Posted on 12/13/2015 11:45:59 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.
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 lineup of Bish shows...Burns and Allen...Life of Riley...Falcon...but then we end with a very special moment in OTR history, Lux with It's a Wonderful Life, am excited about that...
How's your Christmas season going?
The Christmas lineups continue. You can't beat "It's A Wonderful Life."
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex. © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. December 21, 1955. Part #3. CBS net. "The Nick Shurn Matter". Sustaining. A lonely vigil in the snow, a killer prowls the night, and a lady vanishes. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Les Crutchfield (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Virginia Gregg, Jack Kruschen, Ken Christy, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor), Sam Edwards, Peggy Webber, Don Diamond, Ben Wright, Barney Phillips. 15:22. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. December 22, 1955. Part #4. CBS net. "The Nick Shurn Matter". Sustaining. A little girl who believes in Santa Claus, a big girl who believes in very little, and both of them facing death! Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Les Crutchfield (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Virginia Gregg, Jack Kruschen, Ken Christy, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor), Sam Edwards, Peggy Webber, Don Diamond, Ben Wright, Barney Phillips. 15:12. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. May 25, 1950. Program #50. NBC net. "The Big Key". Sponsored by: Fatima. Maria Comacho is found dead in a churchyard. The clues are meager: a key, a pen, a shoe polish smear. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:29. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. December 25, 1955. CBS net. "Twelfth Night". Sponsored by: Chesterfield, L & M. Eban Hakes has walked all the way from the Ozarks, just to kill Joff Monger. A family feud going on for years is about to break out in Dodge...but never on Sunday! The script was used again on Gunsmoke on December 25, 1955 (see cat. #59418) and on the Gunsmoke televiion series on December 28, 1957. The system cue is added live. William Conrad, Parley Baer, John Meston (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), John Dehner, George Fenneman (commercial spokesman), Vic Perrin, Helen Kleeb, Howard McNear, Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), Georgia Ellis, George Walsh (announcer). 25:47. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
8:30 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. December 14, 1943. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Gracie tries to get guest Kay Kyser married to her friend Tootsie Sagwell. See cat. #72812 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jimmy Cash, Felix Mills and His Orchestra, Bill Goodwin, Kay Kyser, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (music fill), Harry Babbitt (music fill vocal), Elvia Allman. 30:38. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
9:00 Life of Riley. 12/24/47 Christmas in a Store Window (Prell) (NBC) (29:20). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
9:30 Falcon. 12/24/50 Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present (Sus.) (27:26). Another missing synopsis! :-/
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. March 10, 1947. CBS net. "It's A Wonderful Life". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. Tired of his life on Earth, a man finds out what it's like never to have been born. Edwin Maxwell, Janet Scott, Noreen Gammill, Cliff Clark, Norma Jean Nilsson, Leo Cleary, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Victor Moore, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), William Johnstone, John McIntire, Philip Van Doren (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Frank Capra (screenwriter), Frances Goodrich (screenwriter), Albert Hackett (screenwriter), Jo Swerling (screenwriter), Susan Blanchard (intermission guest), Norman Field, Franklyn Parker, Ann Carter, Charles Seel, Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Edward Marr. 1 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Hey Gina, I’m in the car heading home listening, but I’m running late. How you doing?
Hey Gina, I’m in the car heading home listening, but I’m running late. How you doing?
Hi, Vision! We’re doing fine. What did you do today?
We had a nice weekend. Friday was my birthday AND the radio station Christmas party, so we had a fun time. The party was at the Hard Rock Casino here, and the station put everyone up in the hotel, so no one would have to drive. It was a fine time.
We were almost 70f today. Fantastic weather. Went to church, scootered around, did a few errands, went to a Christmas party- I'm stuffed with crabcakes, shrimp, wings, and beer. (:
Oh, that’s a very nice you had, Vision! The party did not get wild, just a tad silly, but many of us danced and danced and danced. It got late quickly!
Murther, he says! It’s SOLID!
I’m sorry. That’s not nice of me. It’s MURDER!
Gunsmoke!
Man, I've heard this GS so many time. The peace officer thing is funny though.!
Didn't even get a chance to listen to the Redskins-Bears game............ 
Hey, how’s it going?
Yes, Peace Officer! I never get tired of that episode. It’s so precious. :-)
Viking, you rock! It’s good to see you!
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