Bing Crosby Double Feature, 1934 to 1946 (retro574)
Not quite a Retro Diary, just a lot of Bing Crosby. Presenting a couple of firsts... sort of... An early radio show, and the earliest I can find at the…
Our Miss Brooks – School Board. 490911 (retro573)
Teachers everywhere are looking forward to returning to the classroom, tanned and rested. Connie Brooks isn’t quite so eager after a Summer of teaching Summer school. She talks with Mrs…
Father Knows Best – Vacation Arrives. ep130, 520703 (retro572)
Dreaming of vacation, Jim wants a change of pace, but Margret thinks their usual jaunt to Round Lake will be best. Will the fashionable resort at Highland hills be more…
Retro OTRDiary 27 1939 Top Hit Songs
Here's something a little different, but not unheard of for the podcast. Music shows have been done before, but not of the magnitude of this one. Get ready for close…
X Minus One – Knock. 550522 (RV35.5 retro568)
The last man sat alone in a room, then a knock came to his door. The Zan are an alien race who have just wiped out life on earth. Walter…
Mysterious Traveler – Locomotive Ghost. 470706 (RV35.10 retro567)
A couple of thugs check out the railroad yard. Old Boomer, the king of the bums, believes in the motto, "Live and let live." He tells of a ghost train,…
X Minus One – Universe. 550515 (RV35.4 retro566)
I've posted this before without bonus tracks and commentary, so here's the shortened notes on this classic from the Retro Radio Vault. Imagine being born on a spaceship, and your…
Lum and Abner – Trying to Buy Property. 500412 (RetroExtra)
by one from With times changing, and a town on the move, Lum wants to hang up a sign to sell the store, and look for a better lot in…
Lum and Abner – Reader’s Digest Manuscript. 500405 (RetroExtra)
Lum wants to write to the Readers Digest, but Abner gives him a hard time over his authoring skills. What kind of fascinating topic does Lum plan to write about?…
Buck Rogers and the Mechanical Mole, Parts 1 and 2. 1939. (retro565) 1939.
Held in suspended animation until the high tech futuristic times of the 25th century, Buck Rogers works side by side with Wilma Dearing, the female soldier, and Doctor Huer, scientist…