Posted on 09/27/2015 12:43:53 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:
Afternoon all, I’ve got a dinner to attend and should be back somewhere in Johnny Dollar or Dragnet...we may have a fundraising show tonight...
A classic Big Broadcast lineup...Fibber McGee...detective/spy shows of Philip Marlowe and Man Called X...and ending strong with a Lux...
How’s it going? Sad to see September go...
I hope Ed is back, and I hope he's okay.
1948 was a Leap Year. "The Man Called X" aired on February 29th.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. July 6, 1958. Program #416. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Blinker Matter". A case of an elephant with a hollow leg. D. J. Thompson, Bob Bailey, Bob Bruce, Harry Bartell, Jack Johnstone (director), Paula Winslowe, Robert Stanley (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), Stacy Harris, Vic Perrin. 25 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. February 16, 1954. Program #235. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Big Sucker". A con-man uses real diamonds to cheat unsuspecting victims, selling them cut glass after they've taken the bait. The first victim is Harold Filson. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25:38. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. December 2, 1956. CBS net. "Speak Me Fair". Sponsored by: L & M. A young Kiowa Indian boy shows up in Dodge with his tongue cut out! Meanwhile, cattle are disappearing from the Traitsch Ranch. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on May 7, 1960. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell, Vic Perrin, John Dehner, Les Crutchfield (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 24:46. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 Fibber McGee and Molly. October 30, 1945. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The program originates from the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto. A benefit for the Ninth Canadian Victory Loan. Sculptor McGee is entering a self portrait in the Wistful Vista Art Contest. See cat. #40581 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, The King's Men, Arthur Q. Bryan, Bea Benaderet, Gale Gordon, Don Quinn (writer), Phil Leslie (writer). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
9:00 The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe. January 14, 1950. CBS net. "The Covered Bridge". Sustaining. While being kidnapped to Mexico, Marlowe comes upon an escaped convict hiding in a deserted farmhouse. Barney Phillips, Ben Wright, Gene Levitt (writer), Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen, Jack Moyles, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (music), Robert Mitchell (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), Vivi Janis, Wilms Herbert. 29:42. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Man Called X. February 29, 1948. CBS net. Commercials deleted. Ken Thurston travels to Switzerland to find out who is behind the scheme to flood Europe with counterfeit U.S. currency. Herbert Marshall, Leon Belasco, Wendell Niles (announcer), Johnny Green (composer, conductor), Jack Johnstone (director), Cathy Lewis, Les Crutchfield (writer). 22:12. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. February 6, 1939. CBS net. "The Count Of Monte Cristo". Sponsored by: Lux. The story of the prisoner in the dungeon and his eventual revenge. See cat. #40239 for a rehearsal recording of this broadcast. Alton Cook, the New York World Telegram radio critic, is the intermission guest. He presents an award to the show from the poll of radio editors as "Best Dramatic Program." Robert Montgomery, Josephine Hutchinson, Lewis Stone, Paul Lukas, Cecil B. DeMille, Lloyd Nolan, Alexandre Dumas (author), Alton Cook (intermission guest), Barry Drew, Melville Ruick (announcer), Sidney Blackmer, Victor Rodman, Walter Byron, Charles Fletcher (stage adaptor), Frank Nelson (triples, program opening announcer), Wright Kramer, Joe Franz (doubles), Perry Ivins (doubles), John Fee, Rolfe Sedan (doubles), Lou Merrill (triples), Raoul DeLeon , Stanley Schewd, Paul Bryer, Gaughan Burke, Ross Forrester, Maryon Aye, Caroline Frasher (commercial spokesman), Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Lorraine Edwards (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 60:01. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
How was the week?
YUM, Seafood! All is well here. We’re finally getting the nice, soaking rain we’ve needed for quite a while now.
How are you doing?
Been waiting for the hypocrite Pope to shut up and leave. No fundraising tonight eh?
No, I guess it’s not a fundraising night. Good.
This pope thing is highly disturbing and creepy to me—I mean CREEPY!
Yes, did you see the story about the dem and the holy water?
Yes! What a FREAKAZOID to do what he did with the water glass—not so-called “holy water,” but just a water glass the pope guy drank from!!! People are nuts.
Ed doesn’t sound very good, still. I feel bad thinking he may not be well.
“Now there’s a pair due for a hanging.”
“Overdue.”
death by clothesline...
Yes, some people just need killin’.
This show was not on the schedule. Maybe this is last week’s schedule.
Yes, this is the schedule we missed last week.
07:00p Johnny Dollar
06/29/58 #595 Ugly Pattern Matter (AFRS) (24:02)
07:30p Dragnet
02/09/54 #234 Big Broad (NBC) (26:14)
08:00p Gunsmoke
11/25/56 #242 Tail to the Wind (CBS) (22:14)
08:30p Aldrich Family
10/21/48 #434 Babysitting or Movies (Jello) (NBC) (29:28)
09:00p Nick Carter
04/27/47 Case of the Luminous Spots (Old Dutch Cleanser) (MBS) (26:30)
09:30p Line Up
11/23/50 Topaz Earring Case (Sus.) (CBS) (29:49)
10:00p Escape
06/24/54 Judgement Day at Crippled Deer (Sus.) (CBS) (28:14)
10:30p Suspense
02/17/44 Life Ends At Midnight w/Fay Bainter & Dane Clark (Roma Wines) (CBS) (29:48)
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