History – Retro Radio Podcast

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Bing Crosby – Kraft Music Hall – Guest, Victor Borge. 430204

By Keith December 8, 2025Bing Crosby, Music

Playlist: Bing sings, Me and my Gal. Trudy Irwin, girl singer, is played up to be Bing's niece in a brief comic bio. Uncle Harry Lillis (Bing) is the one…

Stan Freeburg – Abominable Snowman Revisited. ep9, 570908

By Keith August 28, 2025Comedy, Stan Freeberg

Stan talks about his friend the abominable snowman for another visit in the Himalayas. Learn the real name of the snowman and meet his wife. Stan exposes how he gets…

Stan Freeberg – CBS Censor. ep6, 570818

By Keith August 7, 2025Comedy, Stan Freeberg

Stan is bothered by a network censor while trying to sing Old Man River. The censor keeps interrupting to correct his grammar. After a brief historical sketch. Peggy Tailor sings,…

Stan Freeberg – Miss Jupiter. ep3, 570728

By Keith July 17, 2025Comedy, Stan Freeberg

After some interrupted starts to the show by a listening couple who keeps switching off the radio, Stan encounters June Forray as Miss Jupiter. She is slightly disgruntled that she…

Buy Bonds: A large billboard on the exterior of a building promoting war savings stamps. It reads, "Pledge your quarters for victory, buy and invest wisely in War Savings Stamps." The text highlights that these are "guaranteed by U.S. Government” with "4% interest." The advertisement encourages supporting the war. The scene includes a street view with trees, a building with columns, and a decorative streetlamp in front.

You Can’t Do Business With Hitler – Spoils of Europe. ep6, 1942

By Keith May 19, 2025Documentary and Interview

When it comes to obtaining raw materials for the war effort, Nazi Germany puts all bargaining aside. The only deals are those that meet their own demands. Embargos are placed.…

You Can’t Do Business With Hitler – Mass Murder. ep5, 1942

By Keith April 7, 2025Documentary and Interview

Probably the most well-known aspect of Nazi domination was the mass murder of the Jews. This episode takes a look at the treatment of the Jews, as people saw it…

A vintage advertisement for Admiral radios. It features an elderly man in glasses, sitting in a chair, with an excited expression as he listens to the radio. He holds a newspaper and gestures with a pencil. Next to him is a large radio. The text reads, "Mother! Come quick… it's our Jim on the radio from Naples!" The ad describes how Admiral radios broadcast important news during the war, promoting their quality and reliability.

You Can’t Do Business With Hitler -Two for Me, One for You. ep4, 1942

By Keith March 14, 2025Documentary and Interview

Just as the Nazi's are waging war on the world, they are waging war on the free enterprise system. Americans want to make sales, but Germans don't want to pay…

Image of the Jot'em Down Store from the radio program "Lum and Abner", featuring a storefront with various items on display in the window and a group of people gathered outside. Visit the real store: http://lum-n-abner.com/

Lum and Abner – Lum Writes a Pageant of Living History. 500308 (RetroExtra)

By Keith November 20, 2023Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

Lum tries on an old tux, and wants Abner's fashion advice on it. The gents discuss the falling attendance at school. Are all the modern distractions to blame? Radio, comic…

A black and white photograph of Fibber McGee and Molly, a couple from a popular radio show of the same name. They are standing in front of a closet that has been opened, with clothes and other items spilling out onto the floor. Fibber is holding a mop and wearing an apron, while Molly looks on with a smile on her face. The overall effect is one of humor and domesticity, with the couple's playful antics and cluttered living space providing a snapshot of life in mid-century America in 1948.

Fibber McGee and Molly – Pioneer Day. ep463, 460122

By Keith May 23, 2023Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly

A big salute to the pioneers who settled Wistful Vista is planned. Fibber tells Molly about who will be participating in the renactment of the old bank robbery along with…

Red Skelton (Avalon Time) King Arthur Skelton. ep11, 390318

By Keith March 18, 2023Comedy, Red Skelton

Or, The Thousand Dollars. Red pokes fun at Dell King's mustache, then is sassed by his microphone. The jokes turn to politics. Phil Davis plays, Begin the Beguine. Red Foley…