"The Big Broadcast" Sunday 4/1 7-11pm est Live

WAMU ^ | 4/1/12 | Ed Walker

[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
  01/21/62 #775 The Terrible Torch Matter (CBS) (24:34)
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  04/06/50 #043 Big Book (NBC) (26:24)
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  06/27/53 #062 Flashback (Sus.) (CBS) (29:42)
• 08:30 p.m. Jack Benny
  04/02/39 April Fool's Gags (Jello) (NBC) (29:16)
• 09:00 p.m. Our Miss Brooks
  04/03/49 April Fool (Colgate) (CBS) (29:58)
• 09:30 p.m. My Favorite Husband
  04/01/49 April Fool's Day (Jello) (CBS) (28:16)
• 10:00 p.m. Gangbusters
  09/15/44 Case of Billanski and Tillotson (Blue) (23:30)
• 10:30 p.m. Behind the Mike
  09/15/40 #01 Premiere Broadcast (Sus.) (NBC) (29:40)

[Vision]

Lots of programs tonight, a nice sampler!

[Viking2002]

Hello, hello..........

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."

--H.L. Mencken, The Sage of Baltimore

[Vision]

Hi Viking, what’s new? You like any programs tonight?

[Viking2002]

I'm thinking Dragnet and Behind The Mike. I grew up watching - and even helping - that particular sausage being made first hand, so I don't know if it's a nostalgia trip, or I'm just a glutton for punishment. LOL

"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]

I’m looking forward to Behind The Mike too. This is a new one.

[WXRGina]

Hi, Vision & Viking! It’s good to see you.

It looks like an April Foolish lineup! Oughta be good.

[Vision]

Happy Sunday Gina. Was this week better?

[WXRGina]

Well, Vision, the radio station did not fire me for writing a column which talked some about the ordeal, and my opinion of their decision, so I guess it was “hanging in there.” I still have a part-time radio job, anyway, even though my radio blogs are no longer on the air.

How about you? You doin’ alright?

[Vision]

Well be confident they like you.

I'm good. Work needs to be taken day by day but I'm blessed.

Started landscaping the yard this weekend and...and there is so much more to do. Yikes!

[WXRGina]

Oh, boy! Yard work, landscaping, weeding—it never ends!

We do landscaping as part of our work, and our own yard is desperately needing some serious attention! With the freakishly mild winter, the weeds are out of hand—as are the mosquitoes and other bugs.

We have collected soooo many plants from people who want us to get rid of something and replace it. I don’t have the heart to throw away perfectly good plants, so our yard has seemingly hundreds of plants!

[WXRGina]

By the way, I started to collect the synopses of the shows to post like Steel does and ran into a roadblock when I could not find the Jack Benny show, so I dropped it.

I wish Steel would come back. I wonder what happened with him and this site...

[Vision]

I love Roundup.

However there is an area that is kinda nasty and I may pay to have that done.

[Vision]

I wonder what happened with him and this site...

I don't know. But that weekend many people were upset, getting banned or leaving over a Santorum thread where he insulted Protestants or another domination.

[WXRGina]

We use Roundup like crazy. It’s hard to use when you have weeds all around good plants, but we regularly treat people’s yards for weeds.

Spectracide “Weedstop for Lawns” is a good product you can hook to your hose if you have a weed problem in the lawn. It takes care of a number of weeds, but does not hurt grass.

[WXRGina]

I don't know. But that weekend many people were upset, getting banned or leaving over a Santorum thread where he insulted Protestants or another domination.

Oh, I see. I guess that means he's a catholic. I didn't know.

This site is freakish with all the various "religions" going at each other--the mormons, the catholics and then the straight, Bible-believing Christians (like me and Keith). It's a tough, deceived world in which we live.

[WXRGina]

Oh, what an awful ending to Gunsmoke! Gads!

[Vision]

Yea. Gunsmoke deals with some dark plots but I belive it's a testament to how rough the West was.