The Good Old Days of Radio Show

It’s the 10th show of the Stan Freberg Show. This clever variety/comedy is a real slice of 1957, with its early Rock 'n' Roll, big band music, and Heartbreak Hotel parody. This episode includes a build-it-yourself knock-down grand piano, a tour through a Chinese fortune cookie factory, and another (and last) lecture on Hi Fi by Dr. Herman Horn.

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If you like Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film "Rear Window," you may know it was based off a story by one of the kings of the pulp mystery, Cornell Woolrich. Today we are beginning a new 10 part series presenting the best Cornell Woolrich stories adapted for radio. And, yes, they are very much like Hitchcock's "Rear Window." Returning to our microphones to join us for this roller coaster of exciting stories is radio expert Dr. Joe Webb.

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In the 1930s, comedian Fanny Brice created the character Baby Snooks, which she performed with character actor Hanley Stafford on MGM’s big budget series “Good News.” The skits were well written, and Brice’s performance is so convincing on radio it’s sometimes difficult to tell she was a 60-year-old woman. Today we’re bringing you four skits with Baby Snooks and Daddy.

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We have one last visit with researcher Keith Scott today as he packs up his bag of magic tricks. But he has one last tale to amaze, a good example of "Escape" in its latter days. It's a fun adventure story of an average American Merchant Marine caught up into international intrigue, and shows the level of excellence in technical innovation that had been achieved in audio drama in radio's dying days.

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While tracking down a criminal on the open range, United States Marshal Matt Dillion loses his horse and must bring his convict in on the rustic stagecoach, and the two strike up an unusual trust. This is an absorbing picture of the sensationalized American west, with wonderful immersive sound, colorful characters, and a great example of why this was such a powerful radio series.

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As our "Top 10 Escape" series nears a close, Keith Scott has returned with an interesting adventure yarn from late in the run all about explorers competing to be the first to reach the top of Mount Everest. This exciting story of tough men vs. nature follows a fictional expedition to the top, and is a fascinating combination of truth and lore, just two years before Edmond Hillary would make the first recorded ascent in 1953.

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Husband and wife comedy teams on radio continues, and we are looking at the East Coast counterpart of Jack Benny and his wife Mary Livingstone today. Fred Allen was the comedian, and his beautiful wife Portland Hoffa participated as a foil. Nonetheless, she was with Fred from the early days of vaudeville and always exchanged lines with him in his opening monologue in her distinctive “ditzy” vocal mannerisms, which became a true original from radio’s early days.

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During its significant run, the radio series "Escape," much more than its big brother series "Suspense," often put an emphasis on great English adventure literature. Sometimes it drifted into the area of pulp, but Escape more often adapted stories that were considered classics of the genre by celebrated authors. Such is the case with "Journey Into Fear" which is a fast-moving twisty thriller novel by Eric Ambler from 1940. Keith Scott joins us once again to discuss this story.

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Well, it's Jack Benny's birthday again, which is, if you are at all familiar with popular vintage comedy entertainment, on Valentine's Day. As such we are bringing you not only Jack Benny, but a Jack Benny episode from 1947 all about his birthday party. Joining the festivities are two of Jack's favorites on the show, Violinist Isaac Stern, and Ronald and Benita Colman. Another great comedy show!

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Today's episode is one of the all-time great stories of drawn out tension, and is an excellent example of the power of the spoken word and the great unsung radio actors of the 1950s. The story is "Poison" by Roald Dahl. Jack Webb (best known for his portrayal of Joe Friday on "Dragnet") and William Conrad ("Cannon" on the 1971 TV series) are Americans in India, one of whom is trapped in bed with a deadly snake.

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