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Retro OTRDiary 20 Interview: Donnie Pitchford, Part 3 (retro521)

By Keith March 22, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

In this installment of my combined interview and glimpse at the 1935 season of Lum and Abner, Donnie Pitchford offers some background on the introduction of bandleader, Opie Cates as…

Retro OTRDiary 20 Interview: Donnie Pitchford, Part 3 (retro521)

By Keith March 21, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

In this installment of my combined interview and glimpse at the 1935 season of Lum and Abner, Donnie Pitchford offers some background on the introduction of bandleader, Opie Cates as…

Retrro OTRDiary 19 Interview Donnie Pitchford Part 2. (retro519)

By Keith March 13, 2016Comedy, Documentary and Interview, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

In the style of a Retro OTRDiary, to stand in for where the usual installment of Lum and Abner is missing, I present another mashed together collection of classic clips…

Retro OTRDiary 18 Interview with Donnie Pitchford (retro516)

By Keith February 23, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

Part of a longer interview I had with uncle Donnie Pitchford, President of the National Lum and Abner Society. The show is a series of clips. I talk with Donnie…

Retro OTR Diary 17Dragnet490714ep6RedLightBandit

By Keith August 5, 2015Dragnet, Retro Original

Join Keith as he shares a few comments that he sprinkles into the action of this dramatic, and brutal crime. Joe Friday and his partner, Ben Romero have to track…

Retro OTRDiary 13 Superman – Fur Smuggling, July 1941

By Keith July 24, 2014Adventure, Superman

Early in the month the Retro Radio Podcast went on the road. The trip gave me the opportunity to have a discussion with special guest. Actually 2 if you count…

Retro OTRDiary 12 Dragnet – Homicide ep4, 490624

By Keith July 21, 2014Dragnet

Joe Friday is bombarded by matchmaking co-workers, Fred Lindsay and Ben Romero. His voiceover transitions to business. On the homacide scene the victim is Lindsay from auto theft division. The…

Retro OTR Diary 11 Jack Paar Comparrison to Jack Benny.

By Keith July 14, 2014Retro Original

Looking at the first appearances of both comedians, we see their flair for dry humor, and using topics in the headlines. Easy to do, but often it doesn't hold up…

Retro OTR Diary 10 Gunsmoke – Little bird 580511

By Keith July 10, 2014Retro Original

Before getting started, Keith shares a story about how, in a later interview, William Conrad tells of an autograph seeker and fan of Gunsmoke. The obliging voice actor stopped on…

Retro OTR Diary 09 Vic and Sade – Five Men from Maine. 410530.

By Keith June 14, 2014Comedy, Retro Original, Vic and Sade

It's a typical day in the gook home, and rush tries to relay a telephone message to Vic. The mysterious phone call is about 5 men from Maine who are…