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After introducing this Retro Vault episode from our first season, Keith tells some of the happenings of the times in world news as well as with the show. Here’s the original show notes.
In January 1940, the gang had been out of town to do a special show to support the March of Dimes, a new charitable program that FDR had just created. Now, they are back in the studio, but after a week off to go skiing. The next few shows are a retelling of that ski trip.
Correction:: In the show, Keith says the March of Dimes event was in New York. It was in San Fransisco. The premise of this episode is that it takes place immediately after the show from last week. Presumably then, the main part of the episode takes place the very next morning.
Jack is very upbeat and imposes on the whole cast to go along. Don and Dennis are their usual upbeat selves. Nothing ever seems to get to them. Rochester dutifully goes along to take care of Jack and watch his back. Phil has a momentary falling out with Jack and becomes uninvited. Of course, he goes on his own, just to be a bur under Jack’s saddle and to keep things mixed up. O Mary Livingston, O Mary Livingston… No, she doesn’t tell any poems on this trip. We do get to see the claws come out. You know that expression that she looks beautiful when she’s mad? Well Mary is hilarious when she’s mad, and there is plenty for her to be mad about.
In this episode, the gang is just getting started on their trip. The adventure in the Maxwell is a cold one. The frozen cast end up at a roadside inn just outside Yosemite. There is more, and I’ll do the remaining shows each weekend for the next few weeks. Stay tuned! Collect the whole set!
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Keith Heltsley
The Retro Radio Show.
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[invalid email info deleted]Bonus Tracks
- Keith reviews what a Retro Vault episode is, presents some historical background happening in the times, and of the episode.
- Recognition is given to listener feedback, andmention of the changes to the email newsletter system is made.
- The Retrobots appear just in time to present a musical segment.
- Tex Ritter 1940 That’s What I like about the West.
- Ripley’s Believe It Or Not 415Never Too Late To Learn.
- Andrews Sisters 1940 Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar.
