2+ Hours of  variety

First a look at this day in History.

Then The Chase and Sanborn Hour, originally broadcast July 11, 1937, 87 years ago. Charlie McCarthy tells Edgar Bergen about his music lessons. Don Ameche and guest Gladys George appear in a sketch entitled Personal Appearance. W. C. Fields announces that he's leaving on vacation. The verbal battle with Charlie McCarthy continues. 


Followed by The Mercury Theater On The Air, originally broadcast July 11, 1938, 86 years ago, Dracula starring Martin Gabel.  First show of the series.  An adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel as only Orson Welles could do it. 


Finally Superman, originally broadcast July 11, 1941, 83 years ago, Fur Smuggling.    Fred Harmon kills himself! A rare example of suicide on a show meant for kids. Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen and Batiste (the guide) are camping in the North Woods. They're being watched; what's going on?  Bud Collyer is Clark Kent/Superman and Jackie Kelk is Jimmy Olson. 

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2+ Hours of Comedy with a side of Westerns 

First a look at this day in History.

Then Granbys Green Acres starring Gale Gordon and Bea Benederet, originally broadcast July 10, 1950, 74 years ago, Granby Plants a Crop.  What to plant? Corn? Wheat?

Followed by the news from 74 years ago, then Too Many Cooks starring Hal March, originally broadcast July 10, 1950, 74 years ago, Summer Camp. The Cook children want to go to camp, but Doug doesn’t have enough money to send them. So they build their own camp. 

Then Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden, originally broadcast July 10, 1949, 75 years ago, Telegram for Mrs Davis.  Mrs. Davis gets a telegram, but no-one wants to open it! This naturally leads to Christmas in the Spring!

Followed by Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast July 10, 1960, 64 years ago, Five Days to Yuma.  Paladin is hired to deliver a British prisoner named Jeremy Thompson to the Carson City jail. Jeremy's drunken mother proves an unexpected problem. 

Finally Lum and Abner, originally broadcast July 10, 1944, 80 years ago, Teaching Cedric to Dance.  Abner teaches Cedric to dance and even takes a spin around the store with Lum!

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2+ Hours of  Crime

First a look at this day in History.

Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast July 9, 1961, 63 years ago, The Fiddle Faddle Matter.  A businessman has an expensive violin insured for $10,000 stolen.  The businessman is then killed! 

Followed by the news from 63 years ago, then Suspense, originally broadcast July 9, 1961, 63 years ago, Epitaph starring Paul McGrath and Barbara Becker.  After a woman's death, her sister is romanced by a suitor with a heart of evil. 

Then The Whistler, originally broadcast July 9, 1947, 77 years ago, The Two Lives of Colby Fletcher starring Elliot Lewis.  A man deliberately runs down a pedestrian with his car...trying to complete his scheme to fake his own death. 

Followed by  Jeff Regan Investigator starring  Frank Graham and Frank Nelson, originally broadcast July 9, 1950, 74 years ago, She’s Lovely, She’s Engaged, She Eats Soybeans.  A story about a new miracle health food. A professional bathing beauty named Jerry Shoulder needs protection. 

Finally Superman, originally broadcast July 9, 1941, 83 years ago, The White Plague.  Clark Kent announces that he knows who killed the five lumberjacks and the secret of, "The "White Plague!" Fred Harmon shoots Father Malone! The end of the adventure, but the story line continues. Bud Collyer is Clark Kent/Superman and Jackie Kelk is Jimmy Olson. 

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A Western Monday

First a look at this day in History.

Then Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast July 8, 1956, 68 years ago, The Talented Recruits.  Feeney and Merriweather, a medicine hawker and a Shakespearean actor, join the army and find out about soldiering the hard way.  Parley Baer and John Dehner portray Feeney and Merriweather.

Followed by the news from 68 years ago, then Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast July 8, 1956, 68 years ago, Passive Resistance. Two cattlemen slaughter the herd of sheep owned by Gideon Seek, then burn down his house and wagon and finally shoot him. Gideon is a peaceable man who won't even identify his tormentors. 

Then The Roy Rogers Show, originally broadcast July 8, 1954, 70 years ago, The Spell of Indian Magic.   An elderly Navajo is dying from an Indian curse (the curse must be from Haiti as the curse sounds very much like voodoo). Actually, the old man is killed by an evil spirit named, "Wonga." 

Followed by Rogers of the Gazette starring Will Rogers, Jr, originally broadcast July 8, 1953, 71 years ago, Lance O’Neill.   Will is planning to write a story about Lance O'Neill, Illyria's famous artist, despite the opposition of the powerful Mrs. Hannibal.  First show of the series. 

Finally Claudia, originally broadcast July 8, 1948, 76 years ago, Visitors and Gifts.  

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A special episode of the podcast dealing with illegal immigration in the 50's 

First, an episode of Stand By for Crime from 1953 entitled The Wetback Murders.   A visit to Tijuana ends with a roadblock and a dead body in the trunk. Glenn Langan stars as Chuck and Adele Jergens as his girl Friday.

Then from 1954,  The Wetbacks.  In 1954 CBS Radio, as part of its Unit 1 Documentary series, devoted an hour to the problem of illegal immigration and what was being done about it at the time. And roughly, its about the same that’s being done now. The arguments are almost exactly the same then as they are now; the conversation hasn’t changed much, except the topic of drugs and cartels wasn’t an issue then. In 1954 we were in the midst of Red Scare Mania and the fear came over the possibilities of a flood of Communists rather than drugs and gangs.

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2+ Hours of  Comedy

First a look at this day in History.

