Firsts – Page 2 – Retro Radio Podcast

Fibber McGee and Molly Fibber Needs Glasses (Sixth Anniversary Show(). ep283, 410415

By Keith June 11, 2019Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly

Molly has insisted that Fibber have his eyes checked. In the office of the Occulist, the Old Timer shares his good report from the doctor. Fibber gets confused over matters…

Bing Crosby Double Feature, 1934 to 1946 (retro574)

By Keith June 26, 2017Bing Crosby, Music, Retro Original

Not quite a Retro Diary, just a lot of Bing Crosby. Presenting a couple of firsts... sort of... An early radio show, and the earliest I can find at the…

Judy Canova – First Show. ep1, 430706

By Keith July 6, 2016Comedy, Judy Canova

Judy returns to Rancho Canova after a whirlwind tour with the Hollywood crowd and a Bond Tour to raise money for the war effort. She shares about the men in…

Great Gildersleeve – Gildy’s First Day On The Job. ep53, 421025

By Keith November 18, 2015Comedy, Great Gildersleeve

After his triumph in the previous episode at winning his appointment as Summerfield's Water Commissioner, Gildy heads out, trying not to be late on his first day on the job.…

Great Gildersleeve – Appointed Water Commissioner. ep52, 421018

By Keith November 15, 2015Comedy, Great Gildersleeve

Heading to the barber shop, we meet Floyd the barber for the first time. Gildy shares about his conflict with the current, corrupt Water Commissioner, Clannahan. Floyd lends a sympathetic…

Jack Benny – Kenny Bakers Debut. 351103

By Keith November 3, 2013Comedy, Jack Benny

Episodes from this time period of the show are sparce, but here's a classic, and a milestone featuring Kenny Baker's first appearance. Jack gets a shave and haircut from Pasquali,…

Gunsmoke 1 First Audition Show 1949

By tom September 22, 2013Contributors, Gunsmoke, Western

Audition Show 6/11/49
Gunsmoke was a long-running American old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories took place in or about Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West.
The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and is commonly regarded as one of the finest radio dramas of all time; the television version ran from 1955 to 1975 and still holds the record for the longest-running U.S. prime time fictional television program.