"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 4/22 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 4/22/12 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

Friends, it's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs...

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[Vision]

"The Big Broadcast is a Sunday night tradition for families throughout the WAMU listening area. Each week, Big Broadcast host Ed Walker offers listeners priceless recordings of popular radio programs from the '30s, '40s and '50s. Priceless, especially, for a man whose first sentence as a child was, 'Turn the radio on.' "

[Vision]

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

[Vision]

• 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
  3/25/63 #784 Shadow of a Doubt Matter (CBS) (24:02)
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  04/27/50 #046 Big Job (NBC) (26:10)
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  07/18/53 #065 Wild West (CBS) (29:50)
• 08:30 p.m. Abbott & Costello
  04/17/47 Who's On First (NBC) (24:04)
• 09:00 p.m. Fred Allen
  04/14/46 The Brooklyn Pinafore w/Leo Durocher (Sus.) (United) (24:28)
• 09:30 p.m. Boston Blackie
  04/16/46 #53 Baseball Play Murder (Ziv Syndication) (27:19)
• 10:00 p.m. Lux Radio Theater
  10/04/43 Pride of the Yankees (Lux) (CBS) (59:49)

[Vision]

It looks like the baseball show tonight and a great lineup.

Do not miss Fred Allen's The Brooklyn Pinafore...”That's why I'm an umpire in the National League.”

And we have a Lux Theater!

[Chickensoup]

does this play on the internet? If so do you have a link?

[Vision]

Yes, it’s the “Listen Live” link in the body of the thread.

[WXRGina]

Hi, Vision! Are you all better from that awful poison ivy now?

[luvbach1]

First show is from 1963. Didn’t know they were still doing radio dramas that recently.

[Vision]

Hi Gina, with your help I'm healing. I'll say though, all over the Internet they say that PI does not spread. That it only appears where the oil from the plant touched. No way. This stuff spread. Thank God you helped.

Anyway, how you are?

[WXRGina]

Yes, I’ve seen it seem to spread, too, when I’ve had it.

We’re doing fine here. No news is good news! :-)

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Hi everyone! Cold & rainy here...

[WXRGina]

First show is from 1963. Didn’t know they were still doing radio dramas that recently.

Radio shows continued beyond the 1960s, though television eclipsed them. See this link for searching radio shows by date: Radio Gold Index

[WXRGina]

Hi, Doc! It’s good to see you.

Having a late, cold, wet snap? We had a “cold” front move through here, and now it’s mild and very windy. The wind is irritating.

[Vision]

Hi Dr., it was a wet day in Baltimore too. Got some stuff done indoors. Is all well?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I’ve had poison ivy different times. IMO it spreads. I dread the thought of it. Glad it’s clearing up! I added Gina’s info to my favorites list last week.

[Vision]

Just got a decent bid from a landscaper to finish off the job that gave me the PI. $250 to get the weeds out of 50’ of fence line...$95 to fix a leaning fence post with a 2x4...and $450 to put down mesh and stone underneath a small deck. What do you think?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Everything’s fine here...just chilly...temp in the 40’s...
I got dragged to see the Iron Lady movie about Margaret Thatcher today. Thought it was terrible...

[Vision]

If you every get it again, use Zanfel. It works wonders.

[Vision]

Temptress!

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Glad for the rain....we really need it.

[WXRGina]

Vision, that weeding bid seems a tad steep, but without seeing your fence line I could not say for sure. I guess the leaning fence bid is okay—”carpenters” can charge a wide range of rates.

As for putting mesh and stone under a deck, why do you need to do all that? Is there a real problem with weeds coming up? If there is no light that gets under there, you should be able to control weeds with Roundup (mix the concentrate stronger than the label says). On that bid, I would say it’s kinda high, but I suppose that depends on the size of the deck and the price/amount of the materials.

[WXRGina]

I’m sure the Iron Lady received the Hollywood Left’s typical smear treatment of Mrs. Thatcher. I read a few negative things about it from conservative writers.

Glad you got some rain you needed! I love rain.

[Vision]

Love this song about Linda.

[Vision]

We do.

[Vision]

It’s just an ugly area and some stone would make it look better.

[WXRGina]

Love this song about Linda.

Me, too!

[Vision]

As Adam said to Eve, quit ribbing me. Funny stuff.

[WXRGina]

It’s just an ugly area and some stone would make it look better.

I'm guessing you're talking about river rocks or some kind of small rocks or attractive gravel. I can tell you that you can save money by not putting down landscape fabric--or mesh--underneath the rocks. Ultimately landscape fabric is a waste of money, because weeds will still come up (birds drop seeds, wind blows seeds on top) eventually, and in the end, the landscape plastic/fabric becomes "trash" in your yard after it decays and breaks down.

Rocks are fine, and you can control the weeds with Roundup in a sprayer or just manual weeding, if you stay on top of it. "No maintenance" landscaping does not exist.

[Vision]

Love this!

[Vision]

When I was a lad I could not see
A hand held up in front of me
In spite of how I’d squint and peer
I couldn’t tell my father from my mother dear
My eyes were oh so very, very weak
That now I am an umpire in the National League
His eyes were oh so very, very weak
That now he is an umpire in the National League
As an umpire I gained great fame
I called a player out who wasn’t in the game
Another decision which you may have heard
I’m the guy who made ******* stay on third
My life is a failure, I’m up the creek
That’s why I am an umpire in the National League
His life is a failure, he’s up the creek
That’s why he is an umpire in the National League

[WXRGina]

HAA!!! I was thinking the same thing, Vision! I started to write you that I LOVE this “Umpire in the Major League” song! But, I was busy in the kitchen cooking. I’m with you—a swell song, it makes you smile!

[Viking2002]

Evening, folks.............

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

[Vision]

Hi Viking, how are you?

[WXRGina]

Hello, Viking! Welcome to the Big Baseball Broadcast! :-)

[Viking2002]

Hey. Been down in bed for three days with a cold so bad, I feel like an alien's going to burst through my chest at any moment. I'd give anything just to have a case of the sniffles right now - been sleeping 18 hours at a stretch, and that's out of character for me. I see where there's going to be a quantity of the white stuff falling in the hills up there for the next 24 hours. Where was it four months ago, eh?

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

[Vision]

Sounds terrible. Hope you get better. We’re not expecting snow.

[WXRGina]

Oh, Viking! Bless your heart! I hope you have the good medicine that at least helps you breath better and sleep.

Get well soon, and stay warm!

[Viking2002]

Thank you, thank you.........

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

[Viking2002]

They're calling for 3"-5" in Allegany County, and as much as 12" in the higher elevations west of Frostburg, including The Wisp. Snowshoe, WV may even top that. If you're into skiing (and I'm not), you're getting a late Christmas gift up that way.

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

[WXRGina]

Viking, I love your tagline (and the Monopoly-looking Guy you sent me!). We love The Nuge!

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Hope you feel better soon. Rain & wind pounding my house...glad it’s not snow.

[Vision]

Night all, will listen by the radio. Have a great week.

[Viking2002]

Thanks, all. We just went through all the rain and some terrible storms last night. The wind had been brutal today, though, and I hope I feel like going outside to survey the damage tomorrow (the missus is in Charlotte NC for a few days, so I'm flying solo). This weather is more fall-like than spring-like.

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

[WXRGina]

No matter how many times we hear the Lou Gehrig Story, we still cry...

[WXRGina]

Viking, I hope everything is smooth outside your home.

Goodnight, Friends!

[Vision]

It’s timeless, and a story of a better America.