2016 – Page 33 – Retro Radio Podcast

Command Performance – Dinah Shore, Tommy Dorsey, Robert Benchley, Rise Stevens. ep76, 430724

By Keith July 24, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Dinah Shore, who leads off with Blow Gabriel Blow. After a dip into the mail bag, Tommy Dorsey's band plays, but without Tommy due to a last minute…

Vic and Sade – Changes To The Regalia. 430723.

By Keith July 23, 2016Comedy, Vic and Sade

Vic gets an official letter from the Chicago lodge headquarters notifying him of changes in styles of the official regalia. He makes mental plans of where and how to get…

Lum and Abner – Cedric Will Pick Up The Telescope. 421012

By Keith July 23, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

Plans for the observatory continue, and Cedric is to deliver the telescope today. Meanwhile, Lum tries to instruct Abner on how different, and powerful the observatory telescopes are. Abner is…

Lone Ranger – Mortgage On Wheat. 380722

By Keith July 22, 2016Lone Ranger, Western

An old pioneer couple, Jed and Mable Holstead, want to ensure a good wheat crop so they take out a mortgage to pay for planting equipment, helpers, and seed. The…

Lum and Abner – Cedric Wants To Join The Army. 421008

By Keith July 22, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

Plans for the observatory are drawn up, and the gents are in the store to complain. Abner still wants to hold out for his jumping bean farm. Lum tries to…

Burns and Allen – George The Cowboy (excerpt Part 2)

By Keith July 22, 2016Burns and Allen, Comedy

The literature discussion continues as Gracie tries to dissuade George from taking up that silly cowboy stuff. Meredith Willson enters, speaking cowboy jargon. He tells about a movie he saw.…

Lum and Abner – Trans Atlantic Broadcast. 380721.

By Keith July 21, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

A special show to be sure. Maybe not the first transatlantic broadcast, but a first, and unique moment for the show. Lum has left for England, and in a live…

Burns and Allen – George The Cowboy (excerpt Part 1)

By Keith July 21, 2016Burns and Allen, Comedy

Clips from a show. Gracie talks Western to George, apparently after he made a spectacle of himself. Maybe she can direct George to take up reading books instead. She gets…

Lum and Abner – The New Observatory. 421007

By Keith July 20, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

After his night on the mountain to find a spot for building the observatory, Lum complains about his blistered feet. In Lum's house, Abner helps nurse the blisters, and the…

Gunsmoke – The Queue. 540719

By Keith July 19, 2016Gunsmoke, Western

A hot Summer day in Dodge City, and Chester brings word to Matt about a Chinaman who is being abused. Matt takes a stand for racial equality, and equal civil…