My name is Jim Hendrickson and I have list of things I am trying to collect and it must be complete,my friends have called me a completeist(my spelling)for many years and this is my blog. I cover just about everything, so you never know what will show up here. I have very eclectic taste ranging from pop music to history to horse racing and many more things that catch my interest. Come along and see whats out there.
The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny March 21st 1948 It's the first day of Spring, and Jack visits the Beverly Hills Beavers to lecture on the subject of "thrift and in a funny segment its talked about Ronald Colman winning an Oscar."
Ronald Colman won his only Academy Award for Best Actor for the role of Anthony John in 1947's "A Double Life"
The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny. November 16th 1947 Jack goes to renew his driver's license. Don't miss the eye chart and the puppy. The Sportsmen sing the middle commercial to the tune of, "I Believe." A woman tries to commit suicide by throwing herself in front of Don Wilson. Jack cuddles a little puppy. It turns out to be his toupee.
A former San Francisco private eye, just back in New York after two years in prison (the victim of a frame up), finds himself a target for another send-up and murder.
A couple seek to increase their chances of inheriting from their rich uncle by visiting him at his mansion. The uncle, who is rather disturbed and is obsessed with his theories of achieving immortality through ghostly possession, has other ideas.
Tonight's look at the Golden Age of Radio is the NBC cornerstone "Fibber McGee and Molly".
Fibber aired Tuesday nights at 930pm and was the cornerstone of NBC's most popular night or radio. The evening began with "Amos N Andy" at 9pm (tied for #6 in the season ratings), then "Fibber McGee and Molly" at 930 (#2), followed at 10pm by "The Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope" (tied at #6) and the night closed out at 1030 with "The Raleigh Cigarette Program starring Red Skelton" (#10).
"Fibber McGee and Molly" starred Jim and Marion Jordan as Fibber and Molly and with a top notch cast that at times included Harold Peary as The Great Gildersleeve, Gale Gordon as Mayor Latrivia and Foggy Williams the local weatherman. Also was the great voice man Bill Thompson who was The Old Timer, Wallace Wimple (the inspiration for cartoon's Droopy Dog), Arthur Q Bryan as Fibber's nemesis Doc Gamble (and the original voice of Elmer Fudd). These and many many other voices made Fibber McGee and Molly second only to Jack Benny (in my opinion) as the greatest comedy of the golden age of radio.
One of the most famous short stories of the 19th century was Ambrose Bierce's 1890 tale of the civil war hanging of confederate sympathizer Peyton Farquhar,Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
In the 20th century this story was interpreted in both radio and television, during the Golden Age of Radio by Escape and Suspense to tremendous effect.
On television, first by Alfred Hitchcock Presents in the 5th season, episode 13 aired December 20th 1959.
Thanks to Buck Benny's OTR podcast he brought us this version
The radio adaptations began with Escape's airing on December 10th 1947, starring Harry Bartell as Peyton Farquhar.
Suspense gave us its adaptation in July 9th 1959 with Vincent Price as Farquhar.
Maybe the most famous adaptation on American television was the airing on The Twilight Zone (Season 5, episode 22, Feb 28 1964) of the french short film that won the award for Best Short Subject at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival and the 1963 Academy Awards.
Again on radio by the great OTR revival show CBS Radio Mystery Theater June 4th 1974, starring William Prince as Peyton Farquhar.
Tonight's visit to the Trailer Park is to see the trailer for"Gentleman's Agreement". One of the biggest selling books of 1947 and then the winner of the Oscar for Best Picture in 1947.
The story of a reporter, played by Gregory Peck, who goes undercover to conduct a research expose on antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, CT.
