John Brown (Photo) stars as "Broadway" our narrator and participant in this comedy written by Damon Runyon for his "Damon Runyon Theater" series on radio from 1949-1950 with 52 episodes. All the stories take place in NYC... Broadway, Brooklyn... and the accents are there to prove it. Excellent series and this episode will be stored in the "Damon Runyon" playlist on this podcast. Intro audio provides some general history of the series and introduces this particular episode. Enjoy!

Introductory audio gives history of this program. Bob Bailey did this show before he starred in "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"... guess you consider this a warm up...but listeners loved both the "George Bailey and Johnny Dollar" characters that Bob Bailey so well played.

This will be stored in the "Detective Mystery" Playlist.

A very popular show on this podcast... with a rather "catchy" title. The title almost kept the show from ever going on the air. Networks thought it was too insulting. WOR in NYC took a chance and the show was a success that ran 11 years on Mutual, CBS, and NBC - 1942-51. It was especially popular with our troops overseas during WWII and thus was broadcast over the Armed Forces Radio Service who also managed to keep the transcription disks in good shape so that we can enjoy the show even today. Oh, and if the band sounds "loopy" that is how they are supposed to sound... audience loved them! This will be stored in the "Game Shows" Playlist

Introductory audio gives a general history of the series and introduces the episode you are going to hear... 68 years ago on ABC radio... during it's last year on the radio (1954-55) Brace Beemer is the Lone Ranger, John Todd is Tonto. This will be stored in the "Westerns" Playlist.

Two more episodes edited back to back are added to the "Marco Polo" Playlist. Starring George Edwards, an amazingly talented vocal artist who often played several roles, up to 5, in one story. This radio adaptation is based on ancient works from 1271 from Marco Polo's adventures to meet the Kubla Khan in Asia.

The introductory audio says it all... Another adventure into the Interplanetary Space with Commander Buzz Cory and Cadet Happy as they battle to survive and protect others from "The Indestructible Germ"... or is it? This track will be located in "Space Patrol" Playlist of this Soundcloud.com originating podcast.

With the outbreak of some paralytic polio cases in New York and the discovery of polio virus in wastewater treatment plants there, I put together some information from the World Health Organization and some of my own childhood memories... for some brief comments on the return of the Polio virus and the importance of vaccination in stopping the reoccurrence of this tragic disease. This track will be stored in "History of Radio" Playlist. Photo: Dr. Jonas Salk who discovered the first vaccine for polio in 1955.

"What is a guillotine?"... The first REAL cure for dandruff! Well that is one of the first questions asked of the panel made up of Lulu McConnell, a loud-mouthed comedienne; George Shelton, a vaudeville comedy performer; and Harry McNaughton, a dry dim-sounding Englshman. The host asking the questions in Tom Howard. The program first aired in 1942 and because of it's title "It Pays To Be Ignorant" it was a big risk because the network thought it might be offensive. But people loved it! It ran on CBS and NBC for 9 yrs... ending in 1951. The orchestra that provides "Spike-Jones" like musical interludes was Al Madru and the Esquires and then the "Corncobbers" . This show was broadcast over the AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service) and featured guests that were military people on leave in NYC. This show is in the "Game Show" Playlist...

Radio City Playhouse entered the anthology genre of radio late in the history of radio... 1948. NBC used actors from NYC rather than talent from the West Coast where most of the other radio series were being produced. There were many talented vocal actors in NYC and this show highlights that fact. It is entitled "Fanny" and is about an aging lady who is more than a bit grumpy but worth millions of dollars...and then she meets Joel. This is a very entertaining comedy from this respected anthology series on NBC. This will be stored in the "Comedy" playlist on this Soundcloud.com originating podcast

A collection of Mark Twain's reflections and stories called "Mark Twain in Eruption" included a section entitled "Hannibal Days" (Hannibal, Missouri) with a short story of his first day at school at the age of 4 1/2.. entitled "A Corn Pone Prayer" ... School is starting soon in USA... as a retired teacher with 35 years in the classroom...I thought the reading of this story written in 1906 was entertaining and interesting to compare school then and now. It is filled with Twain's humor as well. My intro and reading runs 7min 20 secs. Stored in "History" Playlist