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Lum and Abner – Improving Dr Snide’s Business. 430331

By Keith January 12, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

The store is soon being made over to be the reception room for the new dentist office. The latest is the uniforms that Lum insist they wear. Abner doesn't like it at all. Should they grow Vandyke beards to add to the dignified, doctor look? Lum is just trying to build up the dentist business that he promised to Doc Snide.

Lum and Abner – Dr Snides Lecture. 430330

By Keith January 10, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

The Golden Era Discussion Club is meeting again, and Lum reviews the situation of grandpap being gone to Toledo. The meeting is called to order, and Dr Snide is to give the dentistry lecture he didn't get to give last time.

Lum and Abner – The Intercom System. 430329

By Keith January 7, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

To be as professional as possible with the new dentist office in the feed room, Lum runs the show installing office equipment. Abner thinks he's going too far with the intercom system. The concept of such a thing is beyond him.

Lum and Abner – Mousey Visits Home. 430325

By Keith January 5, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

The new dentist is getting settled in, and has gone to start looking at the teeth of the students at the school house. Mousey is seen in town, and pops in to tell the gents what he has been up to in the Army. His time is limited, and he needs to meet up with his wife Gussie before he has to leave again.

Lum and Abner – Dr Snides New Office. 430324

By Keith January 3, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

In the Jot Em Down store, Lum announces that Doc Snide will stay and is settling in at the boarding house. Abner gets confused at the topic of hanging out a shingle, as used with the doctor setting up his practice. Does the dentist fix roofs too? Or maybe he oughtta to just carry business cards to hand out, instead of a bundle of shingles.

Lum and Abner – Dr Snide Meets The Golden Era Club. 430323

By Keith December 31, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

It's time again for a meeting of the Golden Era Discussion Club, and Lum wants the gang to be on their best behavior for the lecture on dentistry that Doc Snide is to deliver. Trying to be as brainy as Ulysses, Cedric takes over in saying, OK. Lum reviews the credentials and achievements of the new dentist.

Abbott and Costello – Burt Gordon The Mad Russian 431230

By Keith December 30, 2016Abbott and Costello, Comedy

Lou tells Bud about an encounter he had with a dog. Plenty of dog jokes follow. Ken Niles arrives and talk turn to fat and skinny jokes. Verna Felton brings…

Burns and Allen – John Garfield the Gangster. 431228

By Keith December 28, 2016Burns and Allen, Comedy

https://retro-otr.com/files/BurnsAndAllen/431228BA_JohnGarfieldTheGangster.mp3

Lux Radio Theater – Kathleen. 431227.

By Keith December 27, 2016Drama, Lux

As she tries to bloom into adulthood, shirley deals with feelings of being treated like a child. Especially when she butts heads with Mrs Farrow, played by Verna Felton. Shirley is much the typical teen, even by some of today's standards, sneaking out of the house, demanding privacy, sassing those in authority positions, testing the limits of her liberties, and desiring to push those limits farther. Doesn't anybody understand her?

Lux Radio Theater – This Gun For Hire. (Joan Blondelle, Alan Ladd). 430125

By Keith December 26, 2016Drama, Lux

Tough guy, Raven, played by Alan Ladd, pays off a blackmail debt once and for all with a few blasts from his pistol. He was just doing a job for an unknown, rich client, but has he just been set up as a payroll thief? Ellen, played by Joan Blondelle, has taken a job with a senator who is cracking down on risks to national security. Her undercover work means she can't even let her cop boyfriend know what she'll be up to.