The Origin of Superstition – Don’t Turn Back. ep26, 1935
On the way to meet his date. the boy is teased by his sister, and parents. reTurning home back to get the ring he forgot, he is warned that it's…
You Are There – The Rise Of Alexander The Great – Battle For Asia, 331BC. 490313.
The Greeks are set to battle with the much larger Persian army. CDS takes you back over a thousand years to be there as Alexander the Great seeks mastery of…
Red Skelton (Avalon time) Egypt. ep7, 390218
Or, Edna Stillwell Joins the Cast. Red opens with jokes about flying, airplanes, and even Hollywood marriages. He tells about the laughs his movies get. Phil Davis plays some mellow…
Jack Benny – NBC Tribute To Jack Benny’s Tenth Anniversary. ep411, 410511
After the hour long special, Jack Benny and his cast respond to the honors of the gala event. Don Wilson introduces Jack Benny. The two joke about his taste in…
Adventures in Research – The Story of Metal X. ep190, 460910
Rolling back the clock to just after the end of the first world war, we join a team of scientists. They're working on a curious new metal, uranium. It's a…
Adventures in Research – The First American Patent. ep187, 460820
Rolling the clock back to 1646, in the early colonial days of America, we learn the circumstances of the first patent issued in America. An ironworker had already been inventing…
Adventures in Research – King of Clocks. 460730
Enjoy the story of Big Ben, and how the famous clock came to be, and got its name. Though it seems to have been there for centuries, it was finished…
Behind The Mike – Director Star Relations. ep31, 410420
We learn of some of the things that made radio broadcasts difficult in the early days. Namely, the quality of how certain microphones sounded. Also that early studios weren't always…
Behind The Mike – The Lee DeForrest Story. ep27, 410323
Karen Temple, a starlet, and ice skater, fell ill and after a lengthy hospital stay was told she may never be able to stand. She tells Graham Macnamee about her…
Double Feature – Bing, Lum, And Abner. 350319 (retro680)
To get the feature started, Keith shares some history of Bing Crosby's early years, from his birth in 1903, up to the events that led to his launch with the…