The Good Old Days of Radio Show

Today, it's the beginning of Easter Week, and we are pausing from our normal schedule to bring you programs from around Easter time during The Golden Age of Radio. We begin with a visit to one of radio's most beloved and long-running radio sitcoms, Fibber McGee and Molly, in an episode from Easter time 1948.

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Today, the exciting, romantic adventure classic, "The African Queen," about a little steam launch and its rough Canadian pilot (Academy Award winner Humphrey Bogart) that rescues a prudish Christian missionary (Academy Award winner Greer Garson) in German East Africa in the heat of World War 1, and their daring journey down the Ulanga River in an attempt to destroy a German gunboat.

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Today we have two odd stories about "aging" from 1954 from the dream-like imagination of Ray Bradbury. The production and storytelling is lush with detail, with narration from Bradbury himself. Also here are great understated performances, and a wonderful minimalist score from the young, legendary film composer, Jerry Goldsmith.

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Today we bring you a survival story about a band of cut-throat fortune hunters in the Amazon who strike it rich, but must get back to their boat, despite snakes, vampire bats, piranha fish, electric eels, quick sand, and each other. Vincent Price stars in this violent adventure, that despite its name, isn't too gory.

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George Burns and Gracie Allen were one of the titans of popular American comedy during the Golden Age of Radio, and later Television, and we are paying tribute to this comedy couple in today’s podcast. The movie villain James Mason, and his wife Pamela Mason, are guests in this show from the late ‘40s, and apparently they are "cat connoisseurs." Who knew?

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Today, a real spotlight of 1940s radio, a gorgeous adaptation of Herman Melville's haunting masterpiece of one man's obsession with a monster of the unknown deeps, Moby Dick. Although many literary classics were adapted for the air, few presented such a loving tribute to the original poetic language as this one from The NBC Theater.

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This week, we continue our celebration of great comedy series from the '40s and '50s. Phil Harris (Baloo the Bear from Disney's 1967 The Jungle Book) is back with his mischief-maker friend, Franky. Today, Phil bets $50 he can beat Mr. Scott in a golf tournament at the "Swampland Country Club."

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Today’s continuation of our top 10 adventure radio shows, we present a full hour production of John Huston's 1948 film, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," about three greedy gold prospectors in the Mexican wilderness, fighting for survival against nature and bandits. Two Academy Award Winning actors, Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston, return for this well-done audio version.

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Today we bring back the popular Jack Benny Show, with another great episode from the 1945-46 season. Edgar Bergen shows up in this one, another leading comedian of the era, with his dummy Charlie McCarthy, and Jack tries to sell him the Sportsmen Quartet!

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Today we open the pages of a real two-fisted pulp adventure of the middle 20th century. We are traveling with a stout American fortune-hunter and his guide Pedro into the jungles of Central America to search for a legendary lost ruin in the heart of an ancient volcano. They find gold and jewels and weird statues of dog-headed creatures, but what is behind the strange black door?

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