A Christmas Story
1983
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Old Time Radio Show of the Week
Harold played Gildy for 13 years on radio, starting on "The Johnson Wax Program starring Fibber McGee and Molly" in 1939 as Throckmorton Gildersleeve
In 1941 Gildy was "spun off" to his own show, Harold Peary stayed as Gildersleeve until 1950. He left after the 1949-50 season and was replaced by soundalike Willard Waterman who finished with the radio version in 1957. Waterman also played Gildersleeve on 39 episodes of the television version for NBC in 1955.
NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) June 15th 2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Non Fiction
Week Ending June 15th 2014
(click on title to view at Amazon)
(click on title to view at Amazon)
10 - Flash Boys - Michael Lewis
(9 weeks on list)
9 - No Place To Hide - Glenn Greenwald
(3 weeks on list)
8 - A Fighting Chance - Elizabeth Warren
(6 weeks on list)
7 - Tibetan Peach Pie - Tom Robbins
(Debut)
The author of novels like "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Another Roadside Attraction" recalls his colorful life.
6 - Finding Me - Michelle Knight and Michelle Burford
(4 weeks on list)
5 - Stress Test - Timothy F Geithner
(3 weeks on list)
4 - Think Like a Freak - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
(3 weeks on list)
3 - The Closer - Mariano Rivera with Wayne Coffey
(4 weeks on list)
2 - Capital In The Twenty-First Century - Thomas Piketty
(8 weeks on list)
1 - One Nation - Ben Carson with Candy Carson
(2 weeks on list) (2nd week at #1)
Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems in health and education based on capitalism, not government.
NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) June 15th 2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending June 15th 2014
10 - The Lincoln Myth - Steve Berry
(2 weeks on list)
The ex-government operative Cotton Malone becomes involved in a dangerous conflict set in motion by the founding fathers.
9 - Natchez Burning - Greg Iles
(5 weeks on list)
8 - Field of Prey - John Sanford
(4 weeks on list)
7 - The Target - David Baldacci
(6 weeks on list)
6 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(4 weeks on list)
5 - Unlucky 13 - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(4 weeks on list)
4 - The One and Only - Emily Giffin
(2 weeks on list) (Last week's #1)
A woman who has grown up and made her life in a small, football-obsessed Texas town begins to expand her horizons.
3 - The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(32 weeks on list)
2 - Ghost Ship - Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
(Debut)
Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala and the rest of the NUMA crew investigate a sinister organization responsible for vanishing scientists, suspicious accidents and a human trafficking ring.
1 - Skin Game - Jim Butcher
(DEBUT)
The Chicago wizard Harry Dresden is forced to help an enemy break into a high security vault.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Gunsmoke - Season 3
Joe Phy
Season 3 episode 17
January 4th 1958
(guest star Morey Amsterdam)
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Old Time Radio Show of the Week
This week we get a visit from "The Mysterious Traveler".
This anthology radio program was on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1943 to 1952.
Episodes ranged from suspense, science fiction, fantasy and sometimes straight crime drama.
Today an example of the science fiction
THE BIG BRAIN
aired March 14th 1950
Thursday, May 29, 2014
1986 Nascar Firecracker 400
The 1986 stock car season was Tim's best year in NASCAR as he finished 3rd in points and had 7 wins, the most for any driver in 1986.
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