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January 11, 2021 - Old Time Radio Comedies

The Burns and Allen Show - Guest: Eddie Cantor

During the housing crisis in Los Angeles after WWII, George and Gracie find Eddie Cantor sleeping on a park bench. He explains that his house is overcrowded because his married daughters have returned home with their families due to the shortage of housing.

Gracie determines to get one of his unmarried daughters to marry their band leader, the shy Meredith Willson, who owns his own home.

Pretty funny script.

Featuring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson, Mel Blanc, Eddie Cantor

Original Air Date: October 3, 1946 on NBC

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Thursday, January 7, 2021 - OTR Westerns

Fort Laramie - "Woman at Horse Creek"

While out on patrol after an Indian uprising, Captain Lee Quince and his men come across a woman digging a grave. After learning her husband died from gangrene the day before, they realize she is suddenly alone in a desolated location with no nearby help or assistance.

A charitable act by the men ends up having dire consequences in a story with a cruel twist.

A very raw and adult script written by Kathleen Hite, who wrote 29 of the 40 Fort Laramie episodes.

Featuring: Raymond Burr, Virginia Christine, John Dehner, Barney Phillips, Jack Moyles, Harry Bartell, Vic Perrin

Original Air Date: February 12, 1956 on CBS

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - OTR Mysteries

Dragnet - "The Big Lift"

Joe Friday and Frank Smith are assigned to the forgery detail, shoplifting division. For six weeks they have been trying to catch a major department store shoplifting ring.

Their M.O. is simple: Two of the members keep a clerk distracted while a third walks off with expensive suits and coats.

When a man walks into a store trying to sell an assortment of suits, however, the scheme begins to unravel.

Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Jack Kruschen, Ralph Moody, Alice Backes, Herb Ellis

Original Air Date: April 27, 1954 on NBC

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - OTR Dramas

Night Beat - "Night Is A Weapon"

While Randy is visiting a local library at closing time, the librarian, who is an old friend, causes a patron to go into a crazed panic attack when she dims the lights to signal closing time.

Later, Randy finds the man buying a gun and babbling about how he is going to kill a man -- a man who is trying to drive him crazy with darkness.

Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Jan Morgan (no other cast credits given)

Original Air Date: February 13, 1950 on NBC

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Monday, January 4, 2021 - OTR Comedies

The Halls of Ivy - "The Gangster's Son"

Are the sins of the father to be laid upon the son? Can a bright and promising student be recognized if his father is a known gangster?

That is the dilemma Dr. Hall must ponder in this very insightful script from a show with a true social conscience - especially considering it was written in 1950.

Featuring: Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, William Conrad, Herb Butterfield, Willard Waterman, Gil Stratton Jr, Gloria Gordon

Original Broadcast Date: January 20, 1950 on NBC

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Thursday, December 31, 2020 - OTR Westerns

Gunsmoke - "The Cabin"

As Matt is returning home from Hays City after appearing as a government witness at a trial, he runs into a major blizzard.

Seeking shelter in a remote cabin he happens upon, he discovers a woman being brutalized and held hostage by two fugitives.

This classic Gunsmoke script by John Meston truly defines

why this elite radio program was considered the first true adult western.

Featuring: William Conrad, John Dehner, Harry Bartell, Vivi Janiss

Original Broadcast Date: December 27, 1952 on CBS

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - OTR Mysteries

Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Hairpin Turn"

When Marlowe meets a female champion sharpshooter, it only adds up that she is somehow connected to a dead body -- a body shot with a target pistol.

Or, to hear Marlowe tell it: "This time a fireball, too handy with a target pistol, led me down a rocky road. And it might have gotten worse, if I hadn't slowed down at the Hairpin Turn!"

Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Jay Novello, Ralph Moody, Tony Barrett, Charles Russell, G.B. Hunter, Olive Deering

Original Air Date: January 28, 1950 on CBS

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Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - OTR Drama

Lux Radio Theatre - "Crossfire"

A homicide detective is called in on a murder investigation and soon discovers evidence implicating a group of demobilized soldiers in the death of one Joseph Samuels.

The story develops in flashbacks, providing several different viewpoints of events leading up to the murder.

Meanwhile, army Sgt. Keeley begins his own investigation in an attempt to clear Mitchell, a soldier who becomes the main suspect.

Along the way, the true motive for the killing begins to dawn on both investigators.

Featuring: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Sam Levene, George Cooper, William Phipps, Marlo Dwyer, Julie Bennett, Bill Johnstone, William Lally, Luis van Rooten

Original Air Date: April 10, 1948 on CBS

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Jack is nervous as he is getting ready for his first show of the 1946-1947 season. Things come to a head when Mary advises Jack that both Dennis Day and Phil Harris have their own shows.

Along the way we learn how Jack first got linked up with the Sportsmen's Quartet in a segment that is hilarious. Also a funny bit with Mabel and Gertrude, the NBC telephone operators.

Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Rochester, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc

Original Air Date: September 29, 1946 on NBC

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Thursday, December 24, 2020 - OTR Westerns

Have Gun, Will Travel - "The Hanging Cross"

A rancher in Colorado Territory send for Paladin in order to find his son who was kidnapped by Pawnee Indians when he was an infant.

When Paladin arrives he learns the boy has been found. The problem is the child speaks no English and many of the ranch hands don't believe he is the kidnapped son.

Paladin, who speaks the Pawnee dialect, is put into service to find the truth -- and avoid a massacre.

Story by Gene Rodenberry.

Featuring: John Dehner, Ben Wright, Vic Perrin, Jess Kirkpatrick, Roy Woods, Dick Beals, Ann Morrison, Virginia Christine

Original Air Date: December 21, 1958 on CBS

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