Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season
Thanks again to Buck Benny and his podcast for these postings from the golden age of radio.
Jack Bets on Our Fancy
01/25/1953
Saturday, January 26, 2013
New York Times Bestseller List - NonFiction 01/27/2013
NY Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending January 27th 2013
10 - The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg (29 weeks on list)
9 - Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo (14 weeks on list)
A journalist reports on families striving for better lives in a Mumbai slum.
8 - Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand (113 weeks on list)
7 - The Dude and The Zen Master - Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman
(Debut)
The actor and the Zen master examine the wisdom of Bridges's character the Dude from the 1998 cult classic "The Big Lebowski".
6 - Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (68 weeks on list)
5 - The World Until Yesterday - Jared Diamond (2 weeks on list)
The author of "Guns, Germs and Steel" examines what we can learn from traditional societies.
4 - Thomas Jefferson - Jon Meacham (9 weeks on list)
3 - No Easy Day - Mark Owen w/Kevin Maurer (19 weeks on list)
2 - My Share of the Task - Stanley McChrystal
(Debut)
The former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan now retired, reviews his career.
1 - Killing Kennedy - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(15 weeks on list)
The Events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
New York Times Bestseller List - Fiction 01/27/2013
NY Times Bestseller List
Hardcover Fiction
Week Ending January 27th 2012
10 - Dream Eyes - Jayne Ann Krentz
(Debut)
A psychic counselor, returning to a small Oregon town after her mentor's suspicious death, is drawn to a psychic investigator with disturbing power; a Dark Legacy novel.
9 - The Racketeer - John Grisham (12 weeks on list)
8 - The Blood Gospel - James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell
(Debut)
A hunt for the truth about a shadowy ancient order and a book supposed to have been written in Christ's own hand and in his blood; the first book in a series, The Order of the Sanguines.
7 - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie - Ayana Mathis (5 weeks on list)
Fifty some years in the life of an African-American family whose matriarch arrives in Philadelphia in 1923.
6 - The Husband List - Janet Evanovich
(Debut)
In New York City in 1984, a wealthy young woman yearns for adventure and the love of an Irish-American with new money, rather than the titled Britons to whom her mother hopes to marry her off.
5 - Collateral Damage - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
Back in New York, the lawyer Stone Barrington joins him former partner Holly Barker in pursuing a dangerous case.
4 - Kinsey and Me - Sue Grafton
(Debut)
Stories about Grafton's character Kinsey Millhone as well as explorations of Grafton's own past.
3 - Tenth of December - George Saunders
(Debut)
Stories that take on the big questions.
2 - Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (32 weeks on list)
1 - A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
(DEBUT)
The 14th and final novel in the Wheel of Time fantasy series.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season
(click below to go to the podcast page)
Thanks to Buck Benny and his Jack Benny Podcast. Please follow his show for all the great OTR from the golden age of radio
01/18/1953
Jack Buys an Umbrella Stand
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Gunsmoke on Radio and Television
Here again we have another great episode from one of if not the best radio western ever, Gunsmoke.
Also included is the tv version of the same episode.
Word of Honor
Episode 37 of Season 1
originally aired 01/10/1953
CBS radio
CBS televisionWord of Honor
Episode 3 or Season 1
originally aired 10/01/1955
10pm Saturday Nights
The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season
For the 1952-53 season The Jack Benny Show was the #2 rated radio program in the USA. The show that followed Jack on Sunday nights that season was Amos N' Andy, which was the #1 show of the season, talk about taking advantage of your lead in show!
Thanks to Buck Benny and his wonderful podcast that brings us the 1952-53 season of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.
01/11/1953
The Road to Bali with special guest Bob Hope
(always a laugh riot with Bob Hope as he uses the script as a guide to his ad libbing the funniest parts of the show)
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season
Our continuing look at the 1952-53 Season of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.
This was the #2 show on radio for that season.
Thanks to Buck Benny for his assistance with these postings and all tremendous work he puts into this first class podcast
click here to follow Buck and his Jack Benny / OTR Podcast
12/28/1952
The New Tenant
(This was one of the few lost or missing episodes of The Lucky Strike Program and Buck along with friends and family have recreated the missing parts to make a very good show)
01/04/1953
The Dishwasher is Broken
first show of 1953
(Jack gets tickets to the Rose Bowl Game with USC vs Wisconsin)
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Andy Griffith Show (1962-63 Season Finale)
The last episode from the 1962-63 season of The Andy Griffith Show, which that was the 3rd season.
It aired on CBS on Monday nights at 930pm and finished as the #6 show in prime time for the season.
The Big House
originally aired May 6th 1963
CBS
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
2012 Top Ten Movies
The Top Ten Money Making Movies of 2012
10 - Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
(216,391,482.00)
9 - Ted
(218,665,740.00)
8 - The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey
(228,693,000)
7 - Brave
(237,259,580)
6 - The Amazing Spider-Man
(262,030,663)
5 - The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn Part 2
(256,433,000)
4 - Skyfall
(289,600,000)
3 - The Hunger Games
(408,010,692)
2 - The Dark Knight Rises
(448,139,099)
1 - The Avengers
(623,357,910)
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