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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

Dragnet

"The Big Underground"

December 28th 1954

Paul Dereaux is the prime suspect in a series of burglaries and car thefts.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

What's My Line? (Fred Allen's Debut)

What's My Line?

August 15th 1954

Fred Allen's Debut

(Mystery Guest : Buffalo Bob Smith and Howdy Doody)

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

Rear Window

1954

Nominated for 4 Academy Awards and the BAFTA for Best Picture

Won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Friday, October 10, 2014

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

Claustrophobia

Radio

Season 2 episode 42

aired June 26th 1954

Television

Season 3 episode 20

aired January 25th 1958

Friday, September 26, 2014

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

The F U

Radio version aired September 20th 1954

Season 3 episode 2

Television version aired March 14th 1959

Season 4 episode 27

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

This week's show is probably my favorite old time radio show not called Gunsmoke,
"The Jack Benny Program" which starred of course, Jack Benny. Jack was a comedy and radio legend and transitioned to television with no problem and deftly took his show with him and became a tv legend.
Jack along with his famous cast saw little change in lineup from his debut in 1932 to the final radio show in 1955. He made household names out of his wife Mary Livingstone, announcer Don Wilson, singer Dennis Day and band leader Phil Harris. In the early 1950s Phil Harris left Jack's show and was smoothly replaced by Bob Crosby (brother of Bing Crosby) and it was seamless. Jack himself said that his role was to have a funny show and it didnt matter who got the laughs because it was always The Jack Benny Program the people remembered.

October 24th 1954

"The Drive In Movie"

CBS Radio

(Jack, Don and Dennis have a night out at the movies)

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

This week's presentation of Gunsmoke on Radio and Television is the episode that was the television version's season 4 premiere. The 1958-59 television season would be the 2nd of 4 straight seasons that Gunsmoke was the #1 show on prime time network television.

Matt For Murder

July 26th 1954

season 2 episode 46