Christmas – Page 29 – Retro Radio Podcast

Red Skelton – Rehearsal For 43-01-05 Contests. ep53, 430103

By Keith January 3, 2016Comedy, Red Skelton

Stores are having sales for the post holiday season. Red jokes about exchanging Christmas giftts. Being a rehearsal, there's plenty of stumbling over lines, and steps out of character. There's…

Jack Benny – Cactus Christmas Tree. ep865, 531220

By Keith December 20, 2015Comedy, Jack Benny

In Palm Springs, Don teases Jack about his hotel, and brags on his feat of bravery. Bob Crosby arrives with jokes about the band. Mary has her own trouble with…

Great Gildersleeve – Christmas Program. ep61, 421220

By Keith December 20, 2015Comedy, Great Gildersleeve

Finding the workload at the Water Department overwhelming, the great man has spent an all nighter at the office. She may be a classical hardened biddy, but Miss Fitch at…

Retro OTRDiary – Voices Of Christmas Past (retro509)

By Keith December 17, 2015Music, Retro Original

Keith gets tired of the worn out Christmas carols, and goes on a search for what people listened to before animated snowmen, flying reindeer with red noses, and dreams of…

CBC Wartime Rations Christmas – Dorothy Batchellor. 431210

By Keith December 17, 2015Documentary and Interview

Spend a short 5 minutes to learn how the typical housewife in the war time era put it all together. Canning, entertaining guests, keeping fully stocked cupboards, and more. Make…

Bing Crosby – Christmas Show. 441214

By Keith December 16, 2015Bing Crosby, Music

Playlist Bing sings, Don't Fence Me In. Bing and his singers sing, Straighten Up and Fly Right. Bing sings, More and More. Eugenie Biard sings, My Heart Sings. Jerry Colonna…

Red Skelton – Christmas Shopping. ep50, 421215

By Keith December 15, 2015Comedy, Red Skelton

The Christmas season is kicking into high gear, but there's still plenty of room to joke about the new rationing, and meatless Tuesdays. Holiday traveling is limited due to fuel…

Universal Newsreel Audio – Christmas Brings Joy To Everyone. 451210

By Keith December 14, 2015Documentary and Interview

Get a short dose of how the nation celebrated this post-war Christmas. Care packages are sent to troops still overseas, while kiddies go shopping, and take in the seasonal window…

The Mayor Of The Town – The Burning Christmas Tree. 480121

By Keith December 10, 2015Drama

Featuring Lionel Barrymore. This takes place in the days after Christmas. The town is feeling deflated as the bright decorations come down, leaving the place feeling like its lacking something.…

Radio City Playhouse – The Night Before Christmas. 491215

By Keith December 9, 2015Drama

Not a show about spying on Santa as he brings his brand of Christmas cheer to the kiddies. Instead our story starts in the hectic newsroom of a city editor's…