Then The Martin and Lewis Show, originally broadcast July 7, 1953, 71 years ago, Guest Marlene Dietrich. Dietrich and the boys do a gangster sketch.  

Followed by My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast July 7, 1947, 77 years ago, Too Much Publicity.   Irma finds herself in a beauty contest. She wins the cup, but now wants the saucer!

Then The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast July 7, 1957, 67 years ago, You Could Look It Up.   The James Thurber short story about the day a midget played major league baseball.

Followed by  Rogues Gallery starring Dick Powell, originally broadcast July 7, 1946, 78 years ago, Cabin on the Lake.  At a resort, Janice Cole is found dead in her room. Her body promptly disappears while Rogue sleeps through his weekly hit-on-the-head. Rogue is then accused of the crime!

Finally Superman, originally broadcast July 7, 1941, 83 years ago, The White Plague.   The cabin burns down and Clark Kent smells kerosene. Now, there have been five men murdered. Clark Kent announces that he knows who is responsible for, "The White Plague!". Bud Collyer is Clark Kent/Superman and Jackie Kelk is Jimmy Olson. 

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2+ Hours of Drama

First a look at this day in History.

Then Call the Police, originally broadcast July 6, 1948, 76 years ago,  Suntower Mystery Mansion.  Mrs. Potter is found strangled to death. Since she was a believer in occultism, was her killer from the beyond? After the second murder, the evidence points to the world of the living!

Followed by Freedom USA starring Tyrone Power, originally broadcast July 6, 1952, 72 years ago, Cody’s Monster.  An controversial experimental airplane pushed by Senator Edwards has crashed, causing resistance to continued funding for the military aircraft.

Then Suspense, originally broadcast July 6, 1954, 70 years ago, The Tip starring Lurene Tuttle. A man bent on revenge holds a woman captive in her own home while they wait for her husband's return...so he can kill him! 

Followed by Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator starring William Gargan, originally broadcast July 6, 1954, 70 years ago, The Tough Guy.  Barrie joins in the search for a missing $30,000 in stolen loot. 

Finally Claudia, originally broadcast July 6, 1948, 76 years ago, First Look at the New Heir.  

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2+ Hours of  Comedy

First a look at this day in History.

Then Father Knows Best starring Robert Young, originally broadcast July 5, 1951, 73 years ago, The Meaning of Freedoms.  The Andersons are back in the days of the American Revolution.

Followed by Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast July 5, 1937, 87 years ago, Getting Out of Hollywood Lease.   The program originates from Hollywood.  Fibber tries to break his lease after filming their part in, "This Way, Please." 

Then The Martin and Lewis Show, originally broadcast July 5, 1949, 75 years ago, Guest Ralph Bellamy. The boys need a new act for a stage appearance in the fall. Perhaps guest Ralph Bellamy can help...he's written a new song! Ralph joins Dean and Jerry in a hillbilly drama titled, "When My Honeybee Starts Buzzin' 'Round, I Always Get The Hives."

Followed by  The Life of Riley starring William Bendix, originally broadcast July 5, 1947, 77 years ago, Riley Thinks Peg is Leaving Him.  Riley thinks Babs is leaving him. The last show of the program's fourth season. 

Finally Claudia, originally broadcast July 5, 1948, 76 years ago, the baby is here, and it’s a.....

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Independence Day Celebration

First a look at this day in History.

Then Life with Luigi starring J. Carrol Naish, originally broadcast July 4, 1950, 74 years ago, 4th of July Parade.  Luigi is going to his first fourth of July parade. 

Followed by the news from 74 years ago, then The Penny Singleton Show, originally broadcast July 4, 1950, 74 years ago, Safe and Sane Fourth. Penny wants the family to have a "safe and sane" 4th of July. That means no fireworks. 

Then Anthology, originally broadcast July 4, 1954, 70 years ago, 4th of July Special. Poetry, information, and music of the Independence Day.  Tyrone Power reads The Ballad of the Leatherneck Corps.  Edna St Vincent Milley’s  Poem and Prayer for an Invading Army, originally commissioned by NBC,  is read once again by Ronald Coleman.

Followed by Columbia Presents Corwin, originally broadcast July 4, 1944, 80 years ago, Home for the Fourth starring Dane Clark.  A story typical of America and the things it stands for.

Finally Superman, originally broadcast July 4 1941, 83 years ago, The White Plague. A chat with a doctor-priest, and then fire breaks out!  Bud Collyer as Clark Kent and Superman, with Jackie Kelk as Jimmy Olsen. 

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2+ Hours of Westerns and Comedy

First a look at this day in History.

Then Too Many Cooks starring Hal March, originally broadcast July 3, 1950, 74 years ago, Ghosts.  A summer situation comedy about a happily married family...with ten children!  The kids steal apples from Mr. Fowler’s tree.  Mr Cook and his pals try to scare the kids by playing as ghosts.  But he drops his wallet. 

Followed by Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden, originally broadcast July 3, 1949, 75 years ago, Conklin’s Blood Pressure. Plans for the July 4th weekend at Eagle Springs aren't as easy as they sound!.

Then Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast July 3, 1960, 64 years ago, Dad-Blamed Luck.  Jamie Howard, inveterate gambler and part time horse thief, hires Paladin to regain his lost gold mine. 

Followed by  Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast July 3, 1954, 70 years ago, Word of Honor.  After treating a wounded man, Doc gives his word of honor not to reveal the identities or hiding place of his criminal patients. 

Finally Lum and Abner, originally broadcast July 3, 1942, 82 years ago, Baby Left in Store.  Lizabeth and Pearl are not in Texas after all. The boys are left with a baby while its mother leaves town!

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