August 2021 – Page 3 – Retro Radio Podcast

Silhouettes of five musicians playing musical instruments against a glowing orange and yellow background - possibly a jazz band performing on stage.

Command Performance – Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Arthur Q Bryan. ep80, 430821

By Keith August 21, 2021Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Ginger Rogers. She introduces Frank Sinatra who sings, Embraceable You. After he made a successful appearance on an earlier Command Performance program, Mel Blanc returns. This time with…

Chet Lauck and Norris Goff wearing a suit and tie smiling at the camera. Sitting in front of a radio microphone, one holding a script and the other adjusting his glasses -

Lum and Abner – Lum to Sabotage the Rehearsal. 460627

By Keith August 20, 2021Comedy, Lum and Abner

To sabotage his play, Lum let rumors fly that he picked each woman in town to play the leading role. Will their anticipated cat fight keep the play from happening?…

Sherlock Holmes – The Missing Dancer. ep86, 430820

By Keith August 20, 2021Detective and Mystery, Sherlock Holmes

As the title implies, Sherlock Holmes is on the case of a missing person. Does the theater owner have something to do with it? Is Holmes right to threaten him…

Great Gildersleeve – Laughing Coyote Ranch. ep327, 490819

By Keith August 19, 2021Comedy, Great Gildersleeve

Featuring Willard Waterman as the Great Gildersleeve. A reproduction of a script that was performed at an earlier date with Harold Peary in the starring role. This recording is very…

Lum and Abner – Rehearsing Lum’s Play. 460626

By Keith August 18, 2021Comedy, Lum and Abner

Audio resolution sounds tinney. With his writing block cured, Lum's play is ready. How will it go over? Cedric learns about the play from Abner, but gets side tracked by…

Image of a cowboy on horseback herding cattle in a field, with a Herding Dog.

Cisco Kid – The Mad Woman of Desolation House. 530818

By Keith August 18, 2021Cisco Kid, Western

An old woman who seems to have eccentric ways has kidnapped a young gal. Cisco helps the sheriff search for the missing girl. Cisco understands the old woman isn't bad,…

A black and white photograph of Fibber McGee and Molly, a couple from a popular radio show of the same name. They are standing in front of a closet that has been opened, with clothes and other items spilling out onto the floor. Fibber is holding a mop and wearing an apron, while Molly looks on with a smile on her face. The overall effect is one of humor and domesticity, with the couple's playful antics and cluttered living space providing a snapshot of life in mid-century America in 1948.

Fibber McGee and Molly – Making Baseball Cologne. ep554, 480518

By Keith August 17, 2021Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly

Fibber is busily working in his home made laboratory. Fibber has an idea for the ideal men's cologne, a Baseball scent. Mr. Williams, the weatherman drops in with his two…

Lum and Abner – Lum Roped into Writing a Play. 460624

By Keith August 16, 2021Comedy, Lum and Abner

Back home after spending the previous week in Hollywood, Lum plays it off to Squire as if his trip was all hobnobbing with the stars out in. When grandpap enters…

Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone on the set of their radio show in 1942.

Ford Theater – The Horn Blows At Midnight. 490304

By Keith August 15, 2021Comedy, Jack Benny

The much awaited, much anticipated performance of Jack Benny's most famous flop. Though it failed in the box office, this airing of the film was actually more popular than the…

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Adventures of Sam Spade – The Critical Author Caper. ep112, 480815

By Keith August 15, 2021Detective and Mystery, Sam Spade

Gabrielle Leggit is a missing person who Sam is now dictating his report about. The young woman has flown the coupe and is suspected of swiping things from the mansion.…