Posted on 06/19/2016 2:32:38 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.
Looks like our new host wants to change things around, it's the second week with Dragnet at 9pm, wish he wouldn't do that. It's a Father's Day theme of course...My Favorite Husband...Great Gildersleeve...a new one, the Adventures of Father Brown, really looking forward to this...and ending with Lux...
How's the weekend? If you can say hello to Dad I hope you did...
I wrote a comment on the WAMU Big Broadcast page for today's lineup. I told them we would prefer they not mess with the lineup of the first three shows. He's done it for his first two shows. I'm afraid Murray is working toward eventually discarding Ed's way for his own idea of what the show should be.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2016 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. April 30, 1956. Part 1. CBS net. "The Calicles Matter". Sustaining. The Greeks had a word for it. A search for a millionaire's son begins. System cue deleted, apparently otherwise complete. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Bert Holland, Bob Bailey, Carleton Young, Harry Bartell, Herb Vigran, Jack Johnstone (director), Jeanne Bates, John Dawson (writer), Lawrence Dobkin, Lillian Buyeff, Marvin Miller, Roy Rowan (announcer), Virginia Gregg, Will Wright. 13:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 1, 1956. Part 2. CBS net. "The Calicles Matter". Sustaining. More facts about how the Earth swallowed a man. System cue deleted, apparently otherwise complete. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Bert Holland, Bob Bailey, Carleton Young, Harry Bartell, Herb Vigran, Jack Johnstone (director), Jeanne Bates, John Dawson (writer), Lawrence Dobkin, Lillian Buyeff, Marvin Miller, Roy Rowan (announcer), Virginia Gregg, Will Wright. 13:56. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
7:30 My Favorite Husband. “Knitting Baby Booties.” (CBS, Original airdate September 24, 1948). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
8:00 Gunsmoke. October 27, 1957. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Man and Boy". Crowley Tobin is a new special deputy from California who has just arrived in Dodge. He plans to arrest Jess Richer, which is a lot tougher job than the young lawman realizes. The public service announcements have been deleted. William Conrad, Les Crutchfield (writer), Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), George Walsh (announcer). 21:09. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.
8:30 The Great Gildersleeve. June 21, 1942. NBC net. Sponsored by: Kraft Foods. Sam Hearn appears as "Schlepperman," the furniture dealer. "The Chairs Of Gildersleeve," a present for Father's Day. Earle Ross, Harold Peary, Jim Bannon (announcer), Leonard L. Levinson (writer), Lillian Randolph, Lurene Tuttle, Mel Blanc, Paula Winslowe, Sam Hearn, Walter Tetley, Billy Mills (composer, conductor, billed as "William Randolph"). 29:36. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 Dragnet. July 14, 1949. Program #6. NBC net. Sustaining. A malicious robber is impersonating a police officer, usually striking when there's a red traffic light. The "Red Light Bandit" is turned in by his own father. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, Raymond Burr. 29:30. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Adventures Of Father Brown. July 22, 1945. Mutual net. "The Three Tools Of Death". Sustaining. A very optimistic man has been found murdered...with a rope around his leg. The closing music and system cue have been deleted. Karl Swenson, G. K. Chesterton (creator). 29:02. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. January 1, 1940. CBS net. "Sorrel and Son". Sponsored by: Lux. A father suffers indignities as a hotel porter to give his son an education, so that he may succeed in life. Arthur Peterson, Donald Gallagher, George Cisar, Clifford Servier (?), Harry Holcomb (director), John Weigle (announcer), Patrick Allen (host), Harry Elders, Nannette Sargent, Bert Farber (music arranger). 59:39. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Hi, Vision! It’s a nice day here, just the usual.
I’m with you on him messing with the lineup. Why would he do that? If he thinks it might keep people tuned in longer, I disagree. He’s liable to irk more people that way. I guess they’ll see my comment on their page, but no one has responded to it yet.
How about you? Did you go see your Dad?
No I called Dad, plan to visit the July 4th weekend- that Sunday I'll need you to host if you can.
Doing a lot of yard work. I'm seeing some tomatoes and eggplants bud...
I'm really interested in this Father Brown. Have you heard this show before?
I’ve not heard of Father Brown before. I hope this guy stands up and is true to Ed, but I have a feeling that’s not going to be the case. We’ll see.
I’ll be glad to host for you that weekend.
You’ll have some nice vegetables before you know it!
He was touchier than a bear with a boil. HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Put some tomato tone on them tonight so with luck they're revving up...
Happy Father’s Day, Viking! You had a good one!
This new host’s voice is so similar to the last interim host. I’m not sure I’d have noticed the change. I missed Gunsmoke tonight, usually my favorite along with Dragnet. I see they dropped the college one.
Happy Father's Day!
Now, I'm off to see who is shooting at Capt. Chandler and the USS Nathan James this week........LOL
Yea, he dropped the Halls of Ivy. Did you like that? I love it.
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