Red Skelton – Meeting Strangers. 460212. (retro370).
After the initial joking about the housing shortage, and a song by Anita Ellis, the comedy sketches begin. War Brides, featuring J Newton Numbskull as he goes home to his…
Burns and Allen – Getting a Movie Contract. 500111.
Sponsored by Amadent toothpaste. At the start of a new half century, it's all the buzz to pick the top men of the first half century. Gracie of course thinks…
ROTR – Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
Retro Orpheum Theater Revue Presents the first Lum and Abner movie, Dreaming Out Loud (1940). Since this an audio podcast, I offer you the movie through a You Tube embed.…
Fred Allen – Truth Or Subsequences. 410212.
It will soon be Lincoln's birthday, and Kenny is helping bandleader, Al Goodman with writing an essay. Meanwhile, Fred turns to the Texaco News of the Week. The topic is…
People Are Funny – A Fib, White Lie, And A Whopper. 560221. (retro369).
Host, Art Linkletter plays a guessing game with the audience. A random contestant picked from the studio audience has to guess the age of a woman in the audience. Next,…
Our Miss Brooks – School on Saturday. 560108.
In a misguided theory to make his school a trend setter, Mr Conklin has mandated that school should be held on Saturday. Of course a revolt among both students and…
My Friend Irma – Newspaper Column. 520203.
Irma is thrilled at her new job at the newspaper, until Jane tells her that they won't be paying her anything to do it. Jane reads, and critiques Irmas column.…
Fibber McGee and Molly – Biography For a Luncheon, retro368.
If I had to guess, the date on this one is late in the series. It's a 15 minute show so it is in the mid 1950's. Fibber talks with…
You Bet Your Life – Secret Word, Tree. 500104.
Now Sponsored by DeSoto Plymouth instead of Elgin America. Groucho interviews his guests, in hopes that someone might say the secret word. A bachelor and a spinster start the show.…
Halls Of Ivy – Reappointment. 500106. (retro367).
The same as the pilot show, but this is a reproduction of that script, with Ronald and Bonita Coleman to kick off the series. Ivy is a typical small college…