Posted on 06/21/2015 1:25:02 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:
We have a Father's Day show, and as regulars know the one thing OTR does really, really poorly is father/family shows. So brace yourselves, Jack Benny could be good, Nightbeat is a solid B show, and Mystery is My Hobby looks fun...
How you feeling?
And, yes, it's a Father's Day show Ed is putting on.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 23, 1958. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Denver Dispersal Matter." Don Ricardo is the beneficiary on four different policies, for over $200,000! Just a coincidence? Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Peter Leeds, Frank Gerstle, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Barney Phillips, Jack Johnstone (producer, director, writer), Forrest Lewis, Edgar Barrier. 25:47. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. November 3, 1953. Program #220. NBC net. "The Big Rain." Sponsored by: Chesterfield, Fatima. Cecil Johnson is suspected of beating Grace Dillon. Her husband, however, had been heard threatening her life. The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the product. Ben Alexander, Ben Hogan (Chesterfield testimonial), George Fenneman (announcer), Hal Gibney (host), Harry Bartell, Jack Kruschen, Jack Webb, John Robinson (writer), Vivi Janis, Walter Schumann (conductor). 29:42. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. August 26, 1956. Program #93. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "No Sale." The last show of the season. Two toughs come to town and demand that Kitty sell them the Long Branch Saloon, and it looks as if they're going to get their way! See cat. #39972 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell, John Meston (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny. June 18, 1939. Red net. Sponsored by: Jell-O. The cast goes down to the railroad station to leave for Waukegan. Carmichael the bear is going along too! The last program on which Kenny Baker appears. Andy Devine, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Kenny Baker, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Eddie Anderson, Harry Baldwin, Ed Beloin (writer, performer), Bill Morrow (writer), Cliff Nazarro, Frank Nelson, Blanche Stewart. 29:18. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:00 Father Knows Best. June 14, 1951. NBC net. Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee (one commercial heard). The family plans a Father's Day picnic; physical preparations begin. Robert Young, June Whitley, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nilsson, Herb Vigran, Stanley Farrar, Roy Bargy and His Orchestra, Bill Forman (announcer), Ed James (writer). 27:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
9:30 The Life Of Riley. June 16, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Pabst Beer. It's Father's Day, and Riley winds up with a TV. Two TV's in fact! William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, John Brown, Irving Brecher (producer, transcriber), Jimmy Wallington (announcer), Reuben Ship (writer), Alan Lipscott (writer), Louise Erickson, Bobby Ellis, Lou Kosloff (music). 29:05. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Night Beat. December 28, 1951. NBC net. Sustaining. Ben Troy's wife is having a baby, and Ben's almost going into labor himself! A two-voice drama. Frank Lovejoy, William Conrad, Warren Lewis (producer, director), David Ellis (writer), Mary Marcus (editor), Robert Armbruster (music), Don Rickles (announcer). 29:18. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 Mystery is My Hobby. #17 Some Fatherly Advice (Synd) (24:08). These episodes are not organized chronologically or numerically on the Index, and I did not find this synopsis.
Wow, Vision! I’m glad you’re safe after that storm. Did you have any damage at your house?
None thank God. Didn’t even lose power.
How are you?
Oh, that’s good then.
We’re fine, but VERY hot. It’s a sauna outside, combined with a steam room.
Just the usual Sunday—no news, good news. I got some Johnsonville brats to go with some chicken leg-thigh quarters for the grill.
You still dieting?
Yea, dieting, but tonight I'm going to saute a little calamari with a salad.There's a local asian market with a fabulous seafood dept. Today they have live crawfish. Thought about doing some of those. Do you crawfish much?
No, we don’t do crawfish. There are lots of places around here that do them, live or boiled. I like them okay, but just think it’s too much “work” messing with them, peeling the, for that little bite of tail. I’d rather have big shrimp or even the best, biggest shrimp of all: lobster! :-)
Too long.
Oh, I know! The Red Lobster that was near where I live was washed away by Hurricane Katrina ten years ago, but it was longer than that since I’d been there. And I haven’t actually had a lobster in a loooong time from anywhere.
Gunsmoke!
Bad men.
I miss Paul Harvey.
Oh, that’s very cool! Camping and the Big Broadcast! Whoo-hoo!
Yes, you can be funny without being raunchy.
Jack is good, sometimes hilarious...but the Phil Harris show killed it IMO.
Father Knows Best from 1951 when Ike was still General Eisenhower.
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