Classic Movie Poster of the Week

1944

"Heavenly Days"

starring Fibber McGee and Molly

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Johnson Wax Program starring Fibber McGee and Molly

June 20th 1944

"Getting Ready for the Cattle Ranch"

The McGees plan to spend the summer managing Uncle Sycamore's cattle ranch.

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Great Gildersleeve

October 1st 1944 (Sunday)

"The House is Sold"

Gildy is tricked into selling his house and finds himself in need of a new house....quickly!

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

Going My Way

1944

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1944

Best Song "Swinging On A Star"

Best Director Leo McCarey

Best Actor Bing Crosby

Best Supporting Actor Barry Fitzgerald

Original Story Leo McCarey

NY Times Bestseller List - Non Fiction (10/18/2015)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non-Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending October 18th 2015

10 - 1944 - Jay Winik
(2 weeks on list)
A pivotal year that saw D-Day, the liberation of Paris, Franklin Roosevelt's re-election and the Battle of the Bulge.

9  -  I'll Never Write My Memoirs - Grace Jones and Paul Morley
(Debut)
The life of the singer, model and actress, once a Studio 54 disco queen.

8  -  Saving Capitalism - Robert B. Reich
(Debut)
The former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, now a professor of public policy, considers how to reverse income inequality.

7  -  In This Together - Ann Romney
(Debut)
A memoir by the wife of the 2012 Republican presidential candidate discusses her faith, family and experience with MS.

6  -  The Wright Brothers - David McCullough
(22 weeks on list)

5  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
(52 weeks on list)

4  -  Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
(12 weeks on list)

3  -  Furiously Happy - Jenny Lawson
(2 weeks on list)
A humorous treatment of the author's life with depression and anxiety disorder.

2  -  Why Not Me? - Mindy Kaling
(3 weeks on list)

1  -  Killing Reagan - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(2 weeks on list) (last week's #1)
O'Reilly recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Johnson Wax Program 

starring Fibber McGee and Molly

"Aunt Sarah's Picture"

May 2nd 1944

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Mysterious Traveler

"The Accusing Corpse"

April 16th 1944

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Great Gildersleeve

"A Mother for Leroy"

January 23rd 1944

Golden Age of Radio Christmas - Fibber McGee and Molly

Today we have 5 classic episodes of Fibber McGee and Molly Christmas shows from the War Years

We start off with the first episode after the Pearl Harbor attack that led to the US entry into WWII.  This is a good and sometimes poignant show with comments on the events that fateful December

These shows take us through the end of the war and back to peacetime as the country is trying to resume normal non wartime activities.