On today's podcast, a fantasy from the "Jazz Age," F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story that is part science-fiction, part satirical comedy, part romantic adventure, and all imagination, The Diamond As Big As the Ritz, referring of course to New York's Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

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This week we lost Ken Greenwald, a long time friend of old time radio, and as John's tribute to him, he plays two of Ken's favorite radio shows. We will hear a complete Jack Benny Program with "Professor LeBlanc" from 1947 that was transferred by Mr. Greenwald himself, and the fantastic Quiet Please science-fiction/horror episode, Northern Lights.

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Today we present the first in what we hope will be many episodes showcasing the amazing unscripted quip-master, Groucho Marx, from You Bet Your Life. Although it's a quiz show, this program was all about Groucho's spontaneous conversations with the show's contestants. John has chosen the famous "Gonzales Gonzales" episode from 1953 for our introduction to this series.

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WARNING: Today's episode is not for the squeamish! But for you lovers of all things horror, "Drop Dead: An Exercise in Horror" is essential listening. This 1962 Capitol Records LP brings Arch Oboler back to recreate two lost Lights Out! stories, "The Dark" and "The Chicken Heart That Ate New York," along with some other imaginatively gruesome horror vignettes. PARENTS: If you have younger children, this is definitely one to avoid!

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It's the third show of a series. Of a brand new radio series. We travel back to 1957 to hear Stan Freberg and Friends (the great talents of June Foray, Peter Leeds, and Daws Butler) and a visit with Miss Jupiter, The Skin Diver's Mandolin Club, and acrobats on radio. 

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Today we're talking old-time science fiction on radio. Join us as we mark the end of another series with a deep dive between host and radio collector John Tefteller, and producer of the podcast Daniel Chase, on the People's Choice for Top 5 favorite science fiction episodes. 

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Sunday is Mother's Day, so Phil and Franky are trying to get a bargain rate Mother's Day gift for Alice, but instead wind up with several visits to Police Headquarters. A humorous situation comedy from the early 1950s starring the voice of Disney's Baloo the Bear, Phil Harris.

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Today we finish off our series of favorite adventure stories on radio with an all-star production of maybe the most famous adventure story of the 1930s, that started as a novel, became a movie, and inspired many parodies about the French Foreign Legion. We're talking about "Beau Geste," and the cast is led by Laurence Olivier, with Orson Welles, and Noah Beery reprising his role from the silent film version.

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It's Jack Benny day again today, with a hilarious show about pretty much nothing. We get to hear from film star Ronald and Benita Colman in this episode as Jack's long-suffering next door neighbors, and Leo Durocher, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, drops in and does a pretty good job behind the microphone.

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Today we ride the rails, looking over the shoulder of a young hobo as he takes his first trip over the Great Divide, along with his mysterious veteran traveling companion, Slim. Great performances by Elliott Reid and Robert Dryden, a top-notch adventure by John Lovelace from 1946.

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