World_War2 – Page 35 – Retro Radio Podcast

Great Gildersleeve – Winning The War (re-creation). ep47, 420913

By Keith November 6, 2015Comedy, Great Gildersleeve

A modern re-enactent, using new actors, but the original script, including the commercial announcements. Enjoy this presentation of Gildy and his friends... with slight Southern accents. At the breakfast table,…

Command Performance – Bob Hope, Carole Landis. ep90, 431023 (RetroIntro)

By Keith October 23, 2015Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Bob Hope. He jokes about hunting, rationing, celebrity hunters, even some marksmanship humor from the shooting range. Bob then turns to the topic of football, then introduces Jimmy…

Red Skelton – Hiding. ep41, 421013

By Keith October 13, 2015Comedy, Red Skelton

Red jokes about his sponsor, and showing him the sights. Ozzie Nelson enters to switch the jokes towards the salvage drives that everyone is doing in these wartime days. He…

Spike Jones – Adolph Menjou. 450701.

By Keith July 1, 2015Music, Spike Jones

At San Diego Naval Hospital. Playlist: Francis Langford, There I Said It Again. Spike talks to Francis about the California sunshine. Spike Jones, By the Sea. Francis Langford, Night and…

Command Performance – Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra. 440603

By Keith June 3, 2015Command Performance, Music

That perennial favorite of military men everywhere, Bob Hope has a star-studded cast. First, he talks to the troopies about life in the military. Judy Garland sings, Story of the…

Your Hit Parade – First Song – All Or Nothing At All (#7) (AFRS). 431016

By Keith May 15, 2015Music, Your Hit Parade

Playlist: Frank Sinatra sings, All or Nothing At All. rated: 7 The Hit Paraders sing, Rancho Grande The Hit Paraders sing, You'll Never Know How Much I Love You. rated:…

Command Performance – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton. 440506

By Keith May 6, 2015Command Performance, Music

Host is Bob Hope, who whips out jokes about Springtime, military life, and the women’s college next to the base. then he is joined by his pal, Bing Crosby. If…

Command Performance – Shirley Temple, Baby Snooks, Abbott and Costello. 42-04-19 (retro490)

By Keith March 12, 2015Command Performance, Music, Retro Original

At the request of a soldier serving overseas, his kid sister is asked to host the show today. Shirly Temple says a hello to big brother Sonny, then gets the…

antique audio equipment, Fotolia, jukeboxes, music, nostalgic old record players, songs, sounds, tunes, vintage

Command Performance – Ginny Simms, Andrews Sisters, Roy Acuff, Mitch Ayres. ep84, 430911

By Keith September 11, 2014Command Performance, Music

Jenny Simms hosts, and leads off with a song, Somebody Loves Me. After reading from the mail bag, a request is answered for a cartoon voice of a pig singing...…

Jubilee – Erskine Hawkins, Rosetta Tharpe. ep43, 430906

By Keith September 6, 2014Jubilee, Music

Opening credits are cut. Host, Ernie Whitman turns it over to Erskine Hawkins, who opens with, Go Home. Rosetta Tharpe is on hand to sing, Sin is to Blame. Pianist,…