Posted on 03/13/2016 2:33:24 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:
Longtime radio personality and The Big Broadcast host Ed Walker passed away early on Oct. 26 at age 83. We invite you to leave your thoughts and remembrances.
Ed Walker spent 65 years on the radio. His last program was unlike any other.
It's a fairly cerebral lineup tonight...You Bet Your Life is pretty good...love Halls of Ivy...some sci fi with X Minus One...and don't know much about Justice from the NBC University Theater...
How's it going?
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2016 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 8, 1960. CBS net. "The Phoney Phone Matter". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax. J. Ransom Wendell, a very important client, wants to see Johnny right away...but for what purpose? The story title was subsequently used on, "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" on December 16, 1961 (see cat. #43562) but it's not the same plot. Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Marvin Miller, Richard Crenna, Lou Merrill, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), John Wald (announcer). 22:40. Audio condition: Very good. Incomplete.
7:30 Dragnet. June 29, 1954. Program #254. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Check". The body of Walter Gilmer is found floating in the lake in MacArthur Park. Friday goes undercover to find the gang selling the heroin that killed him. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25:33. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. September 13, 1952. CBS net. "Home Surgery". Sustaining. Marshal Dillon is forced to amputate the leg of a settler on the prairie. The man's beautiful daughter is the object of Ben Walling's affection. The script was used again on Gunsmoke on June 23, 1957 (sse cat. #62281) and on the Gunsmoke television series on October 8, 1955. William Conrad, Parley Baer, John Meston (writer), John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Sammie Hill, Norman Macdonnell (director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer). 30:56. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 You Bet Your Life. 10/19/49 #86 Secret Word “Clock” (Elgin American) (NBC) (29:26). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
9:00 The Halls Of Ivy. March 3, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Fifteen-year-old genius Merton Sevada is in love...with Mrs. Hall! Barney Phillips, Benita Hume, Don Quinn (creator, writer), Gloria Gordon, Henry Blair, Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Nat Wolff (director), Ronald Colman, Walter Newman (writer). 29:32. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 X Minus One. March 14, 1956. NBC net. "The Tunnel Under The World". Sustaining. The ultimate experiment in mind control. It's June 15th today...and tomorrow...and tomorrow. The script was used subsequently on September 4, 1956 (see cat. #3827) and on "Future Tense" on May 8, 1974 (see cat. #13277). The program was rebroadcast on "Monitor" during September, 1974. Frederick Pohl (author), Fred Collins (announcer), George Lefferts (adaptor), John Larkin (narrator), Daniel Sutter (director), Les Damon, Ginger Jones, Bob Hastings, Connie Lembcke, Stan Early, Kermit Murdock, William Welch (producer). 29:32. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The NBC University Theatre. October 31, 1948. NBC net. "Justice". Sustaining. A portrait of an 81-pound forgery, and the British system of justice at the turn of the century. Alma Lawton, Ben Wright, Crauford Kent, Dan O'Herlihy, Donald Morrison, Eric Snowden, George Lefferts (writer), Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Hugh Thomas, James Hilton (intermission commentator), John Galsworthy (author), John Hoyt, Nigel Bruce, Ramsay Hill, Raymond Lawrence, Tom McKee. 59:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Hi Gina, sounds like you may like the NBC University Theatre tonight...
Yes, that looks interesting, as does the X-Minus One.
So, all that rain has now made it to you. We had about 3 1/2 inches here, but it’s beautiful today, perfect weather.
I guess. Otherwise there was good weather this week.
How are you feeling with all the news?
Oh, the news is a downer. The hordes in Chicago were infuriating. It’s probably going to be an indicator of things to come.
Otherwise, we’re thankful. God is good all the time, and all this evil lunacy is temporary.
Mom is coming to visit us next Saturday. She hasn’t been here in ten years. I visit there every year, though.
A few weeks ago, when I posted my thoughts to you about Rob, I sent him an email. Not sure if you paid attention, but he wasn't saying “good night everybody” after the Cantor song. After emailing him about that and other stuff, he's been doing it. I'm proud of that if that's what happened.
Gunsmoke!
He got your e-mail! :-)
This is an intense Gunsmoke. I like this episode. I remember it.
Near the end of that Gunsmoke, I remembered that the fellow did die anyway. It was one of those episodes that makes me cry—not a big cry, but misty-eyes.
It’s a brutal story. I’m on the radio. Night Gina, talk with you later, a Brit mystery is at hand...
I hope you have a good week, Vision. Good night!
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