"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 3/12 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 3/12/17 | Murray Horwitz

[Vision]

Friends it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.

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Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.

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[Vision]

The Big Broadcast is a Sunday night tradition for families throughout the WAMU listening area.

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.

Saying Goodbye To Ed Walker

Ed Walker spent 65 years on the radio. His last program was unlike any other.

[Vision]

Happy Sunday Night...Classic Radio Time...

[Vision]

7 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Flight Six Matter” Part 4 (CBS, Original air date February 2, 1956)(Running time 14:37)

7:15 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Flight Six Matter” Part 5 (CBS, Original air date February 3, 1956)(Running time 14:29)

7:30 p.m. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
“St. Patrick’s Day Parade” (NBC, Original air date March 17, 1941)(Running time 29:08)

8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
“Kitty’s Rebellion” (CBS, AFRTS rebroadcast, Original air date September 28, 1958)(Running time 19:07)

8:20 p.m. The Couple Next Door
“Betsy’s Eating and Table Manners” (Mutual Broadcasting Network, Original air date February 6, 1958)(Running time 13:57)

8:30 p.m. Dragnet
Program #54 “The Big Mink” (NBC, Original air date June 22, 1950)(Running time 26:38)

9:00 p.m. Gallant American Women
Program #5 “Refugee Women” (NBC, Original air date November 28, 1939)(Running time 28:52)

9:30 p.m. The Big Show
“The Women” (NBC, Original air date December 17, 1950)(Running time 1:27:15)

[Vision]

Happy Sunday all...it looks like we in the mid-Atlantic and up are going to get walloped by snow this week...

Our loser SJW host is making tonight a “women” themed show for this silly “women’s history month” however...the lineup is pretty good...don’t remember The Couple Next Door...never heard of Gallant American Women....and LOVE LOVE LOVE The Big Show which is not played enough...

How you doing?

[Leaning Right]

I really enjoy classic radio. Thanks for your efforts here!

[Vision]

Thanks, try to post more.

[iowamark]

Is The Big Show the Tallulah Bankhead show?

If so, looks pretty good:

“Seventh Show of the Series
Broadcasting from Los Angeles, Tallulah attempts to hold her own as she matches wits with comedians Bob Hope, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis. She also lends her dramatic talents to an excerpt from Claire Boothe Luce’s “The Women” (parodied by Hope, Martin & Lewis as “The Fellers”) alongside Deborah Kerr (a last-minute replacement for Rosalind Russell) and Dorothy McGuire. Phil Harris, whose sitcom with wife Alice Faye followed “The Big Show, on NBC, appears in a cameo, and Bing Crosby is heard on one of the Chesterfield commercials. The performers are Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (“Ain’t Misbehavin’”), Bob Hope, Deborah Kerr, Frankie Laine (“I’m Gonna Live Till I Die”), Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin (“La Vie en Rose”), Dorothy McGuire, announcer Jimmy Wallington, Meredith Willson and his Orchestra and Chorus (“Orange Colored Sky”), and Tallulah Bankhead.
Sunday, December 17, 1950 – 90:00 – NBC, sponsored by Ford, Anacin, Chesterfield Cigarettes, and RCA Victor”

[Vision]

It is and it’s fantastic. When you have time listen to 2/25/51...and be sure to listen to the very end. It’s one of the most beautiful moments in radio IMO.

[WXRGina]

Hi, Vision! This Murray guy never quits, does he? THE WOMEN. WHATEVER!!! I’m so sick of the PC crap, which is why we listen to very little of his show anymore.

Yes, it looks like you’re in for some coooold, snowy conditions!

Otherwise, you doin’ okay?

[Vision]

Hey Gina, it’s been a great weekend. What are you up to?

[WXRGina]

Oh, good! A great weekend is a good thing to have.

We’re doing fine. Keith’s making a big batch of his chili, and as you can guess, I’m doing laundry. :-)

[iowamark]

http://retro-otr.com/2012/11/burns-and-allen-breaking-up-gracie-and-artie-410317/
“Gracie is in a gay mood as she tells George all about her family and her day at the St Patrick’s Day parade. George is jealous that she is spending too much time with bandleader, Artie Shaw. As he leaves to make some arrangements, Senor Lee arrives with some advice to Gracie about eloping. Artie Shaw plays, Swing Low Sweet Chariot.

George’s plan is to hire an actress to pretend to be his new girlfriend. The hope is to make Gracie jealous and come back to him. Instead, she and Artie get word of the plan and make their own scheme to sabotage George.
They get a homely gal to substitute for the actress. Now it’s a matter of letting George have his pretend fling with the girl. After making George squirm for a while, Gracie ends the show with a song, Let’s Get Away from It All. “

[Vision]

It turns out The Couple Next Door was miserable.

[iowamark]

"Refugee Women" and the series that it was part of were certainly US government propaganda, but considering the time, November 1939, it seems appropriate.

[Vision]

Hey Murray you freak, these refugees weren't trying to kill Americans and oppress others.

[Vision]

Dec 5. Women are people.

Now that’s crazy talk!!!

[Vision]

Hope is killing it...

[logitech]

“Seafaring Women” may be worth a listen.

[HokieMom]

Interesting mix of programming tonight. Thanks for your faithful reminder! I enjoyed the women refugees but am sad our history has been so politicized by the left and their ulterior motives. Loved Miss Bankhead!