Barbers – Retro Radio Podcast

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

Secrets Of Scotland Yard – Jack The Ripper

By Keith May 2, 2024Detective and Mystery, Secrets of Scotland Yard

The famous case of Jack the Ripper is recounted, as we return to London 1888. Murders recur that follow a distinct pattern, and yet nobody has ever been clearly identified…

Jim and Mary and Jordan posing for the camera in 1941. The vintage black and white illustration of a couple sitting in a cozy living room. Fibber is holding a newspaper and Molly is knitting. They are both looking at a small dog that is sitting on a rug between them. The room is decorated with a patterned wallpaper, framed pictures, and a vase with flowers on a table in the background."

Fibber McGee and Molly – Shampoo. ep423, 450116

By Keith January 16, 2024Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly2 Comments

Hair is the topic of the day, and we find Fibber in a barber shop, with a heavily accented barber who serves him. Is six bits (75 cents) too much…

Jim Jordan in a Fedora and Marian Jordan wearing a hat in 1937. Standing in front of a microphone, dressed in vintage clothing from the 1930s, likely performing a radio show - the popular duo Fibber McGee and Molly.

Fibber McGee and Molly – Fibber Thinks He’s Going Bald. ep197, 390321

By Keith March 21, 2023Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly

Fibber goes to a barber shop run by Hal Peary for a haircut, and the usual socialization. Old Timer comes in to join the jokes about Fibber's thinning hair. Even…

Crime Club – Murder On Margin. ep26, 470522

By Keith May 22, 2021Crime Club, Detective and Mystery

An intriguing story of the stocks of passion, and the bonds of death. After a tough day at work, a Manicurist and a barber talk about liveing a better lifestylle.…

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

All Star Western Theater – The Lone Bandit, With Jimmy Wakely. 470422.

By Keith April 22, 2021All Star Western Theater, Western

The Riders of the Purple Sage sing a few bars, but after a musical interlude sing, Across the Alley from the Alamo. In the headquarters of the Texas Rangers, orders…

Abbott and Costello – Impressing A Girlfriend. 450118.

By Keith January 18, 2018Abbott and Costello, Comedy

Audio resolution is low, but otherwise fairly clear, and good. Bud and Lou swap jokes about marriage, and women. Lou is put on the spot about his latest girlfriend, and…

Lum and Abner – Grandpap is Mad At Lum. 440215

By Keith December 22, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

The matter of grandpap being upset over his lost beard lingers on. Today, Lum gathers ingredients to make more hair tonic, after seeing how well it grew whiskers on Clarence…

Lum and Abner – Lum Invents A Hair Tonic. 440214

By Keith December 20, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

The feud between grandpap and Lum is lingering. Today, Cedric is helping in the store, and is warned about a new hair tonic Lum has been working on,. Clarence Bates…

Lum and Abner – Miss Barton Wants Lum To Cut Her Hair. 440202

By Keith December 6, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

Still not ready to give up, Lum keeps trying to think of ideas to help increase business in the barber shop. Abner confuses Lum's idea with driving cars through the…

Lum and Abner – Lum Hires Hillbillies To Pose As Customers. 440201

By Keith December 4, 2017Comedy, Lum and Abner

The barber business has yet to make a dent in the business from Mose Moots. Today Lum has a new idea to put the bite on the rival barber. Will…