Comedy – Page 12 – Retro Radio Podcast

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…

Victor Borge – First Song Stars In Your Eyes. ep7, 450814

By Keith August 14, 2015Music

Pat Friday opens the show with the song, I See Stars in Your Eyes. Victor talks about how to behave like a gentleman. Next, Victor plays a tune from his…

Spike Jones – Adolph Menjou. 450701.

By Keith July 1, 2015Music, Spike Jones

At San Diego Naval Hospital. Playlist: Francis Langford, There I Said It Again. Spike talks to Francis about the California sunshine. Spike Jones, By the Sea. Francis Langford, Night and…

Command Performance – Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra. 440603

By Keith June 3, 2015Command Performance, Music

That perennial favorite of military men everywhere, Bob Hope has a star-studded cast. First, he talks to the troopies about life in the military. Judy Garland sings, Story of the…