Jack Benny Double Feature, 1932 to 1970, Bookends. (RV51, retro624)
Welcome to the Retro Radio Show Vault. Taking you back to the days when radio was young, and the first season of the podcast. Installments in our Retro Original Channel…
Bob Hope (Pepsodent Preview) Jack Haley. 420104
Bob "Pepsodent" Hope tries on a few different middle names before turning to joke about the end of another year. He jokes about the hotels he has been staying in,…
Retro OTRDiary 33 – Introducing The Saint (retro598)
To introduce a coming feature to the podcast, Keith shares some background on the Saint, and includes a handful of clips from a BBC presentation. Starting out in print form,…
An Evening with George Burns, 1974 TV Special, Soundtrack. (retro577)
Live at Schubert Theater. A TV special, released on a vinyl album in 1975. Enjoy the show in its entirety. Some background: On TV, George and Gracie had successful seasons…
Retro OTRDiary 28 Superman Radio Origin, 1940 (retro576)
Featuring the first 6 episodes of the Adventures of Superman. Plus extra background from Keith, as gleaned from the web, and other sources. 1940-02-12 The Baby From Krypton. As a…
This Is Your Life – Phil Harris – (Season 6 premiere). 570925 (retro563)
Audio soundtrack of a video. The long running television show featured surprise glimpses at the lives of celebrities through the decades. In today's feature, Ralph Edwards portrays the life of…
Vic and Sade – The History Of Plant Number Fourteen. 440225.
Vic is worried over an essay that he has to write. It has to be 3000 words long, and he's afraid that he may go over, or end up with fewer words. Russel enters to try to take part in the troubles, but all he does is become an annoyance to Vic. The essay is on a simple enough topic, the History of Plant 14, the place where Vic works.
Retro OTRDiary 25 Betty Hutton Part 2. (retro558)
Here's part 2 of my salute to an all round performer, Betty Hutton. First a bit of correction to the previous installment. I didn't catch some mistakes in Betty's life,…
ROTR Diary 24 Betty Hutton, Part 1, 1921-1942. (retro554)
Presenting part 1 of a feature on singer, actress, and entertainment personality, Betty Hutton. Enjoy this blend of her history, with sound bites of her early performances. Born in 1921,…
We Came This Way (NBC) Valley Forge. 441215
December 1777, Valley Forge. A radio a n nou announcer paints a word picture of the contrast of the sunny warm scene in the Summer, to what it looks like…