Comedy – Page 10 – Retro Radio Podcast

Command Performance – Katherine Hepburn, Jesters, Ed Gardner, Kathryn Grayson. 430731

By Keith July 31, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Katherine Hepburn. Ted Lewis entertains by singing a medley in his mellow, slow singing way to help provide the answer to his signature question, "Is everybody happy?" Sounds…

Command Performance – Dinah Shore, Tommy Dorsey, Robert Benchley, Rise Stevens. ep76, 430724

By Keith July 24, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Dinah Shore, who leads off with Blow Gabriel Blow. After a dip into the mail bag, Tommy Dorsey's band plays, but without Tommy due to a last minute…

Command Performance – Bing Crosby, Betty Grable, Harry James. ep75, 430717

By Keith July 17, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Bing Crosby. He opens with a duet with Trudy Irwin, and a song, Wait for Me Mary. Harry James helps read from the mail bag, and with Helen…

Command Performance – Ronald Colman, Ella Mae Morse, Jeanette MacDonald, Ginny Simms. ep74, 430710

By Keith July 10, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Ronald Coleman. Ella May Morse sings, Thank Your Lucky Stars. At requests from the mail bag, sounds from home are recreated, namely a carnival barker. Mother Kahill plays…

Lux Radio Theater – The Show Off (Great Gildersleeve, Una Merkel). 430201 (retro530)

By Keith July 7, 2016Drama, Lux, Science Fiction

Greetings from Hollywood. Harold Peary, or the Great Gildersleeve, is cast in this hit play from the theater as Aubrey Piper. Talk, talk, talk. The women folk of the house…

Command Performance – Kay Kyser, Gertrude Niesen, Lena Horne, Rochester. ep73, 430703

By Keith July 3, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Kay Kaiser. A poem by Ishkabibble about Al Jolson is read. At the request of the mail bag Kay Kaiser's vocalists sing, Let's Get Lost. A movie scene…

Lux Radio Theater – Major And The Minor. 430531

By Keith May 31, 2016Drama

Features Ray Milan, and Ginger Rogers. Ginger Rogers is a secretary who has become disillusioned by the big city. Ginger gets fired and leaves her lecherous boss. On the way…

Interview: Kate Schweikle – Plus Snooks, George, and Gracie (retro517)

By Keith February 26, 2016Documentary and Interview, Retro Original

hRecently I asked for response from listeners who wanted to talk to me about old time radio. Kate is the first to contact me, and we had a nice, long…

Jubilee – CP Johnson, Johnny Mercer. 440110.

By Keith January 10, 2016Jubilee, Music

Host is Ernie Whitman. With much jubilant jive, Ernie calls on CP Johnson to play, Sherman Shuffle. The Delta Rhythm Boys respond to some mailbag requests before they sing Johnny…

Command Performance – Bob Hope, Carole Landis. ep90, 431023 (RetroIntro)

By Keith October 23, 2015Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Bob Hope. He jokes about hunting, rationing, celebrity hunters, even some marksmanship humor from the shooting range. Bob then turns to the topic of football, then introduces Jimmy…