Retro Original – Page 16 – Retro Radio Podcast

Command Performance – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra. ep190, 450906 (retro546)

By Keith November 21, 2016Command Performance, Music, Retro Original

Hosted by Bob Hope. Topics in his opening jokes include crowded hotels and elevators, full of soldiers, sailors, and starlets. Introduced as a favorite pin up girl, Judy Garland sings,…

Fred Allen Texaco Star Theater – Santa Claus Sits Down, with Rise Stevens. 421220 (retro545)

By Keith November 10, 2016Comedy, Fred Allen, Retro Original

Taking some veiled jabs at his favorite rival, Jack Benny, Fred changes to joke about a plan in New York to use magnets to clean the streets. Allen’s Alley residents…

Suspense – Back For Christmas, with Peter Lorre. 431223 (retro544)

By Keith November 3, 2016Retro Original, Suspense, Suspense and Horror

Features Peter Lorre. Peter plays Herman, a professor of biology who is digging in the basement to prepare his devils garden, a type of orchid garden. His wife is upset…

Lum and Abner – So This is Washington, 1943 (Audio Soundtrack, retro543)

By Keith October 31, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original, Videos

The movie was released around the time the story on the radio was wrapping up. They are different stories, but there are a lot of elements that are the same.…

Big Town – Wilson Is Shot. 371019 (retro 542)

By Keith October 28, 2016Big Town, Detective and Mystery, Retro Original

Good audio quality. At a big town newspaper, Edward G Robinson plays a relentless editor out for the news at any cost. His social columnist, played by Claire Trevor, tries…

Jack Benny – Father’s Day – Leaving for Waukegan. 390618 (RV33, retro541)

By Keith October 25, 2016Comedy, Jack Benny, Retro Original

Don introduces that daddy to a polar bear, Jack Benny. Will he be taking Carmichael on a trip to Skagway to visit relatives soon? Topics include fat jokes, and Jack's…

Retro OTR Diary 23 Lum and Abner Comics, and You (retro540)

By Keith October 14, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

The Retrobots hijack the studio, and do their own thing as they wait for Keith to arrive to do the show. Hey! What's this on the desk? Where is Keith,…

Assorted law enforcement badges and photographs on a textured background, representing government and police officials.

Philip Marlowe BBC – The Big Sleep, in 3 Parts. 770926 (retro538)

By Keith September 22, 2016Detective and Mystery, Philip Marlowe, Retro Original

A BBC production, presented with all 3 parts. Featuring Ed Bishop as Philip Marlowe. Part 1 California, 1939. Wealthy general Sternwood, is in his last days, well into his 70's,…

Gunsmoke – The New Hotel. (Rehearsal)560219. (RV32retro536)

By Keith August 29, 2016Gunsmoke, Retro Original, Western

Matt and Chester talk with a local rancher who is going into the hotel business. It may be an unusual career move, but the rancher is determined to do good…

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar – Thelma Madison Matter. 530414 (retro535)

By Keith August 25, 2016Detective and Mystery, Retro Original, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Thelma is a woman who shows up on Johnny Dollar's doorstep, claiming to be faking her own death. Despite taking criminal charges on herself if her story is true, she…