your comment about the radio blog, and I looked on it. I also hope all is well with him.
We’re doing fine. I’ve been working all day with the usual stuff. It’s WARM here! But, we listened to the Saints last night, and just hearing the football on the radio made it “feel” like Fall. :-)
How are you?
Things are great but 2 hours ago the scooter died on me a few miles from home so I'm about to leave with a tow truck to pick it up.
Other than that all is well, just a little drama this evening.
Oh, gee! Bummer on the scooter! At least you have resources to go get it and have it repaired.
So you're ready for football? Huh?
Personally I'm a little melancholy seeing summer near an end. ):
Yeah, I understand. I hate the cold and the dead, and they’re making football so darned politically correct that it’s becoming unrecognizable.
How so?
Have you been paying attention to all the crummy rule changes?
Nope.
Well, as I said, “political correctness” is overtaking the NFL. If you look at all the rule changes and other developments, it’s pretty darned stupid. This includes college football, too.
Night Gina, enjoy lux
See you later, Vision!
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