Behind The Mike – The Associated Press. ep41, 410629
A 30 minutes salute to the reporters at the Associated Press. Beginning with the history of the AP we eavesdrop on a meeting of arguing reporters who have to share…
Lux Radio Theater – Mr Deeds Goes to Town. 370201.
Featuring Gary Cooper in this classic story of a wealthy eccentric. Cecil B DeMill puts the spotlight on the stars of the feature, then sets the stage for the opening…
Big Town – The Fatal Fix. 490125.
When professional gambling rings move in, sportsmanship moves out. On the waterfront, a woman is roughed up and left. She's lucky the gangsters didn't just finish her off, but a…
Burns and Allen – Gracie Writes a Play. 401216.
As they often do, George and Gracie enter to joke about dating other people, and their fashionable nightlife. Topics also include Christmas shopping, and Senor Lee's crazy butchering of the…
Big Town – Double Murder. 481012
The story of the big city newspaper, and news man Steve Wilson. Each week the behind the scenes drama of a new headline is presented. In this strange case of…
Burns and Allen – George Writes a Newspaper Column. 400923.
The opening joking around covers bases about performing ability, hotels, and publicity. George has decided to write a newspaper collumn and after getting nowhere with Gracie and Senor Lee, he…
Big Town – Dangerous Resolution. 481228.
A man makes a New Year Resolution to leave the mob. But will the mob resolve to let him go? The guy is just a truck driver, and only on…
Green Hornet – Bid And Asked. 410809
Ed Lawery, star reporter for the Daily Sentinel, gets a hot tip and goes to interview the lovely Mrs Donald. What does her husband know? It's enough to get her…
Phil Harris – Jumping Off The Brooklyn Bridge. 500219.
Phil shows the girls the sights and historical landmarks of New York. Maybe Alice should be the tour guide since she was born and raised in New York. Not to…
Abbott and Costello – Hedda Hopper Sherman Oaks Gazette. 440224
Bud and Lou joke around about the news, and running a newspaper. Lou claims to be a great reporter. Sounds more like a peeping Tom to me though. Ken Niles even hops on the band wagon of offering news on animals. The jokes turn to good looks, or lack of them when Verna Felton shows up. Bud wants to make her fashion editer of his newspaper. Lou goes for the big headlines, world news. He phones Adolf Hitler himself, and Mel Blanc comes back with a passable, and funny, impression of that national leader. Freddie Rich plays, I Love You.