Productions – Retro Radio Podcast

Candy Matson – The Movie Company. ep50, 500911

By Keith January 14, 2025Candy Matson, Detective and Mystery

Candy runs into her friend, police detective Ray Mallard on the movie set that is getting ready to shoot on location near her house. Take an audio glimpse behind the…

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…

Lum and Abner – Lum Writes An Opera (RetroExtra). 491109

By Keith October 23, 2023Comedy, Lum and Abner

Though the show opens with the words, "On the air for Fridgedairre!" There is no mid show commercial. Lum has started a society to raise the level of ignorance in…

A black and white photograph of Elliott Lewis, a man in a suit and tie, standing in front of a microphone with headphones on. He appears to be speaking or reading from a script, with one hand raised to emphasize a point. The background is dark and nondescript, with no discernible details.

On Stage – A Poetic Tragedy. ep3, 530115

By Keith March 9, 2023Drama, On Stage

In today’s story Cathy is a young actress who is new to the theater. Listen as the tender young woman brushes up against the terse, synical production execs as she…

A black and white photograph of Jack Benny, a man in a suit and tie, standing against a plain background. He is looking off to the side with a slight smile on his face, and his hands are clasped in front of him. Benny was a comedian and actor, best known for his radio and television shows in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. The photograph conveys a sense of classic Hollywood glamour and style, with Benny's sharp features and piercing blue eyes on prominent display.

Jack Benny – The Horn Blows At Midnight. 490220.

By Keith June 19, 2022Comedy, Jack Benny

Don Wilson flashes back to about an hour before the broadcast. Jack complains to Rochester about the sandwich that he brought for him. Mary pops into Jacks dressing room to…

Close-up of a pair of spectacles or eyeglasses designed to improve vision, with silver frames and clear lenses.

Marx Brothers Rremakes – Bullets And Blood. 910615

By Keith June 15, 2021Comedy

Miss Dimples sets the stage when she answers a phone call with a message that Flywheel and Revelli have left for Hollywood. As the two bicker, they stop at an…

Burns and Allen comedy duo performing on stage

Burns and Allen – Robert Montgomery. 490407.

By Keith April 7, 2021Burns and Allen, Comedy

As we find Gracie and George at home, she reads an article about Robert Montgomery, and his expected film. It will be the Story of Napoleon and Joesephine, and is…

Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone and Don Wilson posing for a photo in 1938.

Jack Benny – Vacation Plans. 360621.

By Keith June 21, 2020Comedy, Jack Benny

The season is coming to a close, and the cast all talk about their vacation plans. Kenny enters to remind folks it's Father's Day. Jack is rearing to go and…

Jack Benny – Opening Of Bennymount Films. 360614.

By Keith June 14, 2020Comedy, Jack Benny

Jack is still worried about getting that phone call from Paramount, but in the meantime he presents a spoof news account. Something that he did a lot as a feature…

Great Gildersleeve – Flashback: Plays Cyrano, Meets Eve. ep213, 460602

By Keith December 20, 2019Comedy, Great Gildersleeve

In his office, Gildersleeve and Bessie discuss that he has been Water Commissioner for 4 years now. How did it come about? He recounts how one of his other options